The Age of Heroic Spirits in the Eyes of the Reincarnated.

Chapter 36: Invitation to take a bath at home! Killing intention! (Please read on!)
Doubt is something that only needs a little bit to be magnified infinitely.

Since it is speculated that the player Kirito is no longer the protagonist Kirito in the original timeline, his prior plans must be changed.

...

End of the meeting.

Li Xia left with some regrets.

In fact, he had another purpose for participating in this boss strategy meeting, which was to deal with Yaou and Diaberu and eliminate as many uncertainties as possible.

These two are not very honest in the original book.

This double act caused tension between the closed beta testers and ordinary players. This tension even lasted for four or five months or even more than a year, making everyone unhappy.

Chun Chun is more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything.

But to his surprise, today, these two people had no intention of jumping out to cause trouble, but instead gave the Liberator Guild enough face. The look in their eyes revealed admiration for him.

Li Xia suddenly felt as if he had punched something solidly on cotton.

"You guys are giving me so much face, how can I teach you a lesson?"

He was in a real dilemma.

You can't just go up and slap your little fan for no reason, right?
"Is it because what I did on the first day just happened to be in line with their values?"

"Or was it the free [Survival Guide for Inexperienced Players] that won their favor?"

"Or is it because I helped ordinary players gain a lot of benefits from the closed beta testers, which caused these two to start looking at me with a filter?"

I don't understand.

But what is certain is that now is not the right time to deal with these two.

There is no need to target others.

"Phew, I hope you guys really stop adding fuel to the fire and just focus on conquering the floor and get out early."

Putting aside the matter of Kibo and Diaberu, he once again turned his attention to Kirito.

"I don't care who you are or why you want to replace Kirito's game character. But your existence has a huge impact on my plan and may ruin my plan at any time. If you can't be of any use to me, then you'd better disappear completely."

[Dual Sword Style], or more precisely, the [SAO Top Ten Super Skills] including the Dual Sword Style, are all powerful means to deal with the GM Kayaba Akihiko.

If this powerful exclusive skill falls into the hands of the real Kirito, there will be no problem.

Because the real Kirito would definitely be the one charging into the front line against Kayaba.

Kirito is still an ace in his hand!
But if the dual-sword system super skill fell into the hands of the fake Kirito, and this fake had no intention of facing Kayaba directly, wouldn't it be like losing an ace for nothing?
How does this work?
"Let's confirm it tonight and tomorrow."

...

The town of Torbana is beautiful at night.

The square is brightly lit.

The players clinked glasses with each other and tried to relax as much as possible.

King Ya and Diabel even had a drinking ceremony.

in the corner.

Asuna was eating black bread alone.

When Li Xia saw this, she naturally went up to him and started chatting with him:
"Is black bread delicious? Why do you chew it so slowly and with such relish?"

The girl under the cloak was stunned when she heard this: "Huh?"

"Try this. It can change the texture of the bread."

As Li Xia spoke, she handed over a box of cream.

It was obtained by a dozen testers in the guild while doing the "Counterattack of the Cow" mission in a village. It can add a delicious creamy flavor to bland food.

Asuna has no resistance to delicious food.

After spreading a little butter on the bread and taking a small bite, the girl couldn't help but exclaim:
"Yeah, so sweet."

It’s been almost a month since I last tasted such a great flavor.

The last time, it was my mother who prepared it for me.

“Awooo, awooo, awooo…”

Three or two times.

The girl then told Li Xia, who was sitting on a nearby stone platform, what the [Bread Vanishing Technique] was.

"Don't worry, there are two more bottles here. I'll give them to you together."

Li Xia smiled gently.

Two more bottles of cream were given out as mission rewards.

Under the cloak, Asuna hesitated for a moment, but finally accepted it:

"Thank you, thank you."

"You're welcome. If you want more, here's information and tips on the quest."

But the girl took a deep breath after hearing this, and after folding her hands on her thighs, she shook her head gently and said:
"I didn't come to this Raiders group for the delicious food."

"Yes, I understand. Most of those who choose to come here to face the boss want to prove that they will not die alone in a town tavern out of cowardice, and will not try to escape death again."

There was a hint of smile on Li Xia's face.

"Eh?"

Asuna was once again surprised.

"Oh, don't be surprised, because I am like that myself.

As for me, I just want to survive to the end according to my own will, even if I lose to wild monsters, I don’t want to lose to this game.

Do you think I'm funny?"

Li Xia’s words shocked the girl.

She didn't notice that the cloak on her head had slipped down, revealing her long golden hair and her pretty face.

"You, do you really think so?"

Asuna's voice trembled slightly.

