"Not a problem." Maria started up the vehicle and quickly drove out of the parking lot.

While Maria was speeding down the road, she and Arthur were talking about various things, such as what she was doing in the game and how they were progressing.

"So what have you been up to?" Maria asked. She slowed down the car because she thought she saw a police vehicle in the distance. "I haven't seen you around since the thieves guild."

"I'm just in the next city over." Arthur responded, "I just finished off the class quests for the rangers guild."

"You've joined another one?" Maria asked with a confused expression. "Are you going to use even it?"

"I might, I'm not sure just yet. Honestly, I just grabbed it for the bonus stats." Arthur responded, "I'll be doing the wizard college's class quest later too for the intelligence bonus."

"Does that mean you've done all the other class quests in the previous towns?" She asked. "Actually, what other class quests are there?"

"I haven't bothered doing the cleric quest at the temple yet. It sounded like a pain, and I needed more agility, so I skipped over to the next town." Arthur explained, "As for beginner classes, from what I know from the alpha there are six beginner class quests; fighter, thief, ranger, wizard, cleric and bard. Those quests provide bonuses for strength, dexterity, agility, intelligence, wisdom and charisma, respectively."

"What about constitution or vitality?" She asked, "There aren't any beginner quests for those?"

"Not that I'm aware of. Those six should be the only beginner classes if nothing changed from the alpha. Although there may be other quests that give bonus stats or other class souls, but they wouldn't be beginner classes." He continued explaining.

"I see." She mumbled to herself, before asking another question. "What does a bard do?"

"Bards are sort of like magic users, but they use their magic through words or music. They're sort of like magical performers." Arthur tried explaining it, "They're kind of like a jack of all trades support class. There are plenty of playstyles to choose, but basically they've got buffs and debuffs, I think there was some mention of illusions too, and they're pretty good at lying to people."

"I watched some of the devs mess around with the class, but I couldn't really get the hang of it." Arthur said, "I can't play any instruments that well, and I'm dreadful at coming up with lies on the spot."

"Interesting. Do you think there are any violins in that world?" She asked, her eyes were gleaming with curiosity.

"I don't see why not." Arthur answered her. "But they're probably expensive."

She seemed excited for some reason. But for some reason, all Arthur could think of was that he didn't remember seeing a violin in her room.

The two talked for a little while longer, until they finally turned the corner onto the road in front of Arthur's house. Maria pointed out that the government vehicles were all gone, which Arthur expected. Maria pulled over at the curb and allowed Arthur to exit the car.

"I'll see you next week, send me a message if you need a lift again." She waved at Arthur while preparing to drive off again.

"Sure thing. Thanks." Arthur responded. "Have fun with Holly tomorrow!"

Maria coughed and turned to face Arthur, she seemed confused.

"You two were talking about going shopping at the tea party." Arthur explained.

"How do you remember that?" She asked, seemingly flustered.

"It was like three days ago, why wouldn't I?" Arthur answered with a slight smirk on his face. He found her reaction somewhat interesting. "Have fun, and tell her I said hello."

A few moments later Maria waved and drove off. Arthur made his way inside the house and went to his room.

Arthur went through his daily routine, he watered his plants, worked out for a little while and decided to play some games. A couple hours passed, and while he was playing a game he heard a knock on his bedroom door.

"Come in." He shouted, still partially concentrated on the game.

Anna walked into his room and placed a one hundred dollar note on the table beside him.

"What's this for?" He asked, while ignoring his game and turning to face her.

"The bet." She responded, and only then did Arthur realise what the money was for.

"Take your money back, I was just trying to cheer you up." Arthur sighed, turning back to his game only to realise he had been killed.

"Keep it." Anna insisted. "A bet's a bet."

Anna walked out of the room, but not before telling him that food was almost ready. Arthur turned back to his game, only to find that he was being insulted by his teammates for suddenly going inactive and dying.

A few minutes later, Arthur went downstairs to eat dinner. Although he found that it was just him and Anna at the table.

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