Under the starry sky at night, the girl pressed against the boy's body, and each could feel the other's violent heartbeat and heavy breathing.

With his eyes wide, the lips that were four petals pressed together immediately parted, and the tips of their noses touched lightly on the way, and they exclaimed together.

Natsume put her hands on the shoulders of the girl who was pressing on her, and pushed it away to see the girl's face clearly.

Caramel-colored ponytails, slightly damp eyes, and small vermilion lips are closing together in surprise.

The girl has a delicate face, her skin looks very smooth and glows in the moonlight, and her childlike appearance and the expression of being about to cry are very cute.

Dressed in a red battle suit, his shoulders are so slender that he can easily crush them with a single force.

So, it was such a girl who was like a finely carved puppet sitting on her stomach with her legs crossed.

Natsume was silent, and the girl was silent.

A blank period of about five seconds passed.

"Dear, dear."

"Huh? What the? I don't feel it at all, so please don't care. ”

"Are you saying one more time?!"

Why is it so distorted and understood?!

Natsume looked at the girl's raised right hand, and as she waved, a blue dragon with wings that she called 'Bina' rushed towards Natsume's eyes.

It was such a vicious trick from the beginning!

Letting go of the girl's shoulder, her right hand immediately moved, and she held the hilt of the sword with her backhand and took a horizontal gear. Blocked Bina's glaring attack with the blade.

With his left hand supporting his body, Natsume, who suddenly sat up, pushed the girl down, and the blade was on her neck in an instant.

Taking a closer look through the moonlight, sure enough, this is not someone else, but someone with some impressions.

SAO's mid-level player, the beast tamer (dragon messenger) Sirika, the demon is [Winged Dragon] Bina.

Finding herself at a disadvantage, Sirika didn't dare to act rashly, and her demon hovered over the heads of the two of them very anxiously.

sighed. Natsume stood up. Removing the blade from Sirika's neck, he held out his left hand toward her.

"Stand up."

"Yes, yes—no!"

Standing up on her own, Sirika looked at Natsume.

Her eyes wandered over Natsume. Finally, his eyes widened in horror.

"The. Could it be that Sirika's first kiss was dedicated to a girl?! ”

"Not really!"

I'm being treated like a girl again.

Natsume loudly repudiated Sirika's words. He raised his left hand and pointed to his chest

"See clearly, this is a male character, a man."

"This. In this way, Celica's first kiss was given to a dissolute man she didn't know, woo woo......"

"Don't cry! Who is the profligate man? Trouble is dead. ”

Natsume looked around for a moment, and finally walked over to Sirika and said

"Actually, I'm a girl."

"Stop lying!"

“…… Bastard! ”

Obviously planning to tell a lie to make the other person stop crying, it seems that the lie after discarding the shame is useless.

Suddenly, Natsume, who was annoyed that he had said that, took a big step forward and hugged Sirika in his arms.

The winged dragon overhead Bina did not attack, because it also sensed the danger overhead, so it circled around, protecting its owner.

A second later, several huge eagle-like monsters descended from the sky, numbering only five of them, with outstretched wings ten meters long and two eagle talons with sharp barbs.

Looks like they caught her and dropped it.

She found that the girl in her arms trembled, and she knew the power of the eagle-like monster above her head after the battle.

Although they do not have a high level of intelligence and cooperation, the advantage of flying in the sky is enough to make up for this shortcoming.

Sirika poked her head out of Natsume's arm and looked at the monster above her and said.

"They like to catch their prey and smash it down, and they don't dispose of it immediately, now you can run away because I lured them here......"

"Don't talk."

The eagle-like monsters hovering around looked at the two people and a dragon below, and rushed over without fear.

Natsume raised the sword in the lake, and the wind blade and enchantment were immediately blessed on the blade, and the wind flow was affected by it, and the hem of the two people's clothes fanned together.

The blade was shaking, as if eager to fight.

The three eagle-like monsters took the lead, and the other two followed, and they didn't care about their companions' situation because of the difference in speed, but rushed down in one go.

Looking at the approaching monster, Natsume's Lake Sword drew a semicircular attack trajectory before Sirika called out to Bina and let her move.

The crescent-like wind slash was released from the knife, slicing through the space in front of him before landing smoothly on the three eagle-like monsters in front of him.

Thorns, after slicing through them easily, the attack momentum did not weaken, and the remaining two were also eliminated.

Exhaling softly, Natsume let go of Sirika.

"It's okay, it's a bit of a problem for you."

"Thank you, I didn't expect you to be a good person, I'm very sorry for what happened just now."

"What just happened?"

Natsume recalls the time when she was attacked by Bina.

But the girl in front of her was different, but her face was flushed after Natsume's question, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Total, in short......

Sirika bent down and bowed her head in thanks, and the winged dragon on her shoulder imitated her movements.

Natsume scratched her head perfunctorily, and only after seeing Sirika raise her head did she ask why Sirika was still in the labyrinth area so late.

"It's dangerous to come out so late, aren't you following any team?"

"I've been working separately before, and I want to level up quickly."

"For what?"

"No, nothing, it's Celica's own business, please don't care, goodbye then."

Sirika skirted around Natsume, then immediately picked up speed.

It's dangerous, it's dangerous, that person is a red player?! Will it be killed?!

Celica thought that her easy-going behavior just now was the way to make the other party careless and then run away.

However, the shoulder was grabbed again, and the person just now chased after him.

Natsume caught up with Sirika, who was running down the other path, and grabbed her by the shoulders to stop her.

Seeing Sirika turn around in some fright, Natsume remembered her identity.

However, he didn't have time to explain, and after blocking Sirika behind him, he admonished

"Don't leave me, you know? Protect your demons and yourself. ”

"Yes, why ......?"

Natsume knew that Sirika was the same as herself, and she stopped talking when she saw a figure in the night.

It's so late, and there's only one possibility for players lurking in the dark.

Although Sirika knew that the person in front of her was also a red player, she reached out and grabbed his clothes.

This made her feel relieved that this was the only place to be safe, so she did not run away, but stayed where she was told.

Natsume raised his sword blade and glanced around.

There were about five people, and he couldn't fight well with Celica himself.

There is only one conclusion reached.

Run away for now! (To be continued......)