At this time in 2030 a VR MPA (Multi Player Adventure) game is in great demand. Because the game

system is considered challenging and the type of parties are very diverse. In this game, players can play

solo, duet, party, clan or guild. One day the game also held a quest that required participating in a clan

or guild with a huge real money prize. A lot of players were exited about the game and they wanted to

participate on the quest. The name of the game is FIGHT FOR GLORY

As usual, Frans plays the game. Currently Frans is a top player, both solo and guild. He is also a respected

guild leader because he is kind and loyal to his guild mates. In the guild where Frans in, there are 3 clans

that join.Currently they are hunting monsters to fulfill the requirements for a quest that will take place

in the near future.

Frans is always accompanied by Roy and Naila in playing this game. They always play together at Frans

or Naila's house. "Roy hurry up ! attack his men, I'll attack the general, Nai help us ! just in case. I'm

afraid that we'll run out our blood. If there is an enemy, just scream, let me help from here." said Frans

"Okay boss" replied Naila and Roy.

The character that Frans use was a sword gun where the character can use a sword and a gun at the

same time. Frans is very good at using his character. He has agility and he mastered the fight. "Frans

help me, there are some soldiers attacking me'' Naila shouted.

"Okay, fire shot!" Frans quickly attacked the enemy who approached Naila.

"Nai heal me, hurry up I have a little more HP" Roy asked for help. "Poison cure" Naila shouted casting a

spell at Roy.

They fight cohesively. Even though their guild is big, they always go on adventures together to carry out

the guild missions even though other players rarely follow them. They think that without other members

helping them they still can carry out the mission. If there is a mission that the three of them can't do,

then they will ask for help from their other friends in the guild.

"Frans, I've finished the soldiers," said Roy.

"Help me Roy, the general is hard to beat. Let's finish our mission quickly." said Frans. Roy, who used a

fighter character, attacked quickly. They worked together so that the enemies were quickly defeated.

"Done, Nai take the drop item. There is a poison cure for the next game to defeat the boss." said Roy.

They rushed to the stage boss place..

"hahahaha who dares to enter my palace" a voice shouted.

"Frans, why is there a girl voice?" ask Roy

"I don't know either, the stage boss maybe"

"Really? Isn't the boss's name Hazel?"

"Let's just get closer" then they keep walking towards the boss palace.

"How dare you guys, are you on suicide mission, huh?" asked the strange voice in an arrogant tone.

"We're here to fight Hazel, where is he?" said Frans when he approached the throne. Suddenly a

beautiful woman appeared in front of them. Frans was amazed to see the woman's beauty, while

holding the VR to check whether it was true that the one in front of them was the stage boss or not.

After checking, it turned out it was true that she was the person they were looking for.

"I'm Hazel, what are you doing here?"

"I will knock you down. You'll pay back for the mistakes you have made!" immediately the sentence

came automatically from Frans' character. In general, games have dialogues embedded by the game

maker. After a while they had the auto-dialog run by the game, the fight broke out.

While the fight was in progress and almost over, suddenly Naila left the game. Likewise, Roy left the

game, after which Roy said "Nai, this is bad, Frans is alone, how come we suddenly left like this?"

"I'm also confused, in fact my VR is off" said Naila.

"I did that. Because you always lost track of time when you're playing games. There came a woman " No

worries, I'll tell Frans what happened. Just wait, he'll leave the game soon"

"But Auntie, we're about to win the game, and now we have to start all over again" Naila complained

spoiledly to the woman who was called Aunt with a whining tone.

"You guys can start it all over again. That's okay, it's late anyway" that woman replied.

While in the game, Frans wondered why both of his friends left the game before the final rounds. But

Frans continued to fight even though he was currently overwhelmed. "Fire sword attack" he took out his

stance and instantly hit his enemy. When his enemies went slack, Frans saved the game and went off of

the game. When Frans was about to leave, he saw his enemy staring at him and smiling.

" She's so beautiful. Unfortunately she's just a game character" Frans said to himself.

Shortly after leaving the game, Frans' enemy asked herself "who is he? He doesn't seem like an ordinary

person? What have I done?"

The girl named Hazel kept having questions in her mind. basically in every game there are characters

who always do the same thing over and over again. This is what so called NPCs or non-player characters.

But right now there was one NPC that seemed to be developing. Which should not be happened. It's as

if there is an AI (Artificial Intelligence) in Hazel's character.

