Sword Art Online 01: Aincrad by Reki Kawahara

Author:Reki Kawahara
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9784048677608
Published: 2009-04-09T14:00:00+00:00

“Auu—!!! Idiotidiotidiot!!!”

We were back in Algade, on the second floor of Agil's shop. After chasing the curious shopkeeper back to the first floor, I tried to calm Asuna down.

“I was trying so hard to convince him, yet you just had to say something like that!!!”

Asuna was sitting on the armrest of the rocking chair I was on and was using her tightly balled fists to grind against me.

“I'm sorry! I'm reaaaally sorry! I just went with the flow and...”

She finally calmed down after I gently grabbed her fists; but now she was pouting. I had to forcibly keep myself from laughing at the huge gap between her behavior at the guild HQ and that of right now.

“It's fine. We've decided on using first strike rules, so there's no danger involved. Besides, it's not like I'm definitely going to lose...”

“Uu~~~~...”

Asuna made an angry noise and crossed her thin, long legs atop the armrest.

“...when I saw Kirito-kun's «Dual Blades», I thought that your skill was on a totally different level. But it's the same for the leader's «Holy Sword»... One could say that his power was strong enough to destroy the game's balance. Truthfully, I really don't know who'll win... But what are you going to do? If you lose, it doesn't matter if I can't take a break, but you'll have to join KoB, Kirito-kun.”

“Well, you could say that I would still achieve my goal, depending on how you think about it.”

“Eh? Why?”

I had to force my mouth open to respond.

“Err, well, as...as long as Asuna is with me, I don't mind joining the guild.”

In the past, I would never have said something like this, even if it was to save my own life. Asuna's eyes went wide with surprise, and her face turned as red as a ripe apple. Then, for some reason, she fell quiet, got up from the armrest, and walked over to the window.

From across Asuna's shoulders, I could hear the everyday sounds of Algade under the setting sun.

What I just said was the truth, but I still felt reluctant about becoming part of a guild. As I remembered the name of the only guild that I had ever belonged to, which no longer exists today, a sharp pain ached in my heart.

'Well, I have no intention of losing...'

I thought to myself, then got up from the chair and walked over to Asuna.

Soon afterwards, Asuna rested her head softly against my right shoulder.

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