"I never expected to be in a long-distance relationship," Jake said.
Meredith nodded. "Me neither."
These two were at the airport, waiting for their planes. Meredith’s plane would arrive faster, so Jake would spend at least thirty minutes alone.
He yawned, "We should have asked the game masters why they separated others into servers. There’s no ping issue as far as I am concerned. I doubt they thought so far to turn the international tournament’s prize into a bridge between two continents... if anything, they should make it a paid feature!"
"Speaking like a man with deep pockets," Meredith chuckled.
"Damien told me the estimate of how much we should learn in a month. I think I was blinded for a minute on that day." Jake smiled.
He also thought about this teleportation method.
He asked his friends if putting that teleport in Asta Bow’s territory would be possible. It would significantly affect Viktor and his house, and Jake would become much closer to The Warmonger Empire overall.
His friends shared these thoughts and didn’t mind broadening their relationship with the Warmonger Empire. Like many other starting points, this place held so many secrets that it was beneficial for everyone to become closer to them.
Besides that, the guilds that had teamed up against Casual Clowns were also vying for a close relationship with The Asta Royal House and their Emperor.
Casual Clowns becoming closer with them was like them flipping them off.
"It’s my plane," Meredith said as she stared outside. It was just a matter of seconds before she would have to enter the plane and return home.
The couple stood up, and Jake naturally helped Meredith with her baggage.
For the last time in real life, until the next time, these two looked into each other. A magnetic force drew their faces closer, and these two locked their lips in a deep kiss, intertwining their tongues.
In the past week, Meredith and Jake have become so close that kissing without obstacles or nerves was possible for either.
This physical activity still rocked and reddened their hearts, but it was a pleasant experience. It was slow, amateurish, and lacking in many areas, but neither needed more for now.
Jake smiled. "I’ll be first in Antarctica Server and immediately warm you upon seeing you."
"You stand no chance," Meredith replied with a confident smile. "I’ll warm you up first."
"Yeah, we will see, sweetie. Go already, or you will miss the flight. Safe trip."
"Yes... you too."
Jake waved at Meredith. She waved back at him until she disappeared in the tunnel leading to the plane’s interior.
"She has! Not like you will live there anytime soon, right?" Jake’s mom asked. She stared at her son with pleading eyes as though she always wanted to be the one to make him breakfast, dinner, and supper.
It wasn’t easy to disagree with her.
Jake awkwardly replied, "At least until Meredith comes."
"Ah! That’s okay!" she happily nodded.
The phone buzzed.
"It’s Damien Twice!" Jake’s mom exclaimed.
Jake’s expression turned horrific as he imagined his mom being one of Damien’s fangirls. It would be a nightmare if that were true!
"He was so cool during the tournament! His and his girlfriend’s sacrifice was so noble! We watched all your team’s battles!" she said.
Sighing with relief, Jake nodded. "I’ll answer him."
"Yes! Are you hungry?"
"A little. Something light would be good," Jake said.
"Kay!"
Jake went upstairs to his room and answered Damien’s call.
"I’m back home," he said, "Yeah, just now."
Damien’s voice resounded across the room. "Hop into the game and talk with the Emperor. The game masters suggested you talk with the Emperor about the teleport."
"I can see why... it’s a good advice. Yeah, I will get it done today," Jake replied.
"Are you a man now?" Damien asked in a suggestive tone.
A vein popped on Jake’s temple. "Always been."
"Oh, you poor soul! Art of a bed bending is still not yours!" Damien said in an apologetic tone.
"GET ED." Jake hung up and threw the phone onto his bed.
He waited for his mom’s food, dug in, and jumped straight into another world!