Chapter 211


    Word soon got around that Sirius was now in possession of a godly weapon from Scary Phoenix.


    Countless yers in the game came and asked Sophia to sell it to them, but she turned them down


    coldly.


    Beast popped up as well. He kept sending her private messages which read, ‘F*ck, Daddy. You just got a


    stroke of luck—my dad simply gave his Hundred-Mile Streamers to you!’


    Sirius233 replied haughtily, ‘Yeah, he lent it to me for a few days so that I can y with it.’


    Sirius’s rtionship with Beast had improved a little these days, and they often yed together.


    Switching the conversation to another subject, Beast texted ingratiatingly, ‘Daddy, why don’t you lend the


    Hundred-Mile Streamers to me for a few days so that I can y with it as well?’


    Sirius233 replied, ‘Don’t even think about it!’


    Beast texted back, ‘You’re my Daddy—even my dad has said so. How could you do this to me?!’


    Sirius replied, ‘This weapon is my master’s!’


    Sophia had wanted to key in the word ‘hubby,’ but the damn character input software automatically


    changed it to ‘master’ due to its predictive text feature. She quickly corrected herself, ‘It’s a typo—I didn’t


    mean to write “master.” It’s “Master!”’


    In the end, the message was sent with the word ‘master’ still being used.


    Beast replied, ‘You’re so disgusting. I know that he’s your master, so you don’t have to repeat that to me


    so many times. If you don’t want to lend the weapon to me, just forget that I even asked!’


    Sirius was silent this time.


    Meanwhile, Michael managed to get Stanley to leave after pleading with him in every way he could. It


    wasn’t until he logged into the game and gave Stanley another godly weapon that was second only to


    the Hundred-Mile Streamers that thetter’s anger was finally appeased.


    Stanley thought his uncle did so out of his care for him. Much to his dismay, he logged into the game to


    discover that everyone in the team had received a godly weapon from Scary Phoenix as well.


    Their team was probably considered first-ss in Cethos, but it was unknown how well they would fare


    on the international level. Cethos’s esports teams could not bepared with overseas ones since the


    country started rtivelyte on esports in the first ce. Therefore, they had to strengthen themselves


    as quickly as possible to increase their likelihood of winning the championship.


    The four professional yers who joined the team wanted to win the championship to achieve a higher


    status in the field, whereas Snow Fox and the other two students wanted to win the championship to


    receive the five extra credits. As for Scary Phoenix, however… nobody knew why he joined the team.


    Michael stealthily opened the door to Nathan’s study and watched through the cracks as Sophia yed


    the game with pleasure. The sight of her happiness filled him with immense gratification.


    Michael left home on the seventh day of the New Year to act in a film overseas. Sophia felt lost after he


    left, but she had no time to dwell on her sense of loss since the first round of selection trials wasing


    soon. Therefore, she began training herself night and day.


    How embarrassing it would be if her team couldn’t even enter the selection trials!


    Luckily, her team’s members were all expert yers, so they passed the selection trials with their eyes


    closed and got themselves qualified to enter the championship without a hitch.


    The new semester then started in the blink of an eye. Since Sophia had many courses in the second


    semester of her first year at university, she was as busy as a bee; whenever she had free time after her


    sses, Sophia either headed to a nearby Inte cafe or went home straight away to turn on her


    computer and y the online game.


    Her team got through the preliminaries across all servers and entered the quarterfinals, the semifinals,


    then the finals until they finally made their way into the Cethosian division of the championship. After


    fighting their way up again, they narrowly won first ce in that division to be one of the three


    teams representing their home country. They wouldpete against a few well-known teams from other


    countries in the Aseanos region since only the top three teams would be qualified to enter the global


    finals.


    After winning the Cethosian finals of the championship, everyone in the team could finally get some rest.


    Sophia also had her hands full these days since she had to take care of both her studies and her gaming


    endeavors; she even felt that she had lost quite some weight.


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    Going through all of this just for some extra credit! Sophia thought to herself.


    Everyone else in the team had also worked hard for many days. After winning the Cethosian finals of the


    championship, Snow Fox—who was Stanley in real life—proposed having an offline gathering, but


    Sophia refused him without hesitation.


