Game Youjo ~Yaku Atte Kougekiryoku ni Zenfuri Suru~

I've been playing a lot in games for a long time now. That's also because your father liked the game and always played with it if he had time.

He played matches in fighting games, party-played in puzzle games, fought together in action games, and time attacked in role-playing games.

Your father taught me all sorts of things through games. Manners and language. Philosophy to Miscellaneous. The majority of time spent with my family was dominated by games.

I loved my father like that, and I wished such happiness would continue forever.... but such a life suddenly comes to an end one day.

Because when I was in second grade, your father and mother had a fight like never before.

I was scared of the two of them and I was shaking outside the room. I've been waiting for you to make up for me. But your father and mother stopped talking after that.

The cause was the VRMMO your father was passionate about. Apparently I charged too much for that game and your mother pissed me off. I wasn't sure what to do, and I couldn't even speak up.

And the next day from that fight, your father took all the money out of the house... and disappeared.

- About a year has passed since your father disappeared and continues to this day.

"Shanan, we were all talking about stopping by the park today. Shanan coming too?

My classmate called me.

Glad to hear it, but I have something important to do today.

"Sorry, I have to help your house today..."

I say no and then I leave the classroom behind. Yes, my house is poor. I don't have any money at all because your father ran away with all the money.

So your mother has been desperately busy working from that day right now and every day. So basically, I do everything about the house.

Is it because of that, I had a gradual decrease in the chances of playing with everyone in my class, and now not a single kid was close enough to call me a friend?

But I don't think I have a choice. Your mother's working hard, so I have to work hard too! Besides, it's a special day.

I'll go straight home.

I walked into a house where no one was present and did the cleaning and laundry efficiently in a hurry. Let's make it through dinner with the contents of the fridge. 'Cause I want to make my time as much as possible today.

- Ping-pong!

The chime of the house rings.

When I opened the door in a hurry, it was a courier. When I received the package and rolled into my room with it, I hurried to open the package.

"It finally arrived! Headgear for diving into VRMMO!

Yes, I've been waiting for this.

Ever since I was poor, I have refrained from spending as much money as I could.

Christmas, your birthday, your mother kept asking me what I wanted for my gift, but I didn't want it. Because I believe that saving a little money will give you that much more time to be with your mother.

What I want most is just time for my family to live together. I don't need a gift for that. That's what I think.

I did my mother a favor recently. He wants headgear that can dive into the virtual world that spreads online. Then Mother laughed and bought it for me.

Is it because it was unusual for me to want things? I was a little surprised, but he admitted it easily. And it was today that that headgear arrived.

I immediately connect with various things and assemble them so that they can be activated. I'm learning game-related knowledge from your father, so I can do it alone!

And when I connected that headgear to the net, I installed a single gaming app.

The name of that app is Dungeon Quest

It's a game that your father had a crush on and that caused our family to collapse...

My purpose is only one. Fly to the world of this game and find your father!

I'm not sure I can find your father no matter how much I look in the real world. But in this world of games, you can always get to your father if you move on with the story!

It's a game we chose even after we abandoned our family. There must be a father in here! And when I find you, I'm sorry Mother. I will live with you as a family again!!

I lay on my bed wearing headgear. And I switched it on as it was and let the game start.

The view in front of me changes. Consciousness is drawn into the game. So, finally, I started a game that drew your father in.

'Please enter a player's name'

I came across a screen like that as soon as I started. If you look around, it's a place that's filled with data like computer space.

Well, I have to put a name in it, but I don't know what to do...

My aim is to find your father in this game. Then you should take your name for real.

"'Shannon' all the time..."

My real name is Nan (Kusu Noki) Sha Nan (Sa Na), so I also thought I would include it under my full name. But I don't really use my real name in games, and I think the name alone is enough.

'Next, decide what the player looks like'

An edit screen emerged that determines the appearance of the character I use in the game, called Avatar. There are too many things to do, and it could take a lot of time if I wanted to make a full decision.

In that I found one decision button. That's...

- Use the real look as an avatar as it is.

It was a decision button.

Yeah. Wouldn't this be nice? If your father sees me, he'll notice me immediately, and I've never left many of these clues behind. Not only will I look, but I'll save you a lot of trouble if you notice me over there.

I pressed that button.

'Warning. Bringing real information into the game can identify you and cause some trouble. In that case, the operation cannot be held responsible. Still use the look of real life as an avatar?

Yes.

I don't hesitate to press the decision button.

Or I wish I didn't have to make elements like this enough to give such a warning...

When I did expose real information online, your father told me that someone was trying to determine his home or environment from that information. But that kind of thing is if you create some grudge, and unless you're so unlucky, that's not the case with people like a chunk of malice trying to figure out the realities of the people you normally play.

It's okay. Your father also teaches you online manners.

"Avatar Generation Complete"

Then a character appeared in front of me who looked the same. Long hair and low height, of course, as well as reproduction rates that look exactly like the eye area and look in the mirror. The technology is amazing these days.

'Next, decide on the class you want to use and assign it to the initial status'

Assign Status……

Apparently this game can determine the development of characters to some extent of their own volition. What character am I supposed to make?

A versatile character who can carry the story forward efficiently? Or is it a thoroughly information-gathering character? No, you should be able to do that with any character to some extent. Perhaps you'd rather think about what happened when I met your father.

When I see your father, I first say, 'No! Meh!' I have to scold you. I've decided to punish her with a decopin instead of her mother. I could use a tail on my arm.

That's how I have to bring your father back, but will it be possible to fulfill it?

Preliminary research shows that a player battle exists in this game. So in the game, the strength of the character says things. Maybe I'll have to develop into a player battle and defeat your father. Will I be able to fathom a novice to your father who's been playing this game for so long then? You can't do that.

If so, there's only one policy I can take.

I chose "militant" among various professions. Then the status assignment screen appeared next.

Name: Shanan

Class: militant

LV: 1

HP: 800

MP: 50

ATK: 100

DEF: 50

INT: 10

RES: 40

AGI: 80

DEX: 60

Looks like we can assign a 50-point number to this status.

I assigned all of this point to the ATK.

What I can do is create a character that is attack-specific. Of course, I know this character development is unbalanced. But my purpose is only to bring your father home. It's not about enjoying the game.

Your father has been playing this game for over a year. If you're going to battle your father like that, no matter how hard you try, you can't beat him with my status.

... then you just have to beat it with offense that just outweighs the time of year!

Because before your father's attack, if my attack hits you enough to do damage, you still have a chance.

Not just to win. Create an Attack Specialist character to show my intentions!

Let's go through this policy to punish your father for doing something wrong!

I made this character just to convince your father, let's sue him through this character!

The adventure that's about to begin is never easy. But get over that difficulty and hit my thoughts!!

"The character's edit is complete. Enjoy the game now '

It shines out softly in front of me and I can't see anything for a second.

Thus my adventure opened the curtain.