A journey to another world starting from a sword

"That's settled then." Dante shrugged at the others, indicating that the matter was resolved.

It's a bit difficult for six people to squeeze into a two-person room, but it's much better for four people.

Silica, Lisbeth, and Lingyin all breathed a sigh of relief, while Mitt had no objections, as she was indifferent to the situation.

So they parted ways for the time being, and Dante and Asuna, led by Kizmel, entered the living room of her room.

"Wow, what a beautiful room!" Asuna exclaimed as she ran to the large window at the back of the room.

Kizmel chuckled and then said, "Since I arrived at the last minute, Lord Yoferis has arranged a room for me to stay in by myself."

"Asuna and I will stay in the room on the left, and Dante can sleep in the empty room on the right. Please don't hesitate to ask if you need anything. This is what you told me, so please make yourself at home."

“Okay.” Dante and Asuna, who were very satisfied with the luxurious presidential suite, looked at each other and then smiled.

"Well, it's not the first time something like this has happened," Asuna remarked casually, seemingly used to it, before turning back to look out the window.

This time we didn't sleep in the same space; the bedrooms were separate.

However, Dante was a little curious: if they didn't advance the mission, could they continue to live with Kizil in this luxurious castle where food and lodging were provided?

...Suddenly, I feel that such a life, if it happened in reality, wouldn't be bad—no! It should be excellent!

Unfortunately, this is a game, and only games can do something that's almost like exploiting a bug.

"You should rest well today. You must be very tired." Kizmel walked between Dante and Asuna, reached out and hugged them, though he immediately let go.

"Where is the bathroom?" Asuna turned to ask Kizmel.

“There.” Kizmel pointed to one of two small doors outside the door leading to the dormitory, which was next to the east dormitory. The other door was actually a wardrobe.

Just as Asuna was about to go and see what was so special about the bathroom, a sentence from Kizmel made her turn around abruptly.

"However, there is an even more magnificent bathhouse on the third floor of the city hall."

This statement greatly piqued Asuna's curiosity, making her want to find out more.

"Let's go and take a look together."

Asuna didn't just say this to Kizmel and Dante; she also invited the other girls in the guild to say the same thing.

Although this place isn't exactly a maze, without Kizmel's guidance, they probably would have taken a long time to find it.

Arriving at the west wing of the city hall, passing through the archway, the floor covered with red velvet carpet turns into white marble tiles, and the soft lighting on the walls creates a very warm atmosphere.

Turn right along the corridor, and you'll soon reach the end. When the arched entrance reappears on the left wall, you can already hear the echo of water coming from deep within.

Asuna peered inside curiously and discovered that this was the undressing area.

At the same time, she also noticed that the bathing areas did not seem to be separated.

"Why isn't this bathroom separate?" Lingyin asked cautiously.

Dante originally intended to explain it this way, perhaps because elves have a mixed bathing culture.

“Because this is actually Lord Yoferis’s home, people usually shower in the bathroom of their rooms. However, there used to be many gatherings of nobles here,” Kizmel explained, then stepped into the dressing room, his hand slowly pulling up the shoulder strap of his dress, revealing half of his proud northern hemisphere.

"Wait—wait!!! Kizmel! Wait!" Asuna glared at someone hastily, then ran over at lightning speed to stop Kizmel's actions.

"Dante!" Silica called out with a worried expression.

"I wasn't watching," Dante explained, arms crossed, while turning his head away as if to prove himself.

"What's wrong, Asuna?" Kizmel seemed confused. "Didn't we bathe together?"

Originally, this was only meant for Asuna, but as he said it, Kizmel also glanced at Dante.

"!"

“That’s right…” Asuna was thinking about how to explain and didn’t notice Kizmel’s gaze.

"Actually, when we humans bathe together, men and women wear something called a swimsuit," Dante explained solemnly.

"Right, right!" Asuna, who had been thinking of giving up, suddenly realized that they had prepared swimsuits in advance.

Dante defused a crisis in an instant and gained the right to enter the baths together, which was certainly part of his plan.

It's strange, even though swimsuits and underwear are similar in shape, girls are ashamed to show their underwear, but they don't seem to mind showing their swimsuits to him. Some even seem to enjoy it and look forward to getting his opinion.

As for the swimsuits of everyone except Asuna, Dante praised them all equally.

"It suits you perfectly."

Chapter 105: So you wanted to touch me too?

As for Asuna's swimsuit pose, we've already seen it twice, so mentioning it again now would seem a bit deliberate.

"Wait a minute, is that all you have to say? That's so perfunctory!" Lisbeth exclaimed, puffing out her cheeks as she saw Dante's interest was entirely focused on the distant night sky.

"Huh?" Dante turned his head in confusion, his eyebrows arching high, the meaning of which was quite clear, as if to say, "What are you talking about?"

“I meant my thoughts! My thoughts!” Lisbeth said, pumping her fist. “Your tone was too flat!”

Ah. Come to think of it, I did hear it just now.

The sounds that kept coming from the changing area.

"Wow~ Sister Mitt is so cool."

"This swimsuit is pretty good, isn't it?"

“Silica is cute too.”

"Miss Asuna is so beautiful."

"Hey, Miss Kizmel!"

......

Compared to their excited words, my own words did seem rather weak.

“Hmm, the swimsuit is cute,” Dante said.

“Cute…” Lisbeth lowered her head as if she had lost all her strength, feeling somewhat dejected. She had clearly chosen a sexy swimsuit.

"What's wrong?" Although Dante had sensed something, he still didn't know how much of a blow his words had dealt to the girl.

