A fireball wrapped in red-hot flames hit the boulder thrown by the sand-haired beast, causing a big explosion. With a roar, the rock mass split from the center and fell into the surrounding sandbox, turning into fragments of different sizes. Countless rock fragments of different sizes raised thick dust everywhere, gently blocking the sunlight again.
In the middle, dust covered Lilan, but he trembled like a dog or a wolf, shaking off the dust attached to his body. Of course, my body was shaking in the same way, but I was leaning against Lilan, trying not to fall off his body.
I have been doing this process since SAo Lilan, so nothing happened.
"Well, I thought I could do this much, but I never thought I would actually do it."
"That sand gorilla only uses brute force. How about using your brain more?\"
"He's just a monster. He's not just a monster, he's different from you. But he's not as smart as you, so I think he'll be much easier to deal with."
"Don't put me with that guy."
"When Lilan was about to be put together with the sand-haired beast, he seemed very dissatisfied." Ever since she entered SAo, Lilan hated being put together with those monsters and the AI they carried, but from clearing SAo to ALo she had This hasn't changed for some time.
After feeling a sense of relief from such an unchanging Lilan, the sand immediately swirled.
I saw the dust being torn apart and I concentrated on that spot. Among them are Rain, a red-haired girl who has just joined the team, and Alice, a black-haired woman who has never shown any signs of fighting.
Lilan, like me, was running with a sword in both hands, while Alice was holding a single-edged long sword that looked like a katana and was rushing towards the sand-fur beast. When the two people arrived, the sand-haired beast raised his arms, and then waved them towards the second person.
When the thick arm of the sand beast hit the ground, there was a huge vibration accompanied by a roar, and a thick layer of dust rolled up in the air. Directly behind the right hand of the furry beast, Alice occupied a position close to the sand. ——The hairy beast's butt, and almost at the same time, her weapon was also filled with light.
"Ouch!!"
"Look at it!!"
Lilan flipped her sword gently and cut the right arm of the sand-haired beast in front of her into an X shape, then cut it to the base of its tail. When the two-sword sword skill "Cygnus Onslaught", which releases a powerful slash forward, and the sword skill "Cygnus Onslaught", which rolls forward and kills the enemy, are activated at the same time, the sand-haired beast's health will increase. will increase and gradually decrease.
It's hard to believe they both attack at the same time, I find their racial proficiency and attributes to be quite high. They may have improved their racial proficiency and skills when we weren't viewing or logged in. ——Just when I was thinking this, the sand beast suddenly turned towards me and Lilann, kicked the ground and ran away.
In this type of game, when the player sets the hatred value to a certain value, the monster will change targets during the battle. This hatred value is basically an invisible value. The more you attack monsters, the hatred value will increase, and eventually you will become the target of monsters.
"But why did the sand beast target Lilan and me, but they didn't attack me at all?" Perhaps, he has a skill that can continuously increase the hatred value, lock the target, and lure the monster--just as I was thinking this, something sounded in my mind There was a voice.
"It's inevitable! I will protect you!\"
"Ah!"
When I nodded listening to my partner's "voice" and grabbed his back, the face of the sand-haired beast that rushed over appeared in front of me.
Silhouettes of gorillas, dogs, and squirrels combined in intricate ways, as well as leaping toward you. Perhaps because the distance was too close, I could see the movements and postures of the sand-haired beast, as if the world was in slow motion.
(!!?)
"At that moment, something suddenly appeared in my mind." And it instantly affected my field of vision, covering the appearance of the sand-haired beast in front of me, forming a shape.
The scene in front of me is that a sand-haired beast is attacking, and then he is wearing a black hat, black fur sweater, and gray trousers. The scene switches to a thin middle-aged man with white eyes, a strange big companion, and now towards him. Let's jump.
"ah"
The next moment, all the heat in my body disappeared, my fingertips and toes suddenly became cold, cold sweat flowed from my head to my face, and I couldn't move as if I was paralyzed. Even when I tried to reverse my thoughts, my head stopped turning, as if there was noise flowing through my head, my heart was filled with the black water of inexplicable fear, my body froze involuntarily, and I ran again stand up. Hair suddenly becomes weak. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get a hold of Lelan's hair, like I'd forgotten how to force.
When I can't dodge a monster's attack and have to take it, I usually get into a defensive stance with Lilan, so I only take rough damage, but I can't even get into a defensive stance. The sand-furred beast's entire body collided with the body. At this moment, I was thrown out of Lilan's body and flew into the air.
\"——Gah!!\"
For a moment, a strong pain-like feeling spread throughout my body. My body flying in the air hit the ground hard and bounced several times before stopping. Perhaps due to such a strong impact, the roaring sound like cicadas in my ears took away my hearing. The pain of suffocation surged into my heart, and my eyes were spinning. ——He was not only surprised, but also rolled his eyes.
\"Kirito!!\"
\"Kirito-san!!\"
Within seconds, I heard a voice I had never heard before. Shino and Asuna, who were in charge of the rearguard among us, also came over. When the two came to me, Asuna immediately chanted and activated her recovery magic, covering my body in warm green light.
By the time it stopped, the dull pain throughout my body had disappeared. As the pain disappeared, I could breathe normally and exert force. At the same time, the chaos in your head disappears and everything around you becomes normal.