In the real world, after leaving the game, Frans asked his friends "why did you leave me?" while

removing the VR.

"That was an accident, someone turned off my VR and Naila's" Roy replied.

"Who is it, really nosy."

"I did that, I turned hem off, any problems?" said the woman who was called aunt by Naila.

"Uh, Bunda" Frans replied hopelessly after knowing that it was his mother who did that.

"Ah Bunda... we almost beat the enemies" Frans replied in a pitiful tone.

"If you play games, you always lost track of time, do you know what time it is? don't you have to go to

school tomorrow?" said his mother.

Frans looked at the time on his cellphone "BUN... it's only 9 o'clock and tomorrow is Sunday anyways"

"Uh...tomorrow is Sunday?" asked Fran's mother in surprise. Naila and Roy nodded weakly towards

Frans' mother. " I'm sorry, sometimes I forget what day it is. It's a house wife's problem"

"but Bun.. we have to start all over again because you did that"

"Let's do it this way, Naila and Roy, you'll stay here tonight and I will talk to your parents. Tomorrow

morning you can start again," Frans' mother answered easily.

"But don't interrupt us if we haven't finished the game, okay?"

"Yes, I won't disturb you, but you have to have breakfast first," said Frans' mother in a pampering tone.

They were silent as if they agreed. Frans' mother left and said "no more games, do it tomorrow. Just rest

now"

"Hmm, my bunda is like that," said Frans

"Hey be grateful, you have such a good mom," said Naila and Roy at the same time.

"Eh, Frans, did you die?" asked Roy

"No, I just saved the game before leaving. But if I forced it, I'd die, Iand I had to start it again"

"That's good, we don't need to start from the beginning" said Naila. They talked until late, then Frans'

mother told them that she had told Naila's and Roy's parents about them staying there that night.

notes : bunda \= mother

Bun \= mom

Sunday came, this morning was very sunny, many people were exercising in the morning. Like Sundays in general, where most people exercise in the morning. But today was different, Frans, Naila and Roy do not exercise. They were lazy, because last night they talked until late at night. After breakfast they were getting ready to complete the mission which was delayed last night because of Frans' mother's interruption.

"Let's get started, so we can finish quickly and take another new quest" Frans asked.

They agreed. "Frans go to the lobby first, fill up your MP and HP first, and Naila buy items to fight the boss later" Roy suggested

"Yes, that's right, I'm running out of items I'm afraid it's not enough" Naila continued.

They started the game, in the lobby they prepared the necessities. "Are you done ?" asked Frans, "well, let's continue what we did yesterday" they answered.

Frans opened the menu and chose the option to continue the previous quest, with Naila and Roy automatically carried to the battle room they left earlier. "Frans, why didn't we fight the stage boss yesterday, why are we even in front of the palace now?" asked Naila surprised.

Frans and Roy are confused by this incident. Because as long as they remember if you leave the game after saving (save game) it will definitely continue on the last state/position.

"I'm also confused, yesterday when I saved the game, the boss's HP was only 45%," answered Frans, who was still confused.

"Maybe last night they maintain the server . let`s just continue, we just have to fight the boss," Naila interrupted.

They has no choice but walked into the palace. They were even more surprised because when they walked there was no laughter or screams from the stage boss, which before it happened.

"Hey handsome man" came the voice of a woman sitting on the throne chair.

"Why did the dialogue change?" they said in confusion while looking at each other in curiosity.

"Hey you who hold a gun, come here" continued the woman who was apparently the stage boss. Frans was even more surprised where the dialogue really didn't exist. And the VR doesn't even have dialogue.

"Come here quickly" continued the woman, Frans immediately approached her.

"let's continue the fight" said Frans.

"what fight?" Frans was even more confused. Because he wanted to complete the mission, Frans immediately attacked the woman. Punches and kicks were launched. The woman only avoided the attacks without attacking back. His friends just watched him silently while being on guard.

"why did you attack me?"

"Because you are a demon who has tormented many people"

"I don't feel like doing that"

"Indeed you didn't do it but your men did it" Frans continued to attack. The sword was taken out because none of the previous attacks hit the woman. Even though she used a sword, the woman only dodged without counterattacking.

"I don't have men. Even though I'm a demon I never hurt innocent people"

"Of course a criminal wouldn't admit what they have done" Frans replied sarcastically. Roy and Naila were surprised to see the two of them fight. One attacked and the other just dodged. Plus there were conversations that were like ordinary conversations, which NPCs shouldn't be able to do that.

