Chapter 164
”You should all know why I called you here today, right?” After enjoying a wonderful night of mother-daughter love, I said goodbye to Shimada Chiyo and her daughter the next morning and then came to the medical institution under my company, which is the medical institution where Asuna is now.
Before me stood Asuna, Silica, and Liz, three girls. The reason for gathering them together was, of course, what I had told them last time: to enter the game world of Alo.
Today was the day we were supposed to enter Alo together, and the gaming equipment had been delivered to my company yesterday. After informing me, the female employee in charge of this also notified the three girls and arranged a time to meet.
”Yes, I received a message yesterday saying that I’m coming today to pick up the game stealth device and create a character to get a basic understanding of the Alo game world.” Silica answered my question as if she were a student being called on by the teacher, thanks to my gaze. Well, she’s my apprentice, so it’s normal.
”That’s right. I imagine you’ve all been curious and looked up information about the game Alo, so I’ll just give a brief overview here.” Seeing that Asuna and the others didn’t seem impatient, I continued.
”Alo stands for Alfheim Online, which is derived from the fairy kingdom in Norse mythology. Its most distinctive feature is that all players have limited flight capabilities, allowing them to experience the feeling of soaring through the sky.”
”There are nine races in the game: Wind Sprite, Fire Sprite, Guardian Sprite, Water Sprite, Dark Sprite, Cat Sprite, Earth Sprite, Little Sprite, Music Sprite, and the unselectable hidden race, Light Sprite.”
”The first nine races each have their own advantages, but without exception, they all aim to become light spirits and strive towards the top of the giant tree known as the World Tree.”
”Once you go in, you can discuss with each other and choose different elf races based on your own characteristics. This way, you can complement each other’s strengths and weaknesses.”
”Let’s stop here for the easy stuff. We’ll talk about the more advanced stuff once you’re in the game.” After giving a brief explanation, I picked up the stealth device from the table and handed it to Asuna and the others.
”Our personnel have already tested this stealth device, and it won’t endanger your lives. We haven’t heard of any such incidents happening recently, so the situation where Sao couldn’t remove the stealth device and was forced to exit won’t happen again.” I knew what the girls were worried about, so I proactively explained it to them.
“That puts our minds at ease.” Liz and Silica exchanged a glance, feeling much more relieved. It would be a lie to say they weren’t worried about safety, especially after what happened with the Sao incident.
Of course, Silica and Asuna weren’t too worried about their lives because I was there, but they were worried about their physical safety, also because I was there. If they were trapped in the game again, who knew what shameful things would happen.
”Alright, let’s leave it at that for now. Let’s go into the game and take a look.” Hearing my words, the three girls hesitated a bit, not because of the game itself, but because of the presence of a grown man like me in the game environment.
Why do I say that? Because right now, we’re in a large room in a medical facility with five beds, designed to provide them with a place to lie down when they enter the game. Lying down is definitely more comfortable for stealth than sitting.
If this were their own home, it wouldn’t be a problem, but they’re in my medical facility now, and most importantly, I’m here. They lay down and started the game, completely unprepared. This is my territory; if I wanted to do something, things would be terrible.
Even with Silica and Asuna, they’ve only had relationships with me in the game, not in real life. I haven’t completed the romance with either of them yet; Silica is just one step away, while Asuna is a bit further away.
”What’s wrong? If you’re not going in, then I’ll go in first.” Seeing the hesitation on Asuna and the others’ faces, I knew exactly what these girls were worried about. If I wanted to make a move, I wouldn’t wait until they lay down to enter the stealth game. If I made a move now, they would be helpless.
”Mr. Jian, are you going to enter the game too?” Liz thought I was guiding them outside the game, but she didn’t expect me to enter the game.
“Yes, there are many game-related things that I can talk to you about more easily in the game.” I nodded and pointed to one of the beds, on which was a stealth device.
