novellhall Chapter 26 My Online Game Wife Can't Be a Girl
Chapter 26 My Online Game Wife Can't Be a Girl
"Hmm... I guess so."
Miyazawa Itsuki hesitated for a moment.
My temporary girlfriend seems to be someone I'm quite close to, at least until this deal is finalized.
Tsukimi Sakura nodded without saying anything more, seemingly just asking casually.
She handed the cutlery to Miyazawa Itsuki and sat down opposite him.
The two performed simple pre-meal etiquette before starting their meal.
Miyazawa Itsuki took a bite of the curry rice.
The taste is subtly salty and savory. Tsukimi Sakura's flavor is on the lighter side, but it's not too bland.
On the contrary, it can perfectly stimulate the taste buds, making it difficult for diners to be satisfied with just one bite. The tongue urges itself to eat several more times.
How did they manage to achieve such exquisite control? It's a bit too much.
Miyazawa Itsuki felt some admiration.
If Tsukimi Sakura had a panel, her cooking skills would definitely be at a professional or even elite level.
While their technical skills may not yet match those of seasoned chefs, their mastery of flavor is already at a level that most chefs cannot reach.
Perhaps it can be called talent.
"How is it, Miyazawa-kun?"
Sakura only took a small bite, and spent the rest of the time watching him eat.
There was a hint of trepidation in those amber eyes.
"It's delicious." Miyazawa Itsuki gave a thumbs up: "After eating this, I can't accept any other curry in the world."
Tsukimi Sakura smiled softly.
"That's a bit of an overstatement. But as long as Miyazawa-kun doesn't dislike it."
"That's the truth."
Both of them showed relaxed expressions.
Miyazawa Itsuki took another bite of curry rice and suddenly remembered something.
"Tsukimi-kun, is Yuko-san not home today?"
"My mom works the night shift. She took a day off yesterday to make sure I could go back to school. Today she's working a normal job."
"oh."
Miyazawa Itsuki stared at the curry rice.
Wouldn't that mean he and Tsukimi Sakura would be eating alone together every day in the future?
It would be a bit strange for a man to be entering a girl's home every day when the elders are not around.
"To avoid any misunderstanding, shouldn't we explain our agreement to Ms. Yuko?"
"I'll explain it to her clearly. I think Mom will be happy to help."
"Um."
If an elder is aware and gives their consent, then there should be no problem.
Before long, the two finished their dinner.
Tsukimi Sakura got up to clear the table, but Miyazawa Itsuki stopped her in time.
"Please let me do the chores after the meal. I'd feel bad if I just ate without doing anything."
Tsukimi Sakuna widened her eyes slightly, looked at Miyazawa Itsuki for a moment, and then smiled somewhat helplessly:
"Miyazawa-kun always has his own ideas about these things."
She clapped her hands, indicating that Miyazawa Itsuki should go ahead.
"Then I'll leave the task of washing the dishes to Miyazawa-kun. I'll go prepare tomorrow's breakfast."
"it is good."
Miyazawa Itsuki put the dishes in the sink and got busy.
Tsukimi Sakura silently watched his back for a while before finally turning her gaze away and focusing on the task at hand.
……
Miyazawa washed the dishes clean and wiped away the water stains. Only after confirming that everything was in order did he leave the kitchen.
He saw Tsukimi Sakura covering the rice with plastic wrap.
The latter saw him come out and nodded slightly.
"Do you need any help?" Miyazawa Itsuki asked.
Tsukimi Sakura shook her head: "No need, it's just preparing rice balls for tomorrow, the process is very simple."
Miyazawa Itsuki responded with an "oh." Once he was sure there was nothing more for him to do, he took his leave.
"Then I'll head back now?"
"Um."
The two said goodbye to each other, and Miyazawa Itsuki returned to his room.
After grinding experience points in the room for a while and reaching the maximum, Miyazawa Itsuki prepared to go to sleep.
At that moment, the phone beeped again.
It's his personal cell phone.
Miyazawa Itsuki was curious who would send him a message at this time.
When he opened it, his face darkened.
So it turns out it was a malicious push notification from my phone.
GG roughly means that a game he had previously registered for has been updated with new content.
This is a massively multiplayer online RPG game with a sword and magic theme, and it's very popular in Japan within this world.
Miyazawa Itsuki also played it, but not for entertainment.
Due to a lack of income, he took on many part-time jobs in addition to his regular employment.
One of them is in-game gold farming.
This phase lasted for several months, and he stopped paying attention to it after finding a more efficient way of working.
"I suddenly remembered that there are still some items on the account that I haven't sold."
That was the result of his hard work. Although it may not be of high value, it was absolutely impossible to ignore.
Miyazawa Itsuki pulled out a laptop that hadn't been used in a long time from a box under the bed.
The computer is a used, obsolete machine, meaning it's secondhand. Therefore, it often lags when launching games.
The familiar interface lit up, and Miyazawa Itsuki logged into his account and entered the game.
The little figure he controls is a swordsman with a default face model.
The location is a small house by a lake.
Miyazawa Itsuki couldn't remember why he had controlled the character here in the first place.
There are no monsters here, and it's nothing but boring scenery.
Miyazawa Itsuki didn't pay much attention, opened the character's inventory, and looked for valuable items.
While manipulating the mouse, list valuable items on the exchange.
Click on them one by one.
Until the cursor stops on an item with a pink border that displays "Untradeable".
"Um?"
Miyazawa Itsuki paused for a moment.
He saw a line of text written on the item's description:
The Ring of Eternal Vows
[Type: Player marriage contract item, cannot be sold]
[The object of my vow: Yuuka]
"?"
Miyazawa Itsuki looked puzzled.
When did he get married in the game?
And the ID 【忧花】... should be the priest of the small guild he joined, right?
At the beginning of the game, in order to quickly level up, Miyazawa Itsuki randomly joined a small guild.
The guild is small, with only three members: a priest, a mage, and a swordsman.
There weren't many swordsmen and mages online; only one priest was very active.
After Miyazawa Itsuki submitted his application, it was the pastor who agreed to his joining.
Miyazawa Itsuki originally only planned to complete the system's task of "joining a guild" to gain experience and then quit.
But the priest was very welcoming of his involvement and provided a lot of help in the early stages of Miyazawa Itsuki's exploration of the game.
For example, helping him fight monsters, sharing information, and doing quests together.
Although he discovered along the way that the priest was a bit talkative, Miyazawa Itsuki didn't dislike him.
Responding to others is an easy thing for him, even with uninteresting topics.
This is why Miyazawa Itsuki was able to succeed in the business of renting boyfriends.
Besides external conditions, knowing how to deal with people is also an important reason.
After playing the game together for half a month, the priest became more and more familiar with him. He started calling his ID [Shushushu] "Shu-jun" instead of simply calling him swordsman.
Miyazawa Itsuki also refers to her as "Miss Yuuka".
The person on the other end claimed to be female and was using a female account, but Miyazawa remained skeptical.