    Stanley even made a call to Sirius233’s cell phone and said, “Hey, why the hell are you so scared of


    showing your face? Everyone in our team can be trusted, so your identity won’t be leaked. It’s just a


    gathering—we’re not going to devour you!”


    Sophia had installed a voice-changing application on the cell phone so that her voice sounded like a


    male’s. She answered, “It’s not that I don’t want toe, but I would like to keep my reality and the


    gaming world separate from each other.”


    Stanley stopped pressing her further. Had Michael not forbidden him from doing so, he would have found


    Sirius’s personal information and dropped in on him a long time ago. However, he could only hang up


    and call up everyone else in the team for the offline gathering.


    There were eight people in the team, but since Scary Phoenix and Sirius would certainly note to the


    gathering, only six of them would be present.


    After hanging up the phone, Sophia packed up her stuff and left the library as she wanted to pick Nathan


    up at the School of Computer Science.


    Besides having to learn some knowledge about other subjects, she had also begun reading academic


    books for her second year at university; she had been so busy these days that she had no time to y


    with Nathan at all. Now that the championship hade to an end for the time being, she had to go


    outdoors and y with Nathan no matter what.


    A movie that Tay Tay had starred in would be premiering soon, so she could take the opportunity to


    watch it with Nathan!


    However, when she arrived at the School of Computer Science, she learned that Gary had picked


    Nathan up a long time ago.


    She turned back and walked alone while kicking the pebbles when she suddenly realized that Michael


    hadn’t been home in nearly two months; he hadn’te home ever since he left during the New Year.


    Even though they video called each other every single day, she couldn’t help feeling like something was


    missing since he wasn’t by her side. Not only that, she felt even more ufortable upon seeing


    couples after couples walk past her hand-in-hand.


    She also wanted to walk hand-in-hand with Michael on campus grounds and enjoy other people’s


    envious nces.


    She had sneaked into Michael’s fan group in Bayside City. ording to the information that spread out


    from the fan group, the filming of ‘Doctor Invincible,’ which had been in production for almost half a year,


    was nearing its end. Members of the fan group were nning to meet Michael at the airport when he


    came back.


    Not only that, his fans were also going to book out an entire cinema to watch Tay Tay’s new movie when


    it premiered.


    The new semester also came with all kinds of activities andpetitions, including a debate contest and


    a cash-countingpetition. Sophia was still pondering over whichpetition she would like to take


    part in; as a straight-A student, she would never miss any opportunity of earning extra credits.


    As she was deep in thought by herself, she didn’t notice that a person was heading her way. The person


    stopped her in delight and said, “What a coincidence meeting you here, Sophia!”


    Sophia looked up to see Richard’s smiling face. She wanted to pretend that she didn’t know him, but she


    couldn’t do so since he knew her in person.


    Therefore, she put on a smile that was both polite and distant, asking, “Is there anything, Zane?”


    Richard stared at thedy before him; he hadn’t seen her for nearly two months, and she seemed to


    have be prettier since.


    He wished that he could have her to himself, but he couldn’t put the scene of her necking with Stanley in


    the stadium and the thing she had done with Joel in bed out of his mind.


    He balled his fists in his sleeves before taking an invitation card out of his pocket. “This is the invitation


    card for me and X’s engagement banquet. Please be sure toe,” he said.


    Sophia frowned as the sight of the invitation card put her on the spot.


    If she didn’t ept the invitation, the Harper Family might think that she couldn’t bring herself to attend


    the banquet because she still had feelings for Richard; nobody knew what they were going to say behind


    her back.


    However, epting the invitation would make her feel sick to the stomach. Furthermore, she already had


    apprehensions about attending all banquets hosted by the Harpers after the previous incident. Who


    knew what sort of wicked idea they woulde up with to harm her at the banquet?


    Richard couldn’t bear the sight of her hesitation deep down inside; he knew that it was very cruel of him


    to invite Sophia to this banquet. Nobody would be willing to see their loved one getting engaged to


    another woman, especially in front of her eyes.


    Not only that, he even gave this invitation card himself!