- The second floor of "Ayn Grant", on the outskirts of the main block "Ulbas".

（…… Well, I see, the burden on the souls of both parties is too great for the soul of both parties to 'switch' all at once. ）

（…… ）

(Ah, after all, I crossed two "worlds", but this time it also proved that my conjecture was not wrong.) ）

（…… ）

(So let's do it, before you can fully 'switch' over, just be honest as a 'normal player', there's still time anyway, isn't it?) ）

（…… ）

The connection of consciousness was interrupted, and the black-haired girl, that is, Yuki, breathed a long sigh of relief.

In the previous boss strategy battle, although she successfully 'borrowed' power from her 'other self', the side effects caused were not small.

Forced to come to the hotel on the second floor, Yuki, who had fallen asleep, woke up again, it was already three days later.

Although it is an 'imaginary world', some things have not changed, and it is still too reluctant to carry the consciousness of [elves] with human bodies.

She needs time to 'transition'.

If you forcibly intervene, I'm afraid you don't need to wait until you die, and the body in the outside world will already collapse first.

It seems that even if you want to 'open the plug-in', you have to wait for the 'processor' to keep up.

……

Having confirmed her future plans, the brunette girl was ready to speed up her pace.

After resting for a few days, it's almost time to go to the second layer of the 'Raiders'.

But before that...... Let's deal with this little tail first.

Pausing before stepping into the Labyrinth Zone, Yuki turned his gaze to the distance behind him.

"I said, the front is the 'Labyrinth Zone', do you really want to keep following?"

Because Yuki has conquered the relationship of the first layer, in the few days that she has been in a coma, many people have come to this town one after another, so it is not surprising that there will be players appearing in her.

But soon after leaving the town's foothold, the hooded man followed him, and he thought he was on the same road, but now it doesn't look like it.

If it's a guy with bad intentions, she doesn't mind sending him to prison with the sword in her hand.

Turning around, Yuki stared at the cloaked man who was starting to get a little flustered.

“……”

Well, seeing the other party's clumsy appearance, it's probably not needed.

As for why he judged it this way, it was naturally because the other party was so 'stupid' to follow him, and then now it was like this, it was more like not knowing whether to open his mouth or how to talk.

"That-"

After a moment of hesitation with his hands rubbed, the cloaked man finally opened his mouth as if he had made up his mind.

（…… Girl's voice? ）

The voice that came into Yuki's ears was a crisp young female voice.

"You can join me...... Oh no...... Can you please take me with you to level up? ”

Halfway through speaking, he suddenly lowered his posture, and the cloaked man pleaded.

“……？”

Under Yuki's strange gaze, the other party pulled down his hood.

It was a cute girl with short hair and a double ponytail, about the same age as Yuki.

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"Hmm...... I see. ”

Sitting side by side with the girl next to him at the foot of a boulder about three or four meters high, Yuki nodded knowingly.

In fact, when the girl pulled down her hood, she already had a feeling that her face was very familiar.

Celica, that's her name.

It's just that now she is not the 'dragon envoy' in the middle stage, but a twelve-year-old girl who is still a little overwhelmed.

She didn't even know the goal yet, but because of curiosity, she didn't stay on the first floor, but followed the large army to the second layer of the city.

During this period, many people were invited to form a team because of Celica's cute appearance and girlhood, and the girl who had no intention of joining someone else's team for the time being was overwhelmed, so she had to bring a hooded cloak.

Speaking of which, because there are very few female players in SAO, especially cute and beautiful girls. So in order to protect themselves, most girls who are a little confident in their appearance in the early stage will choose the cheap cloak sold in the prop shop to block their identity until they find a team to join.

Of course, this is not to say that Yuki is ugly in disguise, on the one hand, it is her confidence in her own strength, on the other hand, she may not have this consciousness at all.

“…… That's why I happened to see a girl who looked like I was about my age in the town, and I wanted to stop you. ”

"But at that time, Yuki, you seemed to be very 'distracted', and you didn't pay attention to me at all!"

"Forehead ......"

The little face puffed up slightly, and Celica showed a little complaining.

Scratching her face a little embarrassed, Yuki really didn't care about the players in the city, and there was a so-called safe zone in the town, so she didn't have any worries in the wild, plus she happened to be discussing seriously with 'herself', so she subconsciously ignored the people around her.

After that, it was easy to understand, out of a little girl's unwilling stubbornness, Sirika followed Yuki all the way to the suburbs. And in the process, seeing that Yuki is not only familiar with the route, but also solves the monsters encountered as if cutting melons and vegetables, it also makes the little girl realize that she seems to have encountered an unusual player.

From the beginning of wanting to communicate with girls of the same age just because of loneliness, it slowly changed to this idea of 'asking for a team and asking for a belt'.

From Sirika's point of view, there is simply no better place to team up with her than Yuki.

Confident, powerful, and somewhat heroic, Yuki makes the little girl can't help but look forward to it.

……

“…… That, can't you? ”

The question of teaming up was raised again, and Celica was a little dejected when she saw Yuki's hesitant expression.

It's like an abandoned little squirrel.

（…… No wonder it's called a girl idol in the game.,It's really cute and makes people want to hug it...... ）

With a bitter smile in his heart, Yuki compromised.

Anyway, she still has a lot of time, and it's always boring to break through alone.

Touching the somewhat frustrated little head next to him, Yuki gave the choice back to Sirika.

"I'm going to keep fighting until I beat the game."

"If you haven't given up on beating this game, come with me."

Leaving a dashing back, Yuki got up and walked towards the entrance of the "Labyrinth Zone".

Without making the brunette girl wait long, the sound of a trotting soon came from behind.

Then, there's the invitation to form a team.

"Hmmm! I'll try! ”

(That's not bad.) ）

Smiling slightly, Yuki pressed the OK button.