Sword Art Online's
Chapter 18's
2 swords, one big, and one small bag, this girl called Ronye and one of her heavy luggage—bring it all with both hands,Kirito moved to a distance of 10 kilometers with aerial element flying techniques, knowing that the limit of his sacred art's ability to fly stably in the Dark Territory was about 10 kilolu.
During the flight, of course Ronye was so close to Kirito that he kept feeling uneasy, but because he carried heavy things in both hands,he felt that his heartbeat would not be felt.They stopped on a wide road leading to the city and castle of Obsidia.
Smooth rocks such as marble, and the number of humans, half-humans, and trains that pass by each other like in the daytime.Maybe it is still 10 pm because there is no shadow.
—And at 10 it is usually time for Ronye to sleep, when his feet touch the ground, he felt fatigue and drowsiness after traveling far, but he shook his head. His mission as a bodyguard had just begun, or what he was thinking.
“So, let's find an inn over there.”
kirito said as he fixed the position of the Night Sky Sword on his left waist.
Ronye flickered confusedly.
“Um...we will not go to the castle?”
“The flight is closed, and Issukan must be asleep. If the guards saw anyone sneaking up on a night like this, they would think it was a killer.”
“...certainly so yes..”
Although they have investigated the entire Underworld in search of the mysterious killer who killed the inn's janitor, Yazen in southern Centoria who made the young mountain goblin, Oroi as the suspect but in the end it was a mistake,this is not a funny story.
“I understand. But which inn can a human occupy from the Human World without any problems.?”.
Before answering him, Kirito took something from his leather bag and took out a small object.
“Sorry Ronye, excuse me for a minute.”
While saying so, Kirito opened the small bottle and took the contents with his finger.And he brought his face closer to Ronye.
“Uwah!”
Kirito's hand rubbed something sticky on his face, so that Ronye felt stiff.Kirito continued to apply it to his forehead, ears, and cheeks.Then he retreated.See Ronye and nodded.
“Yeah, looks like enough.”
“...a-what is this..?”
He touched his face, but the sticky feeling was gone, and nothing stuck to his finger.Kirito did not answer his question, he also used the object on his face. His skin was white as a human from the Human World.While Ronye and Tieze who were born in Norlangarth, it was darker in color.
In just a few seconds, Kirito's face changed color like kohiru tea.He was like a Southacroith, or perhaps the only one in the Dark Territory.
thinking about it, Ronye finally realized it.
“Ah...is this to impersonate a resident of the Dark Territory?”
“Yap, we have dark hair color, and now it is winter, I think it is impossible to change the color of our face.”
Hearing that, Ronye realized that his face had changed color as he held it with both hands. When Kirito took a quick look at her, he said “good, lumayanlah” with a smile, Ronye felt that her palms were heating up.
“Then senpai, this can be washed right?”
Ronye asked in a worried tone, Kirito hurriedly nodded with his frowning forehead.
“Of course, Kutokonia-san, the pharmacist said this will disappear on its own in 8 hours.”
“It....made of what?”
“You better not know yes, hehe”
After muttering in his last sentence, Kirito patted Ronye's messy hair, and looked towards the east.
In Centoria, there are huge gates and guard rooms on every side of town, but there seems to be nothing like it in the suburbs of Obsidia, the number of buildings there is indeed increasing little by little on each side of the street.No guards are visible.
“So far so good.I guess if anyone asks about our identity.um, we came from Faldera to find work in the northern area of fu—ah, and just say that we are brothers.”
Ronye removed his hand from his cheek and asked the words he had just heard from Kirito.
“Ano...what is Faldera?”
“That's the name of the city which is about 30 kilolu southwest from here.”
Actually he wanted to know the continuation of ‘fu’ that Kirito had said, but he held back his curiosity and nodded.
“I understand, let's go, senpai.”
Ronye wore a hood to his head, picked up the long sword he had not named in his bag and hung it around his waist.Before he took his bag, Kirito first picked it up.
“Ah...senpai, let me just carry my bag..”.
“No no, now I am your brother and you are my sister. Your brother will bring his sister's stuff.”
With a smile, Kirito carried Ronye's bag in his right hand, and by hanging his leather bag on his left shoulder he began to walk.Ronye shook his head quickly as he imagined how he should call Kirito later upon entering the city,he was chasing her too.
(automatically Ronye will call him ‘oni-chan’XD imagine how stubborn he is.)
After they walked for a while on the midnight streets, around them became bright, and at the same time that several humans and half-humans were seen, Ronye felt a sense of relief and tension at the same time.
“What lights up inside that lantern?”
Kirito answered immediately.
“That grain can be found near the mountain, that one seed fist can light up for 10 days.”
“Wow, it's very helpful once huh?”
