PAID

Chris’s vacation came to an end.

“Mm.”

I rubbed my sleepy eyes as I accompanied her to the front door.

“Make sure you eat properly even when I’m not here. Take your meds on time. You know where the snacks are in the pantry, right? How are your legs feeling compared to a few days ago?”

“…I’m not a child, you know. It’s not like this is the first time you’ve had to leave me to go to work.”

“Sniff, but after spending so much time together, even being apart for a little while feels unbearable…”

“You’ll be late. Just go already.”

I gave Chris a firm push on her back as she hesitated to leave. Her teary-eyed face disappeared beyond the front door.

I lingered near the door for a while after she left.

I didn’t want Chris to leave either. If I asked her to stay, she’d undoubtedly ditch work and spend the whole day fussing over me. But I couldn’t hold her back—it would mean stalling progress in the field of virtual reality science.

Chris’s vacation ending also signaled the end of mine.

It was time for me to get back to work as well.

Daily quests, elite dungeon runs, mana crystal farming—all the means of earning foreign currency had been on hold due to the raid and the vacation.@@novelbin@@

This recent trip…