Civilization Guardian Front

Guessing what she was thinking at the moment, Chios's foot on the accelerator suddenly turned hard.

Rumble!

The engine speed increased sharply and let out a low roar, driving the gilded vehicle to gallop out like an arrow off the string.

"Ah~~!!!"

The girl who had just relaxed was instantly pressed back to the back of the seat by the G force, and the wind whistling generated by the head-on airflow and blowing along the car body immediately drowned out her panicked screams.

The golden streamer raced wildly on the roads in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

Running a red light, ignoring signals to turn, driving on the center line of the lane...

He even got into the gap between two cars on the left and right and overtook more than once, which frightened the Japanese who strictly abide by the traffic rules to give way.

The field of vision narrowed rapidly, and the colorful colors formed by the fusion of the scenery on both sides flashed past the corners of the eyes.

Until the capital No. 4 Expressway, the instrument speed finally stopped the sudden increase and drop, and remained stable at a value slightly lower than the speed limit.

"How, did you enjoy that ride just now?"

"Ha...ha..."

Clutching the door handle tightly, Asuna, who was still in shock, gasped for breath, unable to respond to Chios' teasing at all.

Because she was sitting in a convertible with the hard top folded, during several sharp turns, if the seat belt hadn't functioned and locked her body firmly, she felt that she was about to be thrown into the air by centrifugal force.

She pressed her hands on her chest, trying to calm down the pounding that was so fast that her heart would fail in the next second.

"teacher..."

"Wait..." Interrupting the other party's complaints that hadn't started yet, Chios explained first:

"I originally planned to abide by the traffic laws from the beginning to the end. If you didn't show disappointment and stimulate my self-esteem as a man, none of this would have happened."

Hearing this, Asuna almost laughed angrily.

"Don't the teacher think it's too much to blame the girls?"

"Thinking about it the other way around, doesn't this mean that I care about what you think of me? If someone else sits in the passenger seat, I won't care what she thinks of me."

"..."

Suddenly being attacked by the young man's words and hit by a sap, the girl's pale face was suddenly stained with a blush.

So cunning.

In this way, there is no way for me to be angry with the teacher...

Asuna raised her hand to straighten her long chestnut hair that was blown by the wind, and turned her hot face to face the outside of the car to hide her panic at this time.

"How do I know if what the teacher said is true?"

"You don't even look at me, how do you want me to prove..."

Chios' tone was helpless.

When women do not directly deny, but pretend to be calm, pretend not to care, and ask questions in anger...no matter what, it means that they have been persuaded.

Not giving an affirmative answer is just to let the man continue to coax him.

"Well, give me your hand, I promise you will never let go until you reach your destination..."

Saying that, Chios stretched out his left hand and handed it to Asuna.

"You shouldn't think that I would be willing to do this for someone you don't care about?"

"But teacher, you have to drive..."

The girl who said this didn't realize how abnormal it was that she didn't resist the fact that she was about to hold hands with the man next to her, but was entangled in driving safety.

Chios naturally wouldn't remind her of this.

"It's enough for me to hold the steering wheel with one hand on a one-way highway. If you feel uneasy, I can also slow down..."

He let go of the accelerator and let the SF90 Spider slide forward.

The vehicle speed displayed on the gauge gradually decreases.

"As long as you can rest assured and trust me, I don't mind even slowing down to ten kilometers per hour."

"Then we will be late, teacher, you should concentrate on driving."

Although she said so, Asuna's actions ran counter to what she said.

She slowly placed her right hand on the palm that the young man offered.

"!?"

Before anyone could react, the other party's five fingers had already firmly inserted into the gap between her fingers.

The tactile sensation of interlocking fingers and touching palms, together with the warmth caused by the intertwined body temperature of both parties, is transmitted back to the brain, making the girl dizzy for a while.

"Old, teacher... I, I, we..."

"Did you tell me just now?" Chios said calmly:

"I won't let go until I reach my destination."

"But..."

Asuna lowered her face, which was as hot as a fever, and stared at her toes, not daring to look at Chios' face.

The whispered words quickly became unintelligible even to herself.

The violently beating heartbeat overwhelmed the wind echoing in my ears at some point.

Unlike the fright when racing a sports car, even though the throbbing in his chest also caused his heart to beat faster, he didn't feel the chills in his limbs.

You can feel the teacher's body temperature being passed on continuously.

The fine sweat generated by each other's heat penetrated into the skin lines of the palms of the hands, sticking the two of them together tightly.

very warm...

very reassuring...

Don't want to let go at all.

Just imagining the scene of the young man letting go, a suffocating loneliness and emptiness poured out from the heart uncontrollably.

When she came back to her senses, she had already unknowingly clasped back tightly.

I am afraid that the other party will quietly take it away and break this fascinating connection.

"teacher..."

The girl raised her face slightly, stared at the side face of the young man in the driver's seat on the right, and gently opened her cherry lips to call out.

"Um?"

Chios smiled.

