I like traveling the most

A new year begins.

I don’t know if the players finally cheered up, or if they gave up their naivety that they would be saved by the outside world. In short, many players moved from the towns to the wilds, improved their strength and joined the strategy team.

Three months later... On March 31st, the strategy team cleared the 25th floor of Aincrad in one go.

A lot of things happened during this period.

First of all, the [Aincrad Liberation Team] guild established by Kibaou was disbanded, no, to be precise, it was destroyed.

Because Kibaou is a person who is greedy for success, and it is precisely because of his character that he is taken advantage of by those who are interested - PoH took advantage of this and sent false information to him while killing many capable players.

You must know that many of the players who followed Kibaou were members of the strategy team. This heavy blow greatly slowed down the speed of the strategy team's clearance. Kibaou was even more disheartened and left the strategy group to go to the first level to eat and wait to die. This also made many players in the strategy group feel gloomy.

At the same time, this is also the first time that the Smiling Coffin of the Killing Guild has come into public view.

And PoH's actions indirectly affected many people.

Kirito became Mr. Kiri, and Asuna became President Asia. The two parted ways because of their different ideas. Then Kirito joined a small guild called [Tsukiye's Black Cat Group], which was composed of only a few low-level players. Asuna joined the new guild [Knights of the Blood Alliance].

By the way, Asuna originally wanted to join the [Acusis] Guild, but was rejected.

Xiao Lin personally refused.

In addition to being easily targeted by Kayaba Akihiko, and the possibility that Asuna would accommodate Aqua and do bad things in the game, Krillin also knew that the two of them were only temporarily separated because of sulking.

You really think of us as part of the love play, right?

Besides, joining a guild or not will not affect the joint force to defeat the BOSS. They will still form a team together when defeating the BOSS. Even in ordinary times, they often meet. The main reason is that Asuna's heart is too fragile, and she has to come to Aqua every once in a while for some explanation.

The most important thing is that Xiaolin promised the strategy team that Axis will only recruit life players.

After four months of operation, the [Acusis] Guild has become a famous guild in Aincrad. Aqua, as the representative, often enlightens the lower-level players and distributes food for free, winning a lot of good friends. reputation.

Maybe in the eyes of others, this is just reducing the guild's property, but Sato Kazuma, who has recruited a large number of lifestyle players, has successfully used them to establish a business alliance. Currently, the daily necessities on the entire third floor of Aincrad will pass. his hands.

Kazuma Sato is really talented as a businessman. But even though he was talented, he still couldn't help but complain when he saw small amounts of money slipping away from his hands every day.

"Aqua, I'm talking about you...!"

Sato Kazuma clenched his fists and said angrily: "Why do you always cause such trouble!"

"I didn't mean it! When you saw those people didn't look angry, you couldn't help but do something to cheer them up."

"What a cheering thing! You haven't done anything a goddess should do, so you have the nerve to say that, you useless goddess!"

"Wow! Kazuma said something he shouldn't have said!!!"

Aqua burst into tears.

Darkness crossed her arms and said with a blush on her cheeks: "On the contrary, I am very grateful to Aqua. It is a rare and beautiful experience to be stared at by those people with such eager eyes!"

"Let me declare in advance, that is not a strange look, don't get me wrong." Sato and Mashiro glanced at her.

"Hmm! Kazuma is still just as merciless when it comes to scolding people. Please say more!"

"……Hello!"

He was helpless towards the perverted female knight.

Megumin also held up a black sphere and said: "Kazuma Kazuma, I haven't used this yet today. I really don't feel comfortable if I don't find a place to blow it up! Find me something big and hard. I can't stand it anymore!"

"Don't mess around, Megumin!" Yuyou quickly stopped her: "This explosive bomb can attract monsters with a range of fifty meters. If they swarm up, we won't be able to deal with it!"

"Ah————I'm so annoyed! I don't want to stay in this kind of guild anymore! Where did the game where the beautiful girls come to show off their courtesy go!!!"

Sato Kazuma was so noisy that he collapsed.

"Brother, are you okay?" Alice asked worriedly: "Today is a happy flower viewing day. Please don't show such a scary expression. Let's enjoy it together, okay?"

"Your Highness Alice said so, why don't you put away that scary face of yours, Kazuma Sato?" Kureya also persuaded.