\"Kirito, are you okay?\"
"Oh, I don't know"
\"Kirito, what are you doing?\"
\"I just couldn't block the attack. But thanks to Asuna, I was saved.\"
Immediately afterwards, Ruilu, the wolf dragon who had been riding on his back, ran up to me and made a "sound". Looking at his face, I could tell he was worried.
\"Kirito, are you okay?\"
"I'm sorry, Lilan, for making you worry."
"You said you won't let me go while you're riding me, what's going on?"
Behind the anxious Lilan, everyone was fighting while avoiding the attack of the sand-haired beast. The sand-haired beast looked like a strange human just now, but now it has turned into the appearance of the sand-haired beast Ratatosk. The confusion in my mind as before has disappeared.
"I just slipped a little, let's do it again."
With that said, I jumped onto my partner's back as if nothing had happened, straddled him, and firmly grasped the place I had just held, achieving the union of man and dragon. However, Lilan, who seemed to take action immediately, just turned her gaze to me behind her and did not show any movement.
"Hey, Lilan, what's wrong?"
"Nothing. Besides, the sand gorilla looks very weak. You should be able to get through it this way."
"Yes.
After saying this, Lilan finally moved and turned to face the sand-haired beast. Surrounded by everyone, the sand-haired beast was still under attack. Unknowingly, its health had dropped to the first place, and its number had been reduced to less than half. With a little more attack, it seems like it could be destroyed.
"Let's go, Lilan!!"
After receiving my order, Lilan roared violently, kicked up the sand under her feet, moved forward at high speed, and finally rushed in front of the sand-haired beast. The sand-haired beast was hit by a wolf dragon with the same mass as itself. It roared and was blown away, but it immediately resumed its position in the air and landed on the ground.
He turned his body towards us and made a gesture to jump in, but when the sand-haired beast wanted to fly away, the people around him suddenly added their strength to the sand-haired beast. Sword skills. The multiple sword skills with multiple attributes on the sand-haired beast's legs were so powerful that they caused a rainbow-colored explosion. He immediately lost his balance and fell to the ground, falling into a state of being unable to move for a long time. Some time...
"He's down and has very little health left." What else can I say if this isn't the best chance to defeat the boss. Lilan must have known this, and pounced on the fallen sand beast, biting its big tail hard.
\"Kirito, your hands can't slip anymore this time!!\"
I nodded to the "voice" of Lilan that echoed in my mind. The next moment I hugged his back tightly, and Lilan underneath me bit the tail of the sand-haired beast and walked vigorously. , sped up and started spinning. The sand-haired beast shook its body and made a cooing sound. The sand was rolled up, forming a simple sandstorm with Lilan as the center.
In the sandstorm, Lilan let go of the tail of the sand-haired beast and threw the sand-haired beast into the air. A thick pillar of scorching light was pointed directly at the sand-haired beast.
The tip of the scorching light burned the sand-haired beast's body, turning into ashes and soot and rushing into the sky. When it reached an almost invisible height on the ground, it exploded. A corner of the desert sky was engulfed by the flames of the explosion, and a hot wind blew, but it didn't take long for the explosion flames to be blown away by the wind.
The scorching light that caused the explosion just pushed the sand-haired beast up and extended into the sky, but even if the flames dissipated, the pushed sand-haired beast could not be identified. Then, just a few seconds later, we heard a loud noise, and we looked up again in the direction from which the sand-furred beast was flying. The words "Congratulations!!" appeared, which was proof that he had successfully subdued the boss.
By looking at these words, we find that we have successfully subdued the three mythical beasts Ratatosk who rule over the sand-furred beast Velgud.
We successfully defeated Ratatosk, the regional boss of Velgand.
Ratatosk's system is very large, and he is a guy who launches powerful attacks, but he defeated various boSSs in SAo, and also defeated dozens of boSSs after coming to ALo. Judging from those of us who defeated Herasvelger, the boss of Prairie Floating Island has nothing to worry about.
After Ratatosk was defeated, as captain I also received the same gem as Hrasvelg, which was stored in the valuables folder in my inventory. In this way, there are only two jewels left, and only one is left. Everyone's eyes are full of worry.
In the battle with Ratatoskur, I was Yui - the one who took a lot of damage. Continue fighting. The reason is that my mind has become sluggish due to extreme fatigue, and I am not in a state to fight normally.
In fact, he was attacked during the battle with Ratatosk. Although I felt dizzy before the battle, during the battle I took damage from attacks that I wouldn't normally take, so it's natural for everyone to be worried.
"As soon as I got the orb, everyone advised me to go home and rest." Of course, I argued that I didn't want to go back because the new continent would be liberated and I could see new elements, but because Shino, Alice, Lilan and Yui Yi was also among them, so I couldn't argue. I was helpless and decided to withdraw from the fairy world without seeing the new world.
And when I came back to the real world, I fell into sleep, like suddenly feeling tired. Is what Alice said true? Before I could think this, I took off the Amusphere, lay on the bed, and closed my eyes. It wasn’t long before I fell into the world of sleep.
"And today, and the day after tomorrow." I completely regained my composure, logged into ALo as usual, and tried to go to the New World, where everyone was already heading, but on the way, I met everyone and was finally stopped there.