”I see, thank you so much.” Since that’s the case, there’s no need to worry so much. Besides, there are several nurses here to look after things. Liz stood up first, followed by Silica and Asuna. Actually, neither of them were surprised at all. Asuna was unsurprised, and Silica had guessed I would enter the game because…
Thinking of this, both Asuna and Silica felt a little flustered. Maybe it would be better if I didn’t enter the game? The two girls had this thought almost at the same time. To cover it up, they quickly went to the bedside. Liz looked at her two friends strangely. Why were Asuna and Silica in such a hurry all of a sudden?
I followed the three girls to the bed where the stealth device was placed. I saw that Asuna and the others had already found their beds and lay down. I picked up the stealth device and glanced at the three girls. Unfortunately, it seemed that the girls had deliberately worn long pants today, so I couldn’t see their beautiful legs in stockings or thigh-high stockings.
However, the small, delicate feet encased in short socks were still very alluring. As I sat on the bed and slowly lay down, my eyes couldn’t help but admire the girls’ feet until I lay down and Asuna and the others put on their stealth devices, and then I put mine on as well.
Unlike Asuna, who actually used a stealth device to enter the game, I was just pretending and entered the game on my own. So there was no initial creation interface. Considering that being human would be too conspicuous, I thought about it and chose the race of a music elf. I think I’m quite good at playing music, such as erotic symphonies.
I took a look through a water mirror and found that apart from my ears becoming more pointed, there were no other changes. Oh, and my clothes have also been changed to a common combat outfit. I can’t exactly wear modern clothes in this game, can I?
I waited in place for a while, and soon a figure appeared. She had long, azure hair, still tied in a small braid behind her head, blue eyes, delicate features, a pretty face, fair skin, and a pair of pointed elf ears, which carried a unique allure.
She wore a combat uniform that was predominantly white, with a light blue stripe down the middle of the white dress-style uniform. There were ties around her neck, collar, chest, and waist. Dark blue stripes outlined the edges of the clothes, and the long skirt hem fell to her calves. The skirt of the white dress-style uniform reached her thighs.
She wore a dark blue wristband, and her arms were covered with openwork dark blue striped sleeves. Her long, slender legs were clad in dark blue stockings with a white stripe around the top.
On her feet, she wore white high-heeled ankle boots with a cross pattern, and a dark blue striped collar hanging from the top of the boots.
The first girl to appear was naturally Asuna, who had been “forced” to choose the blue elf look. It must be said that compared to the Blood Oath Knights uniform, which was mainly white with red stripes, she had a more gentle temperament, but the pure white rapier at her waist still highlighted her identity as “Shining Asuna”.
As soon as Asuna appeared, another girl quickly followed. She had long brown hair tied into twin ponytails with small red beaded hair ties, with two ribbons extending down from the ties. She had reddish-brown eyes, a small nose, and moist cherry lips. It was Silica.
She wore a dark blue combat suit with gold trim, and a silver-white breastplate protected her chest. The slightly protruding breastplate protected the girl’s breasts.
A glimpse of the girl’s waist was visible on the lower side of the breastplate. Silica wore black fingerless gloves on her delicate hands, and a gray belt cinched her slender waist. Below the belt was the skirt of her blue combat suit, the front of which was uncovered, revealing the girl’s lower body clad in a black pleated skirt.
Below the black pleated skirt were the girl’s slender legs clad in black stockings, with a gold stripe at the top of the stockings. The black pleated skirt and black stockings created an alluring “absolute territory.”
Silica’s feet were adorned with a pair of dark blue flat shoes with gold trim and a circular opening, resembling anklets on her slender stockings.
The biggest difference between Silica and her Sao days is her fluffy animal ears, which look soft and cuddly, and her brown tail that sways slightly, making you want to reach out and grab it.
Next up, needless to say, is the last of the three girls, Liz. Unlike in reality, in the game she has short pink hair with a small silver hair clip on the right side, delicate eyebrows, pink eyes, thin cherry lips, and small pointed ears.
