Filling the Gaps

"..." Yang Bo always felt that Adam was probably still a teenager. The way he spoke and acted seemed a little immature. No, not a little—extremely immature.

"You're not a kid, are you?"

"I'm eighteen this year!"

"Then you've only just become an adult."

"In the Aquamarine Empire, we become adults at sixteen."

"Oh..."

In the game, they had only spent half a day clearing rabbits for the nobles, yet Yang Bo had received praise from the noble's Butler.

"Making money with you is so easy. We earned another twenty Silver Coins in half a day." Adam spoke excitedly on the way back.

"Head back to the academy by yourself later. I have something to take care of." Yang Bo planned to go into the city today and look for the Sheriff. After so many days, the man had surely settled in by now.

"What are you going into the city for?" Adam asked warily.

"What are you thinking? There's no neural link on our Alliance side. I'm going to see an old acquaintance to handle something." Yang Bo naturally knew that game players could find entertainment in there as well.

"I forgot about that."

"Were you thinking of going to find some fun?" Yang Bo asked in return.

"I'd like to, but some game players got sick and died while looking for fun. Just imagine what it feels like when your neurally linked game character gets sick. It's terrifying." Adam shook his head.

"Oh, oh." Yang Bo nodded.

When they reached a crossroads, Yang Bo parted ways with Adam and headed directly into the city. As mentioned before, Green City was nestled between mountains and water, while the academy sat halfway up the mountain behind it.

There was not much distance between the academy and the city. A river