I Live To Play VR-MMORPG

Argh...

Two hours of hellish and relentless perseverance, I'm starting to feel the headache from the lack of sleep, my mind was screaming already but there's still one more hour to go before the school ended.

Thankfully the last class was Miss Fitri's class, I can relax a bit when it's her.

Since she didn't call my name, I let my guard down and I was occasionally dozing off, my eyes kept opening and close in the next hour.

Last time, she jumps into baseless conclusions, this time she decided to just keep quiet and pretended that she didn't see anything. It's none of her business, whether the students understand or not, in other words, she won't care anymore.

She doesn't want to care, because she didn't want to make the same mistake and embarrass herself again. At that time, she indeed wanted to teach Andy a lesson out of goodwill but her action backfired badly.

She only has the teaching experience of merely two years, from the first day till now she was never the type that scolds students. Normally, she would've just ignored them and try her best in teaching.

It was only five months ago that she started to change, she wanted to tell what she's thinking to the students and it miraculously worked.

A student for the first time actually listened to her, from there she gains her confidence slowly as a teacher but then that incident with Andy just crushed her.

Of course, I didn't know that my action would cause Miss Fitri to turn into a failure teacher.

She shouldn't have felt embarrassed, we didn't even laugh at her. We're just a bunch of kids, I didn't know that a small incident like that could actually crumble her confidence.

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Ding Dong~

The sounds of the bell ringing returned my consciousness to the classroom. When I heard the class representative commanded the class out loud, I instinctively followed it.

"Stand up!"

I immediately stood up when I heard the word 'Stand up', it has become a habit, standing up every time hearing the word.

"Bow!"

"Good afternoon teacher~"

Finally, All of us bowed in unison and bade farewell to Miss Fitri.

Only with that, I realized.

'Ah, the class ended.'

One hour passed away just like that when I'm dozing off. I wondered why one hour of Mr.Ridwan's class didn't pass as fast as Miss Fitri's class.

"Andy, Are you really okay?"

Micheal still wasn't going to simply forget what he said to Andy, if he was in Andy's shoes, he would've been very sad if he lost his only place to live.

"Hm? I'm fine. I just need to sleep."

Yawn*

"Then, I won't bother you today. I'll wait tomorrow!"

"Tomorrow when you're not sleepy, you'll take me to see your new house, Promise!"

"Okay, tomorrow it is."

I childishly do a pinky promise with Micheal, that's the only way to satisfy Micheal.

I then apologize to Micheal. Since I'm tired, I decided to go home early by myself without waiting for him.

Upon reaching home or to be precise the convenience store, it felt like heaven.

"Oi, kid- you look pretty bad."

Of course, I was already dead inside, to begin with. After walking over two hundred meters, my body became extremely weak that I'm limping my way home like a zombie.

People that saw me, was almost scared to death, though some of them looked at me weirdly thinking that I'm crazy.

Having no energy to reply Old Man, I climbed upstairs and lay down on the newly bought sofa.

Ah... The moment I lied down, my body felt as light as feather. Everything just left my body, even my consciousness.

Snore*

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[James' POV]

Where should I go?

Arriving at outside Tanjung Karimun Harbour's arrival entrance, not even the exit yet. I was swarmed with a bunch of people.

They're not here to meet me or anything, these people persistently asking for me to get sit their taxi. It's just not me that was asked by the group of taxi drivers, everyone that came out with me was also getting swarmed too.

I decided to choose one out of ten, and afterward, the other nine left me alone since I got my driver already.

Being face to face with the taxi driver, I was resolved on getting the lowest price. If I feel it's cheap then it's good. With my vast traveling experience and I can judge whether the price he offered was cheap or not.

I definitely won't get scammed by them. This driver, seeing that I'm foreigner he must have wanted to charge a high price just for short distance ride.

So, as an experienced traveler, my experience told me to negotiate the price with the driver first.

"How much to bring me around the area?"

I spoke English with the taxi driver, hoping that he could understand me.

Hearing my foreign language he tilted the head, he then used hand gestures trying his best to communicate with me.

"Taxi!! Five ten!! Putar!! Balai!!"

Five ten? a circle and Balai...