Her upper body was covered by a red long-sleeved combat suit, with a silver-white breastplate protecting her chest. The slightly curved breastplate indicated that the girl had a rather large bust. There was a silver-white shoulder guard on her left shoulder, and her small hands, which were covered with white gloves, also had silver-white gauntlets. However, they did not cover her completely, but only protected her arms and the backs of her hands to increase her flexibility.
She wore a thin brown leather belt around her waist, with silver-white armor on both sides. Below the armor was a white and red skirt, and she wore white capri pants that reached her knees. She wore brown boots, revealing a small section of her fair and tender calves.
”Huh? Wasn’t it said that the birthplace would be in the territory of the elven race? I was wondering how to find you guys.” Liz was a little surprised to see everyone gathered together. During the character selection process, it was mentioned that the birthplaces of each elven race were in their respective territories.
Asuna and Silica knew that I was probably the one who did it, so their eyes fell directly on me. Seeing this, Liz also looked at me.
”I used a little trick, just changed the initial location, it shouldn’t be detected or cause any problems.” With Liz around, I couldn’t directly say something like, “It’s very simple, I solved it with a flick of my finger.”
”Mr. You really helped a lot.” Liz smiled and said to me, “It must have been the team behind me who helped check the stealth devices.”
“It’s what I should do. You guys are in charge of the fighting. I have to do something.” Although I was speaking to Liz, my eyes swept over Asuna and Silica with a hint of meaning.
My words, coupled with my gaze, were quite obvious to Asuna and Silica. Asuna turned her head to the side, but instead of looking at me coldly as before, Silica shook her fluffy animal ears a little embarrassedly.
”By the way, now that we’re in the game, I have something important to tell you.” After observing the two beautiful girls’ different reactions, I continued.
”What is it?” With Liz and Silica around, I figured it wasn’t anything too important, so Asuna turned around and looked at me again with her blue eyes.
“Actually, Alo’s core technology originated from Sao. After Sao collapsed, Alo received some of the remaining seed data, so the two have the same character data. Logically speaking…” I stroked my chin and paused for a moment.
This risky behavior was probably driven by the man named Sugo, with the aim of better taking over the people still trapped in Sao, but now it can be used for his own purposes.
”So that means?” Silica twitched her animal ears, her reddish-brown eyes revealing a look of doubt.
”In other words, you should be able to inherit your character data from Sai, which will save you a lot of leveling time.” If Yui can do this easily, then I certainly can.
”Really?” Since it concerned her own company and she wanted to get revenge, it would be best to resolve the issue as soon as possible. She knew my capabilities, and if I was willing to help, there would definitely be no problem, so Asuna couldn’t help but ask.
”You’ll know once you try it. Because I discovered this, I had them add a small program when checking the stealth devices. If it’s inheriting common data, it’s even simpler and safer than just changing the initial location.” I tapped the air a few times, as if starting some program.
”Okay, Asuna, hold out your hand.” After pretending to operate for a while, I walked up to Asuna and said to her.
”Hmm.” Asuna extended her delicate hand without the slightest hesitation. I haven’t even said it was a handshake yet. What would you do if I asked you to hold my big cock? But I guess she thought I wouldn’t do anything lewd because Liz and Silica were there.
Actually, if Liz hadn’t been there, and only Silica, who knew about my relationship with Asuna, had been there, I might have directly moved to the treehouse we had built before and helped Asuna and Silica inherit the data through in-depth communication.
However, I still reached out and held Asuna’s delicate hand. There will be plenty of opportunities later, won’t there?
While feeling Asuna’s soft, boneless hands, I enabled Asuna’s character data inheritance, and only after a while did I release Asuna’s delicate hands.
”How is it, Asuna?” Seeing that it seemed to be completed, Liz asked. As for Silica, who also knew my abilities, she believed that as long as I took action, this would not be a problem at all.
