Sword Art Online's
Chapter 20's
The number of lanterns continued to grow and the noise grew louder as they got closer to the city center.After listening to the story of the empty-handed fighter, the atmosphere here was very opposite to the land of the assassins, just the noise of a group of people.
Kirito tries to overcome the problem of ‘not having money’ by selling his knife, from the shop owner he met at the cheap inn and started walking again.
“The currency here is beck. The value of one beck equals one shear in the Human World right?”
“Um? Oh yeah, I guess. A bowl of Obsidia stew is still cheaper anyway.”.
“Do you want to eat that again, senpai?”
“This swordsman-dono can not hide the secret to his former valet lo,hehe.”
After patting Ronye on the head with a pleased face, Kirito pointed at a building to his right.
“It was the lodging suggested by the buyer of my knife earlier.”
It looked like an inn in the Human World, except for its black stone walls with signboards made of iron wearing the sacred letters ‘inapan’ that protruded out. When Ronye saw it, a bad feeling arose in his chest, but he tried to eliminate it before expressing it.
“Hm? Why Ronye?”
He hurriedly shook his head quickly at Kirito who tilted his head.
“No, nothing”
“Alright..today is very tired, let's take a break.”
Afterwards Kirito brought 1 large and small bag and walked to the door of the inn. Fortunately, even though it was almost midnight, the inn was still open. The owner is a woman who is about 40 years old. He looked at Kirito and Ronye with suspicious looks, but no doubt as they said they had come from Faldera to find work.
But it seemed that Kirito could not anticipate there would be any other problems. After saying “one room is enough for both of you!”, the woman doesn't want to hear anything more and shows her the place, he corned them both—other than charge money 100 beck 2x fold over overnight— into the room on the second floor.
“Be sure to leave when the 10am bell rings! The bathroom is hot water, so if you want to wash, you have to go to the bathroom outside, they will give you a discount if you say you are a customer in my place!”
And after nagging, whether it was good or not, the innkeeper disappeared under the stairs.Ronye was silent for a moment, and Kirito said in an awkward tone “Err, because I only know cheap lodging, so be.”.
“No, thank you senpai..”
“I can sleep outside, so you can use this place Ronye.”
“Uh..maybe..”.
“There are other places on the roof or garden, nothing will happen to me.Rest comfortably. I'll be back tomorrow morning.”
Ronye immediately pulled Kirito's shirt out the window.
“I-it was a waste of senpai! It's so cold out there! You'll get cold if you imitate that empty-handed fighter!”
Ronye looked around. There was one simple bed, and one sofa for two.That seemed to be enough for short legs, but I wasn't sure I could sleep.
“I'll sleep on the sofa, senpai, you can use his bed.”.
“It is not like that..which should not be kissing...kissing on the lips and..”.
“And what?”
Ronye held onto Kirito's confused shoulder and pushed him onto the bed.
“You however, senpai is an esteemed Prime Swordsman of the Human World, and I am an apprentice Integrity Knight, so it doesn't matter!”
“Uwoh!”
Kirito's leg slipped on the floor and his back fell onto the bed.Without a second delay, Ronye took off Kirito's suit button and opened his shoes and pushed him to lie down with the expression ‘don't ask again’.
Then Ronye pulled the cotton blanket up to Kirito's neck. When he felt his heart beat unruffled, the Prime Swordsman flashed his smile and laughed.
“...Ronye, you're like my mother.”
“Ah...sorry..my mother always did this when I was little”.
“So yes, sometime I want to meet your parents.”
As Kirito said it while looking at the ceiling, Ronye recalled the time he came home a month ago. Memories of the many wedding plans for him from his family.But he pushed him back.
“Yes, I'm sure my parents would be happy.”
It must be my sister who would be very happy, but when she wanted to say it, Kirito smiled briefly and then closed his eyes. In just a few seconds, he had fallen asleep.His face still looked calm, but he must be tired of flying a dragon machine as far as 3000 kilolu from the Human World.
Letting Kirito sleep in his place, Ronye took off his suit and had a little trouble with the seed lanterns—turned it off by pouring water into it—how deadly.He sat on the sofa leaning against the wall, took off his shoes and put them on the floor, then lay. Already he expected that the sofa will make his legs bulge out, he did not care about the cold felt by using a suit made of cotton and wool from the western area rather than as a substitute for the blanket.
Ronye began to feel sleepy, but he looked at Kirito who was exposed to the light from the city that pierced the window.What would happen if senpai came to my house.
I only know that the Kirito-senpai family is only ‘Swordsman Green Leafa’. In his world, he definitely had parents, siblings, and friends. But until now, he never told me about his family. Or the desire to go home.I think he thought about it too.
There's no reason for that. Although Ronye has family in the same town in Centoria, sometimes he also wants to meet them.But Ronye did not dare to ask Kirito about it. If I wait and say..are you going home? —I don't know the answer. At first I didn't know there was a way to return to the Human World.
What kind of place is that.
The people in the Underworld who fought in the Foreign World War were almost without exception afraid of only knowing the real world by name. No exception Ronye. Just thinking of the crimson troops that took away so many lives of the Human World defense forces and the Dark Territory army alone made an uneasy feeling and the skin turn cold.
But on the other hand, the real world is the original home of Kirito-senpai, and the swordsmen who came to the aid of the forces of the Human World during the Foreign World War.
Even in the Underworld there are good and bad people. The real world may be the same. Anyway, I don't think about trying to open it.
Integrity Knight Alice who roams another world, what does he see there? Will there come a day when we can meet again and hear his story…?
When thinking about it, he felt a strange feeling when he saw the sign in the inn that made him degdegan.But finally he could not resist the drowsiness in his eyes, until he was asleep in a foreign country that was very far away.
