27 Chapter 27
It's night already when the three of them arrive, so it was a normal thing that the town become more crowded and lively than before.
The three of them could be seen walked on the street to went to a nearby inn to stay for the night.
Silica was chatting with Kirito cheerfully about many things and Nao would just said one or two things as respond from time to time.
They walked for a while after passed through the town's gate, before they could heard that someone called Silica's name. The three of them look at the source and could seen two players ran at them.
'Ah~ It's come, huh. The trap "girl" and "her" boyfriend.' Nao said inside while looking at them.
They said really the same line Nao ever heard from the story after that, and offer her an invitation to join their party. Silica want to refuse their offer and look around looking for an excuse.
Nao's two hand's was crossed inside the sleeves of his haori, so she look at Kirito instead after that and wrap her hand around Kirito's arm. She refuse the two's offer after that, make the two look at Kirito with hostility.
Kirito smiled wryly While Nao closed his left eyes and chuckled soundlessly under his mask.
But not long after, the two look at Nao with hostility too, thinking that he was in the same party with Silica.
Nao felt the two looking at him, so he turn around and look at the both.
"What?" Nao said with indifferent tone, but sounds deeper because muffled by the mask. Combined with his spooky-looking mask, the actually indifferent tone become something entirely different and give a peculiar vibe in it.
The both jolted and stiffened after heard Nao's words. While Kirito could only sweatdropped and smiled wryly looking at the sight in front of him.
"N-no nothing. T-t-then, excuse us." The both bowed several time afterwards and ran back as fast as they could to the place where they come from.
The three, especially Nao and Kirito sweatdropped looked at their antics and sighed afterwards.
The three walked on the street again and through his mask, Nao looked at how Kirito treat Silica along the way. After looked at how he treat her, he couldn't help but to wonder about that.
'Hmm~ if we said it's like how an older brother treat his little sister, it's indeed looks like that even for me. But he did it not to his little sister here, so . . . . Well, it's a bit . . . complicated? I think now I know why she liked him in the end of the journey.' Nao thought inside.
When Nao was still thinking about that, they reach an intersection of the street. Nao looked ahead of them and finally spotted the red-haired woman, the banshee him and Kirito were looking for.
Nao knew what this little banshee will said after knowing they want to explore the field dungeon for the flower. But when she not only looked down on Kirito, and actually dare to looked down on him too, with that disdain eyes of hers, makes him feel really annoyed and couldn't help but want to smack her filthy mouth.
But Nao tried his best to hold the urge and just look at the banshee silently under his mask.
He need to lure all of the moths to the flame first. If he makes the other members of the guild suspicious, looking for them again would be more complicated than before. So he need to stay low for now and did nothing to this annoying banshee.
After Kirito said his words to her as a respond, the three continue their walk to the inn and arrive not long after that. But right after they arrive before the inn, Nao stopped and said to them.
"I want to buy some berries for Haku first, so you two could just start the dinner without me." Nao said while looking at Kirito.
"Berries?" Silica asked.
"Yeah, Haku's favorite food was berries. Your tamed monster had one too, right?" Nao said to her and she nodded, understood what he mean.
Kirito know what Nao want to do. After all, he realized too that the woman from before was the one they are looking for. So he nodded at Nao, understand that Nao want to investigate her.
They agreed to part ways and Kirito just said at him to comes back soon, so they could discuss about the exploration to the field dungeon tomorrow. Nao nodded simply and leave the both of them before the inn.
Nao went to where he met with the woman before and spread his Sixth Sense to find her.
He walked for a while and not long after he spread his sense, he could finally spotted her. He walked to her direction stealthily and could seen her figure afterwards.
She was together with the guys from before, but after some time, she said something to them and leave the three just like that.
He followed her from behind while make sure that she didn't realize him and stay outside her range of detection. Her range of detection wasn't as large as Kirito's, so it's a piece of cake for him.
Nao followed her to an alley way on the corner of the town, and someone entered his range of sense after that. He looked carefully to the new comer and could seen the figure clearly.
Rosalia give him a few order and he nodded obediently. He go after she done with her instruction and leave the place.
"I think their real aim was not money and only want to have fun by killing others. It's too troublesome if you asked me after looking at how they did their operation." Nao really didn't understand the way of their thinking at all.
"On top of that, she also need to come when the prey hunt the monsters, right? It's really troublesome. It'll more simple if they just hunt the monsters if their goals was money. Well, it's in my opinion though, and I can't use my logic on them." Nao thought.
He just let Rosalia and the man be and think about what to do from now on. His intention from the start wasn't to tail Rosalia after all, but to let Silica and Kirito had their time together.
He didn't care about Rosalia at all, she would appeared in front of them anyway, so he followed her was just out of curiosity and because he didn't have the other thing to do.
He sigh while stared at the people walked around the street through his mask, and said, "I feel really bored now. I hope there's something like game inside this worl . . . . Well, this world itself was game to begin with, huh."
He thinking about what to do and remember something. He then contact Sebas right away afterwards.
Nao: You there?
Sebas: What a coincidence. I just think about report about that to you just now.
Nao: So it's done?
Sebas: Yeah, we added the new magic as you instructed in ALO and already launched today. I want to report to you about that just now.
Nao: Which one?
Sebas: We added the both of them. You said that any of them is fine, right? But I think because they would be added either way in the future, so why not just add the both right now. It'll be the same anyway add it right now or added it later. So we add the Smokescreen first, but also the Moonlight Mirror too in the end.
Nao: Well, I just want to use it as an experiment, so it's fine. Are the clones already use the magics?
Sebas: Yeah and all of them here right now.
Nao: People in my room?
Sebas: Clear. There are only us, the clones here.
Nao: Alright. The [Magic Eraser] also already created yesterday, so every preparation was done. With this magic, we could erase one of the two magic which was similar to each other first, and prevent the two magic from fused together. That way, we could compare the two magic, the one created by the [Magic Creation] and the one created/learned by the [Extreme Super Growth] magic from ALO separately.
Sebas: Is it alright? I mean the name was "Eraser", so . . . .
Nao: Well, it's fine. It's different from the one Kamiya Yato created and used. I made it so that the magic erased by it still could be relearned or recreated again.
Sebas: I see. Then, want to do it now, or . . . .
Nao: Yeah, let's do it now, I don't have anything to do anyway.
Sebas: Okay.
Afterwards, Nao look around, looking for a place he can used to sat on and finally found a bench ahead. He neared the bench and sat on it right away as he reach it.
He close his eyes and sat still there for a long time.