”That’s right, my level has increased to about the same level as in SAO.” Asuna clenched her slender fingers into a fist to feel the difference, then checked her character information and confirmed that she had indeed increased from level 1 to level 80.
“Phew, that’s great. If we had to level up one level at a time, I don’t know how long it would have taken. I’ll have to ask you to do that too, Mr. Jian.” After saying that, Liz walked up to me and extended her slender hand wearing a white glove.
”No problem.” I took Liz’s slender hand in mine. A young girl’s delicate hands are always so warm and smooth, but unfortunately, the white gloves I was wearing were quite thick.
”That’s enough.” I released Liz’s hand, and while Liz checked the situation, I looked at Silica, the meaning was clear: It’s your turn, Silica.
”Thank you for your help, Mr. Jian.” Compared to in real life, Silica in the game was not as nervous around me, except that she was a little afraid that her friends would notice something when she interacted with me in front of them.
I gave a soft “hmm,” and as my hand grasped Silica’s delicate hand, I gently pinched the soft flesh of her palm with my thumb. Silica was wearing black gloves that were fingerless and had some openwork on the palm, so I specifically chose to pinch the exposed skin. The tender touch of her skin came from my fingertips.
Silica tensed up, but with her two friends right next to her, she didn’t dare to react too much to avoid arousing suspicion. She could only signal to me with her eyes not to do anything rash.
”Alright, now you’ve inherited your character data from Sai. Next, it’s time to familiarize yourself with the combat style of the Alo world.” Knowing that Silica was shy, I only held her hand for a short while before letting go of the girl’s delicate hand.
”I believe you all know that Alo is a skill-based game. The level bonuses are not very high, and it does not have the Sao sword skill system that you are familiar with, but it does have magic. So when inheriting character data, the sword skills were not inherited, but some other things may have been inherited and transformed into magic skills. You can take a look.”
As I said, the bonuses given to players at the Alo level are not as obvious as in Sao. The reason for allowing them to inherit character data is more for the latter, namely the conversion of skills. In the game, having special skills is generally a great advantage for characters, and it is more important than the level that can be increased through experience.
”Ah, this is… this summoning skill could be…” When the girls checked their skill pages as I instructed, Silica exclaimed in surprise at the first glance of the skill name and the blue dragon icon, looking at me with a nervous yet expectant gaze.
”A summoning skill? I think it must be the skill you inherited from SAO, Ayano.” I secretly transmitted my voice to Silica: That’s right, this is Pina. How about that, Master, you’ve got your heart set on this.
“This is really great…” Silica’s reddish-brown eyes were brimming with tears. After waking up from SAO, the problems that troubled Silica, besides her relationship with me, included Asuna, who was on the list of those who had not yet awakened, and her battle partner Pina.
She doesn’t know how to handle my problem yet, so we’ll put it aside for now. Asuna has also awakened from SAO, leaving only Pina, who disappeared along with the SAO world.
She was overjoyed when she defeated Kayaba Akihiko, but when she saw Pina dissipating into light particles the moment she left the SAO world, Silica realized what was happening. Just as she was about to hug Bessa who was saying goodbye, everything went black, and when she woke up, she was back in the real world.
Silica felt guilty about this. They were comrades who had fought together, but she couldn’t even say goodbye properly. Now that she could see Pina again, how could she not be happy and moved?
”Silica, are you talking about Pina?” Silica’s reaction made Liz and Asuna stop what they were doing. Liz, who had more interaction with Silica in real life, seemed to realize something.
”Yes.” Silica wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with her fingers and nodded vigorously. The girl believed that I wouldn’t joke about something like this.
”Then Silica, hurry up and summon her to take a look.” Pina is such a cute and powerful little female dragon. Everyone who knows Silica likes Pina, and Liz is no exception. It would be great to see her again.
”Yes.” Asuna could roughly guess what was going on from the conversation, after all, she was also a member of this small group in Sao.
