Tormented by loan sharks, Lorn had lived the life of an 'ascetic'. He would willingly become homeless and live the life of a beggar (and only sometimes a pickpocket), so his hard-earned money wouldn't fall into his debtors' hands. Hopefully, they would finally leave him alone after realizing he's worth nothing anymore.

But realizing his plans, the debtors decide to sell him as a guinea pig! 

The One Country's grand experiment attempting to copy a human's consciousness and put it inside the digital space! The only catch is, 80% of the test subjects are expected to receive lasting damages to their brain. 

However, Lorn finds a once-in-a-lifetime chance. The researchers were creating a virtual world using the digital space. And to create profits from it, instead of simply creating boring-old Virtual Earth (and calling it the Metaverse), they were making a game out of it!

The first fully immersive VRMMORPG in the world!

As the first tester of this game, Lorn would be a disgrace if he couldn't make money off of it!

Falling Cosmos

Listening to Irene's reasons for coming here, Lorn felt like he needed to decide what they were once and for all. For months, they acted like lovers, but there was nothing… official. The last time Lorn visited her, he still paid money to the brothel.

But now, with how she got kicked out of the brothel and started living with Lorn, they had the opportunity to make sense of things.

"I always wondered what would happen when I finally paid off my contract, you know?" Irene said. "Even before I met you, I knew it would happen, eventually. The One Leader has his reputation, but he's very fair to people like us. He makes sure there's a way out for us."

Lorn wished that applied to him as well. Elan could still do a lot of things to mess up Lorn's situation. Well, there was no need to mention that now.

Realizations