The Cursed Paradise (Edentia Online)

Chapter 20

△5 Novadia 1656

[Afternoon] time phase.

After arranged the [Broken Keys] piece into one key, Zimi had a deep sleep, for about four days. He said not to wake him up before he found the locked portal location, that place will only be opened by the key. But, after the gate to the reality opened, all of the game data will be transfer to the [CharTomb] ; the graveyard at the end of internet. I'm happy when this cursed paradise will be end, and back to reality where my body belong there. A side of me didn't want to go from here, this device that clung my head round has transferred me into this fantasy, my soul belong here, the intewined mind, my dream family; I don't want to live without them. Jotan and I laid on a hammock that hung on the palm tree, we stared at the blank skies, a breeze of wind blowed. As the leaves of palm trees swinged.

Jotan yawned, "Huuuaah I'm so bored just being here, Liz any sign of the opening ?" he asked

"Nah.. nothing." I shook my head.

"Hmmm how about were fighting each other ?" he tilted his head, "Just killing time."

"But you said you're not interested by that stuff, since that freezing point event." I shrugged.

His eyes widened like puppy eyes, smiled innocently. "Please please ?" he begged.

"Okay..but let's go anywhere else before we fight." I let out a sigh. When I sat on the hammock it swinged around here and there. "Whoa whoa," the support that attached to the palm trees break. Jotan and I fell down, I fall to top of him, "Oow, be careful." I rubbed my head.

"Sorry, about that.." he said. "Okay, where we will go ?" he scrolled the map. We were located at the little island region. He moved the map with his forefinger and zoomed it, a picture of several island with blue cerulean ocean, so vivid and alive. "Hmm, how about the [Isla Deinti] ? I heard it has a great scenery of eastern sunset. It's also acted as the player's solace." he pointed his finger.

"Great idea !" I waved a gesture, a big bird with golden feather cama by with a puff. It chirped, like asking Where will we go, Iza ?. "How far is it ?" I asked, riding on the phoenix back.

"Aboout thirty minutes flight, approximately." he watched his wrist, acted like a person looking at his watch, he taunted the dragon. A clanking sound from the dragon's armour. "Hey ! big boy ! let's have some fun.." he rode on a saddle, clutching the bridle that attached. "The last who reached there will pay the meal. To the speed of light !" he screamed. The dragon soared the sky, like a crane who take off from the land, it flapped it's wings once as the gust of wind created.

"No way !" I said. The phoenix blast of with the rocket boost from it's tail.

The race between us have made the peaceful sky noisy. As gleaming whiteish silver, and golden with red ascent paced to a direction. Well, I'm quite dizzy to handle this overactive bird, so does Jotan. The white sand beach has come in view.

"Hiyah hiyah ! faster ! faster !" Jotan swinged the dragon's bridle. "Oh oh, I'm gonna crash ! Mayday ! Mayday !" he screamed at the dragon's ear the dragon seems didn't care enough, it also doubled it's speed. A fiery trail came out from it's tail.

"It's a plane ?" A red ponytailed girl asked, she licked her ice cream.

"No no it's a bird ! and dragon ?" A girl who wears bikini answered. She wears a sun glasses to see clearly.

"Whatever it is ! it will crash here ! run !" the red haired girl said, they ran to the safe place.

The crowd on the beach ran to nearest hut for shelter. They were frightened if it a monster that would devour them alive. A shaking ground caused by Jotan's hard landing has questioned some people. They came near him, also surrounding the pale dragon, it loses it's breath after the reckless race. It disappeared with a poof. Jotan's face was facing the ground, he also almost swallowed the sand. He spat it out with a cough.

Another shadow of a giant bird flashed above Jotan, the people ran again to their place. In the air, the bird disappeared, let me floating slowly in the air. I landed on the warm shoreline, all of them just let out a sigh, and continued their activity.

"Iza....you got to pay for this," he stepped up, clenched his fist.

"Who ? me ? you're the one that asked the race.. so I'm gonna pay the meal," I raised my shoulder. I waved a gesture, opened the equipment menu, then change the heavy armour into a light sundress. I also changed my hairstyle to braided gold.

Jotan and I came to the nearest beach house, actually it is a restaurant on the first floor, and an inn at the second floor. Because it's located near the beach, the food that are served here are mostly seafood. With a touch of a beach the NPC's here are dressed in shorts, and bikinis. Jotan sight sometimes averted to the girl NPC's.

"That just a numerical code dressed in a sexy woman." I rolled my eyes.

"No no no, I'm not interested at that thing.." he shook his head.

"Don't lie to me, that's a male common sense." I shurugged. "But, what I'm trying to say is, the beauty of that girl, or cuteness of Zimi..is not real." I whispered to him, surely thing I'm not going to let people know that we adopted a 'not-real-child'.

The food that we has ordered arrived to our table, the NPC waiter said "If you want anything else just raise your hands, simple." A portion of giant calamary with a butter ont the top, a set of sashimi, with two coconut drink has made our stomach grumble. I ate the food slowly, letting it taste sliding down to the throat, starngely it was tasteless when it reached the throat.

"Is it just me or the food isn't good ? maybe I ate the sand too much ?" Jotan asked.

I dropped my spoon with a shock, slowly I gulped the food. "No way, the sensory system of diggesting has stopped now."

"Calm down, were getting to reality..get use to this." he said, and continuing eat.

[Sunset] time phase.

We walked along the beach shoreline, enjoying the scenery of pixelized world of perfection. Their feet with a strenght of achilles heels made some soft footprints on the clear sand, as the plush warm feel tingling their feet. A red orange sky painted in a vast horizon, cerulean waves raced to the beach, as enthusiastic as their silly race. His silhouette pointed the virtual sun. My finger formed a rectangle like camera aimed him, then a shutter effect apear. It was a gesture to take a photo, but it doesn't supported for selfie.

"One day, we will back to reality, and sees the western sunset." he said. He dragged me to the shallow wave. He waved a gesture, and scrolled some things, when he stopeed at particular thing he blushed.

"Jo ? what is it ?" I tilted my head.

"It's something weird.." he sheepishly said.

"We are weird since then, let's live the wierdness on us.." I giggled.

"Then...then..if we could back into reality.." he let out a deep sigh, "can I be your fiance ?" he let out a little piece of gold and sliver interwined in a ring shape. "I mean marry you.."

The blood rushed into my heart, it pumped loudly, as the steaming hot red face adorned me."Y.. Yes.." I hugged him tight.

"Till death do us apart.." he whispered.

"Death do us apart ? what do you mean Jo ?"

"Well, a real marriage proposal said that ?"

"You do it wrong..you're still my virtual fiance." I sheepishly said at the fiance's part. "Is there something wrong ?" I asked.

"No no no" he shook his head. "Nothing" he hugged me tight.

"Jo ! tell me !" tear streaming down my face, I buried my face on his chest. "You acted very serious ! not like usual !" I speaked in gasps. "Something bad..will happen right ? tell me !" he wipe my tears away.

"Forget that, no matter what problem we wll face..I believe that we could back into reality." he cuped my face. "I promise to you," he slid the ring into my sweet finger.