Faced with this gentle smile that seemed to contain magic power, Asuna's heart that had finally regained peace caused waves again.

"No, nothing..."

She quickly looked away.

always inadvertently sneak attack...

The teacher is really cunning.

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Three and 10 minutes later, Chios drove the SF90 Spider to the CRANE Equestrian Club in Shinkoji-cho, Machida City, Tokyo.

After parking the car in the club's parking lot, he let go of the girl beside him.

?

Maybe it was too long to stay in this state, so that Asuna took a while to react.

As if unwilling to let the remaining warmth in her palm dissipate, she clenched her five fingers into fists, frowned her slender and beautiful eyebrows, and looked at Chios with vague dissatisfaction.

Keeping promises is indeed a good thing, but there is no need to let go so soon after arriving at the destination, right?

Chios has so much experience in getting along with women, how could he not be able to read the girl's mind.

"Isn't there still a return trip?"

"Eh? On the way back..."

"Look at you, anyway, I will put my hand on the cushion, if your hands feel cold, you can borrow them at any time."

Not only did he say that he could hold hands, Chios was very clever and even found an excuse for the thin-skinned girl.

"Um."

Asuna finally smiled.

The two got out of the car, entered the hall and came to the front desk. Chios took out the membership card that he had done yesterday, and all the equestrian skills showed the highest level, and showed it in front of the counter staff.

"Chios Pesheim, make an appointment to rent a venue for a two-hour horse riding lesson at 10:30."

The woman behind the counter entered the name on the card into the computer, and the registration information was quickly called up.

"Registration information has been confirmed. Tokyo CRANE Racecourse welcomes you two. This is the key to your locker. Do you have helmets, protective clothing and riding boots ready?"

"Have."

Chios lifted the bag in his hand, and there were two brand new helmets and protective vests inside.Then he gestured to himself and Asuna's boots on the lower half of his calf with his eyes.

The receptionist nodded, raised his hand to guide the seating area in the hall hall, and said cordially:

"There are still more than 20 minutes until the appointment time, please wait in the lobby, our instructor Mr. Takahashi will lead the reserved horse into the field 5 minutes before the appointed time, and then I will trouble you to hand it over to him. "

Chios and Asuna put coins in front of the vending machine to buy drinks, sat down at a table by the window and waited.

"teacher..."

Asuna turned her face to the side and looked out of the glass window, at the racecourse with only a few figures in front of her.

She was holding a small cup of roasted tea in both hands, and she didn't look like she was going to drink it, but was simply using it as a hand warmer.

"Why did you propose to teach me how to ride a horse when you were discussing with your mother?"

"I think it's a good recreational sport, getting used to keeping your balance on horseback, it will help your body coordination....."

Of course Chios would not answer honestly, so he made up a reason.

Among the three coaching items, equestrianism, which is no longer a compulsory course for the elite, is far less important than golf, which is often seen in entertainment activities. In fact, it is the skill he wants to devote the most effort to teaching.

How vast the world of Black Soul is is still unknown until Maria Bell, the third pillar of the apostle, completes the analysis.

Considering that the subordinate world of the dominion has been eroded by integration, even in the end of the fire, everything continues to converge and settle towards the end of the world, and the remaining territory should be at least the size of a subcontinent.

There is no modern transportation available locally.

In the game, the ashes controlled by the player can be transmitted between campfires in various places through the power of the "King Artifact" under the campfire in the fire-transmitting sacrificial field.

However, the executors and participants who went this time were not ashes, not even undead.Therefore, Chios doesn't think that his own personnel can enjoy the privilege of arbitrary teleportation. Even if the same effect can be achieved through some means, the restrictions must be more complicated and troublesome than in the game.

As for the transfer gate and transfer crystal that were supposed to appear in "SAO", there is no need to even think about it.

A simulated universe composed of data, encountering the real world of "Black Soul" with an intensity of A-level, the laws are bound to be completely overwritten. If the existence of non-conflicting concepts can be used as a subsidiary product and integrated into a part of the world, it is already considered lucky .

The most likely situation is that it is forcibly broken down into a small amount of world power and absorbed as nutrients.

To sum up, excluding teleportation or flying, in such a fantasy world with a near-medieval background, the most convenient means of transportation are nothing more than two...

Horseback riding and boat rides.

There are not many opportunities for boats to paddle or steer themselves, but horses must be able to ride by themselves.

Sharing a ride with two people will greatly reduce the trek speed and endurance of the mount, and they will not be able to move separately. Those who regard this as a long-term means of transportation probably have their heads kicked by the horse.

Chios hopes to teach Asuna the basic riding essentials before entering the battlefield, at least to be able to trot through relatively flat town arteries.

"Having said so much about the fun of horseback riding..."

Seeing that Asuna was about to fall asleep listening to himself talking about the benefits of equestrianism, Chios knew that the other party's initial curiosity had been exhausted.

"Actually, there is another reason for teaching you horsemanship out of my own selfishness."

"What is it?"