“Clap clap clap…”

I responded to Lin Yixin’s thread. “Impressive, goddess. You’ve won my heart…”

I was replying using my own ID, “Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand”, of course. I couldn’t use a dummy account because I had logged into the forums from inside the game.

My reply attracted plenty of attention as I expected it to. Since my reply was among the first ten replies, someone quickly made a scathing accusation. “How did you reply to this thread so quickly? Were you spying on our goddess all day long?”

I couldn’t refute it.

Lin Yixin replied with an ellipsis, and a bunch of people immediately replied, “We get you…”

And that was how a perfectly normal friendship was embellished into an adulterous relationship.

Anyhow, I logged out of the forums and went back to grinding. Staying cooped up on the forums all day was boring!

…...

Four hours or so later, I had killed enough undead swordsmen and obtained enough Skeletal Fingers to fulfill the quest requirement. It was time to turn in the quest.

I returned to the temporary camp at Eternal Song Forest, and this time no one tried to stop me like last time. It was because I had the...