In order to celebrate their successful clearance of the twenty-fifth floor and the milestone of completing one quarter of Aincrad, they decided to come to the eleventh floor today to enjoy the flowers.

I don’t know if Kayaba Akihiko did this intentionally, but the climate in the first few floors has been changing with the seasons, so the eleventh floor is the best cherry blossom viewing period.

"Okay, okay... it doesn't matter if you enjoy the flowers, but there were too many accidents before the flowers, and I was so tired that I lost all my strength."

The doting sister said so, and Sato Kazuma had no choice but to accept his fate.

"Okay Kazuma. Just try harder." Kobayashi patted him on the shoulder: "Koharu and Rinko have schedules, so they can't come even if they want to. And there are only a few steps away from the flower viewing spot. ”

"We can enjoy the flowers together later... It's like a dream! I stayed up late to prepare lunch boxes for everyone." Youyou tried too hard.

"You are too exaggerated. Never mind. I will eat all the lunch boxes you made."

"Hey, you are kidding, right? Don't really eat it all!"

Huihui's understanding was not accepted.

At this time, Aqua touched her chin and said, "Oh, it's so strange."

"What's wrong?"

"It should be a long way to the destination, but it seems that it can be seen over there..."

It was the stupid goddess who took the initiative to find the place to enjoy the flowers, so no one except her knew where the real destination was.

But since we are here, we can only go there.

We came to a cherry blossom forest.

Alice exclaimed: "Wow! It's a whole field of peach blossoms! This is the first time I've seen such a beautiful view! Every time the wind blows, the petals flutter... It's really beautiful."

This should be something that can only be reproduced in games. Although Kayaba Akihiko turned SAO into a death game, his aesthetics are online, and both the scenery and the architecture are very top-notch.

"I can't wait!"

Aqua shouted excitedly: "Xiaolin, let's start enjoying the flowers now! I brought all the wine in the guild! For this day, I also learned a new party talent!"

"I was wondering what you were doing in the guild these days, and it turns out you were doing these things."

The stupid goddess likes to drink, which is something everyone in the guild knows, and those players who admire her very much often buy the wine sold in the store at their own expense, including expensive and extremely rare categories.

"But Aqua, you are forbidden to drink alcohol today."

"Eh——, why?"

"This is to punish you for causing us trouble just now. On the other hand, it is also because once you start drinking, you will drink up all these precious wines in a short time."

"... Kazuma, what nonsense are you talking about! I brought the wine, and I have the right to decide whether to drink it or not!"

"Who do you think paid for those expensive wines for you, a penniless person?"

"Wuwuwu————Kazuma, you idiot! Why do you say such mean words!"

The crying idiot goddess threw herself into Kobayashi's arms. It was Sato Kazuma who made her cry, but she was the one who suffered in the end. Kobayashi sighed helplessly.

After making the stupid goddess cry, Sato Kazuma suddenly felt relieved and said, "Well, let's have a drink before we start to enjoy the flowers. Youyou, can you please pour me a glass of golden drink?"

"I, I know!"

"Oh, the flying petals floating on the wine glass are so elegant. Look at me drinking it all in one breath... huh——! So cool!"

Youyou poured wine for him, and the stupid goddess cried even harder, while Sato Kazuma drank it with relish while crying.

You guys are really enough!

"No, it's not fair!" Aqua begged for mercy: "Mr. Kazuma, I was wrong for what happened today! I apologize to you, so give me a sip too!"

"I don't want it! Youyou, please pour me another glass. Okay, okay, that's enough——"

After that, Sato Kazuma, who was still proud, suddenly fell down.

"...Huh?" xN

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

Kobayashi looked at Aqua in confusion: "Does this game have a drunken state?"

"I don't know, anyway, I've never been drunk. Besides, Kazuma is not such a bad drinker, what's the matter with one glass of wine?" Aqua looked at the half bottle of wine left in Youyou's hand with envy.

Let's not talk about the game for now, anyway, whether in the God Realm or in the other world, the stupid goddess has never drunk a glass of wine, so she is a little eager.

"What's going on?"

"I don't know. But the most urgent thing is to wake Kazuma up quickly. Aqua, don't think about drinking secretly, that may be a special state of wine. Youyou, put the wine back to the prop column."

