Chapter 5: A New Life Part I
Scarlet sat under a very big Sakura tree in Amatsu.It has already been one day since she got infected. She felt like a normal human, if she was tired, she would sleep, if she was hungry, she will eat. She managed to level up 4 levels today and now is at level 96.
"Scarlet!"Cried a figure advancing towards her
Scarlet regconized the figure as Zion and glared at him,"Zion! I've been waiting half and hour for my sashimi!"
"Well, I had school you know," he panted as he handed over a package to Scarlet," but I have a surprise for y-"
He was pushed out of the way by frantic Angel, Jien, Andee, Melissa and Nightingale rushed to greet Scarlet.
"SCARLET!I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN A COMA!"
"I MISS YOUUUUUU!"
"DON'T BOTHER TO EXPLAIN!"
"WE UNDERSTAND!"
"ZION TOLD US SO WE ARE GOING TO HELP YOU!"
Scarlet gave Zion an approving smile as she heard the last sentence and mouthed 'Thank You' to him. She then rushed to greet her friends who were flooding her with questions. Their happiness was short lived as Sienna and Kyo entered.
"Sorry to disturb your party," smirked Kyo who won a disapproving look from everyone," We have a new lead of one of the infected"
Silence.
"Well… we found that that person is somewhere in the south of the city Prontera,"continued Sienna," To be discreet, we game masters cannot go as it will attract the attention. So we randomly drew 3 names to go and they are Scarlet, Angel and Andee.According to research done by our remaining staff, Scarlet is the only one that will sense the infected one so it is only possible for Scarlet to follow us for all this missions, agreed?"
"YES," chorused everyone reluctantly…
South of Prontera.
The three adventurers looked around disapprovingly. Finding the infected one was exactly like finding a needle in a haystack.Prontera was so far Rune Midgard's biggest city and was filled with players.
"Um, gu-"said Scarlet who was interrupted by a loud commotion.
The company went to the crowd to see what the commotion was. Then they saw it. A beautiful gypsy with long yellow silky hair and a magnificent figure was performing various dances in front of them impressing the crowd, especially the male players. Angel glared at Andee who was fixing his eyes on the beautiful gypsy's belly. That's it she thought, that's the last straw.
"LEX DIVINA!"
The gypsy's dance stopped. She glared at Angel's direction. The male audience quickly went through their items to find a green potion but the gypsy stopped them. She stood in front of Angel and slapped her. Angel quickly cast safety wall on herself.
"I don't think you should attract all the man like that," she said calmly," Their partners won't be happy,"
Sure enough, there were many female players who were angry at the gypsy and were grateful to Angel because she stopped the gypsy's performance.
"Do you think that I'll follow orders from you?" cried the gypsy,"You ae nothing but a lol life noobie priest who haven't even reborn yet,"
"Well at least I have a life," snapped Angel," I do not stick my face into the computer all the time to train without worrying about my REAL appearance and my schoolwork. You may be a very beautiful gypsy, yes it's true, but in real life, you are probably a fat obese girl with her ass stuck to her sit playing computer 24/7!"
Andee sighed; no one could beat the sharp mouth of Angel. She might be quiet and smiling all the times, but if you agitate her, boy, she turns into the Devil.
All the gypsy's supporters looked at her, expecting a sharper retort from her. They were shocked seeing her once beautiful face filled with spite and anger with tears rolling down her cheeks. The female players rejoiced in their hearts even though they wore solemn looks on their faces…
"Screw you BITCH!"The gypsy cried and ran to the nearby inn…
Angel was about to say something far worse but something stops her…
It was the sight of scarlet clutching her head screaming…
Prontera Inn-
The gypsy went to her own room and cried…
"Why are you crying?" asked a little wolf who came out.
"I HATE HER!THAT BITCH!"screamed the gypsy,"She called me fat and obese…it hurt my feelings soo much,Anku"
"Ankren,Ankren…tell me,your big bro"sighed Anku"are you really a fat one in reality?"
Ankren scowled and flung a pillow at Anku.
"Ouch!I may be trapped in a Baby Desert Wolf body but I still have feelings,you know!"yelled Anku.
"Yea, so I am fat…but you aren't exactly prince charming!"smirked Ankren.
"At least,"Anku muttered,"my body is not as fat as my younger sis-"
Anku was cut off by a splitting pain that came into his head.Ankren felt the same too.
"Ouch…don't tell me we both felt the same splitting headache,"said Anku.
"Yes,it has been that way ever since we.."Ankren paused and sighed"we got stuck in this online game,but,being here is much better then being in the stupid real world where everyone expects people to be what they want…if I can I want to stay in this new life then trying to survive in the old one,"
Anku looked at Ankren pitifully,his sister had a rare disease that increased her body size no matter how little she ate.As the result,she was made fun of and teased ever since she started school until when she was finally 17.Anku sighed and thought, he was one who introduced Ragnarok Online to her,and after that terrible 'incident',they have been stuck inside the game itself.
South Prontera:
"Scarlet,Scarlet are you okay?"asked Andee"you fainted after you screamed"
Scarlet woke up and saw Andee and Angel looking down at her.
Angel cast a recovery spell on her and said,"I've tried many of my healing skills to cure you…What happened?"
Scarlet opened her mouth not to say Thank You but to mutter:
"That gypsy, Ankren…she…with…her brother…Anku…trapped in wolf body….are…also Infected….I…saw…it…"
Angel and Andee stared at each other in horror.
