Sword Art Online's
chapter 27's
Kirito and Ronye returned to their room, changed their clothes and took out a sword, then started searching from the 49th floor.But they did not open all the doors. Kirito has an amazing ability where he is able to find Scheta who is inside the castle from a distance as far as the river side the other day, he could feel the human aura and minions behind the doors and walls without opening them.It only required concentration from floor to floor.
Nearly 2 hours later they continued to search from floor to floor, Kirito showed the necklace Issukan gave him around his neck every time they met the guards, the lowest floor in the castle and weapons storage.
Kirito closed his eyes and stood up straight and then he shook his head.
“They are not here.”
After taking a heavy breath, he leaned his back against the stone wall. The storage of the weapon was shapeless, there was only light from the seed lantern that moved slightly in the quiet hallway.Seeing Kirito's anxious face, Ronye nervously asked him.
“...Does that mean they've escaped..?”.
“Uh..that means that those injured minions flew over 3 kilolu in 2 minutes.”
“Ti-three kilolu…? Did senpai feel it that far too.?”.
“Depends on the target, but it's about the size of those minions. If 1.5 kilolu per minute, then 90 kilolu per hour.
“Same as a dragon..is there any cooperation between Dark Knight and dragon.?”.
As Ronye asked him again, Kirito shook his head again.
“I can feel the size of the dragon if it is about 10 kilolu away. But the real dragon is unlikely to fly that far within 2 minutes, another story if it's a dragon machine.”.
Kirito suddenly broke his words, muttered ‘gak maybe’, and immediately denied it.
“No...if using the dragon machine, you should be able to hear his noisy voice, not the sound of ‘dump batu’...-wait, what objects produce the sound of rock bang?”
Hearing that Ronye thought hard, but he found nothing.He recalled Lisetta's warmth when drinking milk on his arm, and the sound of his laughter at dinner. As Ronye pressed his hands against his chest, Kirito said to him.
“Lisetta is hope for two worlds, don't let her get killed.”
Hearing Kirito say confidently, Ronye felt a clear resolve, she took her breath.Kirito's face leaning against the wall was blocked by shadows, so she could not see his face. Nervously he approached her and held both of her shoulders.
“...impossible..it is very unlikely if senpai had to sacrifice himself..”.
Silently for a moment, Kirito replied.
“I told you, if I die in this world, I won't really die. If Lisetta can't be saved, then I—”
Ronye instantly cut Kirito's words as he was about to say ‘I'll die’ with his exclamation.
“No! Whatever the reason I can't..I don't want to if I can't see Kirito-senpai again..!”.
Ronye pressed his face against Kirito's chest. The silver necklace on Kirito's chest knocked on his head, but the pain was nothing compared to the pain on his chest.
“For me, the purpose of my life is to follow and serve senpai. I've decided to stay by your side. But if Senpai has to sacrifice himself, then I will too! I will be executed with you too!”
Ronye said it was like taking her hostage, but that was exactly what she thought, without any agreement.
".......Ronye..."
Calling his name in a raucous voice, Kirito held onto both of Ronye's shoulders.
He could understand the feeling, actually Kirito could have held Ronye or made him sleep for 2-3 days— until it was over. But it was in vain. If Kirito was executed when he woke up, he would definitely follow him.Kirito's right hand stroked Ronye's hair slowly, he whispered.
“...thank you, Ronye. I will not give up, I will definitely save Lisetta.and then we, we will return to Cathedral, our home.”.
As Ronye heard it, tears flowed from both of his eyes. He nodded and tried to answer in his tears.
“B-good..good..”.
Unable to speak anymore, Ronye just continued to tightly hug Kirito's body.And Kirito stroked the hair of his former valet in the Sword Mastery Academy until he felt calm.
So fast, the 6 o'clock bell had rang and they went to the hall on the first floor, the, to meet Scheta and Issukan who returned from the Dark Art Master group headquarters They came together and told him everything, but unfortunately it was impossible to get information about the kidnapper just like that.
