I, the little cat, am a substitute for others who are starving and thin

"Kirito."

"Stupid Kirito. Just stand here and don't leave."

She cursed out some dirty words in a clear voice and put aside the matter of settling accounts with Kirito for the time being, because now she only knew how to use the Spear of Longinus to break the warning, but if she was not careful she might kill someone.

The same thing happened to the black woman she killed a few days ago. She didn't even try to hit the woman before she broke into pieces. It was inexplicable.

Although the man in front of him was hateful, Maomao didn't want to beat him to death.

He trotted over to Silica and held out his hand: "Give it back to me."

"Eh?"

Silica, who had lost most of her fear because of what Kirito had just said, was confused: "Didn't you already give it all to me?"

Why would you want something back after you've given it away? Especially since you're just an NPC.

"I didn't give you the bowl. I gave you something, and you took the bowl away. The fish you gave me isn't tasty either, you thief!"

Yimi accused her.

"sorry?"

Silica apologized in a puzzled tone.

It seems like a misunderstanding.

But where in this game world is there a setting where you only get food but no cutlery? And the only valuable thing about this fish soup is the bowl!

Seeing that the item could probably be sold for a lot of money and was evidence that she had completed the Bugnpc mission, Silica reluctantly took it out of her inventory and returned it to her in order to prevent the other party from searching through her inventory.

"Humph."

"But, but you didn't give me any reward for completing the task. Isn't it too much to deny my efforts by saying that the fish meat is not tasty?"

Silica felt a little guilty when she said this. Catching a fish casually was simply a tutorial-level task.

But what she said made sense, which made Yimi look down at the fish soup in her hand in confusion.

Although she likes this little bowl very much, Natsuki Subaru actually helped her wash a few more in the previous world.

Yimi pointed at Kirito: "Can you hit him?"

"Why are you asking this question? Although attacking each other within the circle is not allowed, it seems that you can submit a duel request..."

Is this really something an NPC can ask?

A duel is a means of fighting within a circle, and can have conditions such as "victory determined by half health" and "victory determined by successful heavy attack first".

"Then help me beat him, and I'll give you the small bowl."

"Eh?"

Silica's taskbar update: Help @@beat up that stupid Kirito.

Mission reward: @@'s fish soup.

Silica glanced at the super rare reward, then looked at Kirito who came to rescue her.

Showing some apology: "I'm sorry, Mr. Kirito, I will compensate you."

Silica challenged you to a duel.

Kirito: "?"

6

Chapter 6 How can I regret it?

The thief girl is really useless. The stupid Kirito can't beat her even if he just stands there and doesn't move.

"Silica, come on!"

"Damn it, this guy is so insulting!"

The two boys just now were still cheering Silica on.

Because the Tamer profession is so rare in SAO, and Silica is a rare female player who is also very beautiful. She has idol-like popularity among the middle level, and everyone wants to form a team with her, although everyone basically regards her as a mascot.

Although it is called a profession, this game actually does not have a clear division of professions. Taming means that some individuals of certain monsters may not actively attack the player, and if the player happens to prepare food that the other party likes, they can feed it, and then there is a surprise bonus.

No one understands the specific mechanism yet. Silica is considered a lucky person. She happened to meet a little dragon that did not attack her and happened to prepare the other party's favorite food.

But after she published her guide, no other successful examples emerged. Taming animals also carries significant risk; few people are willing to gamble on whether a monster will attack them. Life here is short, and there's no room for error.

This made her a very popular one, and someone even proposed to her when she was only twelve or thirteen years old.

Unfortunately, being unique does not mean that one is very strong.

Kirito stood there motionless, helplessly watching the little girl in front of him constantly attacking him, and ended the battle with a casual swing of his sword.

"Sorry……"

After realizing the difference, Silikane lay on the ground with a look of frustration, and could only watch the rare item that had once gone into her pocket slip away from her.

"Well."

Seeing Yimi pouting, Kirito quickly waved his hand to make amends: "After we leave the town, maybe you can beat me up, how about I give it back to you?"

"it is good."

A pop-up window popped up in Kirito's taskbar.

Mission: Let @@ punch you.

Mission Reward:

"..."

With such a strong desire for revenge and interactivity, how could it be an ordinary NPC?

Maybe he's used to walking alone. Anyone would feel lonely. Now he even started to have serious conversations with NPCs.

