Sword Art Online's
Chapter 12's
After all, Ronye still felt unaccustomed to walking alone with Asuna.
Although he is the Vice-Prime Swordsman of the United Council of the Human World, it was not a reason for her to come to the world outside the Underworld.It was when in the midst of the Foreign World War a year 3 months ago when Asuna came to the Underworld.As a decoy from the army of the Human World, the, Ronye and Tieze focused on messing up the plans of the Dark Territory leader back then, the Vector Leader who had destroyed
everything before it really became a decoy.
Ronye himself had been attacked by the forces of darkness that broke through the headquarters of the forces of the Human World, unfortunately his sword was thrown and he had been on the verge of death, and Asuna appeared there.
Riding on a black jet in the dark sky, Asuna appeared with her shining light, which was nothing but the Goddess Stacia, the ones on the paintings in the Arabel family and the paintings in the Sword Mastery Academy.
Asuna raised a sword that glittered with rainbow light and made a giant hole in the ground and drove away the dark army that almost killed Ronye. Ronye who saw the miracle believed that Asuna was the Goddess of Stacia.
After that, Asuna as well as Kirito—and also Leader Vector of the dark forces that Ronye fought—is “real man”. Even so, Ronye's gratitude and respect never disappeared even though it had been years after the war.
But there was another feeling that pierced Ronye's heart so quickly.It was because Asuna was “someone special to Kirito”, everyone already knew. Asuna entering the Underworld was because she wanted to save Kirito who had lost his soul back then.
Although he talked to her in the window on that sunny day, or forgot to give salt at lunch, when Ronye saw the Prime Swordsman for no reason, Ronye's strong feelings felt, and she was very happy, that Kirito and Asuna are strongly bonded with love.
"I never thought to disturb them both, no matter what happens in the future.it is not so far away, perhaps, the ritual of their marriage will take place, and in that moment, it will be, I just want to give them a prayer.But.......but.no matter how much time will pass, the day when the pain in my heart disappears, I feel it will never come…"
Seeing Asuna walking in front of him, Ronye felt too much thinking while climbing the stairs, the distance of his body behind Asuna was almost close when asuna stopped stepping.He managed to avoid collisions with Asuna's back and looked around, looking around, they stood in front of an armour storage area on the 3rd floor of the Cathedral.
A relief on the great gate, depicting the Goddess Solus and Terraria. Only the head of the church, the commander of the knights, and the highest minister could open the gate. Now everyone can visit the place if they write their name on the table behind the door, but of course they are not allowed to bring things inside out.
Asuna wrote her name with ink made of copper on a sheet of “sheep paper recently produced from the capital, made of white hemp leather in place of paper, which is made from the, without hesitation, he entered it. As it was late in the afternoon, there were no guests there, and darkness welcomed them.
Asuna touched the glass beside the entrance and chanted sacred art.
"System Call, Generate Luminous Element"
With one finger, he let out 10 lights in that tube and one wind element.
The 10 lights moved into tubes along the wall to illuminate the entire armor storage area.
Like hemp paper and copper pens, ‘’ light tubes and candles of this light element were developed by Kirito and Asuna. Unlike torches and lanterns, there is no need for fire hazards and the white light remains confined there, even with a glass tube, the light still requires a supply with sacred art. Although it could replace the entire torch at the Cathedral, it still seemed difficult to spread it throughout the city of Centoria.
After more than 10 bright lights illuminated, the entire armor storage area became bright, and Ronye who had just entered it breathed a sigh of relief.Many armors of various colors lined up throughout the place, and many of them were still breathing, an area as vast as the training field in the Sword Mastery Academy, the countless number of large and small sized swords, spears and axes hanging on the high walls. There might be a high-powered weapon that senior Integrity Knights had, but it was still impossible for a trainee like Ronye to tell the difference.
“...as usual, great view."
Upon hearing the amazed tone from Ronye, Asuna nodded.
“That's true, but most of this is all a necessity belonging to Rina—I mean General Selurute of the army of the Human World. It seemed that Kirito wanted to let all of this be used by all the forces from the Human World and the Dark Territory, but Dusolbert forbade it.”
