Golden Cicada
After completing the quest, I returned to my original world and woke up from my coma.
My children, who had grown up, stood before my hospital bed.
My wife, Clara Anderson, hugged me tightly. My parents-in-law were crying in joy.
Just as I prepared to log off from the system for good and choose to stay in my original world, a man who looked extremely similar to me walked in.
My children, Jared Anderson and Julia Anderson, ran over to him and called him “Dad” lovingly.
Everyone looked at me a little awkwardly.
That man, Ted Smith, smiled tauntingly at me.
I paused the system.
“Let me reconsider this. Maybe I’ll stay in the system instead.”