“The Dark Art Master member who did nothing suddenly disappeared during the Foreign World War, but he did not exercise control of minions. I asked them, they can't cope with ‘Lotest Law’”
Scheta added with a depressed facial expression.
“There is one more thing..about a month ago, it looks like the clay making place is arranged by them, a lot of the soil see the best quality disappear.”
“How much is that exactly?”
When Kirito asked, he replied with an unpleasant face.
“Around the size of 3 minions. They brought it without reporting at the 5th Conference Kubu.yah, we have heard this before, we can not expect something like this.”.
Issukan asked Kirito who muttered.
“I've received the report from the guards, how about you?”
“Bad..I have searched the entire castle from top to bottom, but there is not the slightest trace of minions or Lisetta. If there is a secret room that you do not know as well.it is the same...they will not be able to avoid my detection even if they hide outside this place.”.
“Then it means they have already escaped to a faraway place.”.
Issukan ruffled his hair. His wife touched his hand and grasped it tightly.In the silent hall, the sound of the large door of the castle being closed rang out.
Not only the sound of the door, but the creaking hinge sound coming from the Obdisia carving, the sound coming from the powerful minerals as they rub against each other was very unique. His voice was similar to the sound of lightning from afar, and Ronye remembered something because of it.
When flight experiments with dragon engine version 1 at Central Cathedral. To prevent the dragon machine from colliding with the top of the Cathedral, Asuna-sama used her Goddess Stacia ability and shifted the top of the Cathedral from the 95th floor and raised it. The pieces of marble floor that rubbed against each other gave rise to the sound of friction, like the bang of a rock.
“...That's it! Scheta-sama..”.
Ronye stood in front of Scheta and immediately said it.
“There's a giant door made of Obsidia here isn't it? Near the room Scheta-sama and Issukan-sama?”
“Door Obsidia…? No.. Almost all doors here are made of wood and the window frame is made of iron.”
“Then is there a certain mechanism such as swiping stones?”
Kirito added when he heard it.
“The sound of the stone bang was heard by the guards.if there was something like a secret door outside this castle wall, it was possible..but.”.
“If it's a secret door, they shouldn't be able to avoid your kiss, right Kirito?”
Issukan groaned while clenching his hands.
“...and also, I have never heard of such a thing near our room, even if there was, no one would be able to use it, except by flying.”
“...secret door..maybe?”
Kirito muttered as he turned his gaze to the ceiling.
“Issukan, you said yourself, at the top of the 49th floor, there is a real top floor.”
The commander and his wife took a breath at the same time.
“...La...50 floor!? But there it's sealed, the chain just can't be opened!”
“How about outside? Is there a window or something?”
“T-no guess..”.
Issukan turned his gaze with an awkward expression.
“...When the Vector Leader came and the 10 Dark Territory clans gathered, I saw that there was a window near his throne. But now when viewed from the outside, there was only a stone from the 49th floor. No window..”
“So yes.”
Kirito said it with certainty.
“When Leader Vector was killed and the seal chain loosened, from outside the rock wall it closed the window. The room became separated. The sound of the stone bang heard by the guards must be the sound of rocks falling again.”
“But at a time like this..”.
Issukan who had a slightly reddish skin color suddenly turned pale, continuing his sentence with a half whisper.
“Only Leader Vector can break the seal on the 50th floor.it means he kidnapped Lisa....”.
Issukan's face had been shrouded in worry, he was grinding his teeth.Scheta broke the silence with his voice.
“Come to the 50th floor."
Kirito immediately nodded as well.
“Ya..we can find something if can open the door.”
Issukan nodded to expel his worries.The 4 of them climbed the stairs again towards the top floor of the castle without stopping. In this tense situation, Ronye was able to survive while climbing the stairs without being out of breath.
He stopped on the 49th floor and looked at the next staircase. The cold air was felt as it climbed the stairs. Did the hot water temperature of this castle bath not get to the top?