Player who didn't know would think that he was asleep there and couldn't help but shocked by it.
No one dare to sleep outside their own room after all, because they could be killed by someone even if they are in a town. There's a possibility that someone sent them an invitation to duel until death when they are asleep, make their finger choose the "accept" option and kill them right away after that. In other words, the Sleeping PK.
But Nao wasn't asleep. He just closed his eyes to make his attention more focused to his real body in the real world.
Well, he didn't care either though if there's really someone who want to kill him through Sleeping PK. Actually, he will gladly accept the invitation himself for them, and help them to reach the hell more early.
*
Inside Nao's room in the hospital, except Sebas and Nao, who was laying on his bed with the nervegear, there are two man stood beside the bed.
Just one glance at them and even the most stupid person would think that they are Nao's clones. Though they are created by Sebas, Sebas himself was Nao's clone too, so it isn't strange at all if clone created looks more like Nao than Sebas.
This is also the different between Clone Magic and Clone Jutsu, because the Clone created by magic need a link with Nao to be exist in this world. So even though the clones was created by the other clone, the link was connected with Nao, not the clone who created them.
So Nao could communicate with any clones created and had full control over all of them.
The two clones beside the bed was the ones Nao instructed Sebas to created to play ALO.
At first, Nao want them logged into ALO as soon as ALO was launced, but Yuuna was in that condition at that time, so . . . . . . well, yeah, that's not a time to create a clone to play a game. He really didn't feel like it.
That's why, they logged in just recently after made sure that Yuuna's therapy was done and her condition was 100% alright.
Nothing happen at first, but something actually happen as soon as Nao release one of the clone that was play the ALO. He just want to know how it's looks like inside at that time, but it lead him to an unexpected discovery about the two main skill of his system. And the purpose of this experiment was to know more about it.
From outside, Nao could be seen still laying on the bed, but actually, he was created a magic right now. The two which was has the same effect with the Smokescreen and the Moonlit Mirror from ALO.
He activated the skill and the two magic was created along with the system notification inside his head.
Ting~
{The [Smokescreen Magic] had been learned}
{The [Moonlight Mirror Magic] had been learned}
The both of them was two simple magic, so Nao needn't need many energy to create them. So, after the two was created he create two clone after that.
The two clone was created and there are six people right now inside the room.
Nao need to create the clones himself so the clone would have the two magics which just recently created. They won't have the two magics if Sebas was the one who create them, even though the link connected in the end was with Nao, but the source would be still from Sebas.
Nao did it before too, at the time when Yuuna was still unconscious. He even did it many time, he created new healing magic with different effect and after that, it fused with the already exist [Divine Healing] magic. He then create a clone to use the new modified magic on Yuuna.
But failure was the only result after he tries them on her many time.
That was the reason why the anxiety never leave his mind at that time. His [Divine Healing] magic had already become a very potent magic after many time fused and modified, but it never work on Yuuna even a bit.
It work well on a little girl with leukemia, and easily healed her when the clone tries it on the other except Yuuna.
Not only the little girl, it works well with another patient too when his clone tries it on them, even with the one that had terminal illness. All of them healed very easily, and ended become a very big news for almost a few months afterwards.
We are talking about terminal illness here, the patient that healed also mostly kids under ten of age. And to think that all of them haled just in one night . . . only a miracle could describe all of it.
But the same thing never happened to Yuna.
All of the result made him not only frustrated at that time, but also almost made him reach a madness state because of that. He feels very helpless. The feeling of couldn't do anything, despite the strength he had with him right now, tortured his heart and mind very badly.
But after all of it, Yuuna was alright right now, so everything was fine. Though in the end, he still didn't know why the magic didn't work on her, and he could only use the word of "Fate" as the reason for all of it.
The two clone with new magic was created, so Nao use the [Magic Eraser] next to erase the just recently created two magics. And after the two magics was erased, the next step was to release the two clones who was had the experiences using the two magics from ALO to got their experiences.
The two clones sat still there, before suddenly, the both of them disappeared, make the remnants light of the two went back at Nao's body, which was laying on the bed, and fused with him.
Nao got their experiences right away and the sound of the system notification could be heard inside his head.
{The [Smokescreen Magic] had been learned.}
{The [Moonlit Mirror Magic] had been learned.}
The two magics had the same name with the two which was created and erased before, but the new ones was different.
The two from before was created by [Magic Creation] magic with Nao's imagination and wish as the base. As for the new two magics just now, the both created by [Extreme Super Growth] with the two clones experiences as the base.
Like how sword skill from SAO learned by the [Extreme Super Growth], magic from ALO also unexpectedly learned by it after Nao release a clone who was log in to ALO, and had the experience using a magic in there.
After the clone was disappeared, the experience went back to Nao and the magic the clone used inside the ALO then created, or learned to be exact, by the [Extreme Super Growth].
One of them was create any magic Nao wanted, in other words its based on his wish and his imagination because he need to think and imagine about any effects of the magic will have before it created.
While the other one was create, no, it's not create something, but it learn something to be more exact, anything which was Nao see, felt, heard etc. not only skill, but also magic. It's like how Cold, Pain, Heat and Mental Resistance was learned, it also create or learn a skill and magic based on what Nao experienced.
Because the magic was, not only from different skill, but also based on different thing, imagination and experience, even though the magic had the same name, it's really different from each other. Not slightly different, but very vastly different on top of that.
Nao himself wonder about that and want to know more about the difference, and decide to do this experiment in the end.
After the [Extreme Super Growth] learned the two magics, Nao create two clones again right away.
So right now, there're four clones for the experiment. The first two was the ones which was had two magics created by the [Magic Creation] with them. And the other two clones was the ones which was had two magics learned by the [Extreme Super Growth].
The four of them know what to do, so all of them disappeared right away from the room with space-time magic, left only Sebas and Nao left inside the room.
Even though Nao regain the control over his real body again, he didn't move even a bit from the bed. He didn't made a hand seal at all when he create the clones. Well, it's not a jutsu to begin with and was a magic instead, so any hand seal is not needed.
Time passed, and inside the room, suddenly out of no where, appeared two mirrors in front of Sebas.
Sebas didn't surprised at all about the mirrors, instead, he talked normally with the figures inside the mirrors normally.
"I could seen the both of you clearly from here. How about you from there."
"No problem here. Heard and seen clearly." One of them said.
The other also nodded and said, "Clearly seen and heard from here too."
Sebas nodded at their statement and look at one of them again.
"How about the Smokescreen?" Sebas asked.
"It's done too. We ready to be released anytime."
