01 Prologue

*Ding-dong*

 

“Coming now!”

“A delivery!”

 

I receive a fairly big box from a young man who did the delivery.
It was addressed to “Tsukishiro Akina”… looks like it’s for my little sister.

 

“Thank you for your hard work.”

“Goodbye~.”

 

I see off the courier, lock the front door, then call my little sister who is on the second floor before carrying the box to the living room.

The package that arrived was from Future Software and written on it is “Tournament Prize”.
My little sister Akina could be said to be a gamer.
As for me, I only play games from time to time.

 

“Did it come~?!”

“A fairly big box came.”

 

My little sister soundly peels off the tape from the cardboard box, before taking out three boxes from inside.

 

“Oohh! Here, Onee-chan, a gift for you.”

“Hmm? It’s your prize from a tournament, right?”

“It is, I picked a main unit and game set.
You were interested in this, right? It’s a quantity-limited special edition, THE special edition!”

“Ohh, you mean the thing from CMs?”

“It’s FLFO! I won a prize in the beta’s tournament!”

 

Free Life Fantasy Online, in short – FLFO.
Japan’s first Full Dive Virtual Reality MMO in developing of which, multiple corporation were engaged right from its conception.

Apparently the base concept for it had “Leaving everything to professionals” in mind.
As a result, vegetables were recreated with help of farmers; cooking with the help of cooks; woodcrafting with that of carpenters, smithing with that of swordsmiths; and so on… There really was a lot of various companies involved in it.

And the company that gathered all of this and put it in a game, was the game's developer and its managing company “Future Software”.

 

Well, from a player’s perspective, this doesn’t really matter as long as the game is interesting.

 

Naturally, there is fighting against monsters with things like swords, magic, and bows.
There are also crafting professions like smithing, tailoring and carpentry.
Cooking and fishing is also possible.
One could even buy land in-game to do agriculture and keep livestock.

Although it is not recommended, if one wanted, they could play as bandits or pirates and live a life full of the thrill of being chased by both NPCs and players.

And with an enormous number of skill combinations, it was near impossible to find two same builds unless players in question matched each other on purpose – which also meant that it was easy to make your original build and live your second life in fantasy.
Apparently this part is this game selling point.

 

“But, why did they send two main units? Maybe I should go send an ticket… even if they sent it by mistake, maybe they’ll let me keep the new model~.”

 

Although there were VR games that came out before, this is the first VRMMO.
Which is also the reason is why my little sister already owned a main unit for VR.
It was possible to play the MMO with old models, but matching the new game’s release there was a new model that was released.
And now, it appears that two units of the new model and a game copy have been sent to us.

 

“Well, in any case… it starts tomorrow, so use this one, Onee-chan.
It’s FLFO, so I think you will be alright with it this time!”

“Let’s see…”

 

I start to open the box I received and let out rustling sounds while at it.

“I’ll go send them a message!” says Akina and runs upstairs to the second floor.
Since I received it, I guess I will have to do initial settings, so it's best to do them right away.
The official service starts tomorrow… on Saturday at noon.

 

I quickly read through the instructions of the VR device.

 

To complete the initial setup, lie down on bed and follow the instructions…

First, input your height, weight and three sizes.
After the input, you will be undergo a precise scan.

 

This part… it’s a pain to measure again, so it should be fine to put in my sizes from memory?

 

Setting an alarm is possible “For example, if you set your alarm to 19 o’clock, you will be notified inside the game.” …oh, I guess I could use this?

 

Next, I open instructions for the game and find a flimsy explanation.

 

 

This game is a Full Dive-type Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Game.

Attention: In order to play this game, you are required to have a VR device and a connection to the internet.

※For those who play on the internet, online games for the first time.※

Avoid conversations in which you might share your personal information; it’s dangerous.
And it can be immersion-breaking.

Even when playing with your friends, please call each other by your character names.

Other players are humans, just like you.
Let’s not act rude while we play.

There are people that are roleplaying (RP) as they play the game.
They act according to their setting… in other words, they pretend to be the character they have created.
If you do not understand them, please ask them to explain in secret.

Also, do not insist that rude actions are roleplay.
You will be hated.

Actions such as stalking can, in some cases, cause players to be caught by the police in the real world, so please be careful.

Adhere to online manners and have fun playing! Young gamer’s parents, please explain everything to your children.

This is a promise between you and the management.
For details, please check the official website.

 

 

It isn't my first time playing an online game so I knew most of this, but I should still be careful.
Wait, there is no URL written anywhere… I guess they are telling us to browse their official site.

On a small piece of paper, there was what seemed to be “A Limited Bonus Start-Dash Campaign Code”.
Umm… a bonus to the amount of possessed money you receive upon the game start.
A set of consumables for novices.
A premium character creation ×1.
…They aren’t giving us anything exceptional.
It is an online game, so I guess this is about the big