I like traveling the most

One day.

Aqua came back with a little girl.

This was an extremely common thing. After all, all the younger players in Aincrad joined the Axis Church to seek shelter, and they certainly accepted them.

But it was just a quick glance.

Yes, everything was so casual, an inadvertent glance.

Kobayashi did not see any mark on the little girl.

Because you need to join the Axis Church to get supplies, of course, they don’t need to do anything, and sometimes Sato Kazuma even leads them to upgrade and adapt to the game, so players have joined.

In SAO, the vice president of the guild can see the basic information of the players, and in order to ensure the safety of the guild members, they can see their names and locations.

However, the little girl brought by Aqua did not have any mark.

"Kobayashi, I found a system bug!"

Aqua held the little girl's hand and ran over excitedly.

Kobayashi was slightly stunned.

BUG?

To be honest, it is impossible for a large game to have no bugs, but some games do not call them bugs, but game mechanisms. The same is true for SAO, so obvious bugs should be almost invisible...

"What do you mean?"

"Look, look! This child, her system panel can't be adjusted!"

"...Oh?"

Kobayashi was a little surprised.

The system panel is something that every player has. It is related to whether the player can survive smoothly in Aincrad. Even some NPCs have system panels.

"Yui, show it to Kobayashi."

"Okay."

The little girl... No, Yui's right index finger and middle finger slid down together, but the window did not open.

Kobayashi pulled the corner of his mouth.

Her name is Yui. The system panel can't be opened. Kobayashi seems to know who she is.

Just when thinking this, Yui changed to waving her left hand this time, and the next moment a purple window appeared under her hand.

"It appeared!"

"Huh, isn't it a bug?"

Yui cheered happily, but Aqua looked obviously disappointed.

"Yui, can you let me see the window?"

"Window?"

Yui looked confused.

Kobayashi pulled her right hand, moved her tiny finger intuitively, and clicked on the button that should switch the visible mode.

Sure enough--

The homepage of the menu window is basically divided into three areas. The top is the name displayed in English and the thin life value bar and experience value bar. The right half below is the equipment doll, and the left half is the command button list.

Although the style design of the option image display can be customized freely, the basic configuration cannot be changed.

That being said, the top of Yui's window only shows [Yui—MHC001], a strange name similar to the number of Liu Zi. Apart from that, there is no life value bar or experience value bar, and even the level does not exist.

Although there is an equipment doll, there are much fewer command buttons than usual, only props and settings exist.

"Huh, is this also a system bug?"

Aqua suddenly became happy again.

This guy...

"It's not like that. Rather than saying it's a bug, it's just set up like this."

Kobayashi thought for a moment, handed a cloak to Yui, motioned her to take it, and then re-equipped the cloak.

The whole process went very smoothly.

"What? No problem."

Aqua pouted again, but she hugged Yui and said, "Forget it, it doesn't matter anyway. Right, Yui!"

"Yes!"

A smile appeared on Yui's face.

Then, Aqua suddenly said, "Kobayashi, let's go out for a walk. It's boring to always stay in the church."

"When did you always stay in the church?"

Kobayashi complained.

But when he saw Yui's expectant eyes, he still softened his heart.

"Okay, let's go out for a walk!"

"Yeah! Success!"X2

Aqua and Yui clapped their hands in the air. These two people actually did it on purpose.

...Forget it.

It's just a walk in the first-level town of origin.

However, this is the largest city in Aincrad after all, and the functions necessary for adventure are naturally more sufficient than other streets. In addition, with the continuous operation of Sato Kazuma, the prices are much cheaper, and there are many businesses such as hotels.

If we only consider the efficiency level, it is absolutely the most suitable to use this place as a base.

But in fact, for the strategy team and high-level players that Kobayashi knows, almost no one stays in the Starting Town, after all, it takes a lot of time to go up and down the floors.

The most important thing is——

Kobayashi raised his head and looked at the floor of the second floor.

As long as he stood in the square, he could recall the things at that time, so many players were unwilling to face it and chose to stay away from the Starting Town.

The three of them strolled on the street.

The transfer gate square of the Starting Town is quite spacious, enough to accommodate 10,000 players when it started operating two years ago.

In the center of the perfectly circular space with a stone floor, there stands a huge clock tower, and below it is a transfer gate swaying with blue light.

