Stepping into the street from the south gate, Asuna's vision of the "Inner Area" sign appeared, and a slow-paced block BGM sounded in her ears. Unlike the first layer of music, which is dominated by strings, the oboe main melody with a mournful tone is played.

Gothic buildings are lined all around, with a straight asphalt avenue leading to the central square.

Walking on the second floor of the main block "Ulbas", there is a lot of laughter and laughter all around, and every player's face is full of confidence and enthusiasm.

Seeing this scene, Asuna couldn't help but think of the scene in the strategy battle at that time, and thought of the stupid guy who called himself the "Closed One".

Is that what you want to see? Where are you, who bore the sins of the original beta players?

There was a crisp sound ahead, like young grass in spring, giving people a sense of vitality.

"It seems that the strategy game may be higher."

Brown pupils passed through the hood, and Asuna saw the owner of the sentence, which was a figure about the same size as Kirito, but it looked delicate.

His name seems to be Zeyi?

At this time, Achill, who was beside her, nodded his bare head in agreement, and his dark eyes looked around curiously.

said that it was around, but in fact, he deliberately ignored the right, as if he was afraid of the beautiful woman walking next to him.

Asuna, who witnessed all this, always felt that they had something to hide from her, and this feeling of being concealed made her feel very uncomfortable.

I remember that this situation was completely absent in the first layer, but when did it start?

It seems to have only started early this morning.

Thinking of this, Asuna raised her white right hand, made a clenched fist movement, and looked at Akyl again suspiciously.

"Could it be that the punch in the morning was too hard and Achill was angry?"

But that's what that guy deserves, who told him to want to touch the girl's body in the morning.

Imagine just opening your eyes and seeing a big man stretching his hand to his clothes, I'm afraid that anyone will be afraid to subconsciously swing his fist to attack.

If not, which one?

"Whew, my head hurts."

Asuna, who couldn't think of a reason, could only look around depressedly.

The NPCs around him have the appearance of medieval merchants in their clothes, luxurious and simple.

Compared to the simple fabric on the first floor, it has changed a lot, probably because "I have come to a new floor", and the concept is also renewed.

There are a series of red-and-white buildings, and there seems to be a "café" in between.

Wait, isn't that a restaurant?

After seeing Zeyi, who continued to move past the restaurant, Asuna quickly coughed softly a few times, and at the same time had an ominous premonition in her heart.

Zeyi turned around in confusion, his mouth seemed to be muttering something, while Achill beside him turned to ashes for a moment, and his movements became stiff.

Asuna, who noticed this, confirmed her suspicion more and more - these two must have something to hide from her.

"We're not going to a restaurant?"

Zeyi's chuckle accompanied Asuna's words, and from time to time she whispered to Achill with her eyes.

Ever since that guy woke him up early this morning, he's become abnormal, and now it's up to him to see what he's hiding.

I saw that Achill had an exaggerated expression on his face because of nervousness, and after glaring at Zeyi viciously, he lowered his head and hesitated: "That...... Asuna ...... There's something I want to ask you for. ”

"What's the matter?"

Akyl's square face flushed with nervousness, and he closed his eyes as tightly as he did when a prisoner was executed.

"Please also make a braised beef yourself."

Next to Achill, who was waiting for the trial, Zeyi was gloating in anticipation of the upcoming farce, but she didn't want to, Asuna nodded calmly and agreed to Akyl's request.

Zeyi was disappointed by this situation, and he was about to laugh at him thinking about Achill's embarrassment. Achill opened his eyes, a look of "I disappointed you".

"But ......"

Asuna had just spoken, but was quickly interrupted by Achill, stealing the right to speak.

"I'll talk about the rest after lunch."

He quickly walked sideways into a hotel and quickly opened a double room, along with other ingredients for the braised steak.

This series of movements was lightning fast, not at all like what the power-type Achill could do, but the facts were in front of them, leaving Zeyi and Asuna dumbfounded.

"Please, two of you."

Standing outside the inn, he poses as a waiter to entertain passers-by, but his tall stature makes him look very funny.

Zeyi's face showed a gloating smile again, and he walked into the hotel first. Asuna, who was puzzled, hesitated for a moment, and then walked in.

The layout of the room is very simple, with only a bed and a wooden table, and in the kitchen next to it, there is not even a place to get water.

Achill complained about the room, "That's shabby." ”

"That's good enough." Asuna said as she lifted her hood from the outside.

The millet hair scattered in the air, coupled with the fairy-like beauty, attracted the two men in the room for a while.

Asuna's appearance really amazed Zeyi, but after all, he is not the kind of guy who can't walk when he sees a beautiful woman, and staring at a person for a long time is very bad politely speaking.

Therefore, after admiring it for a while, Zeyi looked away from him.

This can't help but make Asuna suspect that her appearance is very low, from Kirito to the current Zeyi, all of them are like this.

Slightly disappointed, she walked over to the table with the ingredients, double-clicked the oven twice, called out the pop-up menu, and took out the metal pot from the shelf after setting the cooking time.

Then move the meat from the bottle to the pot, mix in a lot of herbs, fill it with water, and close the lid.

"Actually, there are still a lot of procedures, but SAO simplifies the cooking process too exaggeratedly, which is really boring."

Asuna grumbled as she put the pot in the oven and pressed the button from the menu to start cooking. During the 100-second waiting time, Asuna continued to move quickly, constantly materializing many of the ingredients that had been in stock, and then seasoning them one by one with a smooth motion.

"That's amazing!"

"Indeed, it would be nice if Asuna's swordsmanship was so powerful."

In less than 2 minutes, the sumptuous meal was on the table.

The braised beef under the golden color was placed in the center of the table, and the steam mixed with the fragrance irritated Zeyi's nose, and he couldn't wait to taste it at this time.

"Now let's talk, Achill."

Asuna looked at Achill with her hands on her hips, and the majesty in her eyes made Achill lose her appetite all of a sudden.

"Well, it's actually me who made a bet with Zeyi."

"And then you lose, right?"

While they were talking, Ze Yi secretly put a piece of beef in his mouth.

First, you can feel the heat and aroma in your mouth, and when you start to chew, the large pieces of meat are covered with a shiny and dense sauce, and they roll around in your mouth, bursting with full of gravy.

"Zeyi's strength is very strong, I'm afraid it can be compared to you."

"Really?"

Just as the second piece of beef was about to enter Zeyi's mouth, Asuna and Akyl looked at him at the same time.

For a while, a great sense of crisis came to his face, Zeyi hurriedly swallowed the second piece whole, and reflexively jumped up to make defensive movements.

“…… Your beef is so delicious. ”

As soon as the faint voice of a stammering fly appeared, it was drowned out by two menacing roars.

"Zeyi ——!"