Fife-ten...

So, Fifty US dollars for just a ride around Balai?! or is it fifteen? I should try giving it fifteen dollars. If it's fifteen, that much I can accept it.

"This much can?"

I showed him fifteen US dollars.

Thankfully, the taxi driver wasn't dumb, they knew the worth of the US dollar when converted to rupiah.

Fifteen US dollars means it's two hundred thousand just for a single ride.

The taxi driver gladly agrees with the price I set as he only wants fifty thousand rupiahs for a single but the foreigner actually offered extra.

"Yes, yes! Terima Kasih! come."

The driver waved his hand signaling me to follow him. When I saw that he agreed, I was relieved that he was willing to drive me to my destination for just fifteen dollars.

"Okay, take me to the Hotel, recommend me the best hotel in Balai."

"Hotel? ok ok."

Following him out of the harbor, I realized how filthy the place was, it was beyond dirty.

Did he really live at this place? How can a game developer live in this kind of area?

"Tunggu sini! Taxi!"

When we finally arrived at the parking lot, the driver signaled me his hand, stopping me. I understood him immediately as he wanted me to wait here for him to get his car.

I waited for a while, looking at the people surrounding the area. Bunch of people chilling, chatting with each other while drinking coffee.

Later... a shady car arrived in front of me. I frowned.

Beep*

Don't tell me this is the one?

When the window was open, showing the face of the taxi driver that I made deal with, I cursed myself.

'F**k me mate...'

Just as I expected, the inside was as worst as its outside appearance, it has a heavy odor that makes you feel nausea and headache just from breathing the odor.

How far is the hotel?

I don't want to stay here for too long.

Suddenly, the taxi stopped.

"Hotel. Sampai."

The taxi driver said while giving me a thumbs up.

I didn't care, as long as it stops, I quickly went out, get my baggage and...

Bleurgh...

After I finished doing my business, I became much more refreshed.

The taxi driver seems worried when he saw me vomit, asking me questions but I don't understand what he's saying.

I simply paid him the money and went into the hotel.

Hotel Maximillian was the hotel name.

It looks decent from outside, I hope the service in this hotel is good.

Oh? Already a person opening the door for me, this place should be nice.

A man that opened the entrance for me, wearing a unique-looking uniform smiled at me, so I smiled back politely.

Afterward, I went heading to the counter to book a room.

Please... speak English.

"I would like to book a room please."

"Which room would you like? These are the choice available, sir."

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I didn't know that I would feel like this but, for the first time, I feel very grateful toward someone, when I heard English coming from the friendly receptionist's mouth.

When I travel, I usually have a guide with me, helping me translate languages into English. but on this small island, I doubt that I could find a good guide.

"Thank god, you can speak English."

I got too excited and grabbed the receptionist's shoulder without her permission, things got awkward for her as it's not polite to touch someone without the person's permission especially when it's a woman in Indonesia.

Though she wanted to run away, she forced out a smile and asked politely.

"Which room do you want sir?"

I quickly answered without hesitation with a big smile on my face, trying to be friendly as I could after sensing her uncomfortable feeling.

'There's no need to be nervous, your English is good enough.'

I misunderstood the whole thing.

"Give me the best room in this hotel."

Only after I said that I lifted my arms away from her shoulder.

"Ehem, How long will you stay?"

"Hmm... I'm not sure, for now, I'll book two nights then."

"So, A suite for two nights, is that correct?"

"I guess, yeah."

"That'll be 2.600.000 Rupiah."

"Um... do you accept us dollar?"

I grabbed a stack of fifty dollars from my bag, showing her the money.

"Then it'll be 250 US dollars, Is that okay?"

Wow, that's quite cheap for a suite, right?

"Sure."

I happily gave her the money and afterward I was given the key to my room.

A bellman then escorted me to my room personally, since there's no elevator, he also helped me carry my luggage to my room.

As I arrived in the suite room, I immediately open my laptop to email LEE123, notifying him that I have arrived here.

I wasn't particularly interested in the room as I arrived as I didn't see anything special in this room.

