Chapter 184: Wizard of Wizards (4)

Chapter 184: Wizard of Wizards (4)

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"Hmm-hmm-hmm~"

"Professor Park? Looks like something good has happened to you? You're even humming?"

"Oh, it's nothing special. Just a simple man's simple happiness. Ha ha ha ha!"

Professor grinned foolishly as he recalled his morning meeting with Dana.

Like waves have crests and troughs, so do emotions.

Of course, its impossible to just hold onto someone forever (though if it were possible, he would have no regrets), and after cautiously distancing themselves, they began to unwind their conversation, albeit awkwardly at first.

The first thing Dana mentioned was an apology.

"I'm sorry. From your perspective, a woman you don't remember suddenly appearing and saying, Actually, I was your lover. So please love me.' must have seemed outrageous."

What in the world is there to apologize for? Even at that moment, Professor was internally exclaiming Your grace is immense!' over a hundred times.

"But I didn't want to hesitate. I'm frail, and I thought someday I'd just be someone's longing But when I saw you brought in like that, I thought perhaps time wasn't abundant for either of us. This place is a wasteland. So I couldn't hold back my desire. I'm sorry. In fact, even two months ago, you and I were merely friends who had just met as man and woman, not deeply involvedugh!"

"Hehe, hehehehehe"

"Professor Park? I need to check the connection status with GG. Professor Park?"

"Hehe It was warm and soft. Heh."

I was the one who couldn't hold back. How could I, when a perfect woman I would never find again in my life was tearing up saying I'm sorry I love you'? It was only natural that my reason would fly beyond the Milky Way.

Our excited breaths mingling, her surprised eyes softly closing.

When she softened and approached me again. When we both realized our mutual desire.

The satisfaction of that moment!

Right before I drowned in a tidal wave of rosy emotions, [the rational Professor Park] didnt think the researchers outside are monitoring!' Otherwise, I might have just gone through with it. What would have happened? Hmm Lets keep it to our imaginations. It's not like we're physically connected anyway. What could happen? Its all platonic, right?

"Um The brainwave readings are very unstable. Are you sure you want to proceed with the connection? I must reiterate, if you connect now, you won't be able to exit until you clear at least World 3."

"100% fine, so just put me in already. I want to finish quickly and go out on a date."

If he goes in, he can't exit until he clears. He can come out, but then he'd have to redo the data soul search' that took two months while he was unconscious. Not to mention, every time hes plugged in and out, theres a risk that these backed-up memories could be lost.

Blink. Blink. Ding!

The researcher shook his head and manipulated the system here and there, and finally, a light came on in the gray, lifeless icon of GG.

"Can I go in now?"

"Yes. There might be some interference, so I'll leave before you connect. There probably won't be, but its better not to aim for clearing within the next three months. Your current body the mutated part needs about that much time to regenerate."

".Before, didnt you say it would take 43 years?"

"That was how long it would take for the regenerated body to revert back to a human form. Didnt you hear? The virus levels are decreasing, albeit minutely.' And human proteins have been detected in some of that black tissue. So try to clearly and consistently visualize your body from when you were human, and even if you can come out after clearing, discuss with us before moving around with that' body."

Damn. They should have just said 3 months for monster body recovery, 43 years to revert to human from the start!

Anyway, it was still good news. At least after three months, he could move, even if in that monstrous form. Whether his mind would remain human or twist into something bizarre of the Variant Type 3 was secondary.

At least he wouldn't have to just suck his thumbs for 43 years. Yeah, thats something.

After laying out all the precautions, the researcher left, and there on the bizarre communal podium, only the icon of GG' twinkled.

A dark, strange, and expansive space all his own. That guy comes to mind.

"Hyde. Hyde?"

Still no answer from him. It seems he's still pouring all his consciousness into sustaining life in my original body. I don't know how he's doing it, but he seems to be manually manipulating all the involuntary muscles including the brain and internal organs to keep the body alive.

In other words, he's too busy to even talk.

".It feels like I'm always in debt to him."

Even though he doesn't speak, I could still clearly feel his presence. This must mean that my consciousness and Hyde's are still connected. That means, without saying, he can read my thoughts.

That alone was a great comfort.

Ding-!

[Welcome. Would you like to log into Gedroits' game, Professor P#@!&^er?]