“Is that a difficult problem?."
He could only give a short answer, and he felt another tremor in his shoulder.
Needed an important support for the Dark Territory, Ronye recalled seeing goblins starving children back then. But in his mind, Kirito's words flashed back [the war will start again.]
I want the families and students in North Centoria, Knight Cathedral, and the priests and Tieze of course, to be safe. And to guarantee it at least they have valuable weapons.
Asuna stood behind Ronye and patted him on the shoulder.He said to her with a strange look.
“So...hm.Integrity Knight apprentice Ronye Arabel, how great is your ability.
in control of weapons?”
“Eh what…? Why is Asuna-sama asking like that..?”.
“Nothing, it's okay."
Ronye looked at the face of the second strongest swordswoman in the honorable Human World. Hey, I haven't checked it myself, but thinking about it, he made a sign in the air with his left hand and gave it light with his right.
‘Stacia’ window appears with a soft light, which depicts the information and core of a person—Kirito calls it ‘personal planner’—so it is impolite if anyone else peeks at it, unless in an emergency. To protect his window from Asuna's sight, Ronye took a step back and uttered the sentence [object control]
“Er..around 39.
”
“Excellent, almost equal the number of knights mostly here”
Asuna smiled sweetly then went towards the wall while muttering ‘then.’ she kept moving to a place where many swords –one hand-with a variety of colors and designs, and she kept moving to a place where many swords one hand-hand-with a variety of colors and designs, he chose as many as 4 pieces with each holding 2 pieces in both hands, then arranged them near a chair.
“Priority numbers 38 and 39. Choose what you like, Ronye-san.”
Unexpected words spoken from Asuna's mouth that made her interlocutor pause for a moment.
Speaking of the 39th priority, it was not a high level of divine object, but it was a sword that was still categorized as unique and one-of-a-kind. Indeed, the 4 swords lined up there have a beautiful shape, and they are all shiny like sharp blades with different tip shapes. Although the ‘Four Swing Knife’ reported by Fanatio uses the original sword style, knight trainees do not expect to get it as a gift.
As Ronye shook his hands and head together, Asuna slightly grinned and said.
“Hmm, your movements are a little similar to Kirito-kun.”
“Uh...yah..maybe..”.
“Hehe, you don't need to hold onto Ronye-san, I have obtained permission from the commander of Fanatio and among all you are a brave girl who fought during that war until the end of the”
“.....i-it's just...”
Again, he shook his head.
“...i have been protected by Asuna-sama and Renri-sama, as well as many other Human World warriors, and swordsmen who came from the real world…when the dark knight did a bad thing to Kirito-senpai, even though I was there, I could do nothing.”.
“Not really, actually.”
Asuna advanced closer to Ronye and held both of her shoulders gently. Ronye's stiff body for the first time felt the scent of jasmine flowers so warm from Asuna's body.
“It was Ronye-san, Tieze-san, and Alice, who had protected Kirito when he could not move. To me, you two are heroes. I'm still not enough to thank.”.
Her eyes that were starting to feel wet, Ronye muttered.
“Alice-sama..why should she go..”.
Afterwards Asuna replied with certainty.
“He is fine in the real world, he is the hope that binds these two worlds, I am sure someday we will definitely meet him again.”.
After reaching out her hands and hugging Ronye, Asuna smiled at him.
“Now, choose that sword, not just for you, it is also a weapon to protect Kirito-kun.”
After that, he could not repeat it again.
Ronye looked back at the 4 swords Asuna had chosen. All of them were 4 swords that were straight for one hand, but the hilt and tip of the sword looked slim and thin, and he deeply understood that choosing a suitable one was not only a priority, but also to show the level of Ronye himself.
It is known as a result of Kirito's analysis of the highest-level weapons, equipment and decorative objects with a priority exceeding 30, plus the number of lives displayed on the Stacia window, it looks like it has ‘ hidden natural strength’. Including large amounts of attack absorption, toxins, fatigue levels, dark arts, and or on the contrary, it can help to produce specific, rarer elements, the speed of improvement in the number of lives can increase or one of them is able to see in the dark, he said, although there are also strange effects that arise such as the liking of a dog.
