Legacy of the Betelgeuse

I got a phone call from Jason related to the document I sent him. He invited me to a meeting with the higher-ups of the company to discuss this information tomorrow morning.

I'm standing on the balcony in my room while smoking. Then someone is knocking on the door. I turn around and let whoever that is in. Turns out it's Michael, Hans, Leonardo, and Michael. They're looking around to look for me. I lift the curtain and wave at them from the balcony. They all are surprised and approach me. William is staring at me weirdly.

"What's wrong, Trev? You look so pale and drained."

Michael, Hans, and Leonardo are staring at me so seriously and nod in an agreement. Leonardo looks at the kitchen table.

"You want me to make coffee for you, Trev?"

I flick my cigarette and let the ashes fly with the winds. I nod.

"Yeah, that sounds great."

We all sitting at the counter while watching Leonardo brewing the coffee. Hans and Michael are still staring at me as if I have a booger hanging on my nose. I look at them and raise my eyebrows. They both are shaking their heads.

Leonardo is giving us the coffee he brewed. We are enjoying the coffee in silence. Then I clear my throat and look at them.

"So, what's up? If you guys want to play, you can just enter the gaming room. You don't have to ask for my permission."

Leonardo sits down and looks at me.

"We know that. We just think that you might need our company at the moment."

I smirk and chuckle.

"Yeah, I guess so. Thanks, guys."

They all nod and smile.

We are emptied our cup of coffee and then I stand up.

"Alright, I have some business to do. You can play now."

They all nod and then enter the gaming room. I change my clothes and go downstairs and drive to the office.

I enter the building and go to the manager's office. He looks at me with confusion and lets me sit.

"What's the matter?"

I give him the car key and smile at him.

"I want to resign."

He's surprised and looks at me with confusion.

"What's wrong? Are you getting a better job?"

I shake my head.

"No. It's just that I have so many things going on right now, and I just want to take care of them. Because I'm afraid that I can't do my job properly because of them."

He's humming with understanding.

"Is that so... I can tell that you seem unwell right now."

He stands up and lifts his hand for a handshake. I stand up and shake his hand.

"Well, it's a shame. But it's your decision. So, thank you for your service and good luck with those things, Trevor."

I nod and smile.

"Thank you, sir."

I leave the office and looking at my phone. I open the map and look for the hypercar dealership. I smirk and found one that I want.

"Let's buy some expensive cars..."

I order a driver from the company and drive me to the car dealership. He's my friend and we talk a lot on our way there. He's surprised when I tell him that I quit and shocked when he looks at the destination. After we arrive at the destination, I give him a lot of tips.

I enter the showroom and I'm immediately welcomed by the sales.

"Good afternoon! What can I help for you today?"

I look at the hypercars in the showroom and I'm pointing at two of the hypercars.

"I want that car and that car."

The sales is speechless and looks at me weirdly. I raise my eyebrows. He immediately clears his throat.

"Well then, let's talk about the details over there. There are so many procedures to buy those cars."

I nod.

The process to buy those cars is really a pain in the ass, but thankfully I managed to get it done. I also got help from Sylvester because he knows the GMs of the car dealership. Then I had to customize the cars, etc. The cars should be in my hand within a few months. I already can't wait to drive them.

I'm spending the evening in a bar and have a drink by myself. Even though I do love to be living with so many people, I still kind of miss being alone. I then go to a restaurant and get myself a nice dinner. After that, I'm enjoying the wine until night. I look at the time and it's already 11 P.M. I immediately order a driver and go back to my house. I need to clean up the house and maybe get myself delicious midnight snacks.

I send Emma a message that I won't be back to the mansion tonight, and she understands. With that, I clean the house and watch movies in the living room while eating my midnight snacks.

The next morning, I wake up and prepare to leave to attend the meeting with Jason and the higher-ups.

I'm sitting in front of Jason and the higher-ups. They're holding and reading the documents that I sent to Jason yesterday. I'm looking at each one of them and their expressions. Jason is also looking at them and waiting for them to finish reading the documents. After they are done reading the documents, they all are looking at me with serious expressions.

One of the higher-ups is lifting the documents while staring at me.

"These... how did you get these?"

I explain to him that I got this after I open Becker's computer and why I sent those documents to Jason. They all nodding with understanding. Jason then sits at the table.

