Chapter 14: Change of position

「Form is temporary, but class is permanent.

The new game, Stardew Valley, didn’t make a good impression on people from the start.
The action was too simple for a game made by the developer of Doom, and even the world wasn’t particularly special, it was just a rural daily life.

The fans were worried about this, and on the day before the release, the developer Kuhn’s SNS had excessively provocative and arrogant posts.
Did the developer, who was loved by the fans, fall?

But after the release of Stardew Valley, this public opinion was overturned at once, and the fans praised him enthusiastically.

Why did this game succeed, which has nothing special, just fishing and planting crops in a rural place and making relationships by talking to neighbors?

Because that slowness and the stress-free healing are special.
In this era where our daily lives are always exhausted and we are overwhelmed by work, and where workaholics with no hobbies are increasing, how many are there who leisurely fish and grill fish and grow crops without the need to be chased by something?

How many are there who live talking to their neighbors as the world develops?

So, this game is special.
It was a game that anyone of any age group could do, regardless of their preference.
The multiplayer that will be created later, maybe a game where the whole family can enjoy it together?

He proved it, as if mocking the government, who claimed that the game makes people violent and that it should be stopped for the sake of children.

And he also proved it to the fans.

But why is the new game only about humans? – Bernice Handley」

「Highly positive reviews from most races, such as elves, halflings, dwarves, etc.
However, the positive evaluation is slightly lower for those who like Doom, such as orcs, lycans, and ogres.

“While making battles well, why is this one… but it’s fun.”

“Planting crops is also fun. But what about the system of delivering those crops directly?”」

[Kuhnconcon: You’ve only released two games, but do you even have what it takes to evaluate regardless of time and what not?]

[Duraegon: This guy is definitely a racial discriminator and a human supremacist ㅋㅋㅋ]

[Spring water king: Have you played Stardew Valley? It’s a really god-game.]

[Sijinpuung: LOL, I believed it ㅋㅋ Where can class go? But what should I give to lobby as a present?]

[Elf also eats meat: Holly berry]

[Sijinpuung: ㄳ]

[Demon level: Is the developer a genius? The water came in, so he has a motor on him and is flying instead of rowing. He’s really going to dig out money with an excavator lol]

[Crispy chicken: It’s still Kuhn even if your head is broken.]

[Doomflower: But the battle is definitely a shame. But it’s a god-game, even considering that.]

[Elliriling: But why are there only humans? I wish there were mermaids!]

[Where did you fish the flying tuna: The fishing is so hard ㅅㅂ And where can I fish for flying tuna?]

ㄴ[Doomflower: It’s only been a day since it came out, how would you know ㅋㅋㅋ]

ㄴ[Where did you fish the flying tuna: ㅠㅠ I only catch carps…]

[Sijinpuung: Where did that guy go? He really hates it when you give him a berry.]

ㄴ[Elf also eats meat: ㅋㅋ]

[zs: How much did you sell?]

Eleanor had a new concern recently.
It’s a natural thing for a parent, since her daughter Elly is too busy playing games to study.
And that’s for a child who usually listens well and gets good grades.

She thought that the stories of other people’s children causing trouble or rebelling against their parents would be a faraway story that wouldn’t happen to her, but after she came across games, her daughter was also timid but rebelled, and she was absorbed in the game, so it was really a heartbreaking sight.

She wanted her husband, Brad, to say something stern, but instead, there was a troublesome situation where he played games with Elly.
The games became something she couldn’t bring herself to like, even if she wanted to.

She couldn’t understand why Elly was playing Doom, which was killing something or with blood splattering and grotesque monsters roaming around.
And why Elly liked it so much.
Should she forcibly stop her before it’s too late?

Didn’t they say that you become a violent person if you play violent games, as was shown on TV?
A psychology professor came out and exchanged stories with the politician, so it was more trustworthy.
And didn’t the developer have a reputation for being a well-known racial discriminator!

“Haa…”

She feels that raising a child these days is not easy.
Still, it’s fortunate that she said she would study today.

