- Really...... I'm sorry......" The woman with glasses shook her head as if she was very nervous, but she still smiled at the happy appearance of the children and said, "Oh yes! I'm sorry I haven't introduced myself yet, I'm Sasha!"

"Hello, my name is Clyde!" Clyde said to her, "from the upper echelons of the Raiders!"

"I'm Lurutia Zekin! I'm in the same guild as Clyde!"

"The child in Clyde's arms is Yui!"

"That's ・・・・・・! I'm so rude!" Sasha said to the three of them, as if thinking of something, "This is not a place to talk, please come with me!"

Next, Clyde and the others, led by Sasha, walked southeast for ten minutes until they arrived at an area that looked like a vast garden. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info天籁novel.23txt.

Then the top of the tower with a blue-gray roof appeared, and a metal ancient Egyptian cross made of a cross and a circle was shining, which was a church building.

Church buildings have at least one facility in each town on each floor, and the internal altars can be used to remove the special attack 'curse' of monsters, as well as to pray for weapons against undead monsters. This can be said to be the most mysterious place in SAO, where there are almost no magical elements.

In addition, as long as you continue to pay Kol, you can borrow a small room in the church instead of a hotel.

"I'm sorry! I'm going to make tea, you wait a minute!"

Clyde and Lulutia, who had been brought to the small room on the right side of the chapel, kept looking around.

"This is probably the place where the children gather, right?" said Lulutia.

"If we had known this, our guild should have found a way to help them, or use other guilds to help these children!"

"Miss Sasha, here... Is this the church, where all the children are gathered now?" asked Clyde, who had found a chair to sit down with the tea in Sasha, who came out with tea.

"Yes! There are about 20 children living in this church today, from elementary school students to junior high school students. And that's supposed to be all the young players in this town. At the beginning of the game...... "Although the volume is faint, Sasha begins to speak in a clear tone," "Almost all children at that age have some mental problems because they are too panicked. Of course, there are children who get used to the game and leave town, but that should be the exception. ”

"Of course, this is also the age when I was still very fond of spoiling my parents, but I was suddenly declared unable to leave here, and I may never even be able to return to reality...... Most of those children are in a state of collapse, and several of them appear to be ...... Just cut off the connection. ”

The corners of Sasha's mouth began to stiffen, and she said in a tone of shame, "Although in the first month of the game, I also aimed at the strategy game, and I continued to improve my level in the practice area...... One day, when I saw such a child wandering alone on a street corner, I couldn't feel at ease, so I took it back to the hotel to live with me. From then on, I was so disturbed by the thought that there might be such a child, so I began to look around town for a child who was alone. When I came back to my senses, it was already like this. So, what to say...... I'm really sorry that there are people like you who are fighting at the top, but I can't keep up and help. ”

"It's hard work~" Lulutia didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only say it symbolically.

"But, compared to us, at least, you're something we are ashamed of in other respects!" Clyde said with a smile, "and you're still fighting alone!"

"Thank you. But I didn't do it out of a sense of obligation, and I was happy living with my children. Sasha chuckled and looked at Yui who was sleeping in Clyde's arms, "So...... For the past two years, we have been going from area to area and house to house every day, looking for any children in need. ”

Seeing Sasha set her eyes on Yui in Clyde's arms, Lulutia asked curiously, "Do you know this child?"

Sasha shook her head when she heard this, and said in an affirmative tone, "It's the first time I've seen this kid, but... I'm also not sure if I missed it, so ......"

"That's right......"

"Yes, that may be a bit of a faux pas, but how do you earn your daily living expenses?"

"Ah, on that note, besides me, there are a few older kids guarding this place...... It's absolutely fine for them to run around the practice area around town, so they can easily earn money for food. It's not a lot, though. ”

"Oh, that's amazing...... As far as we've just heard on the streets, people here think it's suicide to fight monsters in the practice area. ”

Sasha nodded in response to Clyde's words, "Basically, I think all the players who stay in the Origin Town right now think so. I can't say that's wrong, after all, given the risk of death, there is nothing you can do...... However, because of this, we have a higher income than the average player in this town. ”

Indeed, if you want to rent the rooms of this church all the time, you must have to pay a hundred kor a day, which is several times higher than the daily salary of the man who picked up the fruit just now! Thinking of this, Clyde nodded clearly, "That's why you are targeted by the army, right?"

"That's it!" Sasha nodded affirmatively, "If it weren't for your help, we really don't know what would have happened! Thank you so much!"

"No, that's what we should do. Even so, Lulutia knew Clyde's character.

Doing this kind of thing is purely due to the illness of his good old man! And this personality gets worse after absorbing a guy named Emiya Shirou.

…………

"Minay, get me a loaf of bread!"

"Hey, if you don't pay attention, you'll spill out!"

"Ahh

"I obviously exchanged carrots with you!"

Looking at the battlefield-like dining scene in front of him, Clyde couldn't help but think of the group of orc mages he had encountered in the mage tower in the past.

They were the same when they ate, and one of the sources of the orc mage's reputation growing in the mage tower.

"It's amazing...... Reminds me of some special mage. ”

"Ahhh~ I remembered it too・・・・・・・!

At the church hall table, two dozen children were noisily eating large plates of sausages, eggs, and vegetable salad lined up on two huge long tables.

"Still, everyone seemed happy. Sitting at a round table a little farther away with several adults, including Clyde, Lulutia smiled and raised her teacup to her lips and looked into the distance.

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