Sebas nodded again and look at Nao on the bed.
He looks like only stare at Nao from the outside, but actually, he communicate with him through telepathy with him. Sebas nodded after a while and look at the mirrors again.
"It's enough." He said and the both clone inside the two mirrors nodded at him.
The two mirrors then disappeared afterwards and the experiment was ended.
Not long after that, out of nowhere, many remnants of light from the clones appeared inside the room and with incredible speed, went back to Nao on the bed and fused again with him.
Nao got all what the clones experienced and the two same magics was fused in the end. The one from ALO and created from [Magic Creation] also had another different thing, which was the one from ALO need a spell to use it.
It's from ALO after all, so it work according to how it used in the game. If there isn't a necessary of a spell to be used in the game, the one learned by the [Extreme Super Growth] also won't need it too. But because the game created like that from the beginning, so it can't be helped.
But after fused with the one created by the [Magic Creation], the spell didn't needed anymore for the fused one.
Nao create two clones again and the two also disappeared again from the room like before. They did the same thing with the clones from before, but the difference was that they used the magic which was the fused version.
They disappeared too after a while and their experience went back to Nao on the bed.
Sebas didn't said anything, be it through telepathy or directly, and let Nao to analyze what he got from the four clones experiences.
Time passed and after a while, Sebas decide that it's fine now. So he contact Nao from telepathy again and asked him about the result.
Sebas: Done?
Nao: Well, yeah. It's done.
Sebas: Is it really . . . . . .
Nao: Yeah. Same effect, same power. But with ridiculously different energy cost.
Sebas: How much?
Nao: Well, in percentage . . . . Let's see . . . . The one created by the [Magic Creation] skill cost about 45-50% more than the one learned by the [Extreme Super Growth] skill.
Sebas: Wha?!?!?! Almost half????
Nao: Well, yeah and the fused version had the same cost with the one which had the low cost, the one learned by the [Extreme Super Growth] and the spell didn't needed like the one created by the [Magic Creation].
Sebas: So the fused version only takes the plus things and throws away the minus, huh. Well, it's as expected because the fused one was always like the revised one. But the unexpected was . . . .
Nao: Yeah, the difference of the cost of energy from the two which was created and learned.
Sebas: It's much. Too much even. It's half the cost of energy we are talking about. Why the one created by [Magic Creation] need more energy but with the same effect and power?
Nao: Well, I had some theories in my head, but not too sure about that.
Sebas: What theory?
Nao: You remember about the left over of the [World Energy] from the failed to created appraisal?
Sebas: Yeah, the energy used to the other two instead, right? To upgrade the Super Growth and to reduce the cost of energy needed every time we use or cast Magic Creation skill . . . . . . Wait!? You mean . . . .
Nao: That's right. We use the energy to upgrade the Super Growth as a whole, made it upgraded and became [Extreme Super Growth] now.
Sebas: But we only used the energy on the [Magic Creation] to made it less costly than the original version, just the cost, not the skill as a whole, so the quality of the magic created . . . . . .
Nao: Still the same with the original version. Not like the [Extreme Super Growth] which was upgraded as a whole, so the quality of the skill created/learned also upgraded.
Sebas: I see. But still, isn't the cost still too much? It's half you know.
Nao: Beside of the upgrade on the two skill, I think about the other reasons too actually.
Sebas: And the other reasons was?
Nao: The base of the skill. One was created and the other was learned.
Sebas: And?
Nao: The one which was created by the [Magic Creation] skill was based on what I wanted, what I wish. First I need to think about the effect the magic would have and imagine it when use the skill. While the one which was learned by the [Extreme Super Growth] skill was based on what I experienced, everything that I felt with my senses. What I seen, heard, tasted, etc. so it had more informations than the other one.
Sebas: Wait, more information? You mean had more detailed information when the skill was created??
Nao: Yup. For example, you could imagine your limb was chopped off, but there's a limit to your imagination. How strong your imagination might be, it won't the same like if you experienced it yourself. At most, you'll only shiver when imagined it, but if you experienced it yourself, your limb chopped off, you might even wail on the ground for a whole day.
Sebas: I see. You could imagine how the pain was, but it won't had the same detailed information like if you experienced the pain itself, right?
Nao: That's right. The same goes on with the skill, one was based on what I wanted, what I imagined. While the other one was based on what I experienced myself or experience I got from my clones.
Sebas: So you mean that when you create a Fireball magic with the [Magic Creation] for example, you create it only based on your imagination. But when it learned by [Extreme Super Growth] skill, it based on what you could seen, how it formed on your hand. Based on what you felt, its heat etc. huh.
Nao: That's right. And the sequence also different from each other, so . . . .
Sebas: One need you to use it first, then the skill would be learned and created. While the other need to be created first, then used later. And if the skill already created . . .
Nao: Could only upgraded as time passed by the [Extreme Super Growth]. If the skill already created, it will counted the skill as the original version and it won't change it even if the skill was clearly lack something. It will only upgrade the skill normally as time passed and we use the skill.
Sebas: But if there's the other version of the skill with more advantage on it,
Nao: It will fused the two together and created the new version with two skill as the base, and only takes the good parts out of the two.
The two of them silent for a while after that to digest everything that they discussed just now. And after the long silence, Sebas was the one break the silent first.
Sebas: I couldn't help but think about the inferiority of the [Magic Creation] right now.
Nao: Well, it can't be helped. But all of this not only caused by the [Extreme Super Growth] alone. It's thanks to the Full-dive technology of this world. Rather, the technology was the main factor here.
Sebas: Well, we don't know we would be reincarnated to this world to begin with. And we didn't know that the skill could be used this way with the full-dive technology as the media either.
Nao: But we can't disregard the [Magic creation] either. There's a limit for the full-dive system too. Like the [Divine Sleeping Magic] and [Shadow Clone Magic].
Sebas: That's right, those two had complicated effect within them. Well, at least for the one that really complicated to be created by the full-dive technology, we still could create it with the skill.
Nao: But this discovery make me want to try something.
Sebas: What?
Nao: We could create something like simulator based on full-dive technology, create many skill in it, dive into it and make the [Extreme Super Growth] learn all of the skill programmed inside.
Sebas: I see. So like create an off-line version of SAO and ALO where we could create any skill in it. Something like full-dive version of training chamber? That way we could even make many skill we know, like Kamehameha, Tsubamegaesi or something like that. We could even create Amaterasu or Susano'o . . . . Hahaha It was unexpected finding.
Sebas laugh cheerfully, didn't expected at all that today's finding would lead them to something like this.