"Nai look at the boss stage, what is her status?" then Naila held her head and stared at the woman. She was carefully checking that woman's status.

"Frans stop for a while" Naila asked

"I don't want to. I have to defeat this enemy so that the mission can be completed quickly," he refused and continued to attack a woman known as Hazel. Hearing their words Hazel just smiled.

"Why are you smiling, you're about to die and you're still smiling" Frans asked in surprise.

"Your friend's suggestion is correct. Just stop first, I won't run. Aren't you tired?" Hazel replied with a sweet smile while continuing to dodge Frans' attacks.

"Frans please stop for a while I have something to tell you" Naila asked once again. He complied Naila's request and approached her. Hazel smiled as she walked up to the throne. "What do you wanna say Nai?" asked Frans after approaching Roy and Naila.

"Try to scan the enemy and pay attention !" Roy answered. Then Frans held his head and turned his gaze to Hazel. But the woman smiled instead, as if teasing him. Seeing this, Naila and Roy were even more surprised, as if they were asking how come the game changed a lot after they left it last night.

Frans had finished scanning Hazel, "gosh, what's going on?" shouted Frans.

"what happened?" Roy and Naila asked at the same time.

"I'll explain. Her name is still Hazel, her race is Demon, but other informations I can't read them"

"I did it too, I also scanned her" said Naila.

"Hold on, I haven't finished, there's something strange again. How come there is a side job. Try scanning again," said Frans. They scanned her again.

"hahahahaha" Naila and Roy laughed out loud seeing the results.

"The demon fell in love with you, Frans" sneered Naila

"Why are you even laughing at me?" Frans was surprised to see his friend's behavior laughing at him.

"There is a side job LOVING FRANS" Roy scoffed even more. "If the game runs like this, no matter what we do, we won't be able to beat this demon who's in love," he added.

"Come on, let's just get out of the game first, instead of being tired of not being able to beat the demon in love," said Naila. Then they exit the game. But without they noticed it, Hazel was following them. She minimized her body and landed on the hair near Frans' ear. At which point is the place for VR games.

When they went off of the game they took off the VR and turned it off. When Frans was about to turn off his VR, he saw a flicker of light and then disappeared. They all left the VR and headed for the dining room. Naila and Roy continued to laugh at Frans. They mocked him, they also discussed the odd thing that happened in today's game.

This afternoon, they were planning to eat out, feeling that they had not been out for a long time because they were too busy with games and studies. Roy suggested eating at a meatball stall they used to go near the gates of Frans' housing. Because they are used to eat there. After lunch they separated and went back to their homes. They prepared for tomorrow because they had to face the daily routine.

Arriving at home Frans went to his room because he did not see his mother at home. When he opened his room, Frans was very surprised, because he saw a person who seemed to know him. The woman waved his hand and smiled. Frans closed the door again and leaned against the wall. As if he couldn't believe what he saw, Frans opened the door again and still he saw the figure.

"Hey handsome man" said the person who was in front of him. He couldn't believe what he saw, he was speechless.

Frans was silent for a moment, "Am I dreaming? I'd rather just sleep on the couch" he muttered to himself.

In the living room, Frans kept thinking about strange events in the game with what he saw earlier. At a glance he remembered playing the game yesterday where when he was about to exit the game, Hazel seemed to have a strange expression when he smiled, so he also related it to today's incident. While thinking, he soon fell asleep.

Frans' mother came home not long after he fell asleep "it's very customary when there is no bunda at home to always sleep on the sofa" he grumbled in his heart after seeing his sleeping child.

"Frans wake up son, let's move to the room over there" Frans's mother gently wakes her up.

"Yes bun...but please take me, Frans is really sleepy" Frans asked gently. His mother took him to his room while carrying. Arriving at the room as if he had forgotten about today's incident, Frans immediately lay down on the bed. It didn't take long for him to fall asleep and his mother covered him.

This night seems to pass quickly, it can be seen that Frans is still asleep but there is something strange about this morning. There was someone hugging him, Frans felt that the bed was cramped and his body felt hard to move as if someone was pressing him down. When he opened his eyes, he was shocked. "ha...you again? Who are you? What are you doing here? Why are you in my bed? Who let you in?" Frans immediately gave a barrage of questions while pushing him.

"Who am I? I'm Hazel," replied the person who had hugged Frans.

