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Chapter 582: Date in the Flower Garden (Cocktail Party)

"Xiao Lin Xiao Lin! Let's go play in the garden!"

When Krillin was discussing the matter of the boss on the 55th floor with Argo, Aqua came running over and said she wanted to go out and play.

The garden she was talking about was actually the 47th floor Floria.

Since this floor is not only a street, but the entire floor is covered with flowers, players are accustomed to calling this floor the Flower Courtyard, or garden for short.

"…Hey Aqua, have you been asking to go out and play more often recently?"

"What are you talking about, Xiaolin?"

The stupid goddess raised her index finger and said in a teaching tone: "Proper relaxation can help you work better. Don't you know this truth?"

Of course Xiaolin understands this principle.

Under normal circumstances, the ratio of work to relaxation is 8:2, but Aqua swaps the two, making the relaxation time 8%.

She wasn't here to conquer floors, she was here to have fun. ...No, from a normal game point of view, the stupid goddess is right?

"Okay, let's go play."

"Great!"

“Then I’ll go find Kazuma and the others…”

"no!"

Aqua grabbed Kobayashi's hand as he was about to send an email.

"——This time, just the two of us will go!"

Heartbeat~
Xiao Lin was stunned for a moment, but soon realized that this was a date! You know, the garden on the 47th floor is also known as a dating sanctuary. Many men and women gather there to talk about love, and it is widely praised among couples. I didn't expect that the stupid goddess would take the initiative to invite him, so how could he not agree?
Aqua said, “If Kazuma and the others come with us, they will definitely not let me drink, so we must not tell them!”

Haha, I knew it.

Xiaolin felt ashamed and angry about his inner restlessness.

She was a stupid goddess, why would he be attracted to her? However, he did not get angry because of this, but agreed to Aqua's request for a date... No, it was to go out for fun.

No need to prepare, it's better to say that the stupid goddess has already prepared for the fun. I don't understand why she has to bring him along when she can just go alone secretly if she wants to drink.

Hold Aqua's hand.

"——Transfer! Floria!"

A dazzling light enveloped the two of them, and after a split second of teleportation, when the light effect dissipated, all sorts of colorful colors immediately entered their field of vision.

"Um----"

Aqua opened her arms and took a deep breath, looking like she was enjoying it.

The transfer gate square on the 47th floor's main street was covered with countless flowers. The narrow road crossed the circular square in a cross, and other places were flower beds surrounded by bricks, where unknown flowers and plants competed for beauty.

The scene is very spectacular.

Aqua picked up an unknown aqua blue flower, sniffed its special scent, and a happy smile spread across her face.

That should be cornflower.

With five finely textured petals, a white stamen and a pale blue stem, this flower is crafted with astonishing detail.

Of course, including all the flowers blooming in this flower garden, all the plants and buildings in Aincrad cannot always exist with such exquisite clarity. If this were done, no matter how high the performance of SAO's host is, the system resources would be exhausted in an instant.

In order to avoid this situation while providing players with a realistic environment like the real world, SAO uses a structure called the Detail Focus System.

When the player becomes interested in something and focuses his eyes on it, only the real details of the object will be presented. This is a rather clever method.

The two of them strolled along the path between the flowers. Almost all the passers-by were in pairs of men and women. Everyone was holding hands, or just hooking their hands together, happily walking and chatting. Kobayashi and Aqua were no exception, but the stupid goddess definitely didn't have that intention.

Unconsciously, this place has become a dating destination, and some low-class men and women also appear here.

The only thing SAO does for low-level players is that no matter which floor or level they are on, even if they are level 99 players on the th floor, as long as they don't leave town, they will never be in danger or attacked by monsters. It is precisely because of this that many low-level players dare to come here to talk about love.

Unfortunately, they didn't come here to talk about love, but to drink.

Before they knew it, they had reached the south gate of the street district. Vines were climbing around the huge arch made of thin silver steel and were covered with countless white flowers. The main street passed through this arch and turned into a street surrounded by green hills, disappearing at the other end of the spring clouds.

"I said Aqua."

"what happened?"

"Do you still want to go forward? We're just having a drink, there's no need to go to the maze area, right?"

