A meeting

"I always knew he was lying not to know me!"

"What do you mean?"

"Your friend, I told him I was Nightingale and he was like he doesn't know about me. Such a fraud!"

Hearing that, Genevieve chuckled. "Umm, about that…, Noah is not exactly lying".

"So, Noah is his name huh?"

"Yeah," she nodded. "That guy is special".

"How do you mean?"

"You see, he's kind of a sociopath so if he says he doesn't know you, he really doesn't".

Nightingale was stunned, he took another sip of his tea. "How are you so sure?"

"Because Noah never lies".

"…"

Nightingale sipped his tea even faster.

Genevieve chuckled, looking across at him. "It sounds far-fetched but it's the truth. He can be annoying at times but when it comes to honesty, Noah can be trusted. He never sees a reason to lie even if telling the truth will kill him".

"Wow," Nightingale looked at her across the table. "You seem to have a high opinion of him".

"Yeah, he was my captain for 10 years".

"10 years?!" Nightingale sipped his tea faster. "Tell me more".

Well, at this moment, Nightingale and Genevieve were at a restaurant.

It all started after she heard his voice through the phone. Apparently, she was a big fan of the hip hop star.

Nightingale was a big hip hop star based in London with a massive fanbase. He seemed to release a timeless classic every few years, a lot of people rated him so high they dubbed him the Michael Jackson of the 21st century.

It was a wonder how Noah had never heard of this popular musician, but knowing him, Genevieve understood.

Once Genevieve knew that it was Nightingale talking with her having recognized him through his voice and that it concerned Noah, this girl left all her work immediately, a privilege of your dad being the CEO of the company where you worked as she went all the way to London to meet him.

They met up in a restaurant, and that was how this moment came to be.

Noah's message to her was simple. "Please create an 11th server account and meet me in the game, we need to talk".

After Nightingale passed on the message, Genevieve spoke with him some more to know how he met Noah. Of course, it was partly motivated by her desire to speak more with her music idol.

As they spoke, Nightingale could not help but pay more attention to her extravagant attire, almost like she was wearing a disguise.

Even he wore a disguise so as not to be recognized by his fans, but this…, was this not too extravagant?

Was she a celebrity too? He wondered.

Thinking of that, his thoughts drifted back to the expert's real name. 'Now that I think of it, Noah, why does that name sound so familiar?'

After their conversation, Genevieve took a picture with him before finally leaving the restaurant and going straight to an internet café with her disguise on.

There, she bought a new 11th server Warstar account card, created a new account before logging into the new server.

…

[Character Name has been registered…]

Inside an isolated alley in the beginner village, 2 game avatars stood, facing each other. One was dressed like a Combat Mage while the other like a Cleric.

Since they were yet to change classes, they didn't have a main class yet.

Noah raised his eyebrows as he looked at her. "Really, Misty Rose? That's the best name that you could think of?"

Genevieve scoffed. "You're one to talk when your username is Lord Doom? Who names themselves Lord Doom?"

"Me".

Genevieve laughed. "Typical Noah".

As soon as she created her account and completed the first beginner quest, leveling up to level 1, she followed the directions that Nightingale gave to her, walking to this alley in the beginner village where she met Noah.

Genevieve looked at him. "So, will you tell me now what exactly happened? You have so many missed calls from me," she harrumphed. "You better have a good enough explanation, or else…"

"Or else you would kiss the air". Noah chuckled. "You can't even hurt a fly, you only sound cute when you try to sound threatening".

"Y-you…!"

"Follow me".

In the end, leading her outside the beginner village outside the range where other players could eavesdrop on their conversation, Noah finally explained everything to her.

"…that is what happened".

"So, here I am".

"…"

"…"

"…..!"

For a few seconds after Noah was done explaining, speechless, Genevieve could not say a single word.

When she finally controlled her in-game avatar to look at him again, as she asked, her voice showed how astonished she was. "You mean to tell me that right now, you're not behind a monitor?"

"Yeah," Noah shrugged. "This is me".

"If you don't believe, I can even kiss your in-game avatar to show you. Warstar doesn't allow that, but I can".

Genevieve was stunned.

"Wait, wait, let me get this right". She stopped him. "You logged into the game using another person's account but instead, you got transported inside the world of the game?"

Noah nodded exasperatedly. "Yes".

"Give me a moment".

Genevieve's in-game character suddenly froze. Staring at the motionless Cleric, Noah already knew that she left the monitor somewhere else, he wondered if she left to wash her face with water to confirm that she was not dreaming.

A few seconds later, the Cleric moved again.

They continued walking without saying a word as Genevieve let the mind-blowing revelations settle in her head.

She no longer asked questions, she finally understood why he was here and everything started making sense in her head.

Genevieve's in-game avatar suddenly stopped and looked at him, she sighed. "You calling me here, you've not given up right?"

"Yeah, I know," Noah chuckled. "I still want to be King".

"Even if the game didn't give me such a mission, I would have tried to return to the Pro scene of my own volition eventually".

He looked at her. "Vivi, this is my last chance at glory and I don't want to let it pass".

"Besides," he looked at the grass with a wistful look on his face. "We've never lifted the World championship trophy; don't you want to know what it feels like to lift it?"

"Don't you want to know what it feels like to be champion of the world?" He smiled.

Genevieve stayed silent but then she looked at him again. "I hate you because you always make me ruin my plans for a peaceful and normal life".

She sighed. "What do you want me to do?"

Hearing that, Noah grinned. "That's what I wanted to hear!"

Genevieve rolled her eyes behind her monitor.