”That’s right, let me give it a try.” Encouraged by her two friends’ suggestion, Silica eagerly lit up the summoning skill icon, then chanted the incantation, and immediately a white light appeared.
The white light gathered into the shape of a small white dragon. Then the white light dissipated, and a small blue female dragon reappeared in front of Silica. Perhaps due to the race chosen by Silica, the little female dragon’s furry texture was more pronounced than when it appeared in Sao.
”Pina!” Upon seeing her familiar companion, Silica happily hugged her. Pina chirped and nuzzled Silica’s cheek with her fluffy little head.
Asuna and Liz, who were watching from the side, smiled happily as well. The three girls circled around the little female dragon’s fluffy body and touched it curiously. Well, since it’s a female dragon, I don’t care too much. Just as I was about to just watch the show, Pina suddenly broke free from the three girls’ curious play and flew to my shoulder, looking relieved.
”Um, by the way, Shinozaki, you called Ayano Silica before, right?” The three girls’ gazes fell on me again, so I couldn’t stay silent.
”Oh, well, Silica is Guizi’s game name, and my game name is Liz.” When I asked this, Liz realized that she and Silica hadn’t told me their game names yet. Before, we thought it would be better to use our real names when we met in real life, but now that we’re in the game world, we’re using our game names.
”I see. Then I’ll call you Liz and Silica. As for me, you can call me Jian. Mr. Jian, that sounds a bit too formal.” I use my game name to avoid revealing information about the real world, but I’m not worried about that.
“Mm.” Liz certainly wouldn’t object, let alone Silica, who already knew the game’s name.
”Silica gained a summoning skill. What about Asuna and Liz?” Judging from her appearance, Silica is a cat spirit, who is good at taming magical beasts. She is agile and strong. Combined with the data inherited from SAO, it is only natural that she gained a summoning skill. As for Pina, I just tampered with her.
”Mine is Water Sword Barrage.” Asuna’s race is a water spirit, specializing in healing. Although she couldn’t inherit sword skills, she was given an offensive magic skill? Judging from the name, it should be derived from Asuna’s thrusting sword technique, which involves thrusting out multiple swords in an instant, transforming it into the appearance of shooting out multiple water swords in an instant.
”My skill is weapon enhancement, which not only increases the success rate of weapon enhancement when crafting weapons, but also allows me to enchant weapons during battle.” Liz’s race is a goblin, skilled in weapon and equipment crafting, which fits her blacksmith profession in Sao. The skills she inherited are also quite practical.
”Everyone has acquired some pretty good skills. That’s about all I wanted to say. Next, well, you see that towering tree, right? Those of you who have read the game information should know that’s where your target is this time: the World Tree.”
Even without reading the game information, one could guess what that towering, entwined white tree was. It was the key to the Light Spirits’ ultimate mission and the location of their objective for this mission.
”That thing should be at the very top of the World Tree. To get up there, you’ll first have to get through the World Tree’s layers of defenses. So before that, you need to familiarize yourselves with the combat style of this world.”
”I know, I know, it’s flying and magic.” The return of her friend Pina clearly put Silica in a great mood, making her look like a lively elementary school student.
”Well, although magic is a feature of this world, and you no longer have the sword skills you had in Sao, you can still use the corresponding techniques. You can first try to regain the feeling of using sword skills, which is what you are good at. With the help of magic, your combat power should be able to improve quickly in the short term. As for flying, you really need to focus on mastering it, as it is quite helpful in combat.”
The three girls have accumulated a lot of combat experience in Sao. Even Liz, the blacksmith, fights to collect equipment materials, not to mention Asuna and Silica, who later joined the front-line battle.
In this situation, instead of adapting to using magic as the primary means, wouldn’t it be better to continue with melee combat and become a flying melee mage?
Asuna and the others exchanged glances, none of them disagreeing with my opinion. They felt like I was now the leader of this little team. Well, two out of the three of them were my people, at least in the game. Thinking about it that way, it made sense.