Nao: That's what I think. We could also create all of them with the [Magic Creation] skill, but . . . .
Sebas: The technique created would become magic based skill, like how Shadow Clone created, huh.
Nao: Yeah, and I believe a non-magic skill converted to magic-based skill would need an extra energy cost too after today's finding.
Sebas: Hmmm~ You mean there's a possibility that the conversion part also included in the activation sequence of the skill when it created?
Nao: Not a possibility, but I believe that it really work that way. The skill wasn't a magic-based skill to begin with, so to make it become magic-like skill so that we could use it would need extra cost as converter.
Sebas: And every bit of energy really valuable in a fight . . . . . Hehehe~
Sebas chuckled after pause for a while, makes Nao a bit startled about the reason.
Nao: What's wrong?
Nao asked him, want to know what he chuckling for.
Sebas: No, I mean we talk about skill, energy cost an all. It was a fight related thing, you know, but aside from the virtual world, the world we live in right now was a world similar to our previous world, modern society with no abnormal things like supernatural-related thing around. We never used our real strength at all. Rather, we don't know what would happen if we use our real strength here, so we never use it even when you spar with the Clones.
Nao: Hehehe~ You are right. But we don't know about the future, right. Maybe we want to go to another world in the future, so we need to make sure we had enough strength to face any danger at that time.
Sebas: Another world, huh. I almost forget that we could do that and never try it before.
Nao: I am not sure about that either. From the description of the magic, it possible, but the explanation was too vague, so I don't know how it'll be looks like or what kind of world travel this magic was, when we really decide to use it and go to another world.
Sebas: Hmmm~ Well, we won't know until we try it. So, what world to visit first then?
Nao: I don't know. Any advise?
Sebas: Let's see, I was you, so our point of view would be the same. Let's say it from another perspective then . . . . .
Sebas mumbled and thinking about that for a while before said,
Sebas: Naruto world then?
Nao chuckled after heard his answer and asked him again.
Nao: Why Naruto world? Ichiraku ramen??
Sebas: Hehehehe~ See, You are me to begin with, so even after I think about it from different perspective, you still know the main reason.
Nao: Hahaha Well, go to another world just for a ramen, huh. It's really something indeed.
Sebas: The reason why we try that food for the first time in our previous world was because of naruto, you remember.
Nao: Well, you are right.
Sebas: So what world first then? High School DxD? Hahahaha~
Nao: Pfthahahahaha~ DxD, eh~. Well, Holly land of oppai, huh. Should we hunt for oppai, then? Hahahaha Seeing Isei press the oppai button sounds interesting to do too. hahahaha What was that again, "zoom zoom iyaaan~", right? hahahahahaha
Sebas: Hahaha~ Well, I just give you an advise, that's all. Or did you had a world in mind then, the one you want to visit first??
Nao: Hmmm, Well, no for now. Let's just think about that in the future and just create the training chamber first for now.
Sebas: The chamber, huh. But we need "that thing" to create the chamber, right? Though it's the off-line version, still, the general idea was create a virtual world here. A virtual world used only to create and learned a skill.
Nao: The Seed, huh. The data about it still in Kayaba's possession right now.
Nao mumbled while thinking about it, make Sebas also think about it.
After thinking for a while, Sebas finally said,
Sebas: That's right. We could just create it ourself, though. After all, We had the complete copy of SAO and ALO, along with two version of cardinal system with us, the old one used in ALO and the new one used in SAO right now. So we just need to analyze all of the data we had and we could create The Seed ourself. We would be able to create it maybe in five or six month after analyze the data. Or we could just copy both of them like how ALO copied SAO.
Nao: If we copied them like that idiot clown, Nobuyuki copied SAO and create ALO, our option would be limited at the time when we want to create more complicated skill. Like skill that could destroyed a planet completely for example, we need to create a whole planet first. So if we just copied it,
Sebas: The system won't be able to maintain the scale, huh.
Sebas interjected his words and Nao nodded at his words.
Sebas: So the only option was The Seed and create the world ourself, huh. So, what to do now? Make a team with the clones, analyze the data and create The Seed from zero, or . . . . . .
Nao: No, let's just wait. It's a stupid thing to waste time to create something which would we got for free and easily later.
Sebas: Well, that's right. It'll be a free program package later, so there's no merit in developed it ourself.
Nao: Rather than to develop The Seed, just continue the Augma program. How is it right now?
Sebas: All of the necessary preparation already done. We could start as soon as you "freed" from SAO. But . . .
Nao: But what?
Sebas: Well, you see. Though it would be undoubtedly an amazing device, we need something to introduce it and make it accepted by public. What to do about that? you want to create the Ordinal Scale game like in the story?
Nao: No. After thinking about it carefully, it's very dangerous actually to play a combat game with Augma.
Sebas: Hmmmm Something like fall down on the concrete or sprain their ankle and all?
Nao: Yeah, what they use to fight was their own body, not an avatar. So if they hurt when used the Augma to play the Ordinal Scale,
Sebas: Not a positive impression Augma would got from the public, but the negative one instead about how dangerous it was.
Nao: That's right. To begin with, the Ordinal Scale created to stimulate SAO survivor memory about SAO to create <Yuna>, so father disregard many safety measure to achieve his goal and even still included the full-dive feature in the Augma for that reason.
Sebas: Hahaha Father, e~h?
Nao: What? For me, the three of them was my wives already.
Sebas: Hehehe~ Well, that's right. Then how about the law? There's no polygamy here.
Nao: Like hell I care about that. We just need to marry in another country or something like that.
Sebas: Hahaha~ That's right. Well, about the previous topic, we won't included the full-dive feature inside our Augma, right?
Nao: Yeah, it won't be needed. I want it really only a technology of Augmented Reality, not a full-dive one.
Sebas: Understood. Then about to make it accepted by public?
Nao: I had some nice ideas about that.
Sebas: Nice ideas?
Nao: We could create Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, or maybe Digimon games instead.
Sebas went silent and was very surprised after heard what he said. He couldn't said anything for a while, but regain his sense again after that and said,
Sebas: I see. That would be a nice move to introduce Augma.
Nao: Yeah, that way, Augma would be had the field of itself too. We had quite a big share with AmuSphere after all, so it would be a stupid move to kill the AmuSphere by snatch it field with Augma.
Sebas: You are right. So, if it's combat game like SAO, it would be AmuSphere field. While Augma will have its own field with Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! or maybe the Digimon too.
Nao: That's what I think after remember about Haku. The player needn't to fight in person that way. So prepare it well.