The concentric circle of slender flower beds surrounding the tower extends outward, and several elegant white benches are arranged in the grid.

On a nice afternoon like this, it was not surprising that there was some noise because there were players taking a break everywhere. However, all the people I saw were moving towards the transfer gate or the square exit, and there were almost no people stopping or sitting on the benches.

If it was a large street on the upper floor, the transfer gate square was always mixed with countless players coming and going.

Some people were chatting about everything, some were recruiting team members, and some were setting up simple stalls to sell. It was almost impossible to move forward in a straight line because of the crowds.

After a simple rest, they continued to walk towards the East District 7.

There was a church there.

Although Aqua had some complaints about the church, she changed her attitude after classifying it as the Axis Church.

Arrived at the East District 7.

There was a particularly tall spire opposite the wide forest on the right side of the road. At the top of the tall tower with a blue-gray stone roof, a metal ancient Egyptian cross made of a cross and a circle was shining.

That was the symbol of the church.

This is a facility that every town has at least one. The altar inside can remove the monster's special attack - curse, and bless the weapons against undead monsters.

In SAO, where magic elements are almost non-existent, it can be said to be the most mysterious place.

In addition, as long as you continue to pay Kell, you can take over the small room in the church and use it instead of the hotel.

Arrived in front of the two huge doors of the main entrance.

Aqua did not knock on the door, but pushed it open directly. Because it is a public facility, it is naturally impossible to lock it.

After pushing the door open, a large group of children rushed out.

"Aqua-sama!"

"Aqua!"

"Goddess-sama!!!"

They surrounded Aqua, Kobayashi and Yui all at once, and Yui was so scared that she grabbed Aqua's sleeve and hid herself behind her.

Soon, a female player with short hair, big black-framed glasses, a simple blue plain dress, and a small dagger on her waist came out.

"Aqua-sama, Kobayashi-sama."

Her name is Sasha.

Aqua was the player that Aqua had helped on the first floor. Because she was not good at fighting and had experience in taking care of children, she was arranged to take care of these children.

A little boy shouted: "Aqua-sama, you haven't come to see us for a long time!"

"I'm sorry, I've been too busy recently and can't squeeze out any time."

Aqua's smile was very gentle, and she looked like a goddess! ... Oh, no, she is the goddess.

"Let go!"

Seeing that they were a little too much, Sasha scolded: "Aqua-sama is a member of the strategy team. They are working hard to get us out of this game quickly, so we shouldn't ask for more!"

"I... I know."

The little boy pouted.

No, no, no, if you say that the other people in the strategy team are working hard, I won't deny it, but how can this guy who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun all day be busy? She just played too much and forgot about you.

It's a pity that Xiaolin can't say that, otherwise their faith will definitely collapse, which is a very cruel thing for them.

"Yes, yes! If I also upgrade to the front line..."

"No! Absolutely not!"

Sasha's words were sharp, and she seemed determined not to agree.

Kobayashi didn't need them to go to the front line either. After all, the current members of the strategy team were strong enough, and he wouldn't use children...Except Alice.

Aqua squatted down, took the little boy's hand, and said, "It's okay. With us here, you don't need to take risks. You just need to grow up with peace of mind. Even if you want to help, you have to wait until you learn more knowledge."

The stupid goddess' words were very useful. The little boy nodded heavily to indicate that he would definitely work hard.

Afterwards, under the leadership of Sasha, they came to the small room on the right side of the chapel to drink tea and chat.

"Um... I wonder what Aqua-sama and Kobayashi-sama came here for this time?"

That's what she said, but her eyes kept looking at Yui hiding behind Aqua.

She mistakenly thought it was a new child.

It was the same before. Aqua brought children who couldn't go outside the safety zone for her to take care of.

However——

"No, I just came to take a look because I haven't been here for a long time."

"...Eh?"

Sasha looked at Yui.

But she didn't ask, after all, people are different. Alice, who is about the same age as the children, is a well-known idol princess and even the runner-up of the world's number one martial arts tournament. I think this little girl is similar?

"By the way, Sasha, how are you doing recently?"

"Yeah, it's very good. Mr. Kazuma often comes to play with the children, and also brings a lot of supplies. Under his leadership, the children's level is also relatively high, and it is safe to venture around."

