LUO YAN appeared in front of their team"s headquarters. He and Shen Ji Yun had decided last night that they would meet here. And then they would teleport to the place nearest to the Forest of Darkness. It"s because there"s no teleportation scroll that could directly teleport them there. So, the next best thing was to teleport to an area nearest to it.
He was confused by that. Because normally, places like that would have a teleportation scroll dedicated to it. But Shen Ji Yun said that it"s because a dungeon was located there. He instantly understood why. In this version, players were not allowed to directly teleport to a dungeon area.
This Forest of Darkness was a new area that was added in the VR version that"s why he had no idea about it. He planned to search about it last night. But since Shen Ji Yun seemed to be familiar with it, he changed his mind. He"d just rely on the other"s knowledge. Besides, it would be more interesting to venture on a new place without prior knowledge about it.
He looked around. It seemed like their other team mates were not here. Which Luo Yan was really thankful for. He seriously didn"t know how he would react around Su Yuqi and Bai Ze. There"s a high chance Su Yuqi would tease him in that unique way of hers. And then there"s his cousin who would most likely interrogate him.
No matter how much the other loved to joke around, he probably would still be serious when it came to his cousin who had been in a coma for seven years and just woke up a few months ago. Especially with that rumor floating around at the game forum. Bai Ze and Shen Ji Yun were also close friends. Luo Yan didn"t want the relations.h.i.+p of the two to be affected. Although he highly doubted that it would. Bai Ze would probably just think of it as a baseless rumor.
But now that he thought about it, it seemed like Bai Ze would be another hurdle that Shen Ji Yun had to pa.s.s through if he wanted to have that kind of relations.h.i.+p with him. Poor guy. He certainly had his work cut out for him.
Luo Yan stopped. He noticed it just now. Why was he acting like the two of them being in that kind of relations.h.i.+p was already a sure thing? If that was the case, he might as well just confess to Shen Ji Yun.
No. What was he thinking? Even if that thought crossed his mind, he knew he wouldn"t be able to do it. He already accepted his feelings for Shen Ji Yun. But he knew that at the core of it, he was still not ready. Besides, there"s really no need to rush. He still wanted to savor this youth-like feeling of slowly falling in love with someone.
And frankly speaking, he enjoyed seeing all the efforts that Shen Ji Yun put in just to "woo" him. He often wondered just how much he would be willing to do just so he could convey his feelings to him. It"s probably kind of s.a.d.i.s.tic of him to do that.
Now he felt even more sorry for Shen Ji Yun. It seemed like falling in love with someone like him was indeed a bit of a ha.s.sle.
His train of thought was suddenly cut off when he heard an energetic immature voice calling from inside his head. There"s only one ent.i.ty in this game who could converse with him mentally.
[Mashter!!!]
A black ball suddenly rushed towards him. He almost lost his balance when it tackled him. But he still held the black ball in his arms.
"What are you doing, Eclipse?" he asked, gazing down at the little fox in his arms.
[Mashter, Eclipse missed you very much! Did you miss Eclipse too?]
He gently flicked the fox"s forehead. [What are you saying? Didn"t we see each other yesterday?]
[But you went and play with Captain without me! Eclipse was thrown back here. It"s only natural for Eclipse to miss Mashter.] – Eclipse said in a sulking tone, acting as if he was truly wronged.
[You- it"s as if you didn"t enjoy the Mana bath that the Captain gave you.] – Luo Yan said in a helpless tone.
The little fox appeared guilty. [Well, Eclipse did gain a lot after that Mana bath.]
[Oh? What did you gain?]
[Mashter, can"t you see? Eclipse grew a little bit!] – Eclipse said, pus.h.i.+ng his little furry chest out as if proud of that accomplishment.
Luo Yan observed the fox in his arms and saw that Eclipse did grow a bit. He was obviously a bit bigger compared to yesterday. [Hmm… yes, you do look a bit fatter.]
[Mashter! Eclipse is not fat! These are all muscles! Muscles!] – Eclipse insisted, looking extremely affronted at the mention that he looked fat.
Luo Yan chuckled and rubbed Eclipse"s furry head. [Yes, yes. Mashter was wrong. Eclipse is now full of muscles.]
The little fox finally looked satisfied. [Mashter, Eclipse thinks that it"s only a matter of time before Eclipse grows another tail.]
[Really?]
Luo Yan was very excited to hear that. Eclipse growing another tail meant that he would be stronger. It would be good if the fourth tail would grow before the final tournament of the Rookie Carnival at the end of October.
[Yes! Eclipse probably needs to level up just a bit more.]
Before he could answer back, Luo Yan saw a distortion in the air. Which meant that someone was about to appear via teleportation. Sure enough, Shen Ji Yun"s game avatar appeared right in front of him. Because of that, their gazes immediately collided with one another.
The moment it did, something that Luo Yan had been stopping himself from thinking suddenly appeared in his mind. That stupid thing he did last night – kissing the rabbit mascot"s cheek.
Although it was not directly on the cheek of Shen Ji Yun"s avatar, what he did was still embarra.s.sing. And very thoughtless, if he might just add. It"s like he"s purposely fanning a fire that he had no intention of putting out. Once again, he just confirmed that he might really be a s.a.d.i.s.t.
Shen Ji Yun also remembered what happened last night during the Ferris wheel ride the moment his gaze met with Luo Yan"s. And as expected, his whole face burned red.