Sebas: Alright, we already buy the building anyway, so we could start it anytime.
Nao: Which one?
Sebas: The one owned by Argus before. Argus had many debt everywhere after all, so I just bought it when you said want to create Augma yourself because Yuna was alive, and there's a possibility that Prof. Shigemura won't interested in it because of that. We had it as ours now and ready to be used anytime when we decide to established the company to create the Augma.
Nao: I see, then pre-
Ting~
"Hm?" Before Nao could said his words, he receive a message from someone.
He opened his eyes, which was closed before, to look at the message.
"Kirito, huh." He said and smiled wryly because he forget that it's been a very long time already since he leave the inn.
He sighed a bit and click the message icon to read it.
"Where are you? It's more than three hours already, you know that? Hurry up and come back as soon as possible, we need to discuss about the field dungeon exploration tomorrow."
Sebas: What's wrong?
Nao: Nothing. I need to go now. Just prepared everything and start the Augma's development. So we could launch it as soon as possible. And for the "Training Chamber", let's just wait the seed from Kayaba first, but I think it won't hurt to create a team to analyze the data too. So we could understand about the seed more when the one that Kayaba created also launched.
Sebas: Understood.
Nao: Alright then.
With that, the communication was ended. Nao look around and could seen that there was still many players around.
He take a deep breath, stood up and stretch all of his limb.
"Well, let's go back then, Haku."
"Kyuu~!"
Nao ran from that place right away to the inn's direction while Haku flying beside him.
There're many player look at him with surprised look along the way to the inn. He still put on the mask after all, so it couldn't be helped.
He arrive after run for a while and entered the inn.
He look around for a while and spotted a familiar face inside through his mask. Not Kirito, but the one that Rosalia met before. The other green player of the guild.
He stood still on the stairs quite normally, while observe the corridor of the second floor.
'He's here already, huh. And looks like he wait for Kirito entered Silica's room to eavesdrop on their conversation' Nao thought while still walked normally, went right away to the stairs to the second floor and passed through the guy.
The guy glance at Nao and observe him carefully for once, but just ignore him after that and continue his observation.
Looking at how the guy observe him, Nao thought that looks like know about him from Rosalia, but not think too much about it because Rosalia underestimate him before.
'Well, it's a good thing actually, but are they really like to just judge someone from their equipment?' The equipment Nao and Kirito used wasn't their main gear. They used the lower gear according to this floor standard. They would be on their guard after all if someone with high quality gear around.
Nao looking for Kirito's room according to the message and reach it soon after that, then knock on his door. Kirito opened the door and look at him with expression full of question.
"Just where are you going this long?" Kirito asked.
"Ahaha~ My bad." Nao said while scratch his back head.
Nao cough slightly and asked, "So, the discussion about the exploration tomorrow?"
Nao intentionally said his words loud enough to make the guy heard it, but not that loud so he didn't suspicious. Even Kirito himself didn't feel anything wrong about his tone, and answer him naturally.
"Let's discuss it in Silica's room."
Nao nodded at his suggestion and follow him to her room. And as soon as they reach it, Kirito knock on the door and said what the intention of his visit.
Nao could heard from the sound of her footsteps that she was already in front of the door, but suddenly, she hurriedly went back and the door opened a long time after that.
When Nao look at her, he could seen clearly how red her face was. Nao a bit confused at first, but after remember about what happen in the story, he chuckled soundlessly under his mask.
He almost let out a laugh after looked at how flustered Silica was when Kirito asked her about what happened and how she tries her best to change the topic.
'She wears only her underwear just now, huh. Well, I am not interested in loli, so I don't care, though.' Nao said inside while looked at Kirito who was prepared a table and take out the Mirage Sphere to tell her about the 47th floor.
Kirito explain to her about the floor and both Silica and Nao silently listen to him.
Nao didn't said anything not because he listen to what Kirito said, but he could sense that as soon as they entered the room, he know that the guy from before already on the other side of the door, listen to their conversation. Nao let him be for a while before finally, Kirito reach the part about the way they would choose.
'I think this much of information was enough.' Nao thought.
He step forward silently to the door without anyone inside the room noticed about that, but soon, Silica and Kirito noticed it and look at him. They want to asked what's wrong, but before they could say anything, the both could seen that he lifted his right leg and BANG!!!, he kick the door with a spinning back kick.
They shocked about what he did and they could an [Immortal Object] notification window on the door. Almost all part of building inside the [Area] was immortal object and couldn't be destroyed. That's why the both was very shocked after seen Nao suddenly kicked the door hardly like he want to kill the door.
Silica very frightened about it while Kirito was confused. But soon, he realize something and dashed at the door. When he almost reach the door, he could heard that someone ran on the corridor.
He opened the door and looked around the corridor, but he no one there and the one from before already ran away now.
He sighed and entered the room again after that. He look at Nao and asked,
"Why you didn't try to capture them rather than made them scared and ran away?"
Kirito said to Nao with helpless tone.
"Because it would be a waste." Nao said simply and lean back on the wall with crossed hand.
Kirito sighed at his word understand what he mean. He want to lure them, the orange guild at them tomorrow and capture them when they eat the bait. Kirito had to admit himself that it would be more effective that way, but still, he felt a bit sorry to Silica because they used her as a bait.
Silica look at the both with confusion and Kirito could seen that clearly, so he explain to her what happened just now, made her shocked knowing that someone eavesdropping their conversation just now.
Kirito calmed her down, and said that it's alright.
Silica nodded at his words and looked at him with sparkling eyes.
Nao sweatdropped looking at how they interacted with each other and how clearly he could seen the sparkling star from Silica's eyes.
'Be the wind, be the wall. I am the air and I am not exist.' Nao said several time inside to blend with the air and became something nonexistent.
Then the discussion continued after Silica could handle her embarrassment when realize that Nao was inside the room too, and could felt his stare at her.
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The three of them teleported to the 47th floor early in the morning.
It's the second time for Nao to came here this week. He came here with Asuna a few days ago, spent their time together while Kirito diligently looking for the orange guild on the lower floor.
After the three of them arrived, they start their journey right away and went straight to the dungeon.
What happened along the way was the same like in the story, even the scene where Silica captured by the plant also happened.
But like how a gentleman should be like, Nao turn around, didn't want to see her underwear in that situation.
Well, actually, it's not because he was a gentleman or something like that. It's mainly because he didn't want to see the underwear of an under age loli. The story would be different if it wasn't Silica in that situation, and some beautiful onee-san instead.
Well, he was an healthy man after all, so it can't be helped.
And after the little interlude, they continue the journey again.