According to everyone, with the liberation of the New World, Tiandu Rhine will hold a large-scale one-day festival. It seems that they decided to go to the New World after having enough fun. I never thought about doing a festival, so I was more interested in this than the New World, so I decided to go to the festival. I decided to enjoy this festival.
"Dad, how is your yukata?"
"Ah, even though it's an activity piece, it's just as comfortable as everyday clothes."
When I logged into ALo, the Tiandu Line had been spreading, but the scenery and appearance had completely changed. Usually there are only a few stalls in the city, but there are many more stalls than usual, and all the players who go there are wearing yukata of various colors and patterns.
Yes, the Sky Capital Line now recreates the Japanese festival scenery almost perfectly. ALo is a game based on Norse mythology, so even if we were to have a festival, I think it would be something overseas, and it would be a European or Nordic based festival. It is a festival in the country of Japan that looks at the Far East from a Nordic perspective.
I had heard about this festival, but I didn’t expect that a Japanese festival would be held on the Kudong Line.
"I wonder about Lilan. But this is a yukata."
"I see, people wear clothes like this during festivals in Japan. I was never taught this."
And like the contestants entering the city, we all wore yukata. According to Yui, when I logged off yesterday, both Shino and Yui got yukatas, and they also got yukatas for me and Lilan, and he gave them to me.
I walked around the festival grounds wearing the loose, easy-to-wear black yukata that Yui had given me. As for Yui, who gave me a yukata, she wore a yukata with white fabric and a pink flower pattern, while Shino wore a yukata with yellow and blue morning glory, the same black fabric as me. She wears a yukata with a morning glory pattern on it. on top.
Speaking of Liran, the yukata she was wearing was made of red cloth with white flowers painted on it. It must have been a gift from Shino. However, for Lilan, this might be the first time he saw a yukata. He continued to stare curiously at the yukata wrapped around him, twisting his body from time to time to look at his back.
"As for the color, I don't know if that's okay. I can't think of a color you'd like."
\"Well, no problem there, but if you don't mind, it reminds me of Heathcliff's armor.\"
\"Lilan answered Sinon's question.\"Indeed, during the SAo period, Heathcliff, the former leader of the Blood Oath Knights and the last boss of the SAo world, wore red and white as the base color for his casual clothes and armor. . If you think about it carefully, the bathrobe that Leland is wearing now is very similar to the clothes and armor that Heathcliff used to wear.
"Well, it doesn't matter. You and Heathcliff are parents and children. You wouldn't mind wearing something similar to your father's color, would you?"
"Yeah, don't worry?"
"Yes, don't worry about unnecessary things today and enjoy this festival. Even for Lilan, this is your first time to see such a festival."
In response to Shino's question, Lilan nodded. Indeed, Ryrun has been fighting within Aincrad. ta. And since he came to ALo, he has been wandering around the town with Yui and the others, doing tasks with us, and fighting all the time, so he stays away from so-called festival activities. This is no exaggeration.
“Of course, this is my first time attending a festival like this.
"Haha, it seems you like it, so it's more important than anything else. So, where should I start? But Yui Lilan, don't go too far. There are a lot of people, so you will get lost."
\"That's right. Yui, don't leave me.\"
Hearing her sister's words, Yui nodded "yes". Of course, Yui will listen to what we say, but she will also listen to what Lilan says. Although the two are daughters and don't have much in common in appearance, it turns out that they are sisters after all. Otherwise, Yui will not listen to Lilan, and Lilan will not care about Yui.
While we were looking at Liran and Yui walking in front, Shino, who was walking next to us, looked around gently and whispered to us.
“Come to think of it, I wonder how Strea is doing now.
One of our companions, Strea, who chats with us casually and performs tasks casually, is also an mhcp like Yui and is also Liran’s sister. And since Strea is a more innocent girl than Yui, if such a festival was held, she would probably say that she would go shopping with Lilan and Yui first, but strangely, there was no one here.
However, Asuna said that before the group disbanded, she would gather the girls to walk around together, so she probably joined them and was enjoying the festival. Surprisingly, it's easy to imagine other girls being dangled by Strea.
"Strea is also Strea, and I think it's time for her to enjoy the festival with everyone.
"I guess so.
I followed Shino's instructions and looked around. There are more than fifty stalls, surrounded by countless crowds of players. No, it is always impossible to count the number of players, but it feels like the number of players gathered in Tiandu Line today is many times more than usual.
“Maybe, but the players who usually live in the ALo continent have also gathered.
"Sure, but I don't feel that bad today."
\"Uh, why. Shino doesn't like crowds, right?\"
\"So Shino turned to me.\" Shino always showed a disgusted expression in the crowd, but now she no longer had that expression on her face.
"Because you are here, I am happy to spend this holiday with you like this."
I don't know whether it was because of the surrounding lights or Sinon's own emotions, but Sinon's cheeks turned slightly red. When I opened my eyes slightly, a fragment of Sinon's memory appeared in my mind.
Up until now, Shino had never really enjoyed a festival, and even if she had, she had mostly spent it with her mother, grandfather, and grandmother instead of with her friends, and I couldn't touch anything at all, almost flinching Propensity. Most importantly, I was convinced that I had nothing to do with this kind of thing.
But now, I can enjoy this festival with my best friend Liran, my daughter Yui and my husband. Shino felt extremely happy that what she really wanted came true. ——Understanding this feeling, I felt a certain happiness, and my cheeks began to rise slightly. No, I have been happy ever since I found out that Shino, Yui and Liran could go to the festival together.
