Zhang Yu is wearing a black and gray long shirt, Asuna is wearing linen long sleeves and a brown skirt, and Yui is wearing a pale pink sweater, a skirt of the same color, black stockings, and red shoes specially selected by Asuna, who looks cute like a doll.

The trio wander around the town of origin on the first floor, looking for clues to Yui's origins. Along the way, Zhang Yu pinched his chin and thought distractedly about whether he could deal with what happened next.

"If you use that, you should be able to kill that boss."

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The starting town is the largest city in Ayn Grant, and naturally has more necessary functions for adventure than the other streets. Prices are cheap, and there are many hotels and other businesses, so if you only think about efficiency, this is definitely the best place to use as a base.

Therefore, this place has long been occupied by the guild ALF (Ayn Grant Liberation Army, referred to as the army).

However, as far as Asuna knew, none of the high-level players remained in the Origin Town. The tyranny of the "military" is one of the reasons, but the most important thing is that if you stand in the central square and look up at the sky, you will definitely remember the bloody night of the first day of the open beta.

The two of them inquired with the Native players in the Origin Town that the younger players lived in the Church. So I plan to go to church to find out.

Zhang Yu hugged Yui, who was completely asleep, and Asuna stared at the map and showed the way.

Yui's physique looked about ten years old, and the weight Zhang Yu felt in his hand was like a feather.

After walking along the wide road where there were still few people, I walked southeast for more than ten minutes, and finally arrived at an area that looked like a large garden. A forest of coloured broad-leaved trees swayed in the cold wind of early winter.

"Well—as far as the map goes, this is the East Seventh District...... That church must be over there. ”

"Yes."

Asuna looked at the extraordinarily tall minaret across the wide forest on the right hand side of the road, and showed her direction with her gaze. At the top of the tower, with its blue-gray roof, a metal ancient Egyptian cross made of a cross and a circle gleamed. That must be the symbol of the church.

This is at least one facility in each town, and the internal altar can be used to remove the special attack "curse" of monsters, as well as to pray for weapons against undead monsters.

This is arguably the most mysterious place in SAO, where there is almost no magical element. In addition, as long as you continue to pay Kol, you can borrow a small room in the church instead of a hotel.

The church building is small in terms of the size of the street district. It is two stories high, and there is only one minaret as a symbol. Originally, there were multiple churches in the original town, and the one near the Diversion Gate Square was the size of a mansion.

At first, the two were mistaken for the army's tax collection brigade, and were locked out of the church and not allowed to enter. Later, the misunderstanding was solved, and Zhang Yu bought these children with some low-level weapons at will.

After Zhang Yu took out the weapons and props, the children surrounded them with thunderous joy. One by one, they picked up their swords or warhammers and kept shouting "It's heavy!" "You're so handsome!" and so on.

A man with short dark blue hair, large black-rimmed glasses, and dark green eyes under them. A female player dressed in a plain dark blue dress with a small dagger in her hand. She is the person in charge of teaching these children.

Female gamers with glasses, naughty to the children in the church. Shaking his head very nerve-wracked, he said to Zhang Yu and Asuna with a smile.

“…… Ah, this way, please. I'm going to make tea......"

Asuna and Zhang Yu, who were taken to the small room on the right side of the chapel, finally breathed a sigh of relief after taking a sip of hot tea.

"You ...... Are you here to find someone......? ”

The female player with glasses asked as she sat down in the chair across from her and tilted her head slightly.

"Ah, yes. Yes...... I'm Asuna, and he's Kirito. ”

"Ahh I'm really sorry I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Sasha. ”

Then they nodded to each other.

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"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. If there were such young children, we should find out. It's a pity...... I don't think she's a kid who lives in the Beginningtown. ”

After some exchange, he learned that Yui was not from the starting town. Asuna was both disappointed and happy in her heart. It's sad that I didn't find a clue about Yui's life experience, but I'm happy that I can continue to be with Yui.

Although she sincerely hopes to find the girl's guardian, Asuna feels an incredible waver at the thought of separating from Yui. It's only been a day since they met, and Yui seems to have completely captured the most tender part of Asuna's heart.

Asuna, who hung her head, hugged the sleeping Yui tightly, and then looked at Sasha's eyelids as if she was perk. Zhang Yu on the side was silent, not caring about these results.

"Since they are all our daughters, how can we still let her be snatched away. Asuna, don't worry. ”

Zhang Yu glanced at his "wife and daughter" gently, and felt extremely strong in his heart.

"It 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 heard when we were inquiring about the situation on the streets, the people here think that fighting monsters in the practice area is a suicide act that has no common sense. ”

Sasha nodded in response to what Asuna said. Just as she opened her mouth to continue.

"Teacher! Sasha-sensei! Oops! ”

The door slammed open, and several children rushed in.

"Really, that's rude to a guest."

"Now is not the time to talk about this!"

A red-haired teenager cried out with tears in his eyes.

"Brother Silver, they were captured by the guys from the army's taxing troops!"

"—where?"

Sasha stood up as if she had changed her personality and asked the boy.

"The open space behind the prop shop in the East 5th District. The army sent ten men to fence off the road, and only Goda escaped. ”

"Got it, I'll be over right - I'm sorry ......"

Sasha turned her head back to face Asuna and Zhang Yu, and lowered her head slightly.

"I've got to save those kids, so let's talk later......"

"Teacher! We're going too! ”

"Leave this to us."

Zhang Yu stood up and glanced at Asuna. Asuna also nodded vigorously in response, stood up and faced Sasha and said:

"Well, please let us help. At least a little more people would be better. ”

"-Thank you, then I'll be respectful and obey."

Sasha bowed deeply, pushed her glasses and said:

"Well, let's run past."

Sasha, who rushed out of the church, shook the short sword hanging from her waist and ran out in a straight line. Zhang Yu and Asuna, who was holding Yui, also followed behind her.