Silica also asked Kirito about Suguha after he give her a teleport crystal.
Kirito said that even though he said she was his little sister, actually, she was his cousin.
Nao didn't said anything about that because he already know all of it from the story. But after a while, he realized something.
'Wait a minute,' Nao thought after realization came at him and think about it carefully again.
'I just remember that I know about their relationship from the story and not from their mouth.' Nao thought.
'Sugu didn't know about that before, so it can't be helped. But this bast*** know about it for a long time and never tell me about that. Rather, he always avoid this kind of topic before, and always change the subject every time I talked about Sugu and their relationship.' Nao look at the man beside him.
'I don't know what happened which make him more open to Silica about it right now, but I need to make clear about something here.' He thought and reach out his hand.
"Wait a minute, you bast***." Nao said and gripped his shoulder to stop him.
Silica was surprised and the same happen for Kirito, well, at least at first. But after thinking about what he just said right now, realization came at him that he never told him about that before.
Nao always asked him before, but he always avoid that kind of topic in their conversation. So Nao stopped and never asked about it again.
Time passed, until something happened at the first floor, which made him change his way of thinking about family and decide to honestly accept them from then on and stopped to distance himself from them.
But he forget to tell Nao about that, and on top of that, Nao never asked about that again after he always avoid that topic before. So it's normal that Nao never know about the reality of their relation in the family. Though Nao know about that from the story.
Kirito's face really stiff right now and thought inside, 'Sh**! I forget that I never told him about this before.' with a wry smile.
"It's my first time heard about that." Nao said menacingly at him, made Kirito's sweat trickled down profusely from his forehead.
"Ahahaha-"
"It's not 'Ahahaha', right. So until now, you live in the same house with your 'cousin', Mr. Cousin?" Nao said again with cheerful tone but sound not cheerful at all.
"Wa-wait, Nao!! Even though she was my cousin, but for me, she is like my own little sister." Kirito hurriedly tries to explain everything.
"Hmmm, but it's my first time heard about that."
"We-well, I am sorry." Kirito said really apologetically.
Nao silent for a while and said again, "But you know, because you live in the same house, maybe some 'accident' ever happened, right? Like 'bathroom kyaaa~', or entered a room at the wrong timing, or something like that."
Nao said all of that still with the same cheerful tone and tilted his head in the end. But with his oni-mask and what they are talking about right now, it's very frightening instead.
"No no no no no no!!!! Something like that never happened!!!" Kirito shook his head like a bell.
"I think you are a bit wrong with tour words here, Mr. Cousin." Nao said still with very cheerful tone with the emphasize at the word of "cousin", made Kirito really nervous, and continue, "It's not -Never happened-, but also -will never happen-, right?" He asked in the end.
Kirito nodded like a woodpecker and said obediently, "Of course. Of course. Something like that will never happened. Ahahahahaha~" He laugh very dryly in the end.
"That's good." Nao said and nodded, then look at him again, "If something like that happened, I will consider it as a statement from you that your [rod] down there not needed anymore, so I will gladly mutilate it for you, okay?" He said in the end and gripped Kirito's shoulder more tightly.
Sweat profusely trickled down from Kirito's head and he nodded very vigorously to assure him that something like that will never happen.
Nao nodded at his respond and let him go.
Silica's face full of question marks at first, but afterwards, she understand everything, especially when Nao said about "rod", her face became as red as tomato and steam could be seen above her head.
Kirito sighed in relief and unconsciously touch his crotch, he sighed in relief again knowing that "it" still there. He didn't realize that Silica was looking at him all the time. He just realize it when he looked at her after that and their eyes met. They stare each other in the eyes and turn around with red face after that.
"Oi! Are you done flirting each other?" Nao said suddenly made the two red faced again.
The three continue their exploration after that, and because Nao was the one who know where the flower bloom, so he was the one who lead the way.
Nao and Kirito's level was already above this floor standard, so every fight was done very quickly. Kirito always pull the aggro and Silica would be the one who take the Last Attack.
Nao did nothing at all and let the two did everything, made Kirito said helplessly.
"At least take out your katana and do something."
"You said you want me to lead the way, right? You never said anything about fighting." Nao said simply at him.
"Well, you are right, but . . ." Kirito didn't know what to said, so he just sighed in the end.
Silica chuckled a bit looked at their interaction. The two man in front of her give a strange vibe to her. One of them was Kirito, who was very kind at her. While the other one was Nao, a very easy going person. She felt a bit scared of him at first because his mask and how he act, but after everything that happen until now, she know that he was a very nice person too.
She also know from Kirito that Nao and him know each other in the real world too. He said to her that Nao was his neighbor, friend, and his sister's boyfriend when they talk about his sister again, made Silica understand why Nao did something like that before.
She know the general idea, but not sure about that before. But after heard that Nao was her boyfriend from Kirito himself, everything become very clear for her. She felt a bit happy too knowing that his sister or cousin, who live together with him, already had a boyfriend. The reason? Well, it's very clear for anyone.
While the both of them chat together, Nao walked a bit far away from them. And after Kirito say something about "neighbor", Nao think about that inside,
'That's right, we are neighbor!!! Then . . . . . . let's think about how to make Sugu move from her house now and stay in my house after everything was done. After all, we are neighbor that only separated 100 meter from each other, so her parents still could seen her everyday even if she live with me.' Nao thought.
A little smile crept on his mouth while thinking about Sugu. Looked at the sky, he said softly, "I miss you."
He closed his eyes slowly and spread his sense in the real world, while still walked with Kirito and Silica.
Inside his room, Sugu was there, sat beside him holding his hand. Nao could felt it too and smile slightly. With his magic, he said, "I miss you." to her mind with telepathy.
Sugu surprised and looked at him who was laying on the bed. Moist could be seen inside her eyes and the tears trickled trough her cheek, fell down on the bed sheet.
She smiled slightly, hold his hand more gently on her cheek and said, "Um~. I miss you too." With very small voice.
It's not the first time something like this happened to her. She thinks that it's maybe a hallucination at first, but after a few time it happen again and again, she didn't care anymore even if it was indeed only a hallucination, even if people said she was going crazy, she want to believe that he was talking to her, and believe all of his telepathic message from then on.
Nao smile under his mask after heard her words.
The both of them smiled and felt the warm of each other's hand even if they separated by the virtual world. Nao walked through the flower garden with closed eyes and smiling face. While Sugu sat beside him inside the room, smiled while holding his hand, wait for him. Waiting for the day he wakes up to come, the day she would hug him tightly, said how she miss and love him directly.