"Wait a minute, add me first... um."

Silica, who wanted to stop Yimi, was suddenly stunned.

Because she felt it was a shame to let such a quest item go, she wanted to add a friend so that they could do it together later. Normal behavior always makes people subconsciously ignore that the other person is just a bunch of data.

Hmm…data.

Silica glanced at the food in her inventory, took out her favorite cake and handed it to Yimi: "Here, I can give it to you."

Try to tame an animal.

"Well, you're a good person."

Yimi took the cake, and her dissatisfaction with Silica suddenly disappeared.

Taming the beast failed.

"this is for you."

But Yimi gave Silica the bowl of fish soup she had always dreamed of.

……

……

If Yimi wasn't an NPC, Kirito would have wanted to use the teleportation item to leave with her. The price of this item wasn't very cheap recently, but he hated attracting attention more than saving a crystal.

If he let the rumored NPC follow him out, he would undoubtedly attract a lot of attention, not to mention that he was the one who just started the long speech.

I took a slight detour to try to avoid as many witnesses as possible.

Kirito wanted to investigate everything about this child. Apart from Rosaria, the victim, and the rumored deceased and witnesses, he was probably the only one who knew that this child might really have the nature to attack players.

He was a little too saintly, but in this game where everyone risked their lives, he still didn't want to attack an NPC who could communicate and was just a child.

Moreover, if that light was the same person who crashed the game, then that person would be doing him a favor...

"What's your name?"

"Yimi."

"That's a good name. Now that we're outside the safety zone, you should be able to attack me, but no weapons allowed. I didn't use any weapons when I hit you."

Kirito put his hands on his hips and straightened his back, saying righteously: "Then get ready to fight."

But in fact, he was already laughing in his heart.

There is no pain in this game. Sorry, little sister, this is what despicable adults do...

“Pfft—”

Kirito experienced a feeling he hadn't had in over a year.

Mission completed, no reward.

He clutched his stomach in pain and lay on the ground: "You are Kayaba Akihiko's biological daughter, right?... Did he create this world to resurrect you?..."

"Nya? Kayaba Akihiko, who is that?"

Yimi sucked her finger in confusion.

Those innocent big eyes didn't seem to be lying. After all, this world even had a sense of taste, and the sense of pain might just be blocked behind the scenes of the program. Maybe a bug would dig it up again. Seeing this, I didn't want to make an enemy of this kid even more.

"Consider it my nonsense."

Kirito looked at his HP. Even though the hit was extremely painful, it was only HP-1.

It seems that the previous rumors were probably just some unlucky people who wanted to kill NPCs for fun.

He sat down cross-legged, trying his best to avoid the pain he had just felt, and softened his tone: "Does Yimi know what kind of identity he is?"

Is it the game manager that was supposed to exist? Or is it really a bugnpc with a code conflict?

Yimi didn't want to talk to him because he asked her to take revenge, so the idiot Kirito is now the little idiot Kirito, but she doesn't want to pay attention to the little idiot Kirito either.

"What a weird little temper."

Kirito reluctantly took out the menu, took out the sandwich he had prepared for himself and handed it to her.

Yimi took it and said, "I am a cat."

What does cat mean?

The questions he asked might be a bit strange, trying to ask the NPC if they knew that they were NPCs... But compared to these, trying to have a friendly conversation with the NPC was even stranger.

"Then do you know why the game crashed last year?"

Yimi didn't answer. She looked down at the sandwich in her hand that she hadn't eaten yet, then looked up at Kirito.

hint.

"So greedy, could you please leave some for me?"

Kirito took out the black bread and gave it to Yimi.

I do feel a tummy ache, but I can buy more anyway.

The kitten took it and answered truthfully: "I don't know."

“…Give it back to me!”

Kirito reached out and tried to grab the bread back.

Do these two weird things count as answers? How can an NPC be so mean!

"You gave it all to me, and you still want it back!"

Yimi took back her things and ran away, looking at Kirito warily.

How can you regret it!

How dare you say that?

Kirito was speechless for a while, but he did not forget that he was facing a child.

and……

"Very uneasy, huh?"

He put his hand on Yimi's head and rubbed it.

When you encounter a player, they will attack you for no reason. But in fact, trying to see if you can attack NPCs is something everyone does when they start playing the game. What would you think if NPCs have their own moods?