"What are you talking about! The most important thing about drinking is the atmosphere. If there is no atmosphere, you won't be able to enjoy drinking at all!"

This guy……

Hard, hard, fist hard.

After hearing the stupid goddess' twisted logic, Kobayashi clenched his fists and wanted to punch her, but when he thought about what he had agreed to, he had to endure it.

"With Emperor Juer's protection, what's there to be afraid of? Besides, our levels are so high, no monster can threaten us, right?"

"High levels are not for you to play with."

“It hurts so much, it hurts so much—”

Kobayashi finally couldn't hold it anymore and grabbed Aqua's head, making her beg for mercy.

But she was right.

Now Krillin and Aqua are at level 69. The monsters on the 47th floor cannot hurt them at all, so there is no need to be afraid.

"Forget it, as long as you're happy."

At this time, Xiaolin heard the whispers of a man and a woman.

"Hey, look—"

"It's too much to treat a girl like that."

"Aren't they a couple?"

Uh……

He forgot he was still holding the stupid goddess' face.

Quickly let go.

"I'm sorry, Aqua."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Seeing her crying uncontrollably, coupled with the constant contemptuous looks from people around her, Kobayashi felt a headache coming on.

"I was wrong, I was wrong! I promised you that you can drink as much as you want this time!"

"Really?"

"real."

"Didn't you lie to me?"

"I won't lie to you."

"Very good----!"

The stupid goddess burst into laughter, then threw herself into Kobayashi's arms and wiped her tears and snot on his body.

"Hey, that's dirty! Let me go!"

"No! Xiaolin was so mean to me just now!"

"You..."

Kobayashi finally gave up, but soon the laughter from the people around him made him even more uncomfortable. He took the hand of the stupid goddess and quickly walked towards the maze area.

The others did not stop.

Many couples also secretly run to the maze area in pursuit of privacy, because the scenery of the maze area is more charming than that of the town. In this case, low-level players have a certain chance of encountering risks, but as long as they prepare crystals that can be moved to any town, they can avoid danger.

In fact, not long after Krillin and Aqua entered the maze area, they encountered a monster.

The dark green rhizome is as thick as a human arm, and the roots are divided into multiple branches that stand firmly on the ground. There is a huge yellow flower similar to a sunflower on the top of the body, and a big toothy mouth in the middle, revealing the red inside that seems to be poisonous. If you use a word to describe it, it is a walking flower.

Two full vines stretched out from the center of the stem, which should be its arms. When it saw Aqua, it ran towards her with a hideous and disgusting smile as if it had found delicious food.

This scene can easily scare children.

Aqua was eager to try it out. As her level increased, she became very interested in mowing down small monsters, and monsters like the Piranha Plant were of course no problem at all.

"Hmph, watch me solve it!"

“It looks great. But the problem is its tentacles, which can bind almost anything. Darkness was fascinated by it at first. But it’s actually very weak. Just attack the white part below the flower and it will be easy…”

“Kamikaze——”

Before Kobayashi could finish his words, Aqua rushed out quickly, using her best moves.

But she was not good at close combat and forgot that the tentacle monster's strongest point was its tentacles. In just a blink of an eye, the stupid goddess was tied up tightly. The imagined bondage play did not happen. The Piranha plant swallowed the stupid goddess in one bite at a speed that even Xiaolin could not expect.

“Aqua, ahhhh——”

Xiaolin rushed over quickly, pulled her out of the Piranha Plant's mouth, and then killed the monster.

"Damn you Piranhas, I'm going to teach them a lesson!"

The stupid goddess completely forgot that she was here to enjoy the flowers and drink. She had lost her mind due to the humiliation of the Piranha Plant and took the initiative to find monsters and destroy them. However, she overestimated her own strength. The high-level stats did not allow her to gain excellent combat skills, but only allowed her to survive in the mouth of the Piranha Plant for a longer period of time until Xiaolin came to rescue her.

Aqua was covered in the saliva of the Piranha Plant and she cried in Kobayashi's arms.

How should I put it? This feeling of powerlessness has been long since I last felt it. If this wasn't SAO, if the monster just now wasn't a Piranha Plant, he would have really thought he was still in Axel.

"Okay, Aqua."

