As the two of them ran up the stairs, Kirito's back came into view ahead of them.
Even from a distance, I could tell that her back was quite depressed,
Hachiman and Asuna showed no sign of showing any mercy.
Kirito turned around as he heard footsteps.
Kirito saw the two of them and tried to run away in a panic.
He was quickly apprehended by the two men.
Hachiman was the first to speak up.
"Hey, why are you running away? You jet black fallen angel soaring through the heavens."
"……picture?"
"Hmm? What's wrong? A jet-black fallen angel soaring through the sky."
"..."
"Why are you silent, you jet-black fallen angel soaring through the heavens?"
"N-no... well..."
"If you have something to say, feel free to say it, the jet-black fallen angel soaring through the heavens."
"sorry……"
"What's the matter? We're just good friends. Do you have something to apologize for? You jet-black fallen angel soaring through the heavens."
"Ah, Asuna..."
Kirito looked at Asuna for help.
Asuna was smiling brightly, a deep, dark smile.
"What's wrong with me? You jet-black fallen angel soaring through the heavens."
"a……"
"What's wrong? You're so blank-faced, you jet-black fallen angel soaring through the sky."
"You two... well..."
"Hey Asuna, the sky-rocketing jet-black fallen angel looks tired."
"That's right, you look tired, jet black fallen angel, so you'll need a special drink."
Hachiman solemnly took out the two items and handed one to Asuna.
"Hey, the jet-black fallen angel soaring through the sky. This is something I made for the jet-black fallen angel soaring through the sky.
It's a special drink. Please force yourself to drink it, you fallen angel of darkness soaring through the heavens."
"That's right, jet-black fallen angel soaring through the sky. Hachiman-kun prepared it for us, so
Please force yourself to drink it. You jet black fallen angel soaring through the heavens."
"You said you loved it, so I made it with all my heart. A jet-black fallen angel soaring through the heavens."
"I prepared lots of stuff for you because you said you loved me. You're the jet-black fallen angel soaring through the heavens."
Kirito sat upright of his own accord and took the jet-black fallen angel drink that was offered to him by the two of them.
He gulped them both down in one gulp and said:
"I'm sorry, I won't do it again, please forgive me."
The drink that was offered to me was something I didn't like, but...
Kirito was surprised that it tasted so good.
"Well, my mouth is tired so I'll stop here."
"Yeah, it was a bit difficult because it was like a tongue twister."
Then they both said in unison.
"Stop it already. You jet black fallen angel soaring through the heavens."
"Please don't do that again, you jet black fallen angel soaring through the heavens."
"Y-Yes..."
"Well, we have a lot to talk about, but for now let's go to the second floor first."
"Yes, I'm sure it will be everyone's hope."
The main block on the second floor, Urbus.
The city was carved out of Table Mountain, leaving only the outer perimeter.
"What is this? It looks like the inside of a crater."
"Wow, what a magnificent view."
"Maybe the bell will ring soon?"
As if waiting for those words, the sound of a bell rang out.
It was as if they were being welcomed.
"Hey Kirito."
"Hmm, what's wrong, Hachiman?"
"I'm hungry... buy me a meal."
"Buy me a meal!"
Asuna also jumped on the bandwagon.
"Ah, yeah. This way then."
Following Kirito's guidance, the three of them walked a short distance to
I entered a restaurant with a sign with a cow mark on it.
"Oh, what beef are you going to give me? Kirito, are you a billionaire?"
"Well, there are a lot of buffalo-type monsters in this area, so there are a lot of these kinds of stores.
I think that's the concept. Something American-ish?
"Oh, so they're cowboys and stuff like that. I see."
"I've been wanting to eat a lot lately too, so this is perfect.
It's hard to throw away the sweet stuff, but I already replenished my supply."
"You guys really like that, don't you...?"
"But you seemed to be drinking normally just now."
Kirito answered, remembering what had happened earlier.
"Ah, it felt delicious just now...I wonder why."
"Well done, Kirito. I will give you the title of honorary citizen of Chiba Prefecture."
"Hahaha, I'm so happy."
"Hachiman-kun, what about me? What about me?"
"Asuna will be given the title of Honorary Miss Tokyo German Village."
"It's not Chiba..."
"Oh, no, Tokyo German Village is in Chiba."
"It's like Tokyo Disneyland."
The three enjoyed their meal while enjoying casual conversation.
After finishing their meal, the three ordered coffee and began to brush up on the information.
"Well, here's how it went from there."
"I see... so what I did was in vain..."
"No, that's not true at all, Kirito. Why would that be?"
"Oh, is that so?"
"If you don't do anything, then, I'll just use Asuna's authority,
I'll tell everyone. So, leaving Diavel aside,
We couldn't have talked about why there were so few beta testers on the front lines or anything like that."