Crunch-

[YES]

[Hero, please save the continent of Gedroits.]

With the familiar yet somewhat strange login message.

Whoosh-!

I found myself logged into the game from a completely different perspective than before.

HeungAnMandu: Stop, stop!!! Here, I'm here!

takealook: It's Professor.

noru_is_druig: Hey, fuck, weren't you dead? You were alive!

Holli: They even made a documentary like you were some dead great person of Dome. You were alive?

Jokass: What have you been doing all this time? Holli said you weren't even at the hospital. Hey, say something!

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".You bastards. Usually, you rant about dying."

Ziiiing-

It's kind of touching. I don't even know their faces, but still, to welcome a friend who died and came back to life like this-

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noru_is_druig: You're filthy rich! I came here expecting Professor Park's hidden BDSM assets to pour out at today's funeral! Did you crawl up from the underworld because you didn't want to give up your money?

takealook: I'm barely scraping by with my food reserves. Can we count you as dead for now? We'll use it well.

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Absolutely ridiculous. Consistently infuriating, damn them. Was it all about my money?

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Jokass: Just kidding, anyway, I'm glad I can leave your name on this year's attendance list, Professor Park. But why are you so quiet?

Speedwagon: Currently, Professor Park is seriously injured in many ways, so he's playing GG for treatment. As you'd know if you saw the documentary, he suffered a brain injury making it hard to use the connection system smoothly. Live broadcasting is impossible, and only recorded videos stored in the connector can be uploaded.

takealook: Thanks as always for the quick info, Dana.

Speedwagon: .Who?

takealook: DOOMGuy uncle told me? He said Professor Park cared a lot about the people here, and if you're an acquaintance, you need to know the current situation, and he went on and even mentioned your name. It was as shocking as finding out Professor Park was down. You're a woman?

Speedwagon: Oh dear.

noru_is_druig: Why? Is that surprising? I'm a woman too.

takealook: Aaaaack! Don't lie! Anything else is fine, but not you! Don't destroy my dreams, my fantasies of women!

noru_is_druig: Huhuhuhu. Honey, it's better to wake up from dreams quickly~. That way you face reality, meet a woman within your league, and contribute to the advancement of humanity by having plenty of kids.

takealook: Kyaaaaa!!

noru_is_druig: Hahahahahaha!

Jokass: It's really the end times.

HeungAnMandu: This is madness! I'm out of here!

[Player HeungAnMandu' has left the chatroom!]

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"Pfffft, really, they're as crazy as ever."

.I'm glad this exists. Playing in such a realistic world without a real system, it seemed like I might not be able to tell what's real and what's fake.

Watching their banter, I felt the reality that I was still playing GG, not dropped into some strange world. Yeah, let's just say it's a graphic update or something. I'll find out more changes later. For now, I'm in the middle of playing, and need to focus on what I'm doing. Wouldn't want to die stupidly from being distracted.

"Let's see The last time I logged out was when I arrived in the middle of the Blueline Mountains, at an exiled elf village? They asked me to wait until morning, so I decided to wait?"

Looking around, various members of the party were scattered near the carts, and a magician was soundly asleep tied to a tree. It seems it's still too early for the weary party to get up.

".Should I make some food?"

Professor started to pull out utensils from the cart, wondering what the top-grade jerky from the Ro Haram Church would taste like.

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Astounding!

The more Idrasil looked, the more curious she became about the strange nature of these humans.

It had been a day since she started observing the humans who had settled in front of the village of Caneran.

Their behavior was utterly bizarre.

The old magician, smelling strongly of damp, seemed to be in heat upon seeing his long-time friend, a spirit.

A man-eating troll had eyes like the Mother Tree, and her abundant eyes emitted a strange scent of death, not unpleasant, which was all the more bizarre.

Just what she saw yesterday was strange enough, but the most concerning person, the hero, as soon as he woke up at dawn, began to ferociously eat raw grass, saying, "Hmm, bitter! Really bitter!" then blankly stared into space, giggling.

".Narim? Is this normal for humans?"

"I don't know. But if humans naturally behave like this I think I understand why the Great Mother told us to stay away."

Idrasil, convinced that the human group was mad, slowly backed away.

Crunch!

Somehow, she felt that as long as these people were around, she couldn't stop chewing on tree roots.

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