Start with delicious food

Hearing the name Asuna, Qin Hao was slightly stunned. Then he carefully looked at the girl in front of him.

Under the red hooded robe is a white top with a red skirt. At his waist was a thin sword.

A head of soft brown hair and a delicate face are vaguely visible under the cover of the hood.

With this outfit paired with Asuna's ID, Qin Hao instantly recalled the other person's identity. The heroine of the Sword Art Online world is Asuna Yuki.

"Asuna...that's a really good name."

With that said, Qin Hao waved his hand, took out a wooden bowl, filled a bowl of ribs soup and handed it to Asuna.

"Come and try my handiwork."

Looking at the milky white broth in the bowl, Asuna's face had a faint blush. He swallowed subconsciously.

He picked up the bowl and took a sip.

The next second, Asuna's eyes widened.

No longer caring about the image, he gulped down the broth in the bowl.

Licking her lips, Asuna quickly ate the remaining taro and ribs in the bowl.

Looking at Asuna who was still unfinished, Qin Hao served her another bowl of pork rib soup.

Then a plate of Wellington lamb chops, vegetable salad, a soy flour bread and a glass of lemon peach juice that Qin Hao mixed himself with peaches and lemons were placed in front of her.

"You have to eat when you are hungry. Eat freely. There are still many delicious foods." Qin Hao said with a smile.

Looking at Qin Hao in front of her, Asuna suddenly felt a sore nose.

Ever since she fell into this death game, Asuna had been living in fear every day.

She is not good at socializing and has never played games. She is unwilling to stay in the hotel in the starting town and rot in it.

So I just left town alone, without any guidance or experience, and became a solo player.

After a whole week of bitterness, this is the first time someone has been so kind to me.

This warm feeling, as if a ray of sunshine dispelled the darkness, made Asuna feel more relaxed than ever before.

Asuna adjusted her posture. Then he nodded. A faint smile appeared on his face.

Subconsciously, he relaxed his tense nerves. I really devoted myself to tasting the delicious food.

The food in front of Asuna was swept away.

After eating brown bread for a whole week, eating such delicious food for the first time made Asuna feel a tear in the corner of her eye.

"Okay, delicious! This is my first time to eat such delicious food!"

"Yes, yes, the food made by Qin Hao is very delicious!" Shixiang said carelessly with a soybean flour bread in his hand.

Qin Hao's mouth twitched slightly. He held his forehead with one hand and said.

"So, it's better to call me by my ID in the game."

Realizing that she had spilled the beans, Tohka stuck out her tongue, then continued eating the delicious food.

"Speaking of which, Asuna, are you alone? The environment here is quite dangerous." Kanroji Mitsuri asked.

Asuna was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"I am indeed walking alone now. But despite looking at me like this, I am actually very strong. As long as I am careful, I can deal with the wild monsters here..."

Speaking of this, Asuna's face showed a tangled look.

After tasting Qin Hao's food, Asuna felt that if she were asked to go back and eat the dry and hard black bread sold by the NPC in the town, she would definitely not be able to swallow it.

"Well, I, my name in real life is Yuuki Asuna. Mr. Qin Hao, can I join your team? I want to learn cooking from you."

Hearing this, Qin Hao was slightly stunned.

When Qin Hao didn't respond, Asuna, who thought she had been rejected, blushed almost to the root of her neck with embarrassment.

I immediately turned around and planned to leave here.

"I'm sorry, my request was too much. I'm leaving now..."

Seeing this, Qin Hao took Asuna's hand.

"Wait a minute. I promise you to join the team, Asuna. And I will also teach you how to cook."

Asuna was stunned for a moment, then turned back to look at the gentle smile on Qin Hao's face. Asuna's eyes were slightly evasive. He lowered his head slightly and said softly.

"Well, please give me more advice in the future, Qin Hao."

Qin Hao touched his nose and said with a helpless smile.

"Haha~ It's better to call me by my game ID in the game. Anyway, you're welcome to join us, Asuna. As a celebration, let's go hunting for ingredients in the afternoon and have a party together in the evening."

……

----(Dividing line)

Half a month has passed since Asuna joined Qin Hao's team.

During this period, Asuna also met other people who took turns teaming up with Qin Hao.

And Asuna also gradually developed different feelings for Qin Hao because of this period of time together.

Maybe it’s because you can’t see any hope of living when you enter this death game, or maybe you want to get rid of the constraints that your family has placed on you and rebel before you die.

Even though she knew that Qin Hao maintained an ambiguous relationship with these people, Asuna, who was in love for the first time, still had no intention of quitting.

Instead of dying in the game without knowing when, I thought it would be better to go crazy now. Asuna also put aside her so-called reserve and began to try to 'defeat' Qin Hao.

……

Just like that, one day three weeks after SAO was launched.

Finally, someone couldn't help but held a strategy meeting for the first-level boss.

Thanks to the 5% high explosion rate of the resurrection props, the number of player deaths is 80% less than in the original plot.

And because food can provide positive buffs, a large number of life players have been spawned in advance.

Combat players who are obsessed with hunting wild monsters to level up and improve their strength can use the resurrection props and ingredients dropped by wild monsters to buy delicacies from living players that can provide them with positive bonus buffs.

And because life players have the guarantee of resurrection items, they have the courage to leave the novice village and explore the game world.

As for those players who are completely ruined and have been huddled in the Novice Village, there are certainly no such players.

Compared with combat players and life players, they have gradually entered the game life on the right track.

These players who choose to mess around can only rely on the poor Novice Village to run errands every day with less Col (game currency). Living in the square and surviving on black bread.

……

Torbana.

This is the town closest to the labyrinth area in the northern valley of the first level of Aincrad.

The strategy meeting for the first floor boss battle will also be held here.

Originally, Qin Hao didn't plan to come here to join in the fun.

However, after inadvertently noticing that Heathcliff, the pseudonym of Kayaba Akihiko, appeared in Tolbana, Qin Hao suddenly became interested. I plan to come over to join in the fun and grab the boss reward.

In the center of the town, there is an amphitheater that looks similar to ancient Roman architecture.