It was a dim-lit room, the interior was nicely designed, the windows were tall and the bright moonlight was entering inside through it, making the white glimmering stripes on the ground.
"Yeah, I'm just an insect," Leon gritted his teeth, trying his best to hold his tears back.
Leon was lying on top of a bed, staring at the blank ceiling. The air inside of the room was chilled, the bed was nicely done. A small table was beside the bed's shelf and a lamp was kept on it. The only source of the light inside of the room was from that lamp.
'I'm a loser, my life doesn't mean anything anymore.' He looked at his legs and tried to move them, but he failed miserably. The nerves of his legs had stopped working long ago. 'Only if I didn't have that accident back then.' A small sigh escaped his mouth, as if he was trying to finally accept his fate.
The door to his room slowly creaked open, a girl with brown eyes, dark hair, seemed to be around the age of 15 entered inside of Leon's room.
Her voice came soft, excitement was filled in it. "Big brotherrr, look I brought the game which you wanted to play." She extended her hand towards Leon, showing a box carrying a helmet in it.
A small bead of tear dwelled inside of Leon's eyes, voice came tiring. "But... but it was when I didn't get crippled." He then clutched the bedsheet, showcasing his anger slightly.
Leon's eyes shifted from the ceiling to the helmet, looking at it with lifeless eyes. "What should I even do with it, Sylvia." His voice came soft, pain was filled inside of it.
A small smile curled up on Sylvia's lips, she extended her hand towards Leon's forehead and rested it over it. She started patting him, voice came low but soft. "Brother, it'll all be good soon, don't worry too much."
She then grabbed the game helmet which she kept before Leon's bed, opened the box and removed the helmet out of it. She had a bright smile on her face while doing all of that, and she lifted his head then putting the helmet she had brought on his head.
"Brother, don't try to overplay it, okay?" She said with a small smile as she stepped down from the bed, walking towards the door.
She looked back at Leon before leaving the room. "I'll come back in a few hours with your lunch, enjoy your play till then, big bro." Her eyes closed slightly, bright smile appeared on her lips as she left his room completely.
Leon sighed as he lifted one of his hands up, pressing the button which was on the right corner of the helmet. 'Well, I wanted to play it since a long time now, let's just dig in then?'
It didn't take long enough for the surroundings of him to disappear completely, in just a few seconds he found himself in a space which was completely dark and the only thing which was visible to him were his hands. He tried to move his legs and he finally felt his lower limbs. 'What? What the fuck? I can feel my body, this... this is so good.'
Tears started flowing out of his eyes without even him noticing them, he moved his legs and then tried to stretch his toes, his voice came low, shaky. "I.. I finally can feel it all, oh god. This thing isn't real but still it feels too good."
Leon looked for any source of light which he could find, but the only thing he noticed was a panel which was hovering in front of his eyes with bright blue light.
There were some digits written onto it:
[Countdown: 120 Seconds.]
[The user should wait the given time to log into the game successfully.]
A small smirk curled up on Leon's lips, voice came a bit low. "Well, let's see what I can do in this open-reality game." Leon started to wait patiently, flexing the muscles inside of his legs timely, feeling the sensation inside of his legs.
[Countdown: 0 Seconds.]
[User can finally log into the game.]
[Press:]
[Yes: If you want to enter the game.]
[No: If you want to log out of the game.]
A small smirk tucked up on his lips again. "Heh, let's dig in." He extended his finger slightly towards the options and pressed onto the yes.
The surroundings of his changed once again, this time he found himself in a room which was completely white, the ground was made out of clouds.
Leon's eyes shifted towards the ceiling, the ceiling was made with the carvings of gold, a marble which looked beautiful enough to be fitted of the stone which fell straight from the heavens.
At front, there stood a woman in white dress, small wings were attached to her back and a small halo which was reflecting golden light was hovering on top of her head. Her eyes were golden, hair was white.
Beside her was a table made out of white marble, on top of it kept was a small sphere of mana.
She looked at Leon with a small smile on her lips, her voice came soft. "User, please come here."
Leon slowly approached her, the steps were deliberate and filled with caution as if he had his guard on. When Leon reached the table, she looked at him once again.
She pointed towards the sphere of mana with her hand. "User, please keep your hand on it."
Leon gulped as he thought twice before doing what she asked him to, but he took a deep breath and put his hand on top of the sphere.
A screen suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, glowing brightly with the texts:
[Welcome new user.]
[Please choose the race which you want to be:]
[Human.]
[Elf.]
[Dwarves.]
Leon looked at the options which were floating in the air in front of his eyes, he took his hand to his chin and started scratching it as if he was trying to think. 'Hmm... which one should I take?'