A Girl's Life in a Gaming World

Chapter 5: Memory Restraining Spell

A day passed, Humanities life returned to normal once more as they have survived the punishment of God and are now allowed to leave their homes.

Before rebuilding their countries, humans tried to identify the last guardian first so as to honor him or her. But no one declared that they are the ones who saved humanity. Everyone is wondering why the Hero who just saved the world does not reveal himself/herself to the world. Others also thought that maybe no one has really managed to survive till the end, and God just gave humans a second chance.

No one also thought of trying to claim the title of Hero to gain the glory of saving the world. No one also wants to experience God's punishment once more because of their greed. Everyone also thought of asking Archeon Corporation. But even they kept silent about it since even they do not know who saved the world and ended the game.

...

While everyone was frantically trying to find who saved the world, Alexandria Athena, the one they are seeking, has finally woken up from her deep slumber.

"Arghhh" Getting up from her bed, she suddenly felt her head twinge like experiencing a hangover. Alexandria reached for her head to massage it to ease the pain. But a few seconds after, the pain she was experiencing disappeared like a bubble.

"What just happened?" Alexandria mumbled as a strange feeling of something slowly disappeared inside of her.

While she was wondering what is the thing that vanished inside her. She suddenly felt her heart getting warmer and pounding faster and faster as if something has been burning her heart. Yet, she did not feel even a single pain despite the heat she felt inside her chest. On the contrary, it feels so comfortable and tranquil.

"It is probably just my imaginations." Not understanding what just happened, Alexandria decided to put the thought in the back of her mind.

"I am hungry." Hearing the growling of her stomach, Alexandria went downstairs to fetch some food.

"Good morning, Mom, Good morning, Dad." Alexandria went to the dining table and greeted her father and mother noticing her preparing their breakfast.

"Good morning honey, did you sleep well?" Her mother, Irene, asked as she serves their breakfast.

"Yup"

"By the way, Dad, what happened yesterday?" Alexandria asked.

Her father, Zach, and Irene turned to look at Alexandria, confused by their daughter's question.

"What do you mean by what happened yesterday?" Zach asked Alexandria.

"Isn't the world supposed to end yesterday? So if we are still living today, then that means someone has saved the world. So I was wondering who saved the world?" Alexandria asked while slowly eating her breakfast.

"Aren't you the one who saved the world?" Irene asked, puzzled by their daughter's questions.

"Huh? There's no way I could have saved the world if I remembered it right when I have finished killing the hordes of monsters. I have 30 minutes left of the time for the game to end. And then....." Alexandria suddenly paused.

"Then..." Clueless about why she can't remember what happened after she killed the hordes of monster. Alexandria stopped eating, then tried so hard to recall in his mind the events in the 30 minutes she had left.

"Why? Why can't I remember anything?" Alexandria mumbled while trying so hard to remember.

"The only thing I can remember is the piles of dead bodies of the monsters I have killed behind me. And the only thing I can see in front of me is a very thick fog that is obstructing my memories."

While looking deeper into the fog, Alexandria noticed a silhouette and a pair of crimson eyes looking back at her.

Then something suddenly whispered in her ears. "You truly are a monster."

"Who?" Looking around, Alexandria tried to find the one who whispered to her.

"I might have underestimated you too much. I never thought your capability would be so great that you're able to see my silhouette even though you just woke up. I expected something like this to happen, but not this soon. Hmmm, I guess we need to strengthen your memory restraining spell." The silhouette said.

"Who are you!" Alexandria shouted to the silhouette.

"This will hurt a little." The silhouette drew three symbols in the air with his magic, then sent it flying in Alexandria's direction.

"It's too early for you to see this place." The silhouette, then waved its hand, making Alexandria leave the place.

"Ahhhhhh!!!" Alexandria screamed as she grabs her head, trying to ease the unbearable pain she's experiencing.

"It hurts!!!." Alexandria screamed at the top of her lungs.

"Alexandria? What's the problem?" Seeing their daughter screaming in pain. Irene and Zach hurriedly stood up from their seats to check on her. But before they got closer, Alexandria fainted, and her body started falling on the floor.

Seeing their daughter fainting, Irene panicked and shouted for Zach to hurry. "Dear, hurry!"

Zach hurriedly runs towards her daughter, barely managing to catch her falling body.

"Got her."

"Is she ok?" Irene worriedly asked while checking on her daughter's condition.

"She looks fine, don't worry too much. It might affect our baby in your womb." Zach hurriedly reassured Irene, worried about their child in her womb.

"Go drink some water first and finish your breakfast. I'll bring Alexandria to her room first. Then we'll talk after." Zach carried Alexandria like a princess, then went upstairs to put Alexandria in her bed.

Slowly putting down Alexandria on her bed, Zach mumbled. "Just what the hell did you experience inside that game for you to suffer this much." Glancing at Alexandria one last time, Zach then slowly left the room and went downstairs.

Seeing Zach walking down stairs, Irene asked, "Is she alright?"

"Yeah, she's now sleeping peacefully in her room." Zach answered.

"What do you think happened to Alexandria?" Irene asked.

"I also don't know. She probably lost some memories inside the game. But based on what she said earlier. She probably experienced a lot in the game cause even I only lasted an hour left before I got buried by hordes of monster. How much more Alexandria, who killed those hordes of monster." Zach explained.

"Dear, I think we probably shouldn't talk about her saving the world again. I am afraid I don't want to see her suffer like that once more. I don't think I will be able to remain calm and might collapse if our daughter suffered the same thing again." Irene said while holding her tears back.

Seeing Irene about to break down, Zach went closer to Irene and hugged her, "It's alright, It's alright, we won't talk about it with Alexandria, okay? You don't need to worry, okay? Let me handle all of these things, don't think too much about it. The doctors said that too much stress may affect the baby in your womb."

Feeling the warm embrace of Zach, Irene finally broke down and started crying. "Sniff, Sniff, but just remembering her screaming in pain at that time is already hurting me. How much more if I see her suffer the same pain again?"

Irene passed out from crying for about 20 minutes while Zach was comforting her.

"Sigh, like mother, like daughter. You guys really loved to pass out and being carried like a princess all the time." Zach sighed while struggling to carry Irene to her room.

After putting down Irene on her bed, Zach left the room while mumbling. "With all this heavy lifting in the house, I think I might need to go to the gym once it is rebuilt. Being holed up in the house for three years weakened some of my muscles."

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Somewhere in the universe, two people were fighting a storm dragon leisurely while talking.

"Don't you think you went too far on strengthening the memory restraining spell by five times?" Eve asked Adam.

"It's alright. Alexandria can probably endure it. It is just the same, anyway. Enduring an unbearable pain once and enduring a slight pain a lot of times, It is just the same, you experience the pain. The only difference is that it's more convenient for me since I only need to do it once, instead of doing it a lot of times." Adam explained while covering his sword in an aura of flame.

Adam then gripped his sword tightly, then thrown it like a spear at a speed of sound to the storm dragon.

"Let's finish this place up." Adam said while retrieving his sword from the corpse of the storm dragon's head.