Demo Card
"Why did you rate her so low! She looks so handsome! Are you jealous of his beauty?"
A lady with an alluring figure and appearance scolded the man who was languidly flipping the pages on the folder in his hand. He casually glanced at the lady but didn't utter a reply.
"It's really hard to impress, Boss Mole." Another man with lengthy, golden hair chuckled as he leisurely chugged the wine directly from the bottle.
"Brother Drunk, do you think she looks perfect to be a guy?"
Brother Drunk glanced at her. His eyes surveyed the lady's figure very well. "Since she didn't even have half of your figure, then you are right." Brother Drunk agreed with a bit of discrimination.
"Do you want her, Lady Warrior?" A soft voice sounding seductive and tolerant asked. He has a pair of deep-set eyes that could lure anyone with just one look, except for his friends.
He was enjoying the view of 12 individuals doing their things inside their virtual room.
In reality, all of them were doing their things in their personal space. They were alone. However, with the help of CEO Zero, they were able to meet daily just by entering the room full of body sensors to detect their movements and reflect in the virtual room.
"If she's willing, I will gladly accept her!" Lady Warrior smugly replied. Her orange eyes lit with great interest. "I don't mind having a handsome lady stay by my side."
"I also agree," the seemingly silent lady with a cold expression expressed her thoughts.
"See! Even Sister Frost agrees with me!"
"But she's not in the Summer Kingdom, you hot-headed little lady." A man with a playful smirk on his rosy lips discouraged Lady Warrior.
"It's alright! I bet she wouldn't like Brother Root. Who would like a lazy king rooting[1] in his throne?"
"Lazy? Then wait for me; I'll visit the Fall Continent and conquer the kingdom you belong to!"
"Hahaha!" CEO Zero laughed melodiously. The special tester is unexpectedly interesting.
She was able to instill this argument between the real-life bosses when she just started the Royalties.
He didn't expect it at all. He was kind to fulfill the requests of his subordinates. He saw their pleads and hopes and even tried to threaten him just to let that player be a tester.
He personally sent the message and later forwarded it to Kikorin.
The 12 of them looked at CEO Zero, who was enjoying the quarrel.
"Brother Zero, can you transport her to the Fall Kingdom?"
CEO Zero shook his head with an apologetic smile on his face. "The game has its own rules. Even I, the CEO, need to adhere to the rules."
"Do you know her?" Lady Warrior blinked expectantly.
"She's a regular player," CEO Zero lied. He could not reveal the player's information.
They were able to know her because the system initially rated her 90, which was considered the minimum requirement to be redirected to the bosses. Then a second evaluation would take place.
Seeing that CEO Zero had rated her with a high score of 98, the other men followed suit. As for the ladies, they rate her higher.
But not all have the same taste.
Boss Mole falls to the latter. He rated her 89, even lower than the system.
Lady Warrior eyed her suspiciously but did not complain. She won't step over the boundary.
"You should play according to the rules. Don't abuse your privilege just because you are the boss. Once any of you cause the game balance to be off, I'll ban you from using any of my products."
They all looked at her, testing the seriousness of CEO Zero. He was usually a patient and kind person. Thinking how he got angry to incite fear in their hearts.
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On Frinces' Apartment.
The VR Cabin opened, revealing a figure of the lady lying on the machine. She opened her eyes and stayed in a daze for a while.
After unlocking route no. 117, Frinces immediately logged out of the game without saving her progress. Anyway, there was no such thing as a save button. Maybe it was saved automatically? She could only guess.
Frinces did not want to play the game without understanding how to play it. The delivery guy and also the four laborers with him only instructed her how to operate the VR Cabin.
Frinces moved out and looked for her phone. She immediately called Kikorin as he was the only staff working under the Swain Company she could contact.
The call rang twice before Kikorin picked it up.
"Miss Nyk! I apologize for hanging up on you yesterday! Are you comfortable with the VR Cabin? Did you figure out how to use it?" Kikorin quickly chattered. He was worried sick because Miss Nyk didn't contact him after hanging up their call.
The Vega Electronics was only able to deliver the VR Cabin this morning, yet he still didn't receive a call or an email from her.
"I'm good," Frinces shortly replied. She pondered for a second before trying to express her thoughts. "About Royalties."
Should she tell him? How embarrassing would it be to reveal that she didn't know how games in Virtual Game worked? She thought it would be easy, but it's not.
"Do you have any concerns, Miss Nyk?"
"Is there no tutorial?"
"..."
Kikorin was dumbfounded. Did she immediately join the game without passing through the demo game?
"Sir?" Frinces was getting nervous. Her cheeks reddened out of embarrassment. Fortunately, she's living alone in her apartment.
If she has a roommate, they might tease her about having a lover. She had lovers, but they were all in her computer and gadgets.
"Miss Nyk, do you know the existence of the demo card?"
"Demo Card? Is there something like that?"
"Yes, Miss Nyk. There are two cards delivered to you. One is the Royalties Demo Card, and the other is the Royalties Game Card. It's in one box; have you checked it?"
"I didn't. It was the installer who helped me put it in the VR Cabin."
"Please check it, Miss Nyk."
Frinces didn't hang up the call. She looked around and rummaged through the things on the floor. In a moment, she found a box with Swain Company's logo.
"Found it," she mumbled, intending to notify the person on the other side of the phone call.
Frinces opened it and saw another card with a tag, "Demo to the Royalties."
Frinces laughed. 'Ah! It is embarrassing!'