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Today's weather setting is cloudy. The morning haze that enveloped the streets had not yet disappeared, and the sunlight from the periphery reflected off the fine air particles, staining the surroundings with a tartrazine yellow.

According to the calendar of Ayn Grant, it is the month of the ash tree in late autumn. The temperature is slightly cooler, and it is the coolest time of the year.

Kirito and Clyde are waiting for Asuna in the main street area transfer gate plaza on the seventy-fourth floor.

Unlike the energetic Clyde, Kirito had a hard time losing sleep last night, and after returning to his room in Argat and getting into the simple bed, he could be said to have been tossing and turning all night, and it was past three o'clock in the night when he actually fell asleep.

SAO has a lot of convenient functions to assist players, but unfortunately there is no button that allows you to fall asleep right away by pressing it.

It's quite puzzling that there are completely opposite functions in the game. The time-related options in the main menu include a [Force Wake Up Alarm], which can force the player to wake up at a specific time with random music. Although he could still sleep back in the cage, Kirito, who was woken up by the system at 8:50, still cheered up and successfully crawled out of the bed.

There is no need to take a shower and change clothes in the game, which is indeed a blessing for some more unkempt players - although there are still people who love cleanliness to take a bath every day, but even NERvGear is a bit of a simulation that can't handle the liquid effect, so there is no way to fully present the salty feeling when taking a real bath~

Kirito got up close to the appointed time, took twenty seconds to gather his gear, and staggered through Argart's transfer door, suffering from the unhappiness of sleep deprivation, while waiting for Asuna, but it was Clyde who waited first.

"Not yet ......"

"Maybe something happened? Wait. In the face of Kirito's impatient words, Clyde said softly.

It was already 10:10 a.m. The more diligent strategy team has been constantly appearing in front of the transfer door and walking towards the maze area.

Kirito aimlessly called out the menu, killing time by checking the map and skill improvement that he had memorized. When I found out that I had the idea of "it would be nice if I brought a portable game console", I couldn't help but feel quite powerless to myself.

I want to play a game in the game.,It's really hopeless.,It's better to go back to sleep......

Just as Kirito had this negative thought, the inside of the transfer door emitted a blue transfer light for the first time. The two of them didn't expect much and looked over the door. The next moment-

"Quick, a

"Huh?!" Kirito felt as if his body had been pushed by someone, and then fell to the side.

The transferee usually appears on the ground inside the transfer door, but now in the transfer door, about a meter above the ground, a figure has begun to materialize.

Then he flew directly from the air towards Kirito.

Because of his sleepiness, Kirito didn't react in time, but Clyde reacted and pushed Kirito's body away, but let the figure press on him.

'Oops! I forgot about this story!' Clyde remembered the moment he was pressed by the figure.

And in order to push away the person on his body, Clyde also subconsciously reached out and grabbed it hard.

The comfortable and incredible touch on the hand of "・・・・・・・・・" made Clyde sweat coldly.

"Ahh

There was a loud scream in his ears, and the back of Clyde's head was pounded to the ground again, and the weight on his body disappeared.

"Clyde, I didn't expect you to be such a person・・・・・・・" Kirito, who completely saw the passing by, looked at Clyde with dead fish-like eyes.

"Ahem, if I hadn't pushed you away, I guess you would have been the one who was slapped. Clyde, who had finally come back to his senses after receiving a new shock, suddenly propped up his upper body.

"I'm a woman's ・・・・・・・・" said that, but Kirito's tone seemed a little weak.

"Woo woo woo ・・・・・・・" Asuna stared at Clyde with an inexplicable murderous look in her eyes, and the greatest emotional effect appeared on her face, even the roots of her ears were red, and her arms were tightly crossed in front of her chest・・・・・・・

"Unfortunate~" Sighing secretly, Clyde weakly raised his hand to greet Asuna, "Good morning~ Asuna ・・・・・・・"

"Uh-uh-uh-・・・・・・・" It felt like the murderous look in Asuna's eyes had become stronger, and it must have been when she was thinking about whether to let her prey escape.

"Puff~" Kirito's face showed a gloating smile.

"Don't laugh!"

At this time, the transfer door glowed blue again. Asuna spun around as if startled, then stood up in a panic and pulled Kirito and Clyde as shields, while she hid behind them.

"What's going on?"

After the light faded away, there were faces standing there that had never been seen before. The exaggerated pure white cloak on the body is emblazoned with a red badge. The man, dressed in the uniform of the Guild Blood Alliance Knights, equipped with overly decorated metal armor and two-handed swords, seems to be Asuna's bodyguard・・・・・・

Remember the name should be Kladir, right?

When Cratir, who came out of the transfer door, saw Asuna hiding behind the two of them, the wrinkles that had been carved between his brow and the bridge of his nose deepened. Although he should not be very old, probably in his early twenties, those wrinkles made him look very old. He gritted his teeth vigorously and said with a look of resentment, "Ya...... Lord Asuna, your assertion like this will bother me......!"

"Come on, Asuna-sama, let's go back to our headquarters. ”

Asuna, who was behind the two, also asked angrily: "No, today is not an event day...... But you, why are you standing guard at my door early in the morning?"

"Hmph, I expected this to happen, so I started a morning surveillance mission in Selmubrook a month ago. ”

Cladeir's proud answer was truly speechless. Asuna was also frozen on the scene as Kirito.

After a while, Asuna replied in a stiff voice, "What about ...... That shouldn't be the regimental commander's instructions, right......?"

"I'm on a mission to serve as Asuna-sama's bodyguard, so of course that includes surveillance ...... outside your house."

"How could such a thing be included, idiot!"

At this point, the anger and anxiety on Cladeer's face became more pronounced, and he walked over and violently pushed Kirito away, then grabbed Asuna's wrist.

"Hmm・・・・・・・" Kirito had a look of disgust on his face as he was violently pushed away.

"Please don't disobey the advice...... Come, let's go back to the headquarters. ”

Hearing his tone of voice that was about to explode, even Asuna instantly felt timid. She cast a distressed look at Clyde, who was standing nearby.

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