"Okay, okay!"

Youyou took the wine away, the stupid goddess lowered her head in disappointment, then patted Sato Kazuma's cheek and began to call him.

"Kazuma... Mr. Kazuma! Mr. Kazuma!"

"Well... this is..."

After a long time, Sato Kazuma woke up faintly.

Aqua said in fear: "Finally you woke up! Kazuma, you, I couldn't wake you up no matter how I called you, I thought you were dead!"

"Huh? Didn't I have lunch with Alice and the others during lunch break... and live the life of a harem of beautiful girls in the island country that I always dreamed of?" Sato Kazuma said shockingly.

"I won't ask you what you dreamed about, but you are still in SAO now." Kobayashi explained.

Darkness thought about it and said, "It seems that he really has an illusion set by someone. If it weren't for Aqua, who knows what would happen now..."

"Remind you, Darkness, this is a game, and Aqua's abilities are useless here." Megumin also said, "When you were asleep, Kazuma, you kept talking in your sleep that we couldn't understand, which made us very worried. It was like something cliché."

"Huh? Where is Alice?"

"Brother, I'm here!"

Alice said with concern, "That's great, I was so worried that if Brother lost consciousness--"

You can imagine what it means to lose consciousness in the death game.

But I never expected it.

Sato Kazuma asked strangely: "Why do you call me so reserved, brother? Are you rehearsing a play?"

"Brother, brother-sama...? This is how I usually call brother-sama—"

"And since I'm not related to you by blood, you don't have to call me brother anymore. You can just call me Kazuma."

"Huh?"

Alice was also surprised.

Kureya couldn't stand it any longer and scolded: "Hey, Sato Kazuma, I won't allow you to be so rude to Your Highness Alice!"

"Teacher Kureya, this is between the two of us, could you please stop interrupting?"

"What...what do you mean by calling me teacher?"

"And Youyou, let's take a shower together after we go back."

"1. Take a shower together? Mr. Kazuma, what's wrong with you..."

…

Although Kobayashi didn't know what kind of dream Sato Kazuma had, he seemed to have guessed the general situation through his speech just now.

The only question is, can this kind of forced hallucination be done in a game? No, since you can feel touch and pain as well as taste, it is not impossible to hallucinate.

Aqua covered her mouth and snickered.

"It seems that he was so comfortable in the hallucination that his brain was damaged."

Darkness said like coaxing a child: "Kazuma, it's time to wake up. What you just saw was all an illusion."

"You are lying! How could that world be an illusion! Everything there is so good to me, and there are beautiful girls who are courteous to me. It is the world of my dreams!"

Sato Kazuma didn't want to admit it.

But why was Kazuma the only one who fell into the hallucination?

liquor?

There are no other additional factors besides wine, right?

"Wait a minute, Kazuma." Kureya stopped Sato Kazuma who still wanted to drink: "That wine is something that can make people lose consciousness. You should know what losing consciousness means in this game. If you do that If you don’t wake up, your life will be at risk.”

"What is that? It's so scary."

"Now that you know, you should be more grateful to your companions who rescued you."

"Well..."

Sato Kazuma looked slightly unhappy.

Aqua put her hands on her hips and said proudly: "In other words, this goddess is the true savior! So, it doesn't matter if I can drink as much as I want today, right?"

"Okay, I get it! It doesn't matter how much you want to drink!"

"Okay! Then let's do it again!"

Aqua raised the wine glass in her right hand and shouted: "Everyone has a drink, right?... One, two!"

"Cheers——!" xN

——————

In a dark space, an ordinary middle-aged man with eyes looked at several screens assembled in front of him.

There were many people on the screen, including Kirito, Asuna, Agil, Argo, Rinko and Koharu, but in the center of the screen was a group of laughing and laughing Kobayashi and others.

"Still can't find the source of the account?"

He pinched his chin, feeling a little unsure of his genius mind for some reason. At least so far, these players with unknown accounts have not done anything strange, nor have they found system bugs and exploited them.

But we can't say that we completely let down our guard. Next, let him take a closer look.

While thinking, he brought up an operation page, and then decisively corrected the effect of the wine displayed above, making it an ordinary golden wine again.