“If taken to the Human World and sell it, the price can be very high, but it is rather troublesome to carry it because the stone will just burn by itself if it sinks into the water, it will be,so it's kind of hard to take him to a faraway place.”
They walked while chatting until they reached a place that looked crowded. Shaped in a small box with a tent that numbered a lot around it, many people who were drinking and gathered at a table that was straight in the middle.
Half of them were humans with dark skin, there were also some goblins and orks, but they were on the other table. Although “The 5th Peace Treaty of Kubu” was approved and took place in the Dark Territory, the confrontation between the tribes there is still not lost.Ronye thought it was behind Kirito, but Kirito said.
“Hey, seeing them all drinking in the same place like this is a big change.Look, there are empty-handed fighters and a bunch of orks who are chatting with each other at the table next to each other, right?”
“Oh yes, it looks like they toast each other.”
The empty-handed fighter only covered a little part of his head, even though it was already February.The wooden jug made a sound, the worker sitting beside him toast him.Seeing the situation from the entrance,Ronye muttered what he was thinking.
“During the Foreign World War, ork forces came to the aid of empty-handed fighters..they considered ”Swordsman Green” who led them as goddess.”.
Ronye had never met him, but he knew that “Leafa the Green” Swordsman who disappeared when the war ended was Kirito's sister in the real world.
Kirito slightly turned to her for a moment, then he returned to his usual expression and nodded.
“Yes, that is the reason why we can make a deal with the Dark Territory as soon as possible, it is all thanks to Leafa.That is why we must protect this peace no matter what.”
“...true”
Ronye countered back and realized that he wanted to forget about it, an unease that bothered him like a relentless wave. It didn't take long before Kirito continued.
“Well, it's too late but we have to. I could never stand a food market like this.”
“Oh...will we eat here?”
“See, there is a good smell from all those tents.It would be difficult if there was Fanatio-san and Dusolbert-san”.
Kirito clasped his bag and entered the crowd after feeling confident. However Ronye had to follow him, a fragrant scent tickled his nose and reminded him that he was hungry himself.
There were 6 tents lined up there, but from the first it was not clear if they were selling anything.At this time if Ronye had a hard time choosing something, he would definitely ask Tieze who could decide immediately, well but this time his best friend was not beside him.He had to trust the tongue of the Prime Swordsman who was muttering “it grilled meat skewers, it was delicious…but if at a time like this I think noodles with soup on the other side, ah no, whether the bread on the other side is yes.” while looking at the tent one by one.
Usually too, Eugeo-senpai decided it was for Kirito-senpai, so it was not strange if she was confused.After noticing it and smiling for a moment, Ronye pulled on Kirito's shirt.
“Oh senpai, before that, do you have any local money here?”
“…………….”
Kirito turned to look at Ronye and his face immediately turned disappointed.
There are 4 types of fractions of money in the Human World: 1000 gold shear coins, 100 silver shear coins, 10 copper shear coins, and 1 nickel shear coin. There are also those who say that there are 10 thousand white gold coins, but not many owned by ordinary people and lower class nobles, because it is only used for transactions between governments and large merchants.
For Ronye, he always wore shear coins, but since it was a symbol of the Goddess Stacia and the Axiom Church, it certainly would not be applicable in the Dark Territory, in other words, it would be, the other money was needed here.Kirito seemed to notice, he then lowered his shoulders.
“...you know, in the Cathedral we do not use money, so I completely forgot..”.
“Did...did you not bring a single shear at all or..?”
Like a child who was reprimanded by his teacher, Kirito nodded.Ronye did not know what to say.He only looked at the face of the Prime Swordsman for a moment.
(WTF came all the way to the Dark Territory but didn't bring any xD money)
Behind the sword belt that Ronye always wore, there were 1000 golden shears, but of course it could not be used.He also realized that the problem was complicated, and asked Kirito again.
“So...that means we won't be able to get to the inn.?”.
“Umm...I guess..so” Ronye sighed for this incomprehensible reason.
“And if we don't have a penny, how to pay it?”
“Yeah, maybe share automatically from storage..”.
Kirito looked at the tent with a gaze of ‘I have not given up’ and looked towards the giant castle in the sky that night.
“Can't..ayo just pray that Issukan still wake up and we can infiltrate the castle”
–his senpai said, when he had just said we would be suspected as killers!Ronye simply took a breath and tried to think of something, From the top of the two whispering people, someone with a large body appeared.
"...... !?"
Ronye raised his face, spontaneously holding his sword at his left waist. It was a giant standing in front of them.High about 1 mel 19 cen. His wavy muscles on his bare chest, using a skin headband and countless scars on his reddish skin signifies that he is an empty-handed fighter.The faint light of the lantern is not quite visible whether he is too drunk or what,or indeed his face is naturally red.
“Hey son, need money to eat?”
