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By the way, besides him, Millicent and Finlay are the daily sparring partners, and Millicent and her have become good friends for no reason, and they often get together to whisper and compare sword skills.

It's just that Asuna failed miserably every time.

In addition, Asuna has shed the heavy armor at this time, and instead put on the crimson traveler's cloth with pure white as the lining when she first came to the junction.

According to her, she had received too much care from the faded ones, and she couldn't ask for any more armor or anything else.

Obviously that armor was specially made for her by Xiu Gu, after all, how could she do without a solid set of clothes in the borderlands?

However, since he didn't intend to accept it, he didn't mean to force it to the other party, and he would give it to her when needed.

However, just as he was in a daze, Asuna jumped off the high stone and walked towards the distance.

Finding that he didn't follow, she called him specifically, dragging him out of thinking.

"Mr. Fade, hurry up..." Asuna kept waving and shouting in front of her, her voice faintly revealing excitement.

There is no shadow of the Valkyrie just mentioned at all, but she looks like an innocent girl.

Thinking of this, the faded person couldn't help but shook his head with a smile, and responded: "Okay, okay, don't rush, I'm here."

In this way, he accompanied Asuna wandering on the plains of Nimgof.

This was Asuna's request, saying that she wanted to take a good look at the beautiful scenery of the junction before leaving, and Lani also agreed for the first time to let him take Asuna for a walk and a stroll.

However, because they were preparing to fight against King Rodel's city, they chose Nimgofu, which was governed by Nefeli, as the location.

Right now, the only safe places in the entire border area are here and the Weeping Peninsula.

Even the Eternal City above the Shifra River and the Ansel River is full of dangers and is not safe.

Soon, they came to his original place - the drifting cemetery.

"When I first fell off the cliff, I met Melina here, and this is my beginning." Looking at the closed metal tomb door ahead, both his eyes and his voice revealed full emotion.

"Eh? Is this a cemetery?! Isn't Mr. Faded..."

Asuna couldn't help but take two steps back, but her original intention was not fear or disgust, but she was just too shocked by the faded one's statement.

And the faded person is also well aware of this, and nodded seriously: "Yeah... that's right."

It had been so long before he knew it, but he still clearly remembered the first time he came to the junction.

At that time, he was weak and weak, and his personality tended to be weak, and he had to vomit for a long time when he saw a dead person.

What's more, when he was in the King's Chapel, he was chased and killed by the amputee nobleman, and finally fell off the cliff by accident and floated here along the river.

At first, he thought that Torret had chosen him, that it made him meet Melina.

But after reincarnation, he and Melina seem to be entangled with a faint thread, no matter whether there is Toret or not, they will meet, and Melina will still choose herself.

Still, he's grateful to Torret for allowing him to meet Melina.

"..."

Asuna saw that his eyes gradually became complicated, she also swallowed back the words she wanted, and then said: "Mr. Faded, let's go to another place, there must be many good places in this big place." It’s the right place.”

"Um, okay."

He nodded with a smile and embarked on the journey again.

Next, they visited Ire Church and introduced Asuna to Kale, a wandering businessman who looked like Santa Claus, who was an old friend to him.

At the beginning, I got a lot of discounts when I bought things from him, and sometimes I even got the goods before I used up the money.

After that, I chatted with Ka Lie for a while.

Kalie told him about the past and ending of the caravan—it was buried in the underground of Rodel King City, and then mentioned Epilepsy and gave him a piece of information about Epilepsy.

Of course, this information was paid, and it also recorded that the Three Fingers of Epileptic Fire were imprisoned in a location deeper than the remains of the large caravan's cemetery.

However, in the conversation with Gale, Haida was mentioned inexplicably. Haida came to Gale and asked him to find the Faded One and provide information on epilepsy.

It is not yet known what the purpose is.

Gale was also planning to go to the Magic Academy in Lienia to look for the Faded Ones, but he met him here just after packing his things.

The most important thing is that this is the first time that he finds himself so popular, as if everyone wants to compete for his attention.

Melina, Michaela, and now Haida, Michaela and Melina, he knew the reason, but what did Haida want to do?

Could it be that like Xiapolili, he wants to make himself the king of epilepsy?

With this doubt in mind, he and Asuna bid farewell to Kale, and proceeded along the main road to the basement of the familiar Inn Street.

Here he introduced to Asuna the story of his encounter with Teacher Seren.

This not only made the girl feel novel, but also surprised.

I didn't expect that there is such a way to become a disciple.

But when she thought of Miss Selian's state now, she also fell silent.

Although it is not so clear about what happened in the magic academy, she has heard about it, but all she can do is to comfort the faded with innocuous words.

That's enough for the faders, though.

Next, they went to the edge of the misty forest, and set the end point of this journey at the Third Church of Malika.

310. A chapter of a girl’s reserve

Malika Third Church.

Inside the dilapidated church stands a statue of Malika. Unlike the statues of Malika in other churches, the one here is not entangled with chains like an iron net.

Asuna leaned directly under the statue and sat there with her legs curled up, looking up at the stars in the sky.

"It's really beautiful..."

I don't know how many times she said this today.

Although the starry sky here is indeed beautiful, it is still a bit worse than the night sky of the Magic Academy, especially the huge full moon, which is enough to shock and fascinate people.

That is a scenery that cannot be found in other places in the junction. It is no wonder that the ancient stargazers chose Lienia to settle, and even established the Rhyalucaria Academy of Magic.