Plus, that the Divine Object of the Integrity Knight had changed since the supreme goddess Administrator vanished, having a hidden natural ability could strengthen the sacred art, which meant that it was not just weapons, either, but also the abilities of a knight that Administrator had known were more detailed than in the Stacia Window.
Not long ago, the highest priest of Cathedral seemed to be doing his best to perform ’ sacred techniques unlocking hidden natural abilities’, unfortunately it takes a long time. So said Kirito.
The 4 swords that were in front of Ronye should also have different natural abilities, but if only from the outside it would not be visible. He had to try it with sacred art all over, or run around the Cathedral and check the healing speed of his life, but it was a little difficult, as it was impossible to do so now considering he was about to leave tomorrow in the morning blind.He felt there was a soft voice deep in his memory as he stood up without knowing which one to choose.
"…in the past, this sword was very heavy, difficult to lift, let alone swing…"
That person was holding a beautiful blue long sword, the person whom Tieze had once served as a valet, the elite swordsman Eugeo. In front of him was the elite swordsman Kirito who was smiling while polishing his black sword, nearby was a table with a tea pot and honey pie that smelled so delicious. It was a long time ago, 2 years ago that has passed.
Back then, Ronye and Tieze were first-rate students who had just entered the Centoria Sword Mastery Academy. It happened after they got good results on the entrance exam and they were able to enter, out of 120 participants who signed up only about 12 people were selected, he said, they still had a constraint in holding the 15th priority platinum oak sword they had, so they asked the seniors how to hold the heavy sword.
With ease Eugeo lifted the soft and slender looking ‘’Blue Rose Sword”, which was actually heavier than the iron made with a 2-handed sword, then continued on.[in theory, when controlling the weapon, while using the power, the action of the swordsman is to surpass the weapon, so that the sword will not be heavy.]
[But I think the relationship between the sword and its owner is something that cannot be described by numbers alone. Although the weapon has a lower power than its owner so it will not respond or will not be held as usual. I couldn't swing this sword just yet because I didn't have the strength, but because my connection to this sword wasn't enough.
“Relationship.. on sword”.
Just the first time hearing about it, Ronye and Tieze were confused. They were both 6th generation children, the lowest noble class, the, and their parents dreamt their children would grow up and be successful enough to become 4th generation so that they would not live in fear in the power of senior nobles anymore,so they assume there is no cost to train their children sword techniques. Most importantly, if the wooden sword was to be damaged due to great training, they would be happy to replace it.
For both of them, a sword is a dream, and at the same time they are shackled to realize their future. So if someone says that a connection to the sword is necessary, they will not immediately understand.
And to the two of them, Eugeo said it with a smile.
“Not only swords, clothes, shoes, cutlery.anything that requires sacred art, or,
if you open your heart and share your love with them, they will respond. Humans too, maybe.”
Then Kirito who heard the last 2 sentences had stopped polishing his ‘Night Sky Sword’ sword which he called the black sword at that time, and he smiled.
“Yes, Eugeo and I have opened our minds. For example, I had a relationship with Eugeo's pie, and I happily ate it after getting permission from him.”
“Sorry yes, but I will also eat yours too with my connection, Kirito.”
When he heard it unknowingly Ronye smiled and laughed, as if he understood Eugeo's words.Since that day, it was, with the permission of the guard dormitory they both decided to clean and polish the platinum oak swords from the training room every day and repair the damage after the practice. It did not take long until they easily swung the wooden sword.
They were secretly hoping to enjoy the days in this academy forever. But a month and a half later, Eugeo and Kirito attacked another elite swordsman with his Blue Rose and Night Sky Sword while trying to help Tieze and Ronye who were taken to the Axiom church.
Afterwards they escape from the labyrinth, pass through obstacles in the Axiom church itself, kill the greatest knight in the world and finally defeat the supreme goddess Administrator who is the ruler of this world. But in the fight Eugeo ran out of his life and became the only one who would never return.