She cut Elly’s favorite fruits and put them in a bowl and knocked on the door.

Knock, knock

“Elly? I’m going to go into the room?”

Elly’s answer didn’t come.
Did she not hear because she was focused on studying?

What a welcome thing!
Where is there a parent who doesn’t like their child studying?

And she was even more happy that she was so engrossed in it voluntarily!

She peeked in to just put the fruit and go, and indeed, she was focusing on something and working hard on the keyboard…?
The situation in front of her was the opposite of her expectations.

She had believed it firmly!
Wasn’t she ignoring her promise and completely absorbed in the game again?

If the child had just played the game, she would have overlooked it even if she didn’t like it, but wasn’t she absorbed in the game, ignoring the promise she made with herself?
If she didn’t catch it right now, the child would break the promise again and be crooked!

The moment she was about to scold her, she noticed that the game on the screen was very different from the game her child usually played.
It didn’t seem to be that gruesome and violent game, so she was a little relieved, but still, she couldn’t easily pass it.

Because a promise is that important.

Anyway, she had to know what kind of game her child was playing.
She waited, wanting to know when she’d notice, and watched the game being played quietly from behind.

By the way, wasn’t there only Doom?
She had to know because her daughter was so absorbed in it, but she knew for sure that there was only Doom, so a new game must have been created.

During the time she watched from behind, she realized that the game was very different from the games she had thought of.
In a good way.

Unlike the exciting time when they killed monsters, the child was visiting the village in the game, buying seeds and planting them in the tilled fields, and watering them.

And the child organized the weeds and cut down the branches or trees along the road and stacked them up neatly, and on one day, she fished and caught fish, and on another day, she shared the carp or crops with her neighbors, and she participated in the festival, danced, and made friends.

It was a situation where she couldn’t believe that the game was having a bad influence on the child, and the world in the game was a game that contained a leisurely and peaceful daily life that anyone would dream of.

Who made it?
It must have been a person completely opposite of the person who made that brutal game, right?
She must have a warm heart.

“Elly. Did you finish your homework?”

She gently put her hand on the child’s shoulder and spoke.

That’s that, and this is this.
Even so, wasn’t it a broken promise?

She thought, pulling the child’s ear.
Even if it’s this kind of game, she thought it would be okay to play games with Elly sometimes.

“Wow! Is money duplicated? Hey! Grok! You can even take a bath in money!”

“Haa… A new employee is coming soon. Stop it and keep your composure. You’re a representative now.”

“No! How much is all of this?”

Grok looked at me with a pitying expression as I scattered the bundles of money on the floor of the representative’s office, and then asked me a question, wondering.

“By the way, what are you going to use the money for? Is there anywhere to use it? Do you have a plan?”

I thought about it, hearing his words, but I couldn’t remember anything.
I had never earned this much money in the previous life either.
I didn’t use the money I earned in the previous work anywhere.

I didn’t have a chance to learn how to spend money like those who were rich.
If I hadn’t been so troubled, I would just have bought expensive clothes and eaten expensive food like a nouveau riche.

Maybe that would have been the end.

At first, I wanted to move, but I also didn’t feel like moving because of Grok, who was the first person I had met in this place, and the public safety, which was one of the reasons I wanted to move, was getting better.
Everything I had worried about was solved, and this city had changed.

And by my own hands.
I thought it was a delusion and that I had become arrogant, but now that didn’t matter anymore.

The feeling of joy that my surroundings are changing due to my influence and even the city is changing was exhilarating to my brain.
Did I say?

I’m a show-off.

I can’t stand still, since I’ve found out about my influence, which is terrifying.
I have to change this city at least.

And I have to live as I want.

I have to meet the celebrities and businessmen of this world.
I have to invest and donate for the image of the company.

How big can this company grow?
Maybe it’s not bad to reach out to other sides as well as games?

Of course, games are the main thing.

“You seem to have arrived, so organize it and come down. You’re a representative, you have to keep face.”

“Please get a grip.”

It was a cautionary remark mixed with a sigh of an old orc.