1st Person POV (MC)-Present Time-

  -Exiting O.w.O-

  Opening my eyes, I am greeted by my ceiling light and its colours...

  “Hnghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!”

  Stretching my body for as long as possible, I let it all go with a relieved sigh before rolling over to the bedside and leaving the bed.

  After that, I went to the bathroom cleaned my face and brushed my teeth.

  “Right... setting up the arm.”

  Since the appointment is at 9 AM, I need to wake up around 7 AM to do all sorts of stuff, so I turn on my phone's myriad arms.

  Upon returning to the bed, it feels immacutely comfortable and I promptly close my eyes as I slowly fall asleep.

  -Tomorrow Morning-

  *PIIIIPPPP*

  My eyes opened, wide awake as I gnced to my bedside table to identify the source of that awful noise knowing I recognised that noise all too well...

  At exactly 7 AM nonetheless, I didn’t feel groggy or anything... I feel as normal as I can be and in doing so I turned off the rest of the arms. Before finally freshening myself up by washing my face and brushing my teeth.

  (“Come to think of it... what’s the temperature ?”)

  At a gnce, I see the thermostat and it is 2 degrees Celsius!

  (“Why am I not feeling extremely cold?”)

  That’s the question that appeared in my mind instead of shivering. I feel fine, it’s comfortable cold like the way you want to be when it’s bedtime.

  It would be so nice to stay in bed and rex but I need to be an adult!

  After wearing appropriate attire, I rechecked the time with my phone...

  (“8 AM, not bad. Still have time, might as well come in early”)

  Coming out of my apartment, I made sure it was all locked and wore my earbuds as I went towards the nearest bus stand.

  In the meantime though, I browse MeTube to see if anything is interesting apart from the usual streamers of O.w.O ranking pyers' csses from D to S and mentioning their mechanics, fashionista pyers that convert their armour aesthetic to overall slot purely to look good, and many more.

  (“Hm? What’s this?”)

  I found an interesting streamer who’s giving out a newbie guide specifically for Mage csses complete with gear recommendations.

  Judging by the views, she has fame on her side...

  The majority of her videos are Mage-reted from their csses, enchanting, alchemy, etc. It shows that she’s quite a Mage css enthusiast.

  Clicking on one of her videos specifically the ones with gear recommendations. I skipped her intro and jumped towards Celestial Mage’s css.

  Which, she describes their speciality as a utility-based css like giving out buffs and de-buffs rather than DPS. She didn’t badmouth the css and instead pointed out its strong suit in raids, dungeons, and even world bossing.

  What’s important from her discussion is the gear build that she recommended apart from the very te-game gear in Star Scorched Desert Raid.

  She suggested for pyers in mid-game ReLVs like me who are around to use gear found in the dungeon.

  (“Huh... She’s very helpful even pulling out a map to pinpoint the location of that dungeon”)

  Though, I wonder why she seems familiar... maybe I have seen her somewhere? That scarlet red hair seems very telling but I cannot remember...

  No matter.

  (“Now, what’s the name of the dungeon?”)

  Opening my note app, I began to take notes...

  So, the dungeon’s name is Ancestor’s Ruins found on the outskirts of the Starscorched Desert.

  Preferred ReLVs to enter is around 40-50s and recommended to be in a group rather than solo to get more loot as the standards of dungeons.

  (“What about ReLV 75?”)

  That question was answered by her videos, in the form of World Boss in Starscorched Desert.

  Huh... Since it's that type of boss, it is easier to grind since I can ‘participate’ in masse with other pyers even without partying up.

  By ‘participate’, I mean... I shoot a [Firebolt] at it and hide away as other pyers do the rest. However, that would get many ‘thumbs down’ emotes from other pyers and in Pochi Mochi’s discussion board.

  After finishing those notes and deciding on what to do next, I closed that video and went to the MeTube Shorts to pass the time while waiting for the bus.

  (“Ohhhh!???”)

  Another absurd news and its headline titled ‘Strange creature sighted in the forest’.

  As the video progresses, I noticed that it is coming from a stationary camera like those used by wildlife researchers to spot animals in the wild without being noticed.

  Instead of tigers, bunnies, or deer that should be spotted in this verdant forest in daylight.

  The camera records a moving spherical blob, it has a greenish colour but is translucent enough to see through its body and inside of that creature there is a gss sphere that appears to be floating around aimlessly.

  It moves by dragging itself or hopping from the forest floor towards a fallen fruit as it stands on top of the fruit. After that, the fruit is sucked into the creature and dissolves as bubbles began to form. Everything is see-through as I witness them both in intrigue and wonder.

  But in the back of my mind, I know that this is a ‘Slime’ monster from any fantasy RPG game.

  But to see it in real life? That’s absurd!!!

  Could it be edited? It looks way too real to be edited in and why would someone dedicate the time to do all of that?

  Without further ado, I wanted to see the comments-

  “Tch!”

  Pursing my lips in annoyance, I fat-fingered to refresh my feed instead resulting in the screen reloaded.

  (“Huh..????”)

  The video disappeared!

  That never happened before... usually, it just went back to the start of the video.

  I checked the history of my watched videos and-

  ...

  ...

  ...

  I swear I just saw them... The video is not there!

  Okay, what about previous videos? Like that miraculous priest and grotesque-looking quadruped creature?

  In a hurry, I scroll down the history hoping to see them yet they too vanish without a trace as if I haven’t seen them.

  I saw them! Just now and in the past...

