1 day prior..
“Noooooo! I fucking died!” - Jacob
I screamed out in my mic, almost sure my friend Curt was stunned by it.
“Jeez keep it down for God’s sake. Don’t take it out on me that you are fucking trash at this game you sissy.” - Curt
“Just because I didn’t see that monster behind the rock doesn’t mean I’m bad..” - Jacob
“Yes it does, everyone saw that monster except you, which means that you're bad.” - Curt
“Fine..” - Jacob
I was rather annoyed at this point because now I wouldn't get any dropped loot from the boss monster, just because he had a guardian that hid behind a rock.
Me and my best friend Curt that supported me in my gender problems had been playing this MMORPG called ForeverQuest or FEQ which was the number 1 selling game worldwide with 100 million monthly players. And of course me and my friend was playing this game, my love for adventure and my favorite fantasy creature dragons got me hooked rather quickly.
Unfortunately you couldn't play as a dragon but you could have dragons as tamed beasts and that was my goal at the moment. But even though the game has a huge player count only a handful had manage to tame a dragon.. But I wasn’t going to give up! Today I almost manage to clear a level 9 dungeon which was the second strongest one, after 3 years of playing..
“So, have you thought about that gender swap surgery?” - Curt
“Yes, and when I get enough money I’ll do it, speaking of which.. I got fired from my job..” - Jacob
I used to work at a supermarket but the boss found out that I was giving discounts to the homeless and elderly people and he is just a huge prick. Firing me for helping others in need, people like him should be fired instead. But, nothing I can do about it.
“What! You are honestly so fucking dumb.” - Curt
“...” - Jacob
“Good luck finding a new job. By the way, isn’t your father against the idea of you gender swapping?” - Curt
“Yes he is, he’s even making me go out hiking in the mountains with him tomorrow. Saying that it’s gonna make me more manlier.” - Jacob
“Haha, have fun in the mountains!” - Curt
With that, me and Curt ended our time playing and I started to pack my stuff to get ready for the hiking. I lived in a small apartment because I wanted to save as much money as possible for the surgery and I didn’t want to live with my parents that’s always judging me for who I am. But tomorrow I need to hike with dad. How fun that’ll be..
I finished packing my stuff and started with the dinner, just some plain old noodles. I didn’t have enough energy to make something fancier, so that would do. After I finished my eating I headed to bed and watched some anime, needed to charge up on some fun before the days of hell that’s ahead of me.
The next day somewhere on a mountain..
“Hey dad, isn’t this a good spot for our camp.” - Jacob
“Hmm, certainly. This is good. It is a man’s job to find food and water for the others so I will set up camp while you go out searching. And don’t come back until you find a river and something to eat!” - Jacob’s dad
Maybe this will make him more like a man and forget about that stupid surgery.. - Jacob’s dad thought
But little did he know, that I never came back..
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Jacob's dad POV
*rumble* *rumble*
Huh? An earthquake? Didn't know we could get those here.. Weird light over there as well. Some kind of festival in the forest?
Dang...was hoping to see the dads reaction when he realized that he was now short one offspring.
I used to work at a supermarket but the boss found out that I was giving discounts to the homeless and elderly people and he is just a huge prick. Firing me for helping others in need, people like him should be fired instead.
Sorry protag, while I agree with the sentiment, if you are giving out discounts you aren't authorized to give then it's theft no matter how you look at it. I figure cashiers get some leeway to discount things in most stores but you have to be careful.
nice.
Thanks for the chapter
Considering Curt's role in this chapter I hope the protagonist will be able to meet him again.
I am curious about his reaction when he encounters a (small) dragon-goddess XD
PS: What name will she choose for herself?
@Alyssa Don't know yet, open for suggestions
@eee I think the name has to be as different from "Jacob" as possible since the main character should want to distance herself from this past. But I myself don't really know what "as different as possible" would even mean XD
Maybe basing the name on the color red would make sense because of her new (dragon) appearence...
So, Maybe one of these three? (found on the internet):
-Aruna (Sanskrit) - Dawn/Red
-Miaka (Japanese) - Beautiful red
-Ruby (of course English) - Ruby
I myself think Ruby would be a great name.
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PS: Please don't name her Scarlett - there are to many characters with this name XD
@Alyssa I like Miaka, seems morw fitting for a little cute dragon, Aruna sounds more mature
Thank you for the name suggestions, I'll give it some thought and come up with a good name.. i hope
@eee it could also be Ifrit
@eee I also like Miaka, you could put up a poll too
@Rezkin_kdt he did in the next chapter
@Daijena I noticed