"Yes.
“But it can feel a little lonely.”
"Are you lonely? Why?"
"Look, because I want whoever created these two to be with me."
As Shino spoke, she stared at Yui and Liran who were walking in front. The person who created these two people was Sinon's personal psychiatrist, Alice. Since it's Sinon's business, Alice probably wants to join us and come to a place like this, but Alice didn't log in today, either because her schedule overlaps or she's too busy at work.
\"So the Alice that Shino wants to see is not here.\" This must make Shino feel lonely.
\"Yeah. It might be more interesting if Alice-san is here, but Alice-san hasn't logged in yet.\"
"Yeah. Bad plan?"
"Maybe so."
Then I immediately turned around. I was talking about this when Alice wasn't around, and suddenly I heard a voice behind me. When I looked back, Alice was there. Despite this, I couldn't see any sign of Alice. Sure enough, Alice did not come to this world today.
After confirming this, I turned to face Shino.
\"There's nothing we can do about it. It's just us today, so let's enjoy Alice-san's share.\"
"Well"
As we nodded to each other, a familiar voice came from not far away. Turning around, he saw Yui and Yui standing side by side, staring at something with interest. Out of curiosity, I moved my gaze further and saw a slightly fat dwarf NPC with brown skin making fried noodles on the iron plate.
\"Yui and Lilane, what are you looking at?\"
\"Kirito, I heard that the fried noodles eaten during the festival are very special. However, the fried noodles made here are the same as the fried noodles I often see at home. Is there any difference?\"
I laughed, and the two AI sisters looked at me curiously. Of course, the fried noodles made here are made in the same way as those made at home, and the seasonings are almost the same. However, what makes the yakisoba made during festivals so delicious is the excitement of eating it during the festival.
"It's an exciting feeling. Eating it during the festival makes fried noodles delicious.
"Yes!"
Yui replied happily, while Lilan looked at me with slightly glowing eyes. Maybe, but the two couldn't help but wonder, did the fried noodles eaten during the festival really taste better than usual?
"I can't help it. Shino, what are you going to do? Eat fried noodles?"
"I don't mind, I want to eat something different, is that what you said?"
“I wonder if it’s the same for me.
After saying that, I walked over to the chow mein stall where Li Ran and Yui were watching and talked with the owner. According to the shop owner, a portion of fried noodles costs 200 yuan and is seasoned with sauce. The price was very close to the price of yakisoba at a real-world festival, which moved me a little, so I gave it to Yui and Lilan.
Yui happily took it, and Liran took the fried noodles with a curious look on her face.
"Thank you, Dad."
\"Thank you Kirito.
The two thanked each other, opened the bowls, broke off the disposable chopsticks, held them in their hands, and started eating fried noodles. Shino glanced at the two people who were making very familiar noises while eating fried noodles, and shouted to them.
\"Please, Yui.\"
"It's delicious! I've eaten a lot of fried noodles, but it's better than the usual fried noodles!"
"I agree. That story isn't a lie! That's good."
"I mean, Lilan, where did you get this information?"
According to Lilan, it was Lisbeth who told Lilan and Yui about this. Lisbeth really liked bright events like festivals, so it wouldn't be inappropriate for her to say that she knew a lot about these things. Or rather, I feel a bit like Lisbeth.
\"Besides, I heard there are a lot of delicious food at the festival. It's not just fried noodles, right?\"
“Well, most of the food stalls here are food stalls.
"It's okay with me. If you still want to eat after I'm full, I'll go to the wild and turn into a wolf dragon. That'll be fine."
Later I learned that Lilan seemed to get hungry easily in her wolf-dragon form. It seems that this is because when Lilan's body turned into a werewolf, it became huge and the digestive capacity of her stomach increased dramatically. So, when Lilan wanted to starve, he transformed into a wolf and dragon and ran rampant in the fields. ——I want to ask if digestion has anything to do with AI, but Lilan’s biggest characteristic is that she doesn’t lie, so these are not lies.
"I see, your body is very convenient."
"Oh, talk more, talk more, but you don't have to worry about money for food, you don't have to pay."
"Really? Then let me do it."
At this time, Li Ran and Yui were emptying the bowls of fried noodles in their hands. It's been like this since I was in SAo, but maybe it's because these two people are AI and eat much faster than us. When we were eating at home on the 22nd floor of Aincrad, Shino would often warn Yui to eat slower, but to be fair, Yui's eating speed has improved since she came to Aincrad. Completely changed, not much. Shino seemed curious about this and caught Yui's attention.
\"Yuyi, you told me to eat slower, right?
"Sorry mom.
"Me too, we're going to have dinner in our own way, but not as slowly as you said."
"They all complain about the same thing." It's possible, but Yui and Lilan may have been programmed by Alice to speed up their eating. I have absolutely no idea why such a feature would be added, and I'm not sure if it's really the case in the first place, but I can only understand what Alice can do.
"Well, isn't that great? People who eat fast also work fast. Now, where are you going next?"
\"The Kirito who said that didn't eat anything, he just walked around.\"
"I put my hand on my chin." When I was in elementary school, when there was such a festival, I often came with Suguha, and we often had shaved ice at that time. Maybe it’s because the image of shaved ice comes to mind when I think of festivals, so I crave shaved ice when festivals come. However, I have to fulfill Shino's wishes here, not my own.