"Wouldn't Hachiman have simply noticed?"
"Well, if it weren't for your painful words, I probably wouldn't have noticed."
"The pain is unnecessary!"
"I was a fixture at the time, so of course that was impossible."
"But yeah, Hachiman is amazing."
"No, I think Asuna is the amazing one."
"I don't think that's the case though..."
"I think it was good that Asuna encouraged me to approach her honestly and honestly.
If it were just me, even if someone listened to me, I would probably only be able to think of pushing my point home with sound arguments,
It would have made the other person dislike me even more and made the situation worse."
"I, is that so..."
"Well, we've only known each other for a day, but it seems the three of us make a great combination!"
"The fact that they just happened to fit together is a strong point though."
"But I'm really sorry, both of you."
"Next time, if anything happens, please let me know in advance."
"oh yeah"
"Yeah. I won't do as I please anymore. Also... I'm sorry for not telling you that I was a beta tester."
Hearing this, Hachiman and Asuna looked at each other and sighed.
"Are you stupid? A jet-black fallen angel soaring through the heavens."
"Do you want me to make you drink again? You jet black fallen angel soaring through the sky."
"Please stop calling me that!"
"Listen, is there any problem with us if you're a beta tester?"
"Eh? Umm..."
"You understand? There's nothing there."
"yes……"
"So don't worry about that in front of us. Honestly, we don't care."
Asuna, who had been watching from the side, told Kirito with a smug look on her face.
"That's right, it doesn't matter, Kirito. As long as you understand, that's fine."
"Yeah. When I'm with you two, I really feel like I've been worrying about trivial things."
"Oh, and Egil said hello to me."
"I see, Egil is..."
Then Hachiman spoke further to Kirito in a low voice.
"I can't believe you used me as a stepping stone. I'll definitely catch you later. That's what you said, too."
"Eh... Seriously...?"
"Well that's a joke."
"Good... I don't think I'd be able to escape if I were caught in the city..."
"He looks really strong..."
"I'll even make the boss of the second floor work."
Kirito was taken aback by Asuna's sudden words.
"This is from Kibaou-san."
"Kibaou would do something like that?"
"Yeah, he's a nasty guy, but it seems like he was watching what I was seeing. He's a nasty guy, though."
"Hachiman, do you really hate him that much...?"
"Next is...Diavel."
The atmosphere in the room was somewhat somber.
"Diavel might have been a beta tester..."
"Well, I don't really care either way."
"It certainly did feel that way, but
Now that you mention it, it's true that given the circumstances, that's the only thing that can be thought of."
"But there was no reason for me to die."
"That's right..."
"I was really shocked when I saw that...
I thought to myself that that was not how a human should die..."
"I don't want to see any more victims."
"ah"
"Yeah, we just have to be careful and do our best."
Afterwards, the three of them talked about various things,
Since we were all tired, we decided to disband.
Kirito went straight into the inn on the second floor, while Hachiman and Asuna decided to return to the inn on the first floor.
"Well then, see you two."
"Hey, good job."
"good job!"
The two of them then headed towards the inn together.
"That's right Asuna, Liz will be worried about you, so you should contact her as soon as possible."
"Yup. I've already sent it to Liz and Argo."
"You work fast."
"Hey, Hachiman. We finally did it."
"Yes. Once you get past the first floor, you can level up a bit and explore a bit before you can challenge the boss.
The pace should pick up from now on."
"A lot of things happened."
"That's right..."
"Thank you for all your help, Hachiman. I look forward to working with you in the future."
"No, I'm the one who's always been helped. Thanks."
"What are we doing tomorrow?"
"That's right... I want to just lie around and rest all day..."
"Same old as always! Well then, I'll go around the second floor with Liz."
"Yeah, see you then."
"Yeah, see you later."
After parting ways with Asuna, when Hachiman arrived in front of the inn he saw a figure at the entrance.
"It's unusual for you to keep your presence up, Argo."
"Looks like you managed to defeat him, Ha-bou."
"... Your work should become a little easier from now on. I'll be counting on you in the future."
"Ha-bo, this time..."
"Don't worry about it. Make sure you thank Kirito properly. And I'll punish you next time."
"Haha, you haven't changed at all, Haru-bou. Um... thanks, Haru-bou."
Hachiman didn't reply, just waved his hand and went into the inn.
"Phew..."
Hachiman lay down on the bed.
(I don't feel like doing anything else today... I think it'll be okay, but I'll just ask Liz to take care of Asuna.)
Hachiman wrote to Lisbeth with brief details:
I sent a message to Asuna asking her to stay the night at her place if possible, then I went to sleep.
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