Mebius World Online – Mari’s VRMMO Diary, Embarking on a Laid-back Adventure as a Novice - Chapter 59
To whoever that donated me, thank you very much, you saved my life.
59. Mari-nee and restless daily life
Over the past few days, I’ve been logging in almost every day, so when I didn’t log in for 2-3 days, the world of Mebius felt quite unfamiliar for the first time in a while.
But come to think of it, considering that more than a week has passed in the world of Mebius, it’s not entirely unexpected.
“Well, first let’s check the status… huh?”
As I tried to open the status screen, a small icon indicating mail was blinking below the friend list.
“What’s this about? Huh!?”
When I tapped the icon, a large number of notifications were displayed on the list.
I hardly recognized most of the senders’ names.
“It doesn’t seem like spam mail or anything like that…”
Next to the names, it seems like the beginning of the message body was being displayed, something like this:
“It was an amazing event. Thanks for your hard work.”
“Please become friends! It’s very…”
“Information about acquiring rides”
“Selling jerky. We can discuss money”
“Maria-chan is cute! Let’s hang out together”
“Maria-tan… Haa haa, Maria-tan”
…I quietly closed the list.
Looking out the window, there was a beautiful blue sky spread out.
Phew… it’s such nice weather today.
Anyway, I decided to ignore what just happened and sent a private chat to Roulette-san.
Roulette-san immediately responded, saying that they were worried because I hadn’t logged in.
>I fell ill for a bit, so I refrained from logging in. Sorry for making you worry.<
<Don’t worry about it. More importantly, are you feeling better now?>
>Yes, thanks to everyone’s concern. But when I logged in after a few days, I received a ton of notifications from unknown people…<
<Ah, I see. As expected huh? If Maria-san’s available, would you like to meet up now?>
I wonder what that “as expected” was about?
Well, I guess I’ll meet up and hear what she has to say.
>I understand. Where should I go?<
<The place is the same shop where you first met Mareus and Kanna. You’re still at the church, right? I’ll come to pick you up now, so absolutely do not go out alone, okay?>
>Huh? Pick me up?<
<Then, talk to you later.>
And with that, the chat with Roulette-san was cut off.
“What’s going on with all this ‘pick me up’ and ‘don’t go out’ stuff…”
Feeling anxious, I left the room and descended to the first floor, where I saw Estelle-san praying with the children.
The serene scene was just like before the event, and I honestly felt relieved.
I’ve had enough of promotions, notifications like earlier, and warnings not to go out. I don’t need any more changes.
As I quietly waited for the prayers to end, Estelle-san eventually looked up, and our eyes met.
“Long time no see, Estelle-san. Is everyone doing well?”
“Maria-san!”
“Maria!”
“””Maria (Nee-chan + Onee-chan)!”””
Everyone in the church – Estelle-san, Van, and the children – came running towards me!?
I can’t support everyone if they all come at once!
As expected, I collapsed under the weight of everyone in just a few seconds, and we all fell to the floor in a heap.
“Ugh, heavy…”
As I groaned at the bottom, Estelle-san, with her breath almost on me, looked like she was about to cry as she said, “Am I a heavy woman!?”
She must be talking about her weight, right? Considering her age, I don’t think she’s heavy, but she must be implying something else, right?
“Heavy, heavy!”
Hey, kids, why do you keep repeating that word?
Look, every time they say it, Estelle-san’s expression sinks more and more.
Strange, where did the serene scene from earlier go?
“Oh, come on… Nero! Cougar!”
Unable to control the situation, I called out to Nero and Cougar to move everyone aside.
The children were making noise, but as soon as Nero and Cougar appeared, they seemed to lose interest in me in an instant.
…I’m relieved to be free from the weight, but was it really necessary?
“A heavy woman, I’m heavy, a woman…”
There was still one person who hadn’t been freed…
After that, I found myself repeatedly reassuring Estelle-san with words like “It’s not like that” and “You’re fine as you are” until the person who was supposed to pick me up arrived.
I felt like I remembered a light-hearted guy comforting a heartbroken woman from my days working in customer service, but it must have been my imagination.
And when I saw the person who came to pick me up, for some reason, I had a bad feeling.
I felt like something very exhausting was about to happen.
And I would soon find out that my feelings were not wrong.
The person who came to pick me up.
It was Graham-san, the one who fought alongside me in the event.