"Hahaha..." Lingyin covered her mouth and chuckled softly, clearly teasing Lisbeth.

So she immediately faced Lisbeth's retort, "Ah! Lingyin, you're laughing! You..."

"ah--"

The two engaged in a chase around the large public bath.

"You two shouldn't fall," Asuna gently reminded them.

Dante thought Asuna's worries were unnecessary. In SAO, players generally don't feel pain. Even if you accidentally slip and fall, hitting your head on the floor won't cause any problems.

“Um… Dante…” Silica stood timidly next to Dante, her cautious demeanor reminding him of the first few days after they met.

After thinking for a moment, Dante reached out and patted Silica's head. "Silica is very cute."

Although it's impolite to say this, it is indeed a higher evaluation than Lisbeth, because Dante said that Lisbeth's swimsuit was cute.

"Hehehe..." Silica shyly stroked her ruffled hair.

"Dante, Asuna, let's take a bath first," Kizmel said with ease, showing off his model-like figure.

"That's right."

The group sat down in the southwest corner of the bathhouse, soaking in the water while admiring the lake at night.

Asuna glanced gently at Lingyin and Liz, who were entangled together, and said with a smile, "Liz probably wants you to praise her for being mature."

"Sexy?" Dante muttered, then shook his head.

Although he admitted that Lisbeth has the most feminine features among the guild girls, sexiness is a quality that is clearly not something that the current high school girl Lisbeth, who is full of girlish charm, can handle.

Thinking of this, he looked at Asuna sitting next to him. Asuna was indeed someone with a promising future, but unfortunately, the characters' figures in SAO do not change.

If two years had passed in reality, Liz's negligible advantage would have been easily surpassed by Asuna, and she could be categorized as a beauty who could perfectly capture various qualities.

"What's wrong?" Asuna immediately covered her belly button and looked away.

But judging from the way Asuna kept shifting her eyes, she seemed to be expecting something.

"Oh, I'm sorry... but that swimsuit is really beautiful," Dante complimented tactfully.

"So pretty..." Asuna turned her face to the other side, then blushed and muttered softly, "Wouldn't it be better to just say 'cute' at a time like this..."

She felt somewhat embarrassed because she was the only one who was described as beautiful.

“…” Sitting next to Asuna, Mito seemed to be attracted by the scenery and turned his head to look at the lake below.

Realizing he couldn't show favoritism, Dante looked past Asuna at Mito and said, "Mitor is more about being cool."

I originally thought Mitt would just casually say thank you or something, after all, she's always been the cool type of girl.

Instead, Mitt, with his hands resting on the edge of the pool, slowly submerged half of his face in the water, then exhaled bubbles, "...I understand."

Her expression looked somewhat melancholy, with her eyes and eyebrows raised. Although she usually appeared much more mature than Liz, Mitsu wasn't even a high school girl yet.

It's not surprising that the girl reacted this way.

"So humans have a habit of praising each other in the bath," Kizmel, sitting on Dante's other side, thought to himself.

"..." Actually, that's not entirely true, Dante originally wanted to say, but then he thought better of it.

"It's only when wearing a swimsuit that you would compliment someone of the opposite sex like that." However, Asuna, who has never gone to the beach with someone of the opposite sex, has never encountered this situation. As for family trips... her father and brother don't count as members of the opposite sex.

“I see.” Kizmel, who had learned some strange human knowledge, nodded and decided to put it to good use. “Dante, you have a great physique.”

"Pfft, cough cough cough..." Mitt choked on the water and stood up abruptly from the hot water.

Unaware that Dante was stunned, Kizmel continued, "This body appears to have undergone quite rigorous training, which must be very rare among humans."

Asuna, Mito, and Silica all agreed with this. When they first met, Asuna even wondered what the other person did in real life.

"You flatter me," Dante said with an awkward smile, it was unclear whether he accepted it readily or was simply being modest.

“No, they really are muscles full of power and quality,” Kizmel said with an expression that said she would never lie. “By the way, may I touch them?”

"Huh?" "Ah." "Eek!"

"..." Dante was speechless for a moment.

On the other side, Lisbeth and Lingyin, barefoot and stomping on the tiles, were finally nearing the end of their chase when a huge jet of water erupted with a "splash!"

Asuna shifted her gaze, and when she turned back, she found that Kizmel had already started.

"Wait! Kizmel." Asuna leaned out and grabbed Kizmel's hand.

"What's wrong? Asuna, do you want to touch it too?" Kizmel raised her eyes and blinked.

"...No! I don't want to at all!" After a slight hesitation, Asuna denied it firmly.

As he spoke, he gave the innocent-looking person a fierce glare.

"...?" A question mark slowly appeared in Dante's mind.

What does it have to do with him?

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Chapter 106: Rejoining the Team

"Ahem, Kizmel, only people with close relationships among humans can have skin-to-skin contact," Dante said, coughing lightly as he was caught in the middle.

“But I feel that my relationship with you guys is close enough,” Kizmel said with a completely natural air about him.

This made Dante wonder if the game design team had omitted most of the common-sense knowledge when designing the NPCs of intelligent races, only retaining the underlying logic.

Just as Kizmel looked at him and began to speak, Dante sensed something was wrong and interrupted him, feigning composure, "Speaking of which, I forgot to tell you, Kizmel."

"what?"

"You look very sexy in your swimsuit." Although it would deepen Kizil's misunderstanding of humans, Dante said it without hesitation.

Then I got a hard punch to my side. "Ouch!"

Reaching up to rub the throbbing spot, Dante complained with a bitter expression, "Ouch—Asuna's side hook hurts so much even inside the ring."