"what? Aren't you.." Frans asked in surprise which was then interrupted by Hazel "yes I'm from the place we met before. When you were about to leave I followed you by shrinking my body and up in your ear" he explained.

"I'm so confused by this incident. Then explain why you got here?" asked Frans.

"When you and I fought for the first time, where at that time you were abandoned by your friends. Do you remember?"

"Yes, I remember," said Frans.

"In the middle of the fight when you were about to leave me, I saw you smile and a beam of light so there was something that made me think and wonder who you were. Then I had several fights with the same people as you guys. During the fight I heard them say they had to hurry up beat me"

""then what's the deal?" asked Frans exasperatedly.

"First listen to my explanation, don't interrupt" Hazel answered annoyed and Frans just nodded.

"Hearing what they said I was very annoyed, I continued to fight with them then I asked 'why did you attack me.' Then they explained that I had ordered my men to make a mess, but I explained to them that I didn't do that. They were surprised because I talked a lot and heard them say 'how come the NPC can talk so much'. I was getting confused so I asked them again 'what is an NPC?' They patiently explained that right now they were in a game world called FIGHT FOR GLORY and I was one of the enemies in that game. They left after explaining that. Since they left I hid every time someone came to my palace. So many people are disappointed."

"Then why are you following me?" Frans asked

"When you left you I was interested and even fell in love with you" Hazel explained. "When I heard your voices coming back, for some reason there was an addition to my skills."

"what's that?" Frances asked in surprise.

"first passive skill Dodge Fran's ATTACK"

"What's that? Why does it look like it has my name on it?" Frances asked in surprise.

"avoid all of Frans' attacks. That's why when you attack me, none of the attacks hit me. And one more passive skill that can CAN'T ATTACK FRAN"

"what else is that?" asked Frans increasingly surprised

"Can't attack you, it's a skill if I use it will be dangerous when your friends are around."

"How come?"

"Because when I attack you it will definitely miss and can't hit you. Even though I use all the skills I have"

"Oh no wonder you didn't attack me yesterday" Frans finally understood. "then my previous question"

"o.. Because I'm a demon race so I can enter your room without anyone seeing and I just sleep beside you" Hazel explained. Frans finally understood why Hazel was in her room. He immediately prepared to go to college, after finishing immediately went to campus.

"Bun, Frans is leaving for college" Frans said goodbye while kissing his mother's hand.

"You don't have breakfast first?" asked her mother

"No bun, I'm afraid I'll be late" Frans answered and immediately rushed to campus. All campus activities today felt very fast, Frans immediately contacted Roy. They meet and want to discuss about the games they play.

"Frans, have a look at social media, there's been a lot of problems with the game FIGHT FOR GLORY." Roy said while showing his cell phone.

"That's normal, you play FIGHT FOR GLORY, you're sure to join the community. So what you see automatically is about FIGHT FOR GLORY," Frans answered lightly.

"Frans, Roy, do you know that Hazel is missing?" Naila came to interrupt their conversation.

"lost what do you mean?" he asked

"That's why I said look at social media, you just answered lightly" Roy said annoyed. Frans then opened his social media with his cellphone. Seeing the contents of his social media homepage, he couldn't help but wonder why it contained news about FIGHT FOR GLORY. While he does not follow the game community.

""GAME BOSS HAZEL IS LOST THE QUEST CANNOT BE COMPLETED" Frans read aloud. Everyone became confused when they saw the contents of social media containing the games they were playing.

"You better go to my house, we'll discuss it there." ask Frans. They all go to Frans's house.

"Just take my car" Naila asked, they agreed. Along the way they continued to talk about games, until they passed an intersection approaching Frans' house they saw some strange creatures going back and forth on the road. "What is Roy? Like an enemy in a game?" asked Naila.

"just walk first let me explain later at home"

Frances ordered. They arrived in front of Frans's house. You can see a lot of monsters passing by in front of Frans' house.

"Come in quickly. Just go straight to my room," Frans asked. They immediately entered and headed to the cake of Frans's room.

"Hey honey, are you home? I already miss you." Hazel greeted Frans after arriving in front of his room. His friends are surprised.

"DEMON IN LOVE IS HERE?" shouted Naila and Roy shocked.

"how come?" asked Roy

"Use a show to say honey" Naila said in an amused tone.

"I wanted to show him earlier, when Hazel came into our world." Frank explained. Frans started explaining everything from start to finish.