A Couple Made In Dreams

Chapter 3: A Marriage Proposal

Serena stood awkwardly. Escaping wasn't very brave, but standing here made her seem like a kidnapper. So Serena thought quickly, lifted up her clothes, and sat down.

When players in Dreams of Pokemon sat down, it could be to rest, to meditate and practice superpowers or, like what Serena was doing right now, to set up a stall and sell things.

When Serena displayed the stall name – "Cheap medicine for sale", the surrounding players couldn't resist but excite. Serena quickly typed out her advertising slogan: "Look here, look here. New medicine from a levelled-out pharmacist, 20% off!"

The moment the sentence appeared, all the players who had been around to look at the excitement started rioting.

She must be joking! Medicine from a levelled-out pharmacist isn't ever sold at NPC stores. They rarely occur through monster drops. This was one of the kinds of good where there is demand but no supply. Even though the local server had a few levelled-out pharmacists, they only ever sold to their sect, and rarely did they ever sell their medicine to the general public. Now there is cheap high-level medicine for sale! The players around Grand Valley Bridgebecame excited and instantaneously rushed forward to drown the red-clothed figure.

The marriage sedan came, and the marriage sedan left at flying speed.

Curiously, the marriage sedan which had been moving at turtle speed as it approached the bridge sped up suddenly as it went over Grand Valley Bridge and in a moment, disappeared over the horizon.

Serena's medicine only took moments to sell out and the players, after realizing there was nothing exciting going on, left. The bridge, which only become popular where there was a wedding procession, resumed its habitual quietness.

Serena took down her booth and prepared to leave when she suddenly saw that someone at the end of the bridge was calling her.

"PerformerSerena."

Serena looked over at the player.

Beside the river shore, there was a willow tree. That person just stood there, underneath the branches swaying due to the gentle wind. The white-clothed man sat underneath the willow tree holding a koto , his floating sleeves adding an aura of otherworldliness.

Serena stared with her eyes wideopen in shock.

Serena's shock wasn't due to the fact that the white-clothed man looked very handsome. Of course, he looked very handsome, but the white-clothed musician avatar wasn't all that rare in the game, so after a while, everybody became immune.

Her shock was because of the player's name.

PokeMasterSatoshi.

The server's number one player PokeMasterSatoshi.

In this game, when a person is labelled the number one player, it isn't just because their level is high. He must have great equipment, must be strong at PK, must be precise in his control and most importantly, must be rich.

So when PerformerSerena met PokeMasterSatoshi for the first time, one of her eyes uncontrollably turned to hearts while the other sprouted money signs.

A Master!

An Idol!

A Rich Person!

Serena ran down the bridge and sent a smiley face: "Mr. Satoshi, I've long looked forward to meet you, you called?"

PokeMasterSatoshi gave an "en" and then a system pop-up appeared: PokeMasterSatoshi wants to be friends.

Serena hurried clicked yes and reciprocated with her own request. It was hard to become friends with PokeMasterSatoshi. Most of the top players usually shut down their friend requests year round. When Serena added too many people sometimes, she would also shut down.

PokeMasterSatoshi sent a message over after a moment: "How do you feel about that wedding?"

Serena. Did Master also come to gossip? Serena replied diplomatically: "Very large."

PokeMasterSatoshi: "Do you want a bigger wedding?"

Serena short-circuited

PokeMasterSatoshi: " Get married to me."

Serena felt that it was very fortunate that she wasn't drinking water today. Otherwise, her monitor would have been sprayed again. Serena cautiously moved the tea cup next to her hand a bit further away and looked back to the screen.

On the screen, PokeMasterSatoshi's avatar still stood quietly under the willow tree with ease and elegance. Serena stared for a few moments and sent over: "Master ...... Did your number get stolen?"

(Most games in the world are through QQ centralizes many other services and people are identified with a number. Obviously, stealing numbers is a very profitable business sometimes.)

PokeMasterSatoshi apparently did not share Serena's sense of humour, and sent a hard to come by "silent" expression: "You probably haven't seen the latest news from the game website, the one about the husband-and-wife PK tournament."

Serena: "Wait, I'll go look."

Serena opened the main game website and saw "Couples PK tournament" in big words on top of the main page. Scrolling quickly, she got a general understanding. Couples PK tournament, true to the name, was a tournament with couples fighting as a team. The participating couples first competed in their own server and the top three couples would receive prizes. After that, the top couple in each server would compete with other top couples from other servers. The top three from those fights would receive super prizes. The top prize was enough to make the already rich Serena drool.

Serena: "You want to get married to me for this PK tournament?"

PokeMasterSatoshi: "En."

Serena: "*sweats*, why me?"

PokeMasterSatoshi apparently does not waste words "You are the only female player in the top ten PK rankings."

Serena was somewhat persuaded. Mr. Satoshi was very strong: number one on the PK rankings; number one on the wealth rankings; and his weapons and pet were all God level. If they teamed up, there was at least a 50% chance they would be first on their server. But her first wedding had already been for a quest, was her second to be for a PK tournament?

Serena couldn't help but sigh.

But coming back to the main issue, if it wasn't for a quest and wasn't for a PK tournament, why would she ever want to get married to a stranger? And the prizes were so good ... ...

Serena clenched her fist: "Let's get married!"

Since the decision has been made, Serena felt very free, "Let's go, we'll make a team and head for Isle of Memories."

"Wait."

"What?" Could it be that she answered too easily and Mr. Satoshi just got scared off.

But things were not what Serena though they were as PokeMasterSatoshi said: "I need to prepare for a bit, three days later, 8 o'clock."

Serena blanked, and then quickly typed: "Prepare what?"

"The wedding."

Serena: "Just an acknowledgement ceremony is good enough. We are just getting married for the tournament, there's no need to make it too big."

PokeMasterSatoshi: "That won't do. My wedding cannot be just a regular one."

Serena: "......"