The main city of "Istaran" is surrounded by several dozen small and large villages. It can be seen geographically that they are similar to the relationship between newbie villages and the newbie main city. Outside the newbie villages are vast plains, small forests, rivers, and other common terrains, giving off a fascinating charm similar to an exotic world ecosystem.

"Game rule 5: Killing players below level 12 will result in a permanent red name, with no possibility of recovery."

"What the hell..."

Ye Yunyou, who had just been rejected by the nearest newbie village's NPC during a trade, felt utterly hopeless and randomly found a spot on the grass to sit down. He felt as if the whole world was working against him.

Which game company would set this kind of rule after someone has already killed others!? Isn't this obviously deceiving players!?

Of course, that's not the worst part.

Frustrated, Ye Yunyou tossed the system panel aside and recalled the scene where he had kissed the system message box. It was infuriating.

Those two scoundrels' words couldn't be trusted. What perfect simulation of physical contact in reality? The sensation felt real, but no one told me about the level protection!?

Feeling displeased, he completely lost interest in checking the second system email they had sent together. He simply lay down on the ground, let out a long sigh.

"Sigh... it seems that fate doesn't want me to be a bad person. I can't go back to 'Istaran' temporarily, can't buy anything in the nearby villages, can't quit the game, and now I have a permanent red name. How can my situation be so miserable?"

"What's so miserable about you?"

Just as he was lamenting, a familiar female voice suddenly rang from above.

"Why is it you? Why haven't you returned to 'Istaran'?"

Ye Yunyou looked up, and the breathtaking face of the gray-haired girl appeared in his line of sight. However, Yunyou no longer had the same mood as before. He only glanced at her before shifting his gaze away.

Even if this girl stood naked in front of him now, Yunyou wouldn't react at all, let alone knowing about the existence of that annoying protection mechanism.

"I came to thank you."

The girl seemed unaware of Yunyou's impatience in his tone and expression. She walked over and silently sat down on the grass next to Yunyou, both of them gazing up at the sky.

"To thank me? What is there to thank for?"

Yunyou was a little puzzled by her words. Who would thank a perpetrator of an attempted sexual assault?

Is this girl a masochist?

However, the girl calmly explained, "After you left, I thought for a long time. You helped me drive away those two people who wanted to harm me, and... you didn't try to do the same thing as them. The actions you took and how you left without doing anything, even if you had such intentions, your inner self must be a good person. After all, given the circumstances at that time, if you wanted to act, no one could have stopped you..."

"And... I also made you get a red name, I've read the system announcement about the punishment for having a red name. So, I wanted to apologize to you in person..."

"......???"

"...Huh?"

Upon hearing the girl's words, Yunyou couldn't sit still anymore, his face filled with confusion as he sat up from the ground, staring blankly at the gray-haired girl next to him.

"You didn't see the system prompt?"

"The system... what?"

"You mean..."

Before Yunyou could explain, the girl's expression had already provided him with an answer.

"You really don't know much about gaming, do you?"

"Well, I've never played games before."

"Never played games? Then why did you suddenly come to play 'Void Realm'?"

"It was just by chance that I saw the promotion before. I thought the scenery of this world was beautiful and wanted to come and see."

Compared to the previous panic, the gray-haired girl's tone had become calm. When she answered Yunyou, her whole being exuded a serene beauty. It had to be admitted, she was attractive, adding points no matter what.

"You're an interesting person. Not knowing how to play games, yet you chose to play this groundbreaking new work. Two men who hadn't had a chance to do anything to you managed to scare you to tears, but you aren't afraid of someone like me who killed both of them. Do you always look at things the other way around logically?""...I wasn't scared to the point of crying, I was just a little surprised to encounter something like that."

The girl silently tried to appear strong, turning her head to face Yunyou, unconsciously scanning her eyes to his bright red name.

"Your name is Ye Yunyou?"

"This game requires real-name registration, and I don't think I can remove this red name. Anyone can see it, right?"

"Uh..."

The girl continued to stare for a few more seconds, then forcefully retracted her gaze, suddenly bringing up another question.

"Ye Yunyou, can it be true that we can't return to the real world?"

"Why do you have so much inner drama? Since you didn't play games before, don't think too much, okay? Don't scare yourself. What you should do now is return to the main city, Istaran, as soon as possible. While waiting for the official apology announcement, find some players like you to chat and relax. In my opinion, you don't even have to wait until tonight to log out."

"...Really?"

"You need to have confidence in the experience of a ten-year veteran player. And didn't you say it's only been an hour? Don't give up hope, okay?"

Yunyou gave the girl a thumbs-up, once again showing his trademark gentle smile, although a hint of sadness couldn't be concealed in his heart.

Yes, it was probably a rare case for someone to have a permanent red name within just one hour of the server opening.

Why am I wasting time comforting someone? Who will comfort me?

The girl fell silent for a moment, seemingly seriously contemplating the truth in Yunyou's words, but soon sighed lightly, whether she had figured it out or not.

"Then I'll go back, what about you?"

"As for me... I can't temporarily go back in this state anyway, so I might as well train outside for a while. And if there are any foolish people who dare to provoke this big red-name, or steal monsters from this big red-name, then it will be hard for me not to kill a few people."

"No!"

Unexpectedly, the plan Yunyou casually mentioned was immediately strongly opposed by the girl.

"You can't just randomly kill people. Even if... even if they are bad people, they haven't reached a point where their lives should be taken. It's enough to teach them a lesson, do you really need to kill them?"

"Teach them a lesson? So, that means I was wrong?"

"...You've gone too far."

The girl furrowed her eyebrows slightly, never having encountered such a situation before, it was hard to say who was right or wrong. However, looking at the man in front of her calmly talking about killing people, she couldn't easily accept it for a while.

Especially when she recalled the screams from earlier, the girl's body couldn't help but tremble slightly. Although she had no intention of forgiving those who had planned to harm her, she still didn't want to see the man in front of her actually resorting to killing people so easily.

With the girl's innocence and naivety that had never encountered the gaming world, her first reaction was that there should at least be police and laws to punish them, right?

Unfortunately, the girl hadn't yet realized that the laws of the real world had no effect here.

On the other hand, Yunyou was feeling a headache, feeling that his thought process was not on the same level as the girl's. Regardless of whether it was being a hero or an attempted assault, it seemed righteous enough to take out the two hooligans and be cool. Where did he go wrong? Should he just be excitedly watching from the sidelines?