My Dreamy Old Husband novel Chapter 373

She was the first female ‘Swordsman Game’ player who made it to the Esports World Championship and on top of that, she was a real stunner too!

Those geeky guys which made up most of the red team fans all cheered and growled lecherously at Sophia.

Throughout the whole time Sophia was at the stadium right from her arrival until the registration for her attendance, she maintained a poker-face and didn’t speak a word.

Still unconvinced, Stanley questioned her again, “Sophia, are you really Sirius233?”

Stanley looked extremely puzzled.

Was Sirius really his aunt whom he had harbored a secret crush on for a very long time?

No one would believe a far-fetched tale like that!

Wasn’t Sirius the gay partner of Uncle Michael in the game? Wasn’t he a guy? Wasn’t he a scum?

Why did he suddenly become his aunt?

What was wrong with the world?

Everyone was getting anxious because Scary Phoenix had yet to make his appearance even though the game was about to start. Although Stanley was equally worried just as everyone else, he knew Scary Phoenix would be here because he had promised so. Moreover, Sophia was already here. Therefore, he started reassuring the rest of the team, “Guys, please don’t worry because Scary Phoenix will be here soon. Now, let’s offer some joss sticks to our Grandmaster for his blessing.”

Did they actually have a Grandmaster although esports had only become popular in the recent years?

Sophia strained her eyes, trying to see who could be their Grandmaster in esports.

Stanley took out several bundles of joss sticks from his bag and distributed them to the team before placing a photo in black and white in front of them.

It was Cooper in the picture.

Everyone on the red team went speechless.

Stanley introduced Cooper to everyone, “This man’s name is Cooper Mitchell and he was the one who invented online gaming some twenty years ago. Hence, he’s our Grandmaster in esports and we should pay our respect to him!”

Everyone lighted their joss sticks and bowed at Cooper’s picture.

After that, Sophia clutched Cooper’s amulet in her hands tightly in silence.

This was the largest competition she had ever participated in. Although she had taken part in global competitions in other countries before, she still had the jitters because none of them were as grand as this one.

Keeping the amulet in her tight grasp, it seemed like she was hoping to channel some energy from the amulet that could keep her going until the end of the game.

However, when she thought of how her husband was watching another woman’s piano performance with admiration in his eyes or maybe even having a piano duet with her in the concert hall just opposite the stadium, she felt disheartened.

Yet, she had no time to process her feelings at the moment. Michael was free to do anything he wanted and he may even decide not to go home tonight!

She couldn’t care less about that!

The game was about to begin in no time as all the players started logging into the game with their accounts. After logging into his account, Stanley peeked at Sophia who was sitting next to him. The sight of how adeptly she keyed in the password for the account ‘Sirius233’ still looked like a fantasy to him.

How could Sophia be Sirius, who was a jerk?

She didn’t look the part at all!

As for Sophia, she was stealing glances at Scary Phoenix’s position next to her.

Indeed, only a legendary player like him had the guts to skip such a grand event like this. Didn’t he worry that Stanley would really hang himself at the entrance of the stadium if their team ended up losing because of his absence?

Before the game began, all the players made their formal appearances in front of the audience.

Since Michael, that scum, was allowed to have a date with Natasha, why couldn’t she have some intimate interaction with her ‘dom top’ in real life?

Hmph!

Even if she ended up losing this game, she would still be rewarded with three points in credit, which was going to put her in front of many other people.

Of course, it would be the best if she could get the champion trophy because that would give her five points in credit.

After the introduction of the blue team was done, the players went on to settle down in their seats to get ready for the game.

The host’s enthusiastic voice came, “Now, let’s welcome the home team to the stage! The Dragon Fox Team is an outstanding team made up of prolific players. First of all, let me introduce the captain of the red team, ‘Snow Fox’!”

Stanley, who was wearing a traditional Cethos costume in red, headed to the stage. His punk style and metallic look matched with a buzz cut made all the girls crazy over him. The moment he emerged, a round of frenzied cheers erupted among the female fans all at once.

“Looking at ‘Snow Fox’ just makes us realize how important it is to work your hardest in your youth because ‘Snow Fox’ has been part of the national esports team ever since he was in high school. He was crowned as champion of many individual tournaments including ‘Swordsman Game’, and he is the symbol of young talents in esports!”

The rest of the players waited in line to make their appearances.

Still, Scary Phoenix was nowhere to be found.

At the same time, the piano concert in the concert hall opposite the stadium was still ongoing.

Cheerful and lively music resounded in the entire hall and rounds of ovation could be heard from time to time. As the only star of the event, Natasha won everyone’s admiration with her scintillating performance.

Every now and then, she would glance down at a seat where a very important figure sat. In fact, he was the reason why she held the piano concert.

At the end of a piece, she stood up and bowed to the audience but when she glanced at that seat again, she found that it was empty. At some point in time, the man who was very important to her had left without her realizing.