Chapter 6

“Go inside and sort things out. Make sure you don’t do anything stupid,” Ardal commanded while still embracing me.

The other paladins waiting outside looked at my body, stunned.

Hah, now everyone is going to go in. I snorted as I watched the paladins enter <Haniel’s House>, a player’s resting area.

Meanwhile, a system window appeared.

<The tutorial is complete.>

As I listened to the guide’s voice, I wondered if I would log out. I was done with the tutorial, and I was annoyed by this serious error. I played the game to get with the target character, not to be attacked by a strange extra.

<I’ve finished the second tutorial >.

In the meantime, another system window appeared in the air.

<Yes> <No>

What should I do? The window twinkled as if urging me to press <Yes>.

It was already 3 a.m. when I checked the time as I struggled with the seductive glittering system window.

I’m losing energy. I’m going to stop today…  

I decided to log out and complain about what had happened.

My character was stunned, so the next time I connected, I’d awaken in the safe area where Ardal was. I found the ‘sign out’ button.

<Sign Out>

The gray, sparking button darkened the world in the game and scattered.

“……”

My mind was about to escape when suddenly, Ardal stopped and looked into the air. I felt like we had made eye-contact.

His eyes shone as he flickered in and out of life.

Did I see that right? Or was I mistaken?

I was doubtful but logged out, so I could escape.

<End the Game>

“There’s no explanation!”

I tossed a booklet of the six target characters’ descriptions across the room. But there had been no warning that this would happen.

When I had left the game, I woke up in bed, annoyed. I scoured the internet for hours to find answers, and it became clear that what had happened was a system error. I decided to leave a complaint on my way to work.

First, I’m going to have to ask for compensation because something strange happened.

Ardal and the paladins entered my house after I passed out. Unfortunately, the game had saved my progress, meaning I had to face them to progress in the game.

When I reported my experience, I received a response to the email I had written.

<The Saint is a Spy!> management team.

“I’ll check it later.”

I put my phone in my pocket.

I forgot about what had happened in the game and entered the company, where my boss’s horrid voice echoed throughout the building.

As a result, most of my malaise came from work.

“This fool! Did you just get to this yesterday?”

“What’s up? I’ll give it a go.”

“If you’re going to leave work soon, you’ve got to get the job done! I don’t intend to do any work. I just want to work,” The team leader screamed and glanced at the documents he had handed over.

That isn’t the paperwork I did.

I sighed a breath of relief and watched the team leader turn to me. I saw a woman smiling at me as she handed over the material to the team leader.

I had arrived at the company a while ago. At the time, my boyfriend was cheating. Although he was a handsome man, he had plenty of flings with the young, pretty recruits.

My boss, who wasn’t much older than me, began to approach me simultaneously.

“Good morning, Tim!”

My ex-boyfriend came into the office with a lively mug. As he approached the team leader straight away, he was greeted with an accusing finger.

I looked away, pretending to be disinterested. Luckily, I had never revealed that I was in a relationship with him, so no one knew about the situation.

It’s going to be a long day today… 

I took a long break, and I saw the newbie raise his chin toward me and smile.

Don’t look at me that way… 

***

After being forced to do the night shift by the team leader, I returned home, exhausted.

“I’m exhausted.”

I had received a reward email while I was at work, but I didn’t have the time to check, which had made me anxious for the whole day. I headed straight to bed without washing up and checked my cell phone.