White Online

The black sedan, which carried Isaac, returned to the Whitelock residence after a long and fruitful day.

Michael parked the car right in front of the entrance.

He turned around to see Isaac about to open the door, ”R-Remember, young master.”

Isaac chuckled and nodded, ”You won’t end up in trouble.” He said and left the car.

Michael sighed in relief.

When Isaac was about to open the front door, it opened by itself before he even managed to put his hand on the door handle.

Isaac saw a brown-haired individual opening with a knowing smile.

”Isaac, you are in trouble.” Marvin said teasingly while leaning on the door.

Isaac sighed, ”That bad, huh?”

Marvin chuckled and led Isaac inside the house, ”You better have a good excuse.”

Isaac rolled his eyes and entered the living room with Marvin and saw the rest of the family having a movie night as well; they were sitting on the spacious couch with their gazes locked on the screen, even after hearing footsteps behind them.

”What is this?” Isaac whispered at the weird sight.

Marvin chuckled and leaned closer to his ear, ”Dad managed to keep your mother and sister in leash, so… They might not make a scene.”

Isaac raised an eyebrow and saw Maxwell sitting innocently while his mother was pouting, trying to resist looking at Isaac.

He sighed in relief and took off his jacket and shoes. He and Marvin sat down in one of the smaller couches.

Isabella was biting her lip, wanting to utter her words.

But, Maxwell decided to be the one asking questions, ”Isaac, how was your visit to the hospital?”

”Good…” Isaac said and shrugged, ”It was a false alarm; nothing was wrong with me.”

”Good… Where did you visit after the hospital?” Maxwell asked and took a cigar from the pocket and lit it up; his face showed calmness, and he was ready to calm down the situation if it was needed.

Isaac tapped his leg and decided that lying would be unnecessary, ”I visited… Amanda and her family.”

”Pfft!” Maxwell accidentally spat out the cigar after shocking words; even he didn’t expect him to visit that place, his whole calm and composed look disappeared.

”What?!” Alice screeched while Sophia widened her eyes in shock.

Marvin smiled and whispered, ”What a player!”

Isaac rolled his eyes at Marvin, ”Nothing happened.”

”Sure, sure.” Maxwell gave sneaky thumbs up and wiped his imaginary tears, ”My little brother is a man… I need to tell my friends! No worries, Isaac, we will take you to the bar to get shitfaced!” He looked excited as he grabbed a phone, but soon someone slapped him in the head.

”Owww!” Marvin rubbed his painful head and looked at his mother, who looked angry.

”Marvin!” She sternly shouted and looked towards Isaac with puppy eyes, ”Isaac, nothing happened, r-right?”

Isaac rubbed his forehead and nodded, ”We watched a movie, nothing else.”

”Good, good.” Isabella smiled and hopped back towards Maxwell, who was picking up leftovers of his fallen cigar.

”Isaac…” Sophia suddenly talked towards Isaac.

”Yes?” Isaac looked at his big sister and saw her curious look.

”Why did you go there? What changed?” She asked curiously and moved her body slightly to hear Isaac better.

”I found out that… She wasn’t at fault.” Isaac replied.

Sophia nodded with understanding, but then she clenched her fist and leaned closer to Isaac’s ear as she whispered, ”Today… You bought chocolate, who was it for?”

Isaac widened his eyes and whispered back, ”How did you know?”

”Rumors fly quick…” She whispered and stopped concentrating on Isaac and looked at the TV instead.

Isaac frowned and looked at Sophia a few moments longer and felt her being strange.

Alice crossed her arms and started sulking.

After looking at the TV, Isaac’s eyelids started getting heavier, and he decided to go sleep.

”Excuse me, I feel quite exhausted, so I will go sleep early,” Isaac said and saw everyone nodding, except Maxwell.

”Isaac, take a look at the thing I gave you,” Maxwell said with a mysterious smile.

”Alright?” Isaac said with a questioning look. He slowly walked up the stairs until he entered the fourth floor.

After entering his room, he took off his shirt until only the t-shirt and his pants were left.

*Yawn*

He kept yawning all the way to his room, and the only thing in his mind was sleep, but before that, he looked at the cardboard box.

He shrugged and sat down on his bed; with the cardboard box right in front of him, he used scissors to open it, and inside the cardboard box, he saw another smaller box.

The box was in the color of black and looked very metallic and sturdy.

Isaac tapped the top of the box couple of times and indeed heard the sound of metal getting hit.

He looked around the box and soon found a way to open it.

*Clink*

He pressed a button on the side, and only a clinking sound came as the top of the box opened.

Inside the box, he saw a headgear in the color of black; it was surrounded by plastic, which was there to protect the headgear.

Isaac grabbed the headgear, which looked like goggles the snowboarders used.

With curiosity, he put the headgear on his head and covered his eyes with it.

”Hmm? Why did dad give me this?” He thought it was ordinary headgear, but once he tried to take it off, he accidentally pressed a button on the side, and he felt something covering his body.

Anxiously, he looked at his body and saw a black skinsuit covering his whole body, all the way from his neck to his toes.

”W-What is this?!” He grabbed the skinsuit and tried to rip it off, but he couldn’t even take proper hold of it, let alone rip it off.

*Ding* *Ding*

A dinging sound rang in his ears as something appeared in his vision.

It was like a holographic screen, similar to the one in White Online.

[Welcome Player Wraith!]

[You will enter a new world with a whole new experience with the help of Mythical VR Helmet!]

[Mythical VR Helmet will put your body in a comatose state, which will keep your body perfectly healthy and energetic]

[You can play without any worries for your well-being!]

[Do you want to enter White Online?]

[Accept/Reject]

”W-What…” Isaac tried to rub his eyes to see if it was real, but the headgear was on the way, and instead, he rubbed the visor.

”Mythical… Is this real…” Isaac glanced towards his wardrobe, where his Bronze VR Helmet was located.

”If this is really real… I have to find out!” Isaac took a deep breath and opened his eyes one more time, ”Accept!”

*Ding* *Ding*

[Connecting…]

[Welcome to White Online!]

[Legacies Awaits You!]

Isaac’s real-life body lifelessly lied down on the bed as his face became emotionless and the visor started showing a text.

[Game: White Online – Status: Excellent]