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Chapter 30: Tina and Adalind

Four o'clock in the afternoon.

Michael then arrived in front of a red two story apartment building made from bricks.

He then stepped on the stairs and pressed on the intercom.

Bzzzt!

"Who is it?" a few moments later, a woman's voice sounded from the other side of the intercom.

Michael smiled as he immediately recognized the voice, "It's Michael auntie"

"Oh my! Head up quick!" the woman immediately replied with a surprised tone.

Michael then opened the front door and headed towards the second floor, where he immediately towards the door with a number 14 on it.

*Knock!* *Knock!* *Knock!*

The door immediately swung open and what greeted him at the other side, is a woman around forty years old with dirty blonde long hair, tied into a ponytail, whose appearance has some resemblance with Dylan.

"Good afternoon Auntie" Michael said as he smiled.

"You should've called that you were coming! Come in quick!" the woman happily gesture for him to get inside.

Michael walked inside and closed the door behind him.

This woman in front of Michael is Dylan's mother, Adalind, she's forty seven and would turn forty eight in two months. Michael remembers her as a kind and considerate woman, but at the same time stubborn and has a strong personality, someone who doesn't easily give up in the face of hardship, much like her two children.

And she's also fond of Michael, and treats him like her own son, and Dylan would even get jealous at him sometimes as his mother treats Michael better whenever he's around in their place.

Adalind works as a store manager at a nearby fast food chain, with a big "M" on it, and she's also a good friend of Alice because of Michael.

"Mom! Who is it!?"

Suddenly, the voice of a young woman echoed from somewhere in their apartment just as Michael closed the door.

"It's Michael honey!" Adalind replied back as she headed towards the kitchen, while Michael comfortably went to the living room after handing the plastic bag that he was holding earlier to Adalind, who immediately took it to the kitchen.

"It's been quite a while since you last visited!" a young woman suddenly said behind him, so when he turned around he saw a young lady with long blonde hair who walked around the large sofa before sitting beside him as the girl looked at him directly with a smile on her face.

Michael at her and patted her head and said, "How are you Tina?"

Tina snorted and slapped his hand away and said with a bit of annoyance, "Hey, I'm not a kid anymore! You should call me Athena now!"

"You just turned 18, so you're still a kid for us!" Michael laughed hard, even Adalind who was in the kitchen also laughed with him.

"Tell her Michael, she only listens to you!" Adalind laughed.

"Shut it! I'm already in senior high and gonna graduate soon!" Tina frowned at she slapped his shoulder, and then she took the remote of their TV and opened it.

Then her gaze suddenly turned towards the box lying on the table in front of them.

"Oh my god! Is this a virtual helmet from Mine Tech.?" Athena immediately exclaimed in shock as she picked up the box, and just as she was about to open it.

Michael immediately snatched it away from her and said, "Hey, this is for your brother"

"Oh come on! I just wanna take a look!" Athena pouted.

"Fine!" Michael sighed as he handed the box back to her.

Athena excited opened it, her gaze finally landed on that shining virtual helmet lying inside, it has a sleek design, and colored in silver.

This is Tina, Dylan's little sister. Her full name is Athena McGrier, she just turned 18 last month and she's attending a co-ed high school called Central High!

She's one of their top students, but at the same time, she is also the captain of their school's cheerleading squad!

And Michael also noticed that Athena actually has a bit of a crush on him, and he doesn't even know why. After all, he's never been a really popular person, even during his high school years.

But the Michael before he became an assassin, he only knows that he wasn't handsome, a bit of a wuss and had a bit of low self esteem about himself, but he was actually oblivious to the fact that he has this charisma around him that attracts women's attention towards him, even when his looks are just above average.

And if someone were to rate Michael's appearance, then it would be between seven and eight.

But the Michael today, could finally see that interested look in Athena's eyes directed towards him.

Michael just smiled and wasn't even bothered one bit and said, "Anyway, when is your brother coming? I thought he'd be here by now"

"Dylan? Actually there's still half an hour before he comes home" Adalind was the one who replied to his question.

"Eh? Did his schedule change?"

Actually, Michael has been wondering for a while now why Dylan is not home yet, as he could clearly remember that he would always arrive home at this time.

"Not really, one of his coworkers got sick, so everyone is taking an hour more in their normal schedule" Adalind said, as she busily prepared the dining table.

"Oh I see" Michael nodded with understanding.

"Do you need help over there?" Michael stood up from the sofa and headed towards the kitchen, under Athena's gaze.

"It's fine, I got this" Adalind smiled.

"Eh okay" Michael said as he scratched the back of his head and headed back to the living room and watched what Athena is watching.

Half an hour later.

Michael's eyes suddenly narrowed as he suddenly felt that the person in the front door has been standing there for a quite a while now, so he stood up and slowly walked towards the front door, and he saw that the door knob is slowly being twisted open.

Michael was about to dashed forward with clenched fist, when the door swung open and revealed Dylan.

"Michael?" Dylan was a bit startled when he saw him the moment he opened the front door.

"Oh it's just you" Michael slowly lowered his raised fist and said.

'It seems I'm still a bit rusty,' he thought.

"What are you doing here man?"

"Let's talk inside"


Chapter 31: Solitary Tempest

"What!? You bought this for him!?" Athena raised her voice towards Michael, as she didn't expect that the helmet was meant for her brother, she was even a bit disappointed because she thought it was for her.

"This is expensive! I thought it was yours!" Athena was shocked, even her mother wasn't an exception.

After all, Fate Online is still a rave in the news, on the internet and by the masses, even elderly knows about the game because of how popular it is.