"Really."

Although Sato Kazuma looks unreliable and always doesn't show up, he is very responsible and pays attention to these things.

With him as a backup, Kobayashi is relieved.

"So, we have been targeted recently..."

"Targeted? Who?"

Sasha's steady eyes suddenly became serious, and just as she was about to continue speaking——

"Teacher! Teacher Sasha! It's bad!"

The door suddenly slammed open.

Several children rushed in.

"Really? This is very rude to the guests."

"Now is not the time to talk about this! Teacher Sasha, Lady Aqua, Brother Gin and the others were captured by the army!"

The little boy who just said he was going to the front line cried.

"What?"

Sasha stood up resolutely as if she had changed into a different person, and asked the little boy, "Where is he now?"

"The open space behind the prop store in the East Fifth District. The army sent ten people to block the road, and only Goda escaped."

"Got it, I'll go there right away!"

Sasha turned around and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Lady Aqua, Lady Kobayashi, I didn't expect this to happen. I must go to save those kids, so let's talk later."

"Teacher! We want to go too!"

The little boy shouted, and the children behind him agreed.

"No! You all wait here!"

Sasha rebuked loudly.

The children looked at her pitifully.

"The army... the army? How dare they bully my people... Good, very good! Kill them, kill them now!"

Aqua couldn't stand it anymore and slammed the table.

She is a real fighter. She is fine with anything in normal times, but if anyone dares to bully her followers, she will fight hard to show you!

"Don't worry, I am a relatively powerful person, and I will definitely help you bring silver back. Okay, Sasha?"

"Thank you, Master Kobayashi, thank you for your trouble!"

Sasha bowed deeply.

Kobayashi was also slightly angry.

Good guy, I was only cleaning up the BOSS on the front line and forgot to clean up you.

I will give you a good beating!

The three of them quickly came to the East Sixth District.

At the door of an NPC store and the courtyard of a civilian house, they saw a group of people blocking the small road ahead. Judging from the gray-green and black iron uniform equipment, the group of at least ten people was the army.

When Sasha arrived at the scene, she noticed that her army players also turned around, and at the same time, a malicious smile appeared on their faces.

"Hey, the babysitter is here."

"... Let the kids go quickly!"

"Don't say such harsh words, I'm just teaching them some social common sense and will let them go soon."

"That's right, paying taxes is a citizen's duty after all!"

The men who were surrounded there laughed sharply, especially the man and woman who were surrounded by them. Even their equipment was forced to be removed but they were not allowed to leave.

This made Aqua furious.

"Xiaolin!"

"Ah, I know."

Xiaolin kicked one of the players who were surrounded there, and Aqua quickly went up to comfort the two men and women.

"Hey... Hey, hey, hey!"

At this time, one of the military players who came to his senses shouted: "Who are you! Do you want to hinder the army from performing its mission!"

"Wait."

A man with more advanced equipment than others came forward to stop them, and he seemed to be their captain.

"Although I have never seen you, do you know what it means to be enemies with the army? Should I take you to the headquarters for a good talk?"

His narrowed eyes were filled with a fierce light, and he even pulled out the huge broadsword from his waist, making a deliberate move as if threatening Xiaolin.

"We still have to go outside the circle, huh?!"

"Go outside the circle?"

Hearing his words, Xiaolin laughed angrily: "Okay, let's go outside the circle, I'll let you know who you have provoked!"

The silk thread tied him tightly in an instant.

The silk thread with a higher level than his equipment and the absolute power difference brought by the level made it impossible for him to break free.

"You are really brave. Even Xinka was polite to me, but you dared to shout at me and even came to my territory to collect protection fees. Can I think that the army is declaring war on me-on the Akusis Church?"

Xiaolin pulled him to the ground.

It was obviously an extremely excessive act, but everyone else looked at the man in front of them with horror.

"Xiao, Xiaolin...?!!!"

The sharp voice brought everyone back to their senses.

"It's a thousand changes!"

"It's over, it's a thousand changes! I told you not to come to the first floor, but you didn't listen!"

The others didn't dare to move at all, not even to run. Axis is one of the top two guilds in Aincrad, and they can't run away even if they want to.

Looking at the male player who was just shouting but now bowed his head like a defeated rooster, the children all showed happy smiles on their faces.