  Before I can ponder a bit more-

  *TUT*

  (“Ah... That’s the bus. I’ll deal with this ter.”)

  -Arriving at the Clinic-

  Entering the clinic, a waft of comfortable warm air embraced me as I went straight to the receptionist.

  “Hi! I have an appointment with Dr.Sven at 9?”

  “Ah! Just a sec, let me check.” -Receptionist-

  She clicks and types on her keyboard for several seconds before returning her attention to me.

  “Yup! You’re checked in, please have a seat it won’t be long before Dr Sven will see you.” -Receptionist-

  “Thanks!”

  I sat on one of their comfortable chairs listening to music and browsing through Pochi Mochi’s Wikia though not for long...

  !!!

  The doctor came out and called my name and I followed him.

  “Dr.Sven, how have you been?”

  “I’ve been good! Last weekend we were having an early Christmas party with kids. So ter on Christmas, we are going out somewhere.” -Dr.Sven-

  He chuckles before fixing up his throat.

  “Ahem... Enough about me, how are you though? Did the medicine work?” -Dr.Sven-

  In a nick of time, we arrived at his office he gestured for me to enter first and once I did that, he closed the door for privacy.

  “Unfortunately Doc, the xatives aren’t working. I have been taking them but I didn’t feel any urge to go to the bathroom at all or expelling No.2 even if I forced it.”

  Dr.Sven simply listened as he nods a few times. I can read his face is puzzled by my case before he brings another thing out of his drawers.

  It is an X-ray with my name belled on it and the scientific name of my body part. He put that up on his dispy panel and turned it on as he then expined...

  “As you can see here, your intestines and colon seem to be in clear. I didn’t see signs of constipation in this X-ray.” -Dr.Sven-

  He seems gd to see no complications found in the X-ray before continuing...

  “Now, aside from the ongoing constipation you have. I have several concerns, particurly regarding your urine & blood test results.” -Dr.Sven-

  “Yes?”

  He gazes towards me in concern before taking one file out of his drawer with my name & date of birth and showing it to me.

  “!!?????”

  I internally gasped at the results...

  First of all, the majority of the results are in lower amounts compared to the normal range. Which by itself should be acceptable, just the system fgged it as red.

  But...

  I see the presence of heavy metals and a lot of them.

  “You see here, your blood work shows that you have an abnormally high number of minerals & metals in your body.” -Dr.Sven-

  “Haaaa... The haematologist found it to be uncannily simir to mineral & metal levels contained in soil. Which shouldn’t even exist inside a human body...” -Dr.Sven-

  He looks extremely concerned since he has his copy of my test results after flipping the next page.

  “In addition to that, your urine is... how should I say this... the same as purified water. These results aren’t good. Are you sure you’re perfectly fine?” -Dr.Sven-

  Scrunching my eyebrows together, I thought of what I did...

  (“I do my usual activities without hindrance, I don’t feel incredibly fatigued or lethargic at all...”)

  (“These levels especially if what the doctor says, I should’ve been in hospital and dying. From kidney and liver failure...”)

  Just the thought of it terrified me, I have never been to a hospital as a patient before...

  “As far as I know of, doc. I don’t feel any difference aside from the constipation...”

  I let out a huge sigh of both confusion and letting the information sink in before asking...

  “What should I do then?”

  He’s deep in thought and worry...

  “First I would suggest going to the hospital-“ -Dr.Sven-

  Just what I thought!

  ...

  (“Hm? What’s that?”)

  My attention focuses on some kind of metallic glint. A fsh of light just small enough to be difficult to see fshing behind his head. It comes so quickly as it vanishes... like a pin entering his neck.

  “Ugh...” -Dr.Sven-

  He rubbed the bridge of his nose while scrunching his eyes for a few seconds before answering my question.

  “I-i think... Uhm... As you have known, you seem to be unhindered in your everyday life so I suggest monitoring for now.” -Dr.Sven-

  He shakes his head several times quite strange to see before regaining his composure for a bit and printing out some forms.

  “Here, I’ll give you a referral form for the blood test that is designed to be repeated please do this monthly.” -Dr.Sven-

  He blinked a few times which is a strange reaction...

  “Are you an all right doctor?”

  (“How ironic to say that to a doctor... Hahaha...”)

  Of course, I internally ughed and didn’t want to upset the doctor.

  “Y-y-yeah... yeah, I’m fine. It must’ve been dust caught in my eye.” -Dr.Sven-

  He gestures brushing this at ease.

  “What about the constipation as well Doc?”

  “Oh, yes! Looking at these findings, you wouldn’t need to do an endoscopy I think. Do you feel like bloating or suffering from abdominal pain?” -Dr.Sven-

  Come to think of it, I merely thought as strange to not do No.2 for weeks but so far I haven’t had those symptoms at all.

  “No...”

  “Then I think it will be fine. You can take off the xatives but just in case keep on doing the monitoring. Okay?” -Dr.Sven-

  “Yes, Doc...”

  Soon after, I came out of the doctor’s room and went straight towards the receptionist.

  (“That was weird... But eh, he’s kind, right? I don’t feel any symptoms at all. I should’ve been crumpling in pain due to the build-up or bloating to the max.”)

  I shrugged... at least there’ll be monitoring and looking at the tests, he puts in the standard regur checkup in addition to metals testing.

  “That’ll be 99 and with rebait, you’ll get 49 back.” -Receptionist-

  Nodding on to her expnations, I tapped the card on the terminal and the transaction finished...