It's not that the suite was bad or not attracting, but it's just me that was used to staying in a fancy room like this. A room with wine, chandelier, beautiful furniture, giant bed. They're all quite normal to me, in fact, this room could only be described as mediocre.

I have arrived at Tanjung Balai Karimun, I'm staying at Hotel Maximillian

Now that I can only wait for his reply, I should go and take a bath, afterward I'll go and find some food. I still haven't eaten anything for the last five hours.

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[Andy's POV]

Lying on the sofa for three hours, I finally felt more lively than ever after I rested. Other than being hungry, I never felt so good before.

Right now it's about 4 P.M, still quite early. I can go downstairs to help the Old Man out. If there's an opportunity I could also use the computer only if there's no customer.

Going down the stairs, I found the Old Man was playing the computer at the counter, listening to the sound effect, he must be playing Hero.

Meanwhile, there's a customer in front of him and he didn't even notice it. The customer wanted to call him but he hesitated to do so.

"Old Man, there's customer."

"Oh? you've done resting? Since you're back I'll let you take care of the store then."

Upon seeing me, the Old Man immediately left the store on my hand without a shred of hesitation. I'm guessing he went to his internet cafe to continue playing his game.

"Don't blame me, kid, blame your game for being too addictive."

The Old Man screamed riding his motorcycle toward his Internet Cafe. His voice gradually got smaller as he got further.

Well, I'm glad that he enjoyed the game.

Beep*

I quickly took care of the customer items.

"That'll be 12000 Rupiah."

"Thank you for coming."

Now that there are no more customers in the store.

I went to the desktop, open the browser and log in to my email.

At this time, James should have arrived here.

Checking my inbox, I received many emails, more than a hundred this time. They're the one that wanted to cooperate with me. Sadly, I have no interest in them anymore, they're too late.

I only check James' mail and there's one that's recently received.

[I have arrived at Tanjung Balai Karimun, I'm staying at Hotel Maximillian]

Seeing that, I replied to him casually.

[Okay, I'll go and find you tomorrow, 4 P.M, be sure to be at your hotel at that time. As for tonight, you should have fun first]

Since Old Man wasn't here anymore, it's only me to watch the store. I can't ask him to meet me here so it has to be tomorrow after school ends. Since Micheal will be coming to my house, I have to delay it for another few hours.

4 P.M should be the perfect time to meet him.

Now that I replied to James, let's see how much money we made today.

Checking my balance, there's whooping five grand of US dollar inside, converting them to rupiah it's over seventy million rupiah.

Seeing the amount of money, I was proud of myself.

'This should be able to pay the Old Man. He'll be shocked when he sees the number of money that was transferred into his bank account.'

[Would you like to withdraw?]

Yes.

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[James' POV]

I took a bath and ate at a place called Rumah Makan, inside I ordered Nasi Padang. It was Indonesian food, with plain rice, chilies, fried chicken, types of spices and veggies.

It's cheap but they're surprisingly good too, especially the chilies.

After eating, I quickly went back to the hotel waiting for LEE123 reply.

'Why he's not replying yet.'

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Ding*

[Okay, I'll go and find you tomorrow, 4 P.M, be sure to be at your hotel at that time. As for tonight, you should have fun first]

Reading the reply, I was disappointed that I can't meet him today.

Truthfully, he was curious about what kind of person he would be, seeing this reply saying that his curiosity will have to be held until tomorrow, he was saddened.

Sigh*

Then I'll just go for another round of eating.

At a nearby restaurant, James was enjoying his seafood platter.

The lobster tasted normal, the prawns didn't taste that fresh and the squid is rubbery. He almost thought that this was the worst meal he has eaten but was then saved by the next wonderful dishes that came.

To think that the seafood delicacy actually didn't taste that good, thankfully, their fishes are not too bad.

I ordered many fish dishes, all of them were cooked differently. Some of them are grilled with charcoal, few are steamed, and one of them is fried.

Other good dishes that I ate, which is not seafood, would be stir-fry vegetable and sweet-sour chicken.

If I'm not wrong these are all Chinese cuisine, right?

I expected Indonesian cuisine but either way they're delicious too.

Another five hundred dollars were used just like that and he's still going to continue the search for more food.