She didn't expect that she would meet such a similar-minded person in such a vast crowd of people.

"Okay, what's there to be confused about? People, no matter what kind of difficulties they encounter, they need to look forward. What's the point of living if they always shrink back and do nothing?"

Li Xia shrugged. The girl nodded:
So true.

"It's getting late, go back and rest.

I must take a hot bath and have a good sleep tonight.

After all, we will be heading to the maze tower tomorrow to attack the first floor's boss, so we must be well rested and have enough strength, and we must not be careless at all."

Li Xia said this and stood up to leave.

But when he just stood up, he found that his sleeve was grabbed by two jade-like fingers.

"what happened?"

Although the two have met each other a few times and are not strangers, they are not yet familiar enough to be intimate with each other, right?
"Um, what did you just say?"

The girl's hand quickly retracted.

"Take a bath and sleep..."

Is that okay?
"Can I take a bath at your house?"

Asuna's originally dark eyes suddenly became bright, and a blush flashed across her face.

When Li Xia heard this, he suddenly realized.

The little girl is now a solo player, and she is not a top tester who has mastered the method of saving money quickly. She has to save money even for daily consumption, let alone buying an independent residence. Otherwise, how can she only eat bland black bread to fill her stomach every day?

The small hostels in towns only provide basic accommodation in each room and do not have additional bathrooms.

"You wouldn't go a month without..."

How miserable.

This incoherent sentence made the girl so angry that she wanted to turn around and leave.

Fortunately, Li Xia was quick to grab the embarrassed and angry girl:

"Come to my place. I'll lend you the bathhouse for use tonight."

"Ah? Is that convenient?"

No, I said the wrong thing.

She was not the kind of carefree girl, but after several contacts, she felt that the man who saved her life had no bad intentions.

And she really wanted to take a comfortable hot bath.

"In fact, if you just join my guild, the house can be yours. How about that?"

"This... I, I, I, I just want to borrow your bath for once, don't get me wrong. I will be able to save enough money to buy my own cabin soon."

The girl explained hurriedly.

"It's okay, you can think about it again."

...

Li Xia took Asuna away.

Kirito, who was overtaken, didn't dare to say a word, but just watched the backs of the two people leaving... with his fists clenched.

He just stood in the dim alley, his face becoming increasingly gloomy:

“Damn trialist, he actually stole my heroine?
In the previous 19 SAO trial copies, I have never seen a novice trialist be able to achieve this level!

grass…"

Hundreds of millions of Sword Art Online trial copies have appeared over the years (each copy will be destroyed and disappear when the trial ends two years later). He has entered more than a dozen of them, and this time is the closest to the heroine.

After much difficulty and at a huge cost, she finally replaced the male protagonist Kirito, but she did not expect that she would be snatched away by the trial-takers.

The heroine didn't get picked up, but was instead capped.

"Damn, damn..."

The people who were responsible for observing him secretly, although they could not hear his curses, could see his resentful expression and the shape of his lips as he cursed.

After noticing this, several people left quietly.

the other side.

Inside the big villa purchased by Li Xia.

“Amazing.

I didn’t expect there was such a nice bath here.”

The blonde girl looked at the large hot spring pool in the room, which was several meters square, and covered her mouth in surprise.

"Take your time soaking. I'll wait for you in the living room."

Li Xia smiled.

Then he closed the door with a click and left.

The girl looked back and felt more relieved after confirming that the bathroom door could be locked.

The safe zone in the city gave her a lot of courage.

“It’s really nice to be able to take a nice bath.”

She took off her cloak and clothes, revealing her smooth collarbone and arms, and then plunged into the large hot spring bath. The appropriate water temperature spread, moisturizing every inch of her body, and she couldn't help but let out a comfortable moan.

After not taking a bath for a month and then suddenly enjoying such a surprise, the satisfaction, comfort and pleasure are something that people who have the conditions to enjoy it frequently will never understand.

In the living room.

Li Xia opened the main menu of the game character and checked the latest news from the guild intelligence team members.

After a quick glance, he was already certain that the protagonist of the original work, Kirito, had been replaced by someone else.

"Is that guy someone who knows all the plots like me?
Or is it the kind of character that mainly follows the mission system and can only obtain relevant information through the mission introduction? "

forget about it.

Kill him first.

You can't let anyone who can affect your profits block your way and snatch your profits.

Even less can they tolerate hidden threats lurking nearby that could stab them in the back at any time.

He is responsible for his own life and the lives of his companions.

"Luckily, I contacted the heroine Asuna, otherwise, she might have taken advantage of me..."

(End of this chapter)