Then, Asuna slowly lowered her head and stared at the bonfire in front of her.

The light from the flames shone on her face and body, and the warmth from it made people feel warm. In addition to the sound of insects and the howling of wild animals from afar, there was only the sound of firewood. Crackling and popping.

"Hey, Mr. Fade, can you answer a question for me at the end of this?"

Just when he was about to take out the wine bottle and have a drink in the night, Asuna suddenly asked, causing him to subconsciously tilt his head.

"go ahead."

Although it felt that things were not simple, he nodded in agreement.

"...Mr. Fade, can you tell me why you chose to accept the mission to save me? Even help me... escape from that cold steel floating city, come here to teach me, let me Become stronger...."

"Why..."

The faded person smiled slightly when he heard the words, and then took out a glass to pour himself a glass of red wine and said lightly: "Didn't you already know the answer to this question? It was just a whim."

"I know this...."

Asuna lowered her head slightly, staring at the flames, her voice also became smaller and smaller, as if she was thinking about something.

But in the next second, he suddenly raised his head and stared at him, and said in a changed tone: "But after such a long time of contact, I know that you are not the kind of person who makes certain decisions on a whim."

Both the voice and the look are very serious.

This makes the faders look a little different.

Indeed, many times it is said that it is a whim, but in fact it is a decision made after a short period of deliberation.

Most of the time, I just want to satisfy my own bad taste.

But I didn't expect that the girl in front of me would notice it. Should I say that she really deserves to be a married woman?

But he still looked calm on the surface, and even picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

"Otto's wine tastes really good, I'll make some next time..." Looking at the inventory in his backpack, he planned to wait until sometime before knocking Otto, that big dog, for a fortune.

But this move ushered in Asuna's dissatisfaction.

"Please don't change the subject!"

"Yes Yes Yes."

The faded person shrugged helplessly, put the one in his hand on the flat stone prepared aside, slowly sat up and looked straight at it: "Then Miss Asuna, if I said that I saved you and brought you to the junction Did the land want to train you to be a qualified firewood?"

"Eh?"

Asuna's little head couldn't react, "...W-what did you say? What does that mean?"

"It's very simple, it's like raising pigs, fattening you up and slaughtering you for meat, but a more correct understanding is——

Cultivate you, let you continue to become stronger, and finally you can reach the standard of becoming firewood, and then take you to the cauldron of ashes and flames in the giant snow mountain, and then kick you down to guide the ashes of fire to burn the golden tree . "

The faded man told everything vividly, even with body movements, completely ignoring the girl's attitude and reaction.

"Huh? Is it like a pillar of fire rising from the distant clouds and mist some time ago?"

The girl's answer surprised him.

"you saw it?"

"Yeah... I saw it." Asuna nodded, "Even if you don't want to notice that strange scene, you can't do it, right?"

"Is it... I really don't know that,"

The Faded One rubbed his chin lightly and muttered to himself.

He really didn't know about this. After all, Melina guided the flames in front of him in every reincarnation. He had never seen what it was like to watch from a distance.

However, just as he was concentrating on imagining what kind of scene it should be, Asuna's voice interrupted his thoughts again.

"It would be great if I was really qualified to be that kind of existence..."

Slowly curling up his body, staring at the dazzling firelight, there was a trace of sadness in the depths of his eyes.

This reaction left the Faded One completely stunned.

Did the other party take the wrong script?

Normally, this kind of description is used, and they are all raised as pigs. Shouldn't they scold themselves as perverts and despicable villains, and then click the return button to leave on the spot in resentment?

What's up with this attitude of acceptance? !

"Hey, Mr. Fader, do you know why I want to become stronger so desperately?"

"Why?" I don't know if it was infected by the girl's breath or what, so I inadvertently followed the other party's words and asked.

"It has something to do with my family, my mother... she is very strict, so strict that it is incomprehensible, it makes me breathless..."

Having said that, she subconsciously hugged her legs tightly.

It can be seen that she lives a very depressed life.

In order to escape this depression, she met the first best friend in her life, Tusawa Fukasumi, the person whose game ID is Mitt.

In order to find her and get to know her better, she secretly put on the game helmet NERvGear bought by her brother, and sneaked to Aincrad.

It was also because of this that she was imprisoned in the game instead of her brother, and then was abandoned by her best friend.

So far, she doesn't know why Mitt abandoned herself and left. Is it really like what others said, is the beta tester abandoning his teammates for some precious props?

However, this question has been hidden in her heart.

But after that, she also figured it out, so what if she was abandoned?Just being able to keep yourself is enough.

Therefore, she was alone, day and night, desperately killing monsters, and the weapons were out of durability?It's okay to replace it with a new one.

No blood?It doesn't matter, just take the mixture.

Anyway, no matter what, she didn't intend to leave the maze. Instead, she kept overdrawing her spirit, just to maintain herself, and wanted to maintain herself until the last moment.

Since I can't choose my life, I hope I can choose how I die.

Even if I lost my life because I lost to monsters, I definitely don't want to lose to this game...or this world, I don't want to hide in the initial town and slowly decay like those people.

"Even if I die, I hope to burn myself until I disappear. Just like a meteor passing through the atmosphere, even if it burns out, it will leave a bright light in the sky to prove its existence."

I don't know why, but when I said these words, I felt a long-lost relaxation in my heart, as if I had broken free from the shackles and let go of a heavy burden.

Asuna - Yuuki Asuna's 15 years of life can be said to be a series of battles.