Xiaolin held down the stupid goddess who was still trying to fight the monster and said, "We are here to have fun. If we continue like this, we will run out of time."

"Well……"

Aqua looked reluctant.

In the end, after much hesitation, she chose to go drink instead of getting angry with the carnivorous plant.

The two followed the red brick road forward, and soon a small bridge across the river appeared in front of them. At the other end of the bridge, they could see a slightly high hill, and the road circled the hill and continued to the top of the hill.

That is the Hill of Memories. Since there is only one road there, there is no need to worry about losing the way. However, there are many monsters on the road, so many couples would not venture there.

"Hey, are you going there?"

"Of course! Don't you think the top of the hill would be a good place for a drink?"

I don't understand why people are so obsessed with the scenery when they are just drinking.

Having said that, the two of them still headed towards the hill. After stepping onto the path, the frequency of monsters appearing increased sharply. As they went deeper, the angle of the winding path became more and more steep, and the monsters became stronger and stronger, but for the high-level Xiao Lin, these monsters were nothing to worry about.

After Xiaolin continued to fight off monsters and move forward, passing through rows of tall and lush trees, he finally reached the top of the hill.

This is a place that fits the description of a flower field in the sky very well. It is surrounded by trees, and beautiful flowers are vying for beauty to fill the open space. No matter how big the risk is to come up, the beautiful scenery alone is enough to make people take the risk.

"So beautiful——!"

Aqua cheered and ran back and forth in the sea of ​​flowers. She looked like a goddess.

What, she is a goddess?
That's fine.

The goddess is surrounded by flowers. I really want to paint such a beautiful scene and keep it as a treasure, but——

"Xiao Lin Xiao Lin! I found a good place to drink, come quickly!"

The wonderful atmosphere was completely destroyed by this sentence.

Are you here to drink?

In the center of the flower field there is a large rock shining with white light, and the rock is covered with soft grass, like a green tablecloth.

A natural wine table.

The stupid goddess sat down on it, and while calling Xiaolin to come over, she took out the drinks that she had prepared in advance from the prop column.

Golden wine.

This was the name of the wine that had made Sato Kazuma fall into fantasy before. Because she was a little worried about Kobayashi, she forbade them to drink this wine. But after repeated tests, she found that there was no problem. The stupid goddess secretly brought it out again based on the principle of not wasting.

"Come on, come on!"

"You..."

Xiaolin shook his head helplessly.

But the moment he sat down, a bright light burst out between them.

He let out a light exclamation and stood up to observe.

I saw a thin bud growing in the soft grass. I focused my eyes on it, and the focusing system started to work. The bud instantly became alive. Two pure white leaves opened like shells, and a thin and pointed stem grew from the center.

Before my eyes, the thin bud quickly grew taller and thicker. Soon, a large bud formed at the tip. The teardrop-shaped part that shone with pure white light actually emitted a pearly glow from within.

The two looked at each other.

Then, the front end of the bud slowly bloomed, making a crisp sound, and the whole bud opened, and particles of light flew in the air.

This continued for a long time, and when Aqua finally couldn't wait any longer, she decisively reached out and touched the petals. The petals spread out like starlight, and light continued to flow out very gently from the center, eventually dissipating in the air.

Aqua gently extended her right hand towards the flower, and when her hand touched the silk-thin stem, the stem shattered like ice, leaving only the flower in the hand of the stupid goddess.

After tapping the surface, a window popped up.

【Flower of the Soul】

By sprinkling the water droplets stored in the flower on the Heart Tool (the core condensed after the death of the familiar), the dead familiar can be resurrected.

Oh, so this is the place to get familiar items.

Xiaolin slapped his head.

He was so focused on conquering the floors that he forgot about this matter. It was not until he got the Soul Flower by accident that he suddenly remembered this item.

"Hey, this seems to be quite useful."

"It is for you."

A familiar-only item, this item cannot be sold at a high price when there are few tamers. And the stupid goddess rarely goes to dangerous places, so this item is unlikely to be used.

“But I don’t really need it.”

"...In that case, can you give it to me?"

A familiar voice came from behind me.

Kobayashi and Aqua turned around and saw a swordsman in black and a timid little loli hiding behind him.

“——Kirito?”

(End of this chapter)