\"Shino, is there anything you want to eat or do?
"Me, maybe I want to eat turtle candy."
“Turtle shell candy, right? That’s a popular holiday treat too.
\"Wait a minute Kirito. I haven't heard what you want to eat. Tell me what you want to eat and let's see.\"
\"Huh? I don't mind. Not only that-\"
Then, Shino turned her body towards me, grabbed my hands, placed them on my chest, and wrapped me up. Recalling the soft and warm touch that only Shino had, I raised my head and saw Shino's face with a gentle expression.
"Today is a special event day, not just for us, but you should enjoy it too. Come on, tell us what you want to eat, and I'll buy it for you."
\"Well, the shaved ice is delicious. I want to eat Blue Hawaii.\"
As I looked into Shino's eyes, I mouthed the name of the food I wanted to eat in detail. After all, I have a strong desire to eat shaved ice. Upon hearing this, Yui immediately made an expression as if she had thought of something.
“If it was a shaved ice stand, I would have seen it before I came here.”
"Yes. That means I have to go back for a while."
"But there seems to be a stall selling turtle shell candies in front."
"The roads have parted beautifully." To get what I want, I have to go back from here, and to buy what Shino wants, I have to go further. Just when I thought it would be troublesome, Shino turned around.
\"Then, let's split up here. Kirito and Lilan go to buy turtle shell candy, and Yui and I go to buy shaved ice. When we can all buy something, we'll come back here. That'll be fine.\ "
"Is that okay? Even if everyone takes turns."
"Here you can buy something in less time. Every second is wasted now, so let's do it in a way that doesn't take as much time as possible."
"Indeed, we don't know when the next festival will be held, so this time is very precious." If you follow Shino here, you will have a lot of time to enjoy the festival.
"Okay, then go ahead. Lilan and I are going to buy some turtle shell candies. After we finish shopping, we will meet at the fried noodle stall."
"Yeah. Let's do it."
"Okay, let's go, Lilanne."
After hearing Lilan say "I understand," we split into two groups and walked together. It was like this before, but there were players wearing yukata everywhere, as if they were in a man-made forest. Well, thanks to the noise, I quickly figured out it wasn't a forest.
"Turtle Shell Candy, I'm looking forward to what kind of food it will be."
"It's not that exaggerated food. Or, you go online and see a lot of things, so you probably know about turtle candy."
"Sure, I knew it existed, but I didn't know what it tasted like. The Internet taught me a lot, but it didn't tell me what it tasted like."
"Of course, you won't know until you try it. Or if they sell turtle shell candies, it seems they also sell apple candies."
At this time, Lilan looked at me with a strange expression. There was a questioning light in those ruby eyes. This is a scene I have seen often since SAo.
"Candy apple? What is candy apple? You mean apple-flavored candy?"
I was a little surprised to find that they knew about turtle shell candy, but not apple candy. Someone explained it. At the end of the sentence, Lilan looked very curious, her eyes twinkling.
"Oh my god, an apple covered in turtle shell candy!? You have to eat that!"
"Oh, yes. Or rather, you look happy. You like apples, don't you?"
\"Of all the fruits, this is my favorite food. Yes, I loved it before I went to Aincrad.\"
\"Before heading to Aincrad\"
"At that time, I thought. Yes, before Aincrad implemented Lilan, he was raised by Kayaba Akihiko. He ate all kinds of food and learned all kinds of things. .During that time, he probably ate an apple with Kayaba.
"I see, so for you, apples are the food in your memories with your father?"
\"Yeah, Akihiko gave me all kinds of food, but among them, apples are the most delicious. From then on, apples became my favorite food when we were in Aincrad. I completely forgot about it until I reached the 100th floor."
"Lilan looks a little nostalgic." Kayaba Akihiko is regarded as crazy by the world, but to Lilan, he is Yui's father, who can understand this just by looking at her face.
"But now you can remember everything. I am Kayaba's daughter and I like apples."
\"Ah, then let's go find my favorite candy apple, Kirito.\"
"I'm looking for turtle candies, not apple candies I mean, they're already here."
Before we knew it, we had arrived at the turtle shell candy stall. The shelves were filled with translucent candy bars of various colors and shapes, including a candy apple as red as Li Ran's eyes. Seeing this scene, Lilan let out a cry of joy.
"Is this what you call a candy apple?"
\"Ah, that's right. Shino seems to have something she wants, so it's just right\"
I stared at the candies lined up next to Lelan’s smiling face. The candies are in the shape of dogs, cats, birds and other animals as well as flowers and plants, and the colors are red, blue, green, yellow, orange, purple, gold, silver, light and so on. blue. 200 yuan, unified. Among them, I found something and picked it up.
It was a light blue cat-shaped turtle shell candy that seemed to have the characteristics of Shino's ALo avatar. If I bring it back to Shino, he will be very happy.
"Okay, give me this."
I handed the 200 yards to the clerk and turned back to Lilan. Lilan's ears were twitching, her tail was wagging like a dog, and her eyes were fixed on the candy apple. Maybe you are confused about which one to choose.
"Miss Lilan, don't you have anything you like?"
"That's not it! We carefully select which ones are the brightest, which ones are the biggest, which ones look the tastiest."