Silica and Kirito suddenly could felt a very strange serenity from Nao, who was walked ahead of them. Look at him, they could seen that his hand like holding something along the way.
The location, the serenity feeling he exuded, added with how his hand looks like, they couldn't help but felt like seen someone was walk beside him in this flower garden. Hand in hand along the way.
They really could seen the figure beside him, though, and not just felt like. Especially Kirito, he shocked because he think that the figure he seen, walked beside him hand in hand was Sugu.
He couldn't believe what he seen at all.
'Illusion?' The both thought, not only Kirito, but also Silica, could seen the figure clearly beside him.
But even though they think it was an illusion, after a while think about that, a little smile could be seen from their face.
They themself didn't know why they smiled, though. They just could felt a really strange feeling of calmness inside, made the rest of the journey to the hill feels not like a dungeon exploration at all, because strangely, there's also no monster attacked them at all.
They felt it really strange too, but they could't think the reason and the cause of all of it.
They didn't realize that, because Nao's brain wave's pattern really fit with the floor's theme, Cardinal system read it and imprinted it on the landscape around to analyze it. The figure Silica and Kirito seen before was also the imprinted pattern, and the reason monster didn't attack them was because the system still record the pattern, and control the monster not to interfere the process.
No one said anything and just walked in silent to the hill.
After a while, they reach the hill where the flower was bloom, so Nao opened his eyes slowly and could felt that his right cheek was wet under his mask.
He sigh and said inside, 'What a pathetic whiny I was.' and sighed slightly.
Every time looked at how Sugu crying always felt really unbearable for him. What a pathetic guy, he said again inside to mock how pathetic he was.
Take a deep breath to calm himself down, he turn around and said to the two,
"That's the hill." He said while pointed to the hill ahead, and continue, "There's a stone on top of it. The flower would be bloom there."
"Let's go." Kirito said to Silica.
Silica nodded and they went to the top of the hill. They could seen the stone soon after that and Silica ran fast to it as soon as she arrived.
The flower, Pneuma Flower blooms after Silica was close enough with the stone. Kirito said to her to take it, she did as he said and take the flower.
They finally got the item, so what left now was to went back, then catch the red haired banshee and her group while on it.
Nothing special happen on their way back to the town, not until when they reach the bridge, Nao, who was walked in front of the two, stopped and sat on the bridge barrier.
Silica startled why he suddenly stop walking and sat there instead. She want to asked him, but Kirito, who could detect them too, stopped her and said loudly.
"Get out, I know you're hiding there."
Silica didn't understand what he mean, but very surprised afterwards.
"Rosalia-san?" She said very surprisingly.
'Well, let's just leave the talking thing to him and just chopped off their leg after all of them out of their hiding place.' Nao thought and leave the talking part to Kirito.
It's five days already after all, so he want to finish it as soon as possible.
Though Nao really felt a bit amaze at them. Kirito and Rosalia really said the similar thing like in the story, made him feels like watching the live action version of the story.
After talking about it and that for a while, Rosalia then give a sign to her guild member and the rest of them get out of their hiding place. There're eight of them, Rosalia included.
Silica frightened after looking at their number and take out the crystal Kirito gave her before, ready to teleport from that place.
'Eight, huh. Well, let's finish it quickly.' Nao said inside and stood up.
He walked slowly at them and take out one of his Katana. Kirito didn't stop him and let him be.
"Na- Nao-san!?" Silica said.
She want to said that their number was too much at him, but Kirito stopped her and just smiled at her, said, "It's alright."
"Bu-but . . ." She want to said something again but couldn't.
One of them heard what Silica said and looked at Nao carefully.
"Nao?" He said remembered something.
"Two katana on the waist. A winged fox, he wears a cheap gear, but still . . . ." He said hesitatedly.
He then turn around to Rosalia and said.
"Ro-Rosalia-san, I think I know this guy. Y-you know, the Oni-gatana, the clearer from the front line." He said.
After the words leaves his mouth, not only Rosalia, but the other also jolted because of that. There's no one that didn't know about Nao these day after all. The Devil of the front line.
"Oni . . . .Gatana . . ." Silica also know the story about Oni-gatana, so she was very surprised after heard about that. The main reason was because he looks very normal for her, she scared of him before, but after everything happened until now, he didn't looks like in the story at all. Crazy and all around that.
She then looked at Kirito too after that, and think, 'If Nao-san really was the Oni-Gatana from the front line, then Kirito-san was from the front line too?'
She feels a bit dejected about that. After all, with her level right now, something like Clearers and Front Line was only a dream for her. It's really far away to reach.
Rosalia looked at Nao carefully, after looked at how cheap his gear was and the Oni mask on his face, he said.
"Are you stupid? What do you think a Clearer do in a place like this?" She said.
She looked at Nao again and said.
"And since when Oni-gatana wears a mask. He must be just coincidentally manage to tame a Winged Fox and imitated Oni-gatana because of that. Right, he must be the other cosplayer who imitate Oni-gatana to scared people around."
Her statement was reasonable, though. Because of his popularity, many player imitate Oni-gatana appearance, like put two katana on their waist, though they could only use one of them, or put on a haori like him and same kind of outfit like him. So her guild member believed her words right away because of that.
"Besides," She said again after calmed herself down, remembered the story about Oni-gatana and continue, "He was a madman who didn't want to life anymore. Why he waste his time in a place like this? I heard that he was a madman who want to die because that whore, who always singing every night like a fool, was died." She said with a mock in the end.
Nao stopped on his track after heard what she said about Yuna.
'Whore?' He said inside.
Not only her song was amazing, Yuna also had a very beautiful face and appearance. So it's a normal thing that another woman could always feel a jealousy inside them every time they looked at her singing at the plaza. And Rosalia wasn't an exception either.
But her word just now was a big mistake from her, really really a big mistake. For Nao, his girls, especially Yuna, could be said a sore spot of him because what happened to her and his regret about that.
The guy from before could seen that Nao was stopped, he grins and said, "Hehh, Look! He scared right now after his scheme was discovered. hehehe"
The other guild member also looked at him because the guy's word and grin evilly because of that.
'Forget about chopped off their leg, I think it's fine to kill all of them. After all, they killed the other player too before, right? Let's just said that I killed them to avenge players who all of them killed before.' Nao said inside and turn around his head slightly to the back, said to Kirito,
"Don't let her seen or heard what would happen." Nao said simply.
Kirito know what Nao want to do. He want to stop him, but he himself also heard what the banshee actually said about Yuna. So he know that it's useless to stop him and decide to do as he said to him.