"You weren't really kidding! You did buy me one!" Dylan was also shocked as he immediately snatched the helmet from his sister.

"Is it really okay for you to give that to Dylan? I know how expensive that thing is" Adalind turned to Michael and said, she's not really worried about its monthly as she knows that Dylan could still afford it with his combined salary from his two jobs, but she's instead worried about Michael, after all, she knows his current financial difficulties right now and the thing cost one thousand dollars!

"It's fine auntie.I also have my own, and you shouldn't worry so much. I can also earn money playing the game" Michael replied with a smile on his face.

When Athena heard that, her ears immediately perked up and her head turned towards Michael as she ran in front of him with an eager look on her face and said, "So it was real!? That you could really earn money in the game!?"

"Yes, yes" Micheal said as he backed away his head and directly push her face away from him with his hand, "Your face is too close"

"Oh my, why don't we talk about it on the table, hmm?" Adalind suddenly said, with a scary smile on her face.

Athena suddenly shivered in fright like a rabbit, meeting its nemesis, "Yes mom"

"Come on" Dylan whispered beside him, as the four of them took their own seat on the dining table in the kitchen.

'Now that I think about it, Athena only listens to her mother when she's truly serious and annoyed' Michael chuckled as he sat down, as he suddenly remembered a distant memory.

"So..what Athena said earlier, can you really earn money from playing the game?" Dylan turned to Michael and asked with an excited voice.

"Yes, I already earned a lot from it during its first opening" Michael said, as he took a mouthful of food into his mouth.

"That is awesome! So how much did you already make?" Athena said as she looked towards him with shining eyes.

Michael showed them three fingers.

"$300?" Adalind said, as she sipped a glass of fruit juice.

"No, $30,000 USD" Michael grinned widely when he saw their faces filled with disbelief and shock!

Michael had no plans to hide it from them, after all, the reason why he bought a virtual helmet for Dylan is so that he could play and also earn some money at the same time.

"Holy sh*it! Is that true!?" Athena screamed!

"Language young lady!" Adalind immediately rebuked her.

"Sorry, you really earned that much? You're not messing with us, right?" Athena continued, feeling quite agitated at that huge amount, even Adalind and Dylan wasn't an exception.

Especially Adalind, as that amount of money is already around her annual salary.

"So, that's the reason why you're feeling generous!" Dylan suddenly slapped Michael's back, and the latter immediately glared at him as he almost choke on the food in his mouth.

'What the? This guy...there's really something off about him' Dylan thought, as he felt that this good friend of his just...suddenly became different, in a good way.

Before, Michael always had a little bit of subservient attitude towards others, but this time, he oozes so much self confidence in himself that he's now able to hold a conversation with his mother, which he noticed just now.

After all, Dylan knows that this friend of his like his mother, who's into older women, weren't able to talk properly with her, as he would always try to avoid making eye contact with her.

Then he just shrugged it off, 'No matter, as long as the change is in a good way, then I don't need to dwell too much thought on it'.

He thought to himself, as he joined the hearty conversation with the others, and at the same time, he felt some expectations towards the world of Fate Online.

Meanwhile.

Inside a two story house with a balcony at its front, sat a beautiful blonde lady, drinking a cup of tea in front of a glass round table as her gaze directed at the beautiful garden on her front yard.

"Just who is he? Why do I feel like I've known him for years when we just briefly met? And why did I feel like I lost something inside me when I laid my eyes on him?" she muttering under her breath, as the event that happened a couple of days ago continued to replay the scene in her mind.

Then she just sighed and said, "No matter, I'll slowly find out about it, if we meet each other again. Jenny did told me that she met the guy again"

"I'll go to her place next time and ask her about that guy"

She then slowly stood up, and headed towards her bedroom on the second floor, then sat picked up a virtual helmet from her desk and connected it to her laptop, then she laid on her bed and wore the helmet over her head.

Flash!

Connect to Fate Online?

Yes | No

"Yes!"

Shua!

She appeared in the middle of a huge city, the buildings were similar to those from the cities in ancient greece, even the vibe and the clothes being worn by the natives in the city are very similar from ancient greeks.

It was like a carbon copy of an ancient greek city!

This woman is currently in a city called Meteora, in the territory of a small kingdom, called Macedon!

"It's time to grind some levels again" she muttered as she headed towards the nearby city gate, as she passed by players and NPCs that would look towards her direction.

[ Player Status ]

Affiliation: Meteora City

Name: Solitary Tempest

HP: 1110/1110 MP: 750/750

Level: 7

Title: Monster Slayer

Class: Huntress

Strength: 22 Intellect: 30

Agility: 30 Vitality: 8

Luck: 9 Perception: 20

Free Attribute Points: 0

Skills Points: 0

Reputation:

Meteora City: 3030

Magic Resistance: 1%

Attack Damage: 11-21 (+67)

Magic Damage: 6

Health Regeneration: 4 (per minute)

Mana Regeneration: 6 (per minute)

Detection: 12

Defense: 10-23

Attack Speed: 10

Movement Speed: 9

Skills:

Level 5 Frost Arrow

Level 2 Precision Aura

Level 2 Marksmanship

Level 2 Windrun

"Good day to you, young miss!"

"You too!"

The gate guards greeted her one by one as she passed by the gate, as she also greeted them back with a smile.

Just when she stepped out of the gate, she suddenly received a call from one of her friends.

She immediately accepted it and the voice of a woman immediately sounded from the other side,

"Amanda! Where are you right now!? Hurry up!"

"Geez! I just logged on Jenny! Can't you guys at least wait for a couple of minutes more!?"

"Just hurry up!"

"Alright! Alright! No need to yell at me! I'm already on my way!"


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