"If these documents are legit. We must publish these documents to the media."

They all are agreed to it, but they propose to let the scientist take a further investigation about the machine. Even if most of them are true and one of them is false, it will be dangerous to the company and the game as well.

We are discussing about this for hours and it's already 3 P.M. Everyone is done with the meeting and already prepared to do some research on the machine. Then everyone is dismissed.

(2 weeks later.)

Everyone is worried about me because I have never played since that day. They thought something has happened to me, but I just pretend that I was busy with something else. I have been wandering around the mansion, and sometimes I watch Chelsea working on a dress in her working room. Chelsea already level 250 in just a week without their help. Well, Grisell gave her the best equipment she made, so it's easier for her to farm and level up. I know that she's a hardcore gamer, but I never thought that she could reach max level in a short time period.

Jason published the documents to the world, and it surprised everyone. The game now officially has 100 billion players thanks to that. The pod is now cost around 50.000 to 70.000 dollars. It used to be around 10.000 to 20.000 dollars, but Sylvester often gave the pods for charity events and gave them for free for those people who are in need, like for those who are in a comatose state. Hundreds of cases of people in comatose can enter the game and meet their loved ones or their children. Legacy of the Betelgeuse is now officially the best game in the century.

They bought the pods to release the stress of real life. Every household now has at least 2 pods in their house. It's either for themselves or for their child or children to help them study. So many players play the game just to have some fun, some are to help them study. There was news on the TV of a person creating a school inside the game, and all the players who are in need of education can enter the class and study with the players that are a teacher or a professor in real life. Everything that is going on right now is a wholesome story.

Becker won a nobel prize thanks to his invention. Sylvester and Andrea represented him and gave their speech to the world about how proud they are to had an amazing child that can bring joy and happiness to the world. Becker has included himself in the history of genius people in the world.

Today is the day the game update the max level to 300. We all are gathering in my room and enjoying the coffee while waiting for the maintenance. Emma is looking at me.

"Are you going to play, Trev?"

Everyone is looking at me with curiosity. I nod and smirk.

"Yeah, I think I'm going to play."

Everyone is cheering happily. I just chuckle and shake my head.

Grisell jolts from her seat. We all are startled. Grisell is grinning happily and looks at us.

"The game is up! Let's play!"

We all enter the gaming room and log in to the game.

We all are gathering in Grisell's house. Michael is cracking his neck and hands.

"So! Where are going to go to level up our levels?"

Francesca scoffs.

"Of course we are going to Loslan Village and leveling at Zerkhil's Valley!"

They all nod in agreement. Emma then looks at me.

"You're coming with us, right?"

I shake my head.

"No. I have somewhere to go."

Everyone is frowning and seems disappointed. I scoff and smirk.

"I'll see you guys later."

I leave the house and look at the chat history with Becker. I look for the location he sent me, the Abyssal Crater. But then someone is calling my name. It's Kingstar walking towards me on his own.

"It's been a while."

I smile and nod.

"It is."

Kingstar is looking at the house while having a casual conversation with me and telling me that he wants to meet with Ivonna and the others. I then look at his broadsword.

"Can I ask you a question?"

Kingstar is looking at me with confusion.

"Sure."

I'm pointing at his broadsword.

"That's a legendary weapon, right? It's the same as what Queenstar is using right? Where did you get those?"

Kingstar is grabbing his broadsword and shows it to me.

"It is. How did you know?"

I smirk and scoff.

"Just taking a guess. So, how did you get that?"

Kingstar is looking at his friend list and then he's surprised. I raise my eyebrow and waiting for his answer.

"Wait a minute... He should be on my friend list..."

I raise my eyebrow while looking at him.

"Who?"

Kingstar looks at me.

"The player who gave us the legendary weapons. We were friends when we started playing this game. He helped us hunt and farm for a few weeks. Then he said that he had to go on his own, but before he left, he gave us legendary weapons."

It's getting more confusing and it seems that Kingstar legit got those legendary weapons from that player. I wonder who he is and how did that person get those legendary weapons and willingly gave those to Kingstar and Queenstar. I need to investigate it with Jason and Sev later.

I'm humming with understanding.

"I see... anyway, I have to go now. I have an important matter to do. See you later."

Kingstar nods and then he enters Grisell's house.

I look at the sky and slightly smile.

"I guess it's time for me to meet you, Becker."