"They all look the same"
"They're all different! Technically, they're different. Or rather, don't talk to me right now because it'll distract you!"
"Hey. Tell me when you're done. I'll wait until then."
I can't go find Shino and Yui alone, but if that happens, Lilan might get lost, and most importantly, Lilan might get angry and bite his head, so I won't do that. cannot.
While thinking this, I left the tortoise shell candy stall and looked around. Perhaps because it was a festival, players that were not usually seen came and went, and there were Japanese stalls lined up that could not be seen in ALo's world view. Who would have thought that such an event would take place in a world reminiscent of Northern Europe?
"No, I think that's why so many people come together to enjoy this festival, because no one could have predicted this." And since a Japanese-style festival is held, next time if a festival is held that imitates Northern Europe or Europe Not surprising either.
At that time, none of the four of us thought, if possible, we wanted to have fun with Shino.
\"No, it's useless without Yui and Lilan.\"
After muttering, I looked around again, and just then, I saw something. You can see it at big festivals in the real world, and it's very popular in festival games.
There is a shooting station where you can shoot targets with a toy gun and get prizes.
"Okay, that's it! Hey, give me this."
Among the large number of candy apples lined up, Li Run picked out a particularly bright and large candy, picked it up and paid the owner 200 yuan. In the real world, sometimes people say that apples look like emeralds, but the candy apples in your hands sparkle like real emeralds, and the sweet aroma of candy and apples mix together and hit your nose. It looks so delicious, I want to take a bite.
"That's it, Kirito. Now, let's go back to Shino and Yui."
After saying that, Lilan turned around, but was suddenly dumbfounded.
\"I didn't see Kirito.\" He should have said that he would wait there, but he was nowhere to be seen either near the store or a little further away.
\"——Kirito?\"
"Yui, hold on to it. If you drop it, daddy will be sad."
"Yes, Mom. This is for Dad, so I will protect it. Mom, please take care of your sister."
Shino nodded after hearing her daughter's words. Now, Sinon and Yui had left the shaved ice stand and walked towards the meeting point of Kirito and Lilan. In both hands, Shino held a cup-shaped bowl filled with shaved ice coated with cucumber syrup, and a bowl filled with shaved ice coated with white milk syrup. On the other hand, Yui held a piece of shaved ice with blue Hawaiian syrup in her hands, and another piece of shaved ice with the same milk syrup as Shino's.
\"Why is shaved ice for everyone, not just Kirito?\" Because although Shino and Yui went to the shaved ice stand to feed Kirito shaved ice, they were driven by their own desire to eat shaved ice along the way.
When we arrived at the stall, we first ordered blue Hawaiian shaved ice for Kirito, then ordered milk syrup shaved ice for Shino and Yui, and finally ordered cantaloupe syrup shaved ice for Lilan. As a result, the number of shaved ice they got was four pieces, and they had to hold it with both hands.
"Even so, we never thought we'd end up eating shaved ice."
"Mr. Liz said that the fried noodles in the festival are delicious, but the shaved ice is also delicious.
Before I came to Tokyo, even before I was involved in that incident, when my mother, grandfather, and grandmother participated in the summer festival of the town, I often eat planing ice and turtle shell sugar. At that time, the shaved ice should not be much different from the nearby stores, but I still remember how delicious it was. Therefore, Shi Nai often thinks that if you participate in activities such as summer festivals, you will definitely want to eat shaved ice at that time.
\ "Of course, the planed ice you eat in the festival is really delicious, but Yui does eat a lot. \"
"My sister and Alice always said that it is important to eat a lot of things in order to grow, so I eat a lot."
\ "Human beings are like this, but uh, Yui is also human, so there is nothing wrong with this. However, eating too much is not good for your body, so it is necessary.
"Yes"
Shi Nai nodded at Yui, and sighed softly. Jieyi, Lilan, STREA, and Jupiter. These people are AI created by Alice, but they all have certain characteristics. ——This is to not gain weight.
This is how Jiyi, STREA, Lilan, and Jupiter have been set from the beginning. Their appetite is relatively strong, but they eat digital data, not consume nutrition and fat, no matter how much you eat, you are satisfied, Your body will not change or get fat. Conversely, if you don't eat much, you will not lose weight.
Poetry sometimes enviouss her daughter and can live without worrying about human disadvantages.
Just as I was walking around, I saw a player running in front of me. In this kind of competition without sprinting, what kind of player are you — thinking of this, Shi Nai and Yui looked at them in surprise.
The identity of the players who run towards us is a girl with blond hair, white golden wolf ear, and hip minister. What I always want to see is Ji Run's sister Li Run.
\ "Poetry, Yui!! \"
"Re -operation?"
\ "That's sister. \"
"There should be no running components, so why do you run?" When I thought so, Li Lan suddenly came to the two and stopped. Perhaps because I was used to running, my physical skills have been greatly improved, but on the other hand, Lilan is not tired, but is a little uneasy.
"What's wrong, Lilan? Are you so anxious?"
\ "Does Kirito return to you? \"
"Is it dad? Dad hasn't returned yet, sister, you and dad bought turtle nuts, right?"
When the two answered in turn, Lan immediately said: "What!?", With a very surprised expression on his face. Shi Nai was a little surprised by this excessive expression, but at the same time felt what he understood, so he asked Lilan.
