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"Saki, what happened earlier?"

The head of the consortium Tenjouin, a man famous throughout the business world, faced his daughter and smiled after a long absence.

He only felt that he had worked hard in the past, could not compare with his daughter. When he received the call and found out that his daughter had been kidnapped, he felt that the whole world was gloomy.

"What happened? That's right, why was I in the van, why did Father bring so many people here"

Looking at his daughter who seemed to have lost her memory, the man frowned.

"Do you remember what day it is today, which school and which class you studied in?"

"Of course I remember! I'm not stupid!"

'"Forget it, it's fine, you go accompany your mother, she scolded me before eating."

Seeing his daughter leave with a warm smile, the man's expression became even colder, looking at the housekeeper who had been waiting beside him for a long time.

"Are there any results of the interrogation? Who kidnapped my daughter?"

"Terrorist organizations, for the sake of money, the police have eradicated them."

The man's expression eased, he turned on the phone, closed his eyes and listened to the recording of the previous call. It was Rito's depressed tone.

Recording apps that run all the time to prevent forgetting important calls suddenly come in handy today.

"Who can find the owner of this voice? Do good deeds without leaving a name? The Tenjouin Consortium will never let the enemy go, nor will I neglect a great benefactor."

"But Master..."

The silver-haired butler showed an embarrassed expression.

"You already said that, can I still refuse? Tell me."

"Of the three kidnappers who were clearly trained at the scene, two were killed in unknown ways, another was unconscious, and there was a gun suspected to have been used by them. According to the reaction of the special forces at that time, the barrel still had a temperature. The kidnappers should have fired their guns into the van, but no bullets and bullet holes were found at the scene."

"After conducting a high-precision search, they found metal powder. Once identified, it was originally a bullet that had been fired and destroyed in a gruesome manner. Now, Master, I don't know what this means, but maybe it isn't something we should be looking into."

"...Could it have been done by a troop I'm friendly with?"

"Even those top forces wouldn't have such means, and they wouldn't give anything away for free."

The old butler was one who had worked hard with the former commander-in-chief Tenjouin, he didn't take much into account when he spoke.

"Is that someone my daughter knows?"

"I didn't say that."

"Don't be nervous, we don't seek revenge, but repay kindness, okay? Since he saved my daughter, it proves that there was no malice."

'But, let's leave that for now.'

Hearing a brief cough in the recording, and feeling the youthful voice that changed, commander-in-chief Tenjouin smiled slightly.

...

The first volume of [Sword Art Online] had been printed with another 20,000 copies, and many copies had been sold.

Rito only found out after his bank card received twice the cost of his previous manuscript. This should be the editor in charge and he didn't know about the notification due to Sonoko's reasons, but now he has 5 million yen in his bank card, so he can live normally for a long time without any problems.

Lala is very honest these days, at least she doesn't cause trouble when she's not using his computer. For this, Rito rejoices that Amnesia's discovery also helps a lot.

So much so that Rito keeps a smile on his face during dinner, which makes Mikan very curious.

"Rito, is anyone happy?"

"I avoided a lot of trouble, but I have to thank Lala a lot."

Lala was a little surprised, and thought carefully about how she had helped Rito, and suddenly became worried.

"My invention helped you?"

Mikan knew that Lala would find out all kinds of things, so she wasn't too surprised.

"Yeah, that really helps!"

"Ahahahaha, that's great."

....

When going to school the next day, Rito finds that the old man guarding the gate has turned into a muscular man, almost reaching the limit of what ordinary people can train. It's kind of weird being a tough guy, and muscular arms cleaning in there with brooms and mops.

Rito is confused at first, but as a participant in the Saki kidnapping incident, he knows that this is because the Tenjouin consortium has become tense, and there will be people everywhere in Saki's activities in the future.

The bodyguard must hide nearby. Maybe in the corridor where Saki's class is located, there will be a strongman who pretends to sweep the floor non-stop while Saki is at school.

Imagine that scene, Rito found it a bit funny.

The Tenjouin family luxury car is back. This car hasn't changed much. Presumably has functions such as anti-explosion and anti-bullet. As usual, Saki walked into the school on the red carpet. When she saw Rito, there was no particular reaction, and Rito returned to class quietly.

And standing by the classroom window, Haruna who had been observing Rito for a long time, returned to her seat a little depressed.

She had discovered a few days ago that the famous lady Tenjouin Saki and Rito had an intersection.

Rito has paid special attention to Saki more than once. Previously, Haruna had never seen Rito treat another girl like this.