He grab both of Silica's shoulder and turned her around.
"Ki-Kirito-san?" She want to turned her head again, but Kirito hold her head before she could seen the guild again and said,
"Don't look and just close your eyes."
After said that, he close both of her ears too with his hands to prevent her heard about what would happened.
Silica very startled and couldn't understand about what happen even a bit, but decide to believe him and obediently closed her eyes.
Nao didn't waste any time after that and dashed at the group before him.
All of them surprised that he dared to actually attack them alone. 'Could it be . . . ' All of them thought, but there's no time left now. They readied their weapon to fight.
"Kill him!!!" Rosalia ordered and all of them ran to kill him.
Nao evade all of their attack except one and let that one directly land on him. But he didn't stop at all and still ran at Rosalia made her surprised that he targeted her first.
Nao lift his katana as if he want to attack her, made Rosalia panicked and raised her spear to attack him first. Just a glance, and anyone could seen that Nao's attack would land on her first, but the result was different and Rosalia's attack was the one that landed on him first.
No. It's not her attack landed on him first, but he stopped his attack right before it could hit her.
"Now all of you had orange cursor." Nao said coldly.
Rosalia and her guild member realized something, so all of them looked at their member, who had green cursor before, and at Rosalia after that. The both of them had orange cursor too now!!!
"Now I could kill all of you and still green after that. I don't mind become red, but to become one just for a bunch of you wasn't worth it." He said chillingly made not only them, but also Kirito to shiver.
"You-" Rosalia want to said something but stopped.
The reason? Because she fell down on the ground. Nao chopped both of her leg off just like that and no one could seen how he did that, because no one could seen his attack at all.
Rosalia wail on the ground hysterically made the heart of anyone who heard that filled with dread.
Nao let her wail on the ground and turned around to looked at the rest of the group. They jolted and want to ran away from there, but Nao won't ever let them did something as funny as escaped from him.
He dashed at them and he was already in the center of the group when all of them could seen him again. Not only that, they could seen that something was in the air. It was . . . . . . head!!!
Not only one, but two heads. They look around and could seen that one of them was headless now. Nao beheaded the two just like that and their heads disappeared into fragments along with thier bodies.
"Hiiiiiii!!!!!!"
"P-p-p-please let me-"
"Wa-wait-"
Nao made his another move after that and kill all of them. The place was filled with plea, squeal and wail. All of them was killed mercilessly on the spot.
Some of them try to escape, but Nao had Haku with him. He ordered Haku to paralyze them, not only because it will last longer than stun, but also because paralyze was an AoE attack, so it would be more effective to stop many of them at once.
In the end, the only one left was Rosalia. Nao walked slowly at her made her frightened to the core.
"P-p-p-p-p-please l-l-l-let me g-g-go. Do-do-don't k-k-kill me." She said in panic and dread.
"What are you talking about?" Nao said at her as soon as he stood beside her, made Rosalia confused.
After the pause, Nao said again, "You said yourself before, that 'There's no evidence that killed or died here mean died in the real world too', right?"
"T-t-t-that-"
"Because you said that," Nao said again after that and put off his mask.
Rosalia could seen clearly his face now, but terror could be seen all over her face because of that. Nao's had an expressionless face now, and a very sharp and thick ominous glint could be seen in his eyes. All of it frightened her to the core, to the point that she couldn't screamed at all and could just looked at him with heart filled by dread.
Nao raised his katana and said, "why don't you try it yourself then. Maybe you're right and still fine after I killed you." Nao said the word very coldly.
Nao lift his katana up and,
"WAI-"
STAB!!!!
Her words stopped because Nao katana stabbed her right through her forehead and killed her.
She disappeared into fragments and nothing could be heard afterwards. Silent reign the place and no one said anything at all.
Nao looked at Kirito and he could seen that his paled face clearly. As white as a paper sheet.
It couldn't be helped though. What he seen and heard just now was a slaughter, a real slaughter. Eight of them was death. No! Killed. And Nao was the one who killed all of them, used a katana which was he hold with his hand right now.
Kirito understand now why Nao instruct him to made Silica couldn't heard and seen all of it. He experience it himself, and his heart filled with terror even now. He couldn't imagined what would happen if Silica seen and heard all of it.
He even didn't dare to looked at Nao right now.
His hand on Silica's ears loosened unconsciously, made her asked him.
"Is-is it alright now, Kirito-san?"
Kirito wakes up from his state and said to her, "U-un. It's alright now." Then let her go after that.
She looked around after that and could seen that there're only the three of them here.
"Nao-san?" She asked Nao a bit confusedly.
Nao looked at her and nodded simply.
After that, he put on the oni mask again.
She finally could seen Nao's face clearly just now, and was her first time could seen it clearly without the mask.
'Why he wears that creepy mask?' She asked inside couldn't understand him at all.
His face was very handsome, so why he put on that creepy mask instead. She really couldn't understand his way of thinking at all.
"Where . . . . . Rosalia-san and her guild members go?" Silica asked them in the end after looked around once again.
No one answer her question and made her confused. Before she could said anything again, Nao said before her first.
"Well, I will go back first then. See you later, Silica."
"Huh?! Ye-yes? . . . . See you later . . . Nao-san . . ."
She didn't know what happen and could only answer him back.
Nao turn around after that and leave the the both of them stood there like a statue.
"Ki-kirito-san, what happen?" She asked him again.
Kirito opened his mouth to said something, but nothing leave his mouth and he closed it again. He didn't know what to said at all.
"Well, you see . . . ." He finally said that nervously after a long silent, but still, he couldn't said the rest of the words.
Silica wasn't a stupid girl. She know the general idea from the first, but just not sure and just didn't want to believe about it.
But after looking around and could seen that what left from the group was only their weapon. How complicated Kirito was to tell her what happened, then on top of that "Oni-gatana", all of them enough to lead her to one conclusion.
Her face become pale and she closed her mouth with his hand to hold her urge to throw up.
'All of them . . . . . by Nao-san . . . . .'
That words spin around her mind made her almost collapsed. But Kirito catch her in time and hug her to calmed herself down.
After a long time, Silica finally calmed a bit. So Kirito said to her,
"Let's go from here."
Silica nodded and want to go back, but her legs didn't move at all.
"Ki-kirito-san, ma-my legs . . ." She said with pale faced expression.
Kirito understand that she couldn't moved her legs because of fright, so he kneel down on the ground and give her his back to piggy back her.
Of course there are embarrassment and all because of that, but in the end, kirito still piggy back her home afterwards.