\ "Maybe Lilan and Kirito have gone. \"
"Ah, when I looked away from him, he suddenly disappeared.
"If \" rebirth \ "just disappeared staggers, I can still understand." However, Kirito, a high school student, left without any reason. It is an impossible story.
(never)
At this time, Shi Nai suddenly felt cold back, and the power on his fingers seemed to disappear. I've been in this situation before. At this time, a man wearing a black cloak — their deadly opponent Vashabca Casars — dragged them into the shadow and kicked them and kicked them.
And this time, Kirito suddenly disappeared. Is Kirito, like himself at the time, was attacked by Vashabca Casars and was dragged into the shadow? If this is the case, Kirito has been disrupted by Vashac Casars in the dark now
\ "Kirito won't, in Vashak Casars!? \"
\"Pooh!?
\ "Because when I was attacked before, I was really suddenly like this at the time!!! \"
I can feel trembling, and I can feel cold sweat flowing from the top of my head. Even if I tried to stop it, I could easily imagine that Kirito was attacked by Vashabca Casars, and I couldn't stop him. What should I do, what should I do -At this time, Yui was kept silent.
"Sister, I have something to ask you."
\ "What, Jiyi? \"
"Girls used to go to the turtle shell sugar stalls in the past, isn't it?"
"Oh, yes, yes, is there any problem?"
"Did you find something nearby?"
After being questioned by her sister, my sister immediately recalled the way to walk with the owner of the black yukata, and the person who met near the turtle belams, but perhaps because she continued unconsciously, she couldn't remember. Remember a lot, I don't remember. Perhaps it was because I was talking with the host wholeheartedly.
"No, I don't remember."
"Then let's go there, maybe something may be."
\ "" I, I don't have time to do this, Yui. Now I must find Kirito. \ "
"Mom, please wait a moment. I have something to confirm."
"My child attracts me with majestic eyes." Obviously, he should know that it was his own child, but Shi Nai superimized the figure of his former teacher Alice into his child's figure. Although they do not look like they are, when such things happen, Jie feels like Alice. Every time, Shi Nai once again confirmed that Yui was an artificial intelligence created by Alice.
\ "Yui, what do you want to confirm? \"
"Anyway, mother and sister, let's go to the turtle nail sugar stall."
"I see"
After listening to Yui, nodded, and the three walked towards the turtle glycogen. When walking in countless players in a yukata, Shi Nai wanted to talk to Yui, but the expression of Yui was very serious, so she said nothing, and I said it was not enough.
Although she is a girl who can usually talk casually, it is difficult to talk to her sometimes, which is similar to Alice. After all, Yui is the daughter created by Alice.
Thinking of this, I continued to walk. Unconsciously, a turtle -shell sugar stall appeared in front of me. There is a tortoise shells that often see when I go to the festival. There are many candy with different shapes and different colors on the shelf. However, Poetry didn't care too much. It has always been.
My daughter, my son, did not ignore the turtle sugar stall again, just looked around. As usual, the whole body exudes an unbearable atmosphere, and I don't think I will talk to him. But Yui will not become like this for no reason, so Yu Yi becomes like this that she is looking for something -and it is also quite serious.
\ "Hey, Yui \"
When I finally moved a numb mouth and called her daughter, she suddenly stopped her movement and faced in a certain direction. I wanted to know what happened this time. Just when I wanted to call him again, Yui turned to Shi Nai and opened his mouth seriously.
"Mom, let's find dad."
\ "Uh, what do you find? \"
"Yeah, let's go to Dad quickly."
Although I don't know the specific reasons, Yui must have noticed some things. He said nothing because he realized something that he didn't notice. When I found Kirito, Yui might tell him everything -Shi Nai only knew these, and decided to swallow Jiyo's request.
At the same time, Lilan, who had been shut up, suddenly said. I was curious about what this time it was. Looking back, I found that it raised her ears and tails, as if I found something.
"What's wrong, Lilan?"
\ "Found. Kirito here. \"
\ "I know, Kirito's whereabouts. \"
"Ah. Here!"
As soon as this remark came out, Lilan walked quickly. Even if I chose Katecis with a higher sensor organs than other races, I noticed what I didn't notice. Thinking that he can only believe in his words and deeds now, Shi Nai walked with his child and the partner you loved.
"Uh-huh"
Kirito is located in the corner of the back alley behind the festival venue. Kirito sat in the dark, there was no trace and no light, and he seemed to forget how to put his entire power into it.
"Damn damn"
Kirito held his head in one hand and sat on the ground helplessly. When I went to buy turtle nailose with Lilan, she accidentally looked around and saw the "shooting" stall. There were several prizes on the shelf not far away. A player was aiming at the prize with a toy long gun, and a scene flashed in my mind.
"A man was lying in front of me, and there was a hole on his forehead. Holding a pistol with a pistol with blood on it, it was red.
Kirito was surprised at the time, because all of them suddenly appeared, but since he had experienced it, he felt that he could do something to suppress his inflated emotions. In this way, I control my emotions, but at the same time, I can't control the nausea rising from the depths of the stomach, and I can't help but fall into trouble. Back alley.
I run crazy through the humid and dim passages, where it is completely opposite to the venue of the music festival. When I run to no one ??, the kind of disgusting feels gradually disappeared, but at the same time, my body is suffocating, and I lose it. I lost it. All strengths cannot move.
