Chapter 71: Love Sleeping!
["Until you meet your wife's subordinate, Melusine, when your willpower, loyalty, and physical endurance will face a tremendous trial…"]
The narrator's voice suddenly changed abruptly, making Eikou feel an ominous premonition.
Especially when Melusine, right after reading her character's script, immediately gave him a sweet smile.
A drop of cold sweat trickled down from his forehead.
Suddenly, he seemed to understand just what kind of game this was.
Once everyone had finished reading their character scripts, the game officially began.
The actual game screen appeared before their eyes — a pixel game in a cute and heartwarming cartoon style.
To create a sense of realism and immersion, Morgan requested that the in-game characters be modeled after their real-life appearances.
Thus, the pixel character in a blue dress with white hair was Morgan, the long red-haired pixel character was Baobhan Sith, and Eikou was the blue-haired pixel character with one eye covered.
["Your family of three is living a normal and happy life."]
["Although you and your wife, Morgan, are often busy with work, you still want to spend more time at home with your daughter, so the two of you decide to work from home to give your daughter, Baobhan Sith, a happy childhood."]
"That's my husband, always gentle with our child." Morgan nodded in satisfaction. "I can rest assured leaving this house in your care."
"This is just the in-game script," Eikou reminded her.
["To ensure efficiency when working from home, your wife, Morgan, has invited a female subordinate from her company to help out."]
["Her name is Melusine, a subordinate with outstanding work ability and great personal charm."]
["Although she is an outsider from the company, you still welcome her as if she were part of the family."]
The pixel Melusine, wearing a beautiful dress and with white hair, appeared in their home.
["In the future, the four of you will spend an unforgettable and joyful family time together under one roof."]
["Please arrange your upcoming schedule well."]
The beginner storyline of the game ended, and it was now the players' free activity time.
Eikou briefly familiarized himself with his character's controls and the related action commands: "work, housework, stroll, interact with family."
Before he could issue any action commands, the pixel Morgan immediately ran up and tightly hugged his in-game character.
["Wife Morgan used the skill 'hug' on you."]
["Wife Morgan used the skill 'kiss on the cheek' on you."]
["Wife Morgan used the skill 'hold hands' on you."]
Pixel Morgan used all kinds of clingy skills on him.
Alright, alright, I get it — you're really clingy.
Wearing this game's façade, Morgan seemed even more like she had shed her disguise, naturally taking on the role of his wife and openly using all kinds of intimate interaction skills right in public.
"Umu, this game is really detailed, the interactions are very refined, it's just like actually playing the role of a married couple."
Morgan's earlobes turned slightly red, but her expression and attitude were very serious, as if she were giving a professional game review.
"But it's still too early to make a conclusion, please allow me to continue using your character to test it out. Alright, Eikou-san, since we're husband and wife now."
"…Go ahead."
Eikou didn't bother to expose her intentions, just went along with it.
["Wife Morgan used the skill 'indirect kiss' on you, the two of you drink from the same cup."]
"This game is… really good…"
Morgan's icy blue eyes faintly lit up.
Eikou thought to himself: You doesn't need to be that happy, this is just an indirect kiss in the game, an indirect of an indirect, it's basically nothing at all!
Oh well, as long as she's happy.
Eikou also checked his own interaction commands.
With Morgan, he could do similar things: hug, kiss on the cheek, hold hands, and indirect kiss.
Honestly, this game is overly pure — they've been married for years already, and not only are there no bolder options, there's not even a kiss-on-the-lips choice.
With daughter Baobhan Sith, the options were: pat on the head, go do your homework, give allowance, and go for a walk together.
Eikou thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled slyly and walked over to Baobhan Sith.
["You used the skill 'pat on the head' on daughter Baobhan Sith."]
"You…"
Sitting in front of the game screen, Baobhan Sith looked at Eikou with an icy gaze, as if she were looking at a pig.
"You actually dare to do this to me… If it weren't for Mother-sama enjoying herself right now, you would have been brutally slaughtered by me already."
"No doubt about it," Eikou said with a grin, "But at least if I'm killed by you, Dad will still die with a smile. My dear daughter, do you like Dad's 'head pat of doom'?"
"? Why don't you just go die?"
["You used the skill 'Go do your homework' on daughter Baobhan Sith."]
["Because the daughter is somewhat afraid of the father's authority, she is forced to execute this command."]
"Disgusting!"
"Hahahahahaha!"
Seeing Baobhan Sith's suppressed state, Eikou began to feel he actually liked this game.
What, so it's fine for your mother to mess with me, but I'm not allowed to mess with you?
"I'll go play with her, you and Melusine can take care of the work," Morgan said, glancing at the mandatory work quota displayed in the game interface, "I'm counting on you, dear husband."
["Wife Morgan decided to accompany Baobhan Sith to do homework."]
Morgan and Baobhan Sith — the two pixel characters — temporarily left his line of sight.
Eikou looked a little surprised.
He thought Morgan would take advantage of the in-game husband-and-wife relationship to be intimate and enjoy a cyber two-person world, but instead she chose to be with her daughter at this moment.
Because it's a game, does Morgan actually want to go with the flow and show her true self, to fulfill the role of a mother more naturally?
Maybe she values her daughter more than she's ever said.
Then again… she called him "dear husband" — even though she said it lightly, it carried weight, and made him a bit self-conscious.
"Oya…"
Next to him, Melusine suddenly let out a small sound.
"Although I'm not a member of this family, it seems I can also interact with you," Melusine said.
"Interact how? By working together?" Eikou asked.
"Haha, why don't I just show you directly?"
She spoke with a smile.
["Female subordinate Melusine used the skill 'push down' on you."]
["You were pushed down to the floor by her."]
["Her eyes are filled with hearts."]
"Eh?"
The pixel Melusine, taking advantage of his inattention, suddenly pushed his character down onto the living room floor.
Immediately after, the game screen in front of Eikou was covered by a thick mosaic.
Beneath the blurred overlay, two clusters of pixels could faintly be seen — completely unfit for others to view.
It made one think of scenes only found in the animal kingdom, where biological instincts are unleashed.
The two in-game characters were in the living room committing a "mistake that should never happen"!
"???"
Melusine, what the hell are you doing to my game character?!
This absolutely cannot be happening!!! Morgan will definitely kill us!!!