A few days passed. Astaroth household, Levyne district. Lucas and Lucy were currently having breakfast with their mother. It was a simple breakfast consisting of fruits, toast with butter and tea. "It's your first day of school today, are you two excited?" Leya asked while sipping tea. Lucas and Lucy thought for a bit but couldn't really come up with an answer. They were told by their mother that school would be fun and she even gave them a few reasons as to why but this didn't really spark any excitement in them. The two wanted to play games at home and being told to go to school for 4 hours everyday only shortened the time they would get t
"...the rumoured rank 9."Gasp!Every president on the screen gasped after hearing such news from the Arrowstorm country's president. No one had expected such a development to occur in such a short while.When the president of Arrowstorm country called for an emergency meeting, everybody thought it may be related to some major outbreak of some kind that needed serious attention and nobody had any thoughts of hearing the word 'Rank 9' prior to the meeting."President Niheir, are you serious about this?" The old man in his early 60s spoke in a serious tone, asking for confirmation.Niheir was the name of the Arrowstorm country's president who nodded at the old man's question.The other people finally understood the gravity of the matter. It was much more serious than they thought it would be.The
[Congratulations host on reaching the first checkpoint. Please check the system panel for more info.][Ding!][Quest completed. Please check the system panel for more info.]Lucas and Lucy were currently inside a cave. The cave was big enough to fit four adult humans inside and Lucas and Lucy being five year olds, found it comfortable to be in.The two got the same message. The message was transferred through a cold mechanical voice in their head. They summoned the blue screen also known as the system panel in front of them and tapped on it a few times. The screen blanked and a new string of words appeared along with the cold mechanical voice ringing in their head.[Ding!][Reach the first checkpoint - quest completed.Score: 23/100Rank: 89,067,231][Reward obtained. Obtained ×1 metal
"Huff…Huff…Huff…"Lucas and Lucy were currently sitting on the ground with their backs resting on a tree. They were breathing heavily due to fighting with another beast in the virtual Astral world.They logged in and were moving towards the first checkpoint in the middle of the dense jungle when they were attacked once again by another beast. This time they weren't as afraid as before and defeated the creature easily.Though it was easy, it still consumed almost half of their stamina. They couldn't continue to move ahead due to it and were therefore resting to catch a breather."Haah, big sis, this is so tiring! We will not be able to make it to the checkpoint." Lucas said after breathing out heavily."N-No…Huff…we'll make…huff…it…" Lucy said despite the heavy breathing.Lucas d
Lucas and Lucy got out of their dive capsules and rushed to their mother and hugged her."Mama!""Mama!"The two said in a weeping tone. They both had tears in their eyes and were scared from the experience they just had. Leya cradled them and patted their backs gently and said in a gentle and soothing voice"It's okay, it's okay, mama is there now. Everything will be alright."She comforted them with her words and tried rocking them to sleep. She knew what they were going through and felt a bit pained watching her children suffer like this. But it couldn't be helped.They were bound to come across these various situations sooner or later and it was better to make mistakes now than suffer in future. Leya sang a lullaby in a low and calm way and put her children to sleep in her arms.Lucas and Lucy sle
[Welcome host to the VRMMORPG Astral Survival.][Please sign up to start playing the game.]As soon as Lucas put on the head gear, he felt being sucked through some vortex and everything blacked out for a moment. But soon, the surroundings changed and Lucas found himself standing on a grassland and in front of him was a blue screen with words written on it in white.He understood that this must be the form he would need to fill to sign up. He raised the virtual keyboard present in front of his stomach a little and typed on it and filled the form up.Next he was asked to customize his character and since he was very eager to adventure, he went with the default one which was an Avatar of himself wearing a mask. Lucy too did the same on her side and both got ready for their first adventure.[Detected another user login from the same IP address. Would the ho
The next morning.Lucas woke up and saw his mother's smiling face. He too smiled at her and gave her a kiss on her lips and said"Goodmorning, mama.""Goodmorning, baby."Leya didn't mind being kissed like that. She thought of correcting her children's misconception but then she realised why should she do it? There was no reason for it.Was it a taboo? Sure it was. But did it matter? The answer was no. The reason being, the level she was at, such small things or taboos didn't matter at all. It was also a pretty common thing from the place she was from.Lucas then turned to Lucy who had her arms wrapped around their mother from the side and laid on her shoulder and greeted"Goodmorning, big sis."Lucy separated from Leya and gave a peck on Lucas's lips and greeted back
Lucas and Lucy woke up after an hour. They had a good nap and felt refreshed. Lucy rubbed her eyes a little and asked her mother"Mama, what happened?" She asked in a sleepy state about what happened that made her fall asleep so suddenly.Leya didn't understand what Lucy was asking. She said in a confused tone"About what, baby?"Lucy stopped rubbing her eyes and looked at her mother and said"Why did I fall asleep suddenly?"Leya understood and chuckled at Lucy's question. She patted her head and said with a smile"I don't know either, baby. Once I picked you up, you fell asleep on your own.Fufufu…I think it must be because you felt too relaxed in my arms.""Mama, that shouldn't happen. We all came here after breakfast. W
Leya placed Lucas in the middle of a runic magic circle she inscribed on the ground. She squatted down, held Lucas's face and gently said to him with a smile"Baby, can you please close your eyes and stand here for a few minutes? Mama will have to distance herself from you to do this ceremony. Don't worry, everything will be alright and I'll come to you as soon as this is over."Lucas being the obedient child he was, readily agreed to his mother's request by nodding in approval. Leya smiled and gave him a loving kiss on his forehead and distanced herself a bit from him.Leya picked up Lucy, supported her butt with her palms and put her in a frontal hug position. She gently pressed her head down and made her rest on her shoulders while casting a sleep spell on Lucy.Leya didn't want Lucy to witness what was about to occur, so she put her to sleep. Leya then looked at Lu