"Why is this this"
Kirito clenched his fist and punched on his forehead. A faint pain spread throughout my fist and forehead, and a slightly strong impact made me shook my head.
"What I saw at the time was a toy gun." No, not only that, even the model gun I saw before could not load real gunpowder, and even the muzzle could not vomit bullets, it was just a toy.
However, when I saw the unique shape of the same color in my hand, a strange scene suddenly flooded my mind, and the nausea and numbness came from the depths of the stomach, and I couldn't move. It's time to return to the real world. According to the strength of nausea, it will become unbearable and vomit. Although I don't look at it.
I discussed this issue with my psychiatrist and was told how to deal with it, but this was not helpful at all. ——Weless, it is not without effect, but it has not completely suppressed it, and there is no time to work.
"Isn't this so okay? I really can't do it."
Kirito whispered in the darkness, took a deep breath and raised his head.
"I can't always do this forever." I left Lilan on the turtle glycogen stalls, and I did not follow the promise of buying Turtle Nailose for Shi Nai. Even the turtle shells I bought before must have fallen on the road. In addition, I have to go shopping.
First of all, all the three of you must be worried that you will disappear suddenly, and you may greet everyone to spend the holidays and start looking for them. In order not to cause such serious things, I must return to the three of them as soon as possible.
"Hur up, don't come back"
\"Kirito!\"
As he stood up, there was a sound in the passage on the right, and Kirito turned his head in surprise. The three girls wearing bathrobes are long black hair, wolf -eared tail golden hair, and light blue long hair cat ears. This is the figures of Jiyi, Li Ran, and Shi Nai, and they have been considering whether they will come back in the future.
"Well, all three people"
\ "It's time for it \" —— Thinking like this, the three rushed to Kirito immediately, one of them shouted to Kirito. Sure enough, his face showed an extremely worried expression.
"Okay, why are you here?"
"No, I'm a bit uncomfortable, but I'm fine, I want to go back now"
"dad"
After answering the question of Shi Nai, Yui quietly approached. I thought she was the same as Shi Nai, and her face was full of worries, but her face was not a concern, but a serious expression.
\ "Yiyi? \"
"Dad, I have a question to ask Dad, can I ask?"
"It's okay, but what happened"
The girl with a serious expression that usually does not often show her head lowly, and looked at her eyes again, opened her mouth, and revealed her words.
"Dad, how do you feel uncomfortable? It's okay just now."
"Why suddenly feel uncomfortable.
"Isn't it because I saw a shooting stall near the turtle shells?"
Hearing this sentence, Kirito stunned, while Shi Nai and Lan widened their eyes. Yu Yi closed his mouth and fell into silence. It was shrouded in heavy silence around, but Lilan was controlled for a few seconds.
"You can't, you"
\ "Sister, really as we are worried. Dad \"
Hearing her sister's words, the girl wolf opened her eyes wide, sighed deeply, and shook her head gently. At the same time, the tail was completely hanging down.
\ "So I think so. I just have a bad premonition \"
"Worry? Uh, uh? Wait a minute, Jie, Lilan, what are you talking about?"
Shi Nai looked at Kirito and Yui in confusion. With his mother, Yui stopped the movement as frozen, but just looking at his father, his father blinked with a shock, trying to open his mouth, but somehow hesitated. I didn't say it again and again. At noon.
Soon, when Jiu Jiyou made up his mind and said seriously, the sister next to him put his hand on his shoulder.
\ "—— Talking about the important things about your family must be painful for you. I am thinking about the same thing, so I just say it. \"
When the clothes said softly \ "Sister \", Li Lan loosen his hand from his shoulders and turned around to face the motionless Tongren. Then, after taking a deep breath, he opened his lips.
\ "Kirito, do you remember what did you do before the battle between Ene Grandte?
\"ah\"
Kirito immediately remembered when he was still in SAO. In order to cure Shi Nai, who was destroyed by the "Fugue" on the 100th floor of SAO, Kirito combined his consciousness with Shi Nai's consciousness with the help of Yui and Lan. At this time, Kirito touched Shi Nai's memory and brought it into his mind. By understanding it, he could hit Shi Nai's consciousness with his voice and successfully restored Shi Nai's consciousness.
After that, Kirito was able to separate his consciousness and memory from poetry, and could safely return his consciousness to the body of that place. From that moment, Kirito's memory and Asada's memory began to exist at the same time. As long as Kirito's brain is conscious, he can recall Shi Nai's memory.
"I told everyone around me that they were surprised by the wonderful things that were about to happen." —— Tongren remembered this series of things and nodded to Lilan.
\ "I know what happened at the time. So I had the memory of Shi Nai. Even now, I can remember.
\ "However, Yui and I have been thinking. You have stuffed Poetry and your own memories into your head. Is this okay? \"
Kirito closed his mouth completely. Seeing this, Li Lan closed his eyes slightly and whispered again.
"Sure enough, as I think, it seems effective. No, not the effect."
"No effect, I'm fine."
"Then why are you sick as soon as you see something related to the gun? Why are you still calm just now? There is a shooting field nearby. And when you are free, you can see it everywhere." At that time, you at that time you Don't you see it? "
Kirito shook his head, but Lilan did not show signs.
