VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

After taking a break with Sera and having a few simple dishes with her, he was now outside, in their own world.

"So…"

He was sitting before Alex, holding her hands and looking into her tired eyes.

"How's it going over there?"

They lived under the same roof and yet, they were separated by two oceans, one continent, and a lot more space than what could be defined with words.

"It's a mess, baby… it's a mess…"

He kissed her fingers, something she liked as well, and then started massaging them gently.

"I told you about Olive's coin, right?"

"The Chaos Token?"

"Yeah…"

They started playing together and having fun not too long ago.

Only a few months had passed even in the real world since he started playing.

There was not much that had changed, it was winter time now and the temperature outside was significantly cooler, but they had a controlled temperature inside their house.

They didn't have to worry about all that since their plate was already full with what was going on in their lives so… they were exhausted.

"That thing is much more important than what you might think… the Queen and a few of us are going to gather to talk about it tomorrow.

Hopefully, we will find out something about it with all those smart people there."

A lot of things were happening on that end.

She was tense not only because of the strange coin that Olive had received, but also about a lot more activities around the world that were happening lately.

"I didn't see when it started, but… something big is happening, Elio."

Truth.

It was a complicated topic even for those who had spent their entire lives in the search of this almost abstract concept.

Not just Alex and The Librarian, but there have been many who had searched the entire world for the traces of these truths, who had walked a certain path in search of these truths and those who had lived a life unaware of the fact that what they were doing with each passing moment of their lives was actually bringing them closer to that almost Abstract concept.

"Haaa… I have no idea what we're going to do about this. Or, what can we even do about this."

If Elio was stressed out about that divine being, that creature with purple eyes who could move faster than the speed of sound traveling into space until a few days ago, then Alex was now stressed about this coin, about Olive, and about the world that was so dear to her…

There were a lot of things happening all around the world right now, something she had not noticed until just now…

Just like how their town, Moongold, was attacked by that follower of evil, that dark mage out of the blue, there were many more places all around the world that had experienced similar strange phenomena.

In some places, big monsters appeared out of the blue; some fields were suddenly dominated by a field boss that was never seen in that area; there were some places that had fallen under the influence of the darkness; and the most disturbing thing about all this was how the majority of these incidents might have resulted into something very big but were either prevented by the efforts of some individuals, or by some stroke of luck.

Still, not all the places that fell to these strange phenomena were safe. Some of them did take damage, but the news about these incidents strangely didn't spread as much as it should have.

It wasn't present on the player community, and it wasn't present on the news of the local media either.

Even she had only found out about that through the information guild in the capital city.

The master of the information guild was an acquaintance of hers, so she was able to get this strange yet confidential information relatively easily.

But, knowing about all these things and combining them with what she knew about all the forces that were after these strange happenings all around the world, the possibilities that she came up with were all, in one way or another, connected with that strange coin and the stories related to it…

"Want me to massage your head as well?"

"Please…"

Olive was back at her shop since she had no idea about anything that Alex was talking about and she also cared little about all those things.

She was a baker and she was interested in feeding the people that appreciated her cooking.

She had no intention of getting involved into complicated things like this world, the big people of this world, things that were too complicated for her to understand, as well as things that involved taking responsibilities or doing things that were out of her palette.

She wasn't going to leave her work that she loved and follow them on the battlefields just because of some coin… she couldn't do that. And, she didn't even want to do that.

"Her dad tried telling her how important that is… but she doesn't understand, Elio."

She didn't even want that coin, but she couldn't do anything about it since it was bound to her.

She was stuck with it and, as long as she was stuck with it, they had the chance to analyze it as much as possible and find out what exactly was the cause of all the chaos that happened in this world because of this coin.

"Haaa… the high rankers will be there, as well as all six sages, and of course the Monarchs. With all those powerful people, their representatives, and their direct servants being there will be a big event in itself… and yet she says she's busy with the shop stuff tomorrow.

Can you BELIEVE that girl?!"

The fate of that world might be on the line here and… she wanted to be in her Shop?

Alex couldn't understand how someone as understanding as her could not even understand how important of a matter this was exactly!

"That entire world might End! How can she be so insensitive and not even understand this simple thing?!"

She was shouting.

And it was wrong.

So, Elio pulled her hair, and shut her up.

And then, before she had any chance to shout back at him, he started massaging her head in a way that instantly shut her head completely.

"She knows how important this is for you, for her dad and brother, even for me, Alex. But you cannot burden someone who has only played the game for a few weeks with a responsibility as great as that."

Shouldering the burden of this world? Meeting with Monarchs, sages, and divinities?

Some people will never get to experience that in their lifetime and she was one of the people that liked to experience everything step by step.

A quick head start was all she needed to settle down a little, so she had not asked her family members for much.

For this… this was still a game.

And, she wanted to keep playing it like a game.

"She'll come around. She knows what she has to do so don't pressure her too much."

He wasn't good with pressure. Definitely not with responsibilities involved on such a big level.

She was a simple person and she wanted to stay simple. But, now she was stuck in such a mess that made it impossible for her to stay calm and composed like she always is.

"I'll go talk to her now, so don't worry."

As simple, amazing, and awesome she might be most of the time, just like all the humans, she also had her negatives.

"You'll do that…?"

"I have no choice here, do I?"

Hopefully, she will understand the simplicity of this complicated situation and how she didn't really have to do anything.

She might be at the center of something she had no idea about, but she was also connected with people that were, in fact, a close part of this world.

She just had to let go of the simple and small worldview she had and see That world the way They saw it.

"She'll be fine, she's Olive."

With a little more time, he knew she would be ready for this simple yet complicated responsibility as well…

They just had to give her a little more time.