Love Began with the First Meeting

At the bank of the Lethe River, players who had fallen were being baptized. Fiery-red Equinox Flowers were swaying in the calm wind. Players who belonged to the Dark Wizard clan did not need to resurrect after falling down here. They could go back after receiving the baptism at the Lethe River. But players belonging to other races had to either wait for death or survived using a Resurrection Rune.

Passing through the swaying Equinox Flowers, the two of them stood in front of a girl dressed in a blood red voile.

[Equinox Flower] Acracholia has been giving rise to hatred since the ancient times. Have you come here to take the wedding dress?

Elsa stared at the scene, but remained still and kept silent. Sorrow chatted with the NPC until the so-called Equinox Flower wedding dress appeared in their backpacks.

[Equinox Flower] There is a beautiful legend regarding the Peach Blossom Forest. The Dragon City is a place where you can wash off the sins of you and your beloved ones. Now that you are getting married, would you like to visit?

The Yes or No option appeared on their screens at the same time. Elsa clicked on the Yes button without any hesitation and a streak of red light flashing across the screen. A message said 'The game map is being switched. Please wait for a few seconds.' The Peach Blossom Forest was covered in snow in the blink of an eye. A gust of wind swept through the forest, and the peach petals danced in the air. They flew around with the white snow.

[Friend] Sweet Dream: Wow... This is so beautiful!

Charlie smiled slightly when he saw her message, then his gaze softened.

It was a winter day when he had prepared to leave. He had seen his Little Bun standing in the snow, looking up at the peach tree. It was his last memory before his departure. He had wondered if she would be happier without him... Would she be more relaxed without him around? But the look in his eyes as he left always appeared in his dreams.

The Peach Blossom Forest on the Illusory Mount was visible to everyone in the game, but no one was able to get there so far. There was no introduction about the Peach Blossom Forest in the official website. It was just a scenery. So, the players did not pay much attention to it.

When he had designed this place, he did not even think in his wildest dreams that she would play this game with him some day. He had just wanted to cherish that memory of her. He had designed the sequence in such a way that only after a player proposed at Yama's Palace with the Three-life Stone and got the Equinox Flower wedding dress as a gift, could the couple reach the Peach Blossom Forest. He did not want other players to arrive at his special place. Luckily, he was the first one here. And he was here with his Little Bun. Elsa danced around happily. The peach petals and the white snow melted together and fell on her blue dress. When she saw how beautiful it was, she forgot all about what had happened a while ago. She selectively forgot all those unhappy things that had happened to her since her childhood.

Charlie looked at the time in his laptop screen and then raised his head to see the girl who was walking around the peach forest. Then he unwillingly sent her the message-

[Friend] Silent Sorrow: It is pretty late. You should go to bed.

[Friend] Sweet Dream: Ah! Yeah, it is late!

[Friend] Silent Sorrow: I'm busy tomorrow, so I will not be online during the day. Do you mind if we hold the wedding at night?

[Friend] Sweet Dream: Oh... Okay.

She had actually replied to the first half of his message, and not the part about the wedding. But why the time she had realized her mistake, it was already too late. Silent Sorrow had logged off from the game. There would be no power after eleven o'clock at her dormitory. She couldn't tell him that. Elsa whined, "And I didn't mean to agree to the wedding!"

Anna was once again frightened by Elsa's sudden whine and she banged her feet on the floor in anger.

The Next Day.

The morning sun rose along with a gentle wind and touched every inch of A City with its warm light. Charlie bought breakfast for Evelyn, and changed into his casual clothes before leaving his dormitory. When he arrived at the dormitory gate, he heard Evelyn yelling. Charlie stopped and watched as Evelyn rushed towards him, with her hands flinging in the air. "What's going on?" he asked.

"Big brother is here!" Evelyn's eyes were bright with a beautiful shine in them. "He called me and said that he just got off the plane."

"Really?" Charlie was a bit surprised. Addison hadn't mentioned anything about his trip to him. When he saw Evelyn firmly nodding, he smiled at her enthusiasm, "I'll send you home first."

"Okay!" Evelyn replied. Then she wrapped her arm around Charlie's and walked out of the campus with him.

Elsa and Anna had just bought breakfast from outside the school and were preparing to go back inside when they ran into Charlie and Evelyn. Anna was excited to see Charlie, but Elsa tried her best to avoid them.

Charlie saw Elsa from far away and he swiftly walked towards her with Evelyn alongside him. Anna was trying to drag Elsa towards them. Charlie locked eyes with her and when they were close enough, he reminded her, "I have time tomorrow. You do remember that you owe me a meal, right?"

Elsa's face turned red. She looked at Charlie's sunshine smile and his profound eyes. Evelyn eyed her with some complex emotions in her big orbs. Elsa felt cornered and nervous, "Um... You... I—”

Elsa couldn't complete her sentence. She watched wide-eyed as Charlie took a pen out of his bag and wrote a string of numbers on her palm, "I'll wait for your call tomorrow." With a shadow of a smile on his lips, he left with Evelyn.

"Elsa," Anna asked, her mouth agape, "What was that just now?" She had only been away for a single afternoon... What had she missed?!

Elsa did not know how to tell Anna about everything that had happened. It had only been a day since Allen had broken up with her. But she already felt her life was spinning out of control.

Charlie was apparently the prince charming of their university. She didn't really care for it, but...

Turning around, her eyes fell on Charlie's back. He wasn't wearing his school uniform today. He was in a water blue t-shirt and white casual pants. He looked so cool. Evelyn was wearing a water blue knee-length dress. They were well-matched. Her heart missed a beat, she felt lonely all of a sudden. Elsa withdrew her sight from him and looked away in pain.

"Elsa... Tell me! How did you get acquainted with him?" Anna asked. "Besides, does Allen know about this?"

They walked away together. When their voices had almost disappeared, Allen came out of the willow by the side and looked at Elsa's saddened back with dim eyes.

Looking at Allen's hurt expression, Rita hummed coldly. She had tracked down the IP address of a particular player in Dragon with help from some experts. She sneered inside and said, "Allen, come on... Daddy is waiting for us." Allen pulled back his attention to Rita. Though he had other disturbing thoughts in his mind, he calmly walked out of the campus with her.

Rita deliberately circled her arms around Allen's, which attracted a lot of attention from the passers-by. She turned around to look at Elsa's disappearing back. Her mouth curled up into a cold smile and her eyes flashed cruelty. 'Elsa, I had vowed to take revenge on you sooner or later