”Flying, is that it?” As soon as she finished speaking, a pair of thin, light blue fairy wings appeared on Asuna’s back. With Asuna’s will, the light blue fairy wings flapped a few times, and Asuna left the ground, assuming the classic floating pose with one leg in a dark blue stocking straight out and the other leg in a dark blue stocking slightly bent.
Seeing this, Silica and Liz also activated their wings. Silica had light brown fairy wings, and Liz had pink fairy wings. The three girls attempted their first flight in the air.
I also summoned my fairy wings to make a show of it, mainly to admire the girls’ flying postures. It seems that the game specially made anti-gravity skirts to prevent accidental exposure. After all, such a fairy kingdom is quite attractive to girls.
Asuna, who had the best combat talent, quickly mastered the basic flying skills, followed closely by Silica, and although Liz was a bit slower, she was still faster than the average person.
”Everyone, it’s time to practice in real combat.” After getting used to the feeling of flying for a while, Asuna suggested that she practice in real combat. Compared to simply practicing flying, she could become familiar with some skills more quickly in battle.
“Okay.” Silica and Liz nodded in agreement. Mastering the combat skills in Alo quickly would be the best option, as real combat was obviously the best choice.
“Then let’s try some places that aren’t too difficult first. Jian, do you have any good suggestions?” Asuna flew in front of me and stopped, her blue hair fluttering beautifully.
”Hmm, let me see.” I moved my fingers, as if checking information on the official website, but actually I was expanding my senses to find a place where the girls could practice without being too weak or too strong.
”Let’s go here. It’s close by, and the monsters inside aren’t too dangerous, so it’s perfect for you to get used to the combat.” I used the map function to display the game map and marked the destination with a red dot.
None of the three girls objected, and once we decided on our goal, we flew directly towards our destination. Flying behind the girls, I was once again impressed by the game’s anti-gravity skirt setting; otherwise, I could have admired the view under their skirts from behind. As for using X-ray vision, there’s no such feeling.
Before long, Asuna and I arrived at our destination, a rather desolate hill. Sparse rock guards and flying rock scouts roamed the mountain path. These monsters were nothing special, just a bit difficult to fight, so they were perfect for practice.
”Let’s go.” Asuna, Silica, and Liz exchanged glances. The girls, who had fought together before, were quite in sync. They first lured a Rock Scout Sparrow and a Rock Guardian into battle.
With the cooperation of the three girls, even the flying Rock Scout Sparrow could only be toyed with, let alone the slow-moving Rock Guardian. If it weren’t for the fact that rock-type monsters are relatively durable, and Asuna and the others weren’t in a hurry to end the battle, these two rock-type monsters probably wouldn’t have lasted long.
As a non-main combatant, besides giving the girls basic buffs with the initial instruments, I just admired their heroic fighting prowess. Asuna and the others stopped for a while, seemingly planning to rest before fighting their way up to take down the mini-boss on the mountaintop as today’s practical training.
”Asuna, I can’t be of much help here. I’ll go to a nearby city to gather some information, okay?” Unlike Asuna and the others who inherited any SAO character data, the magic skills given to the initial character are really not very useful. Without using my own strength, I might as well gather some useful information.
”Alright.” Asuna knew that I wouldn’t easily take action (get serious) in the upcoming battles, and the three of them were already in charge of the fighting. I could already provide a lot of help in terms of information and support. If I were to help them inherit the data from SAO, she was afraid that her chastity in the real world would be in danger.
Silica knew my bad intentions too, so she nodded in agreement. As for Liz, she saw me as a behind-the-scenes boss, which was pretty much true, so it felt normal. You can’t expect the boss to be on the front lines, can you?
”Then you guys be careful.” In Alo, player characters can be resurrected with items or by waiting for a certain amount of time to resurrect in town, but most people don’t enjoy experiencing that.
”We will.”
”Contact me if anything happens, I’m setting off.” Leaving a sliver of my divine consciousness behind just in case, I flew towards a nearby city.