I like traveling the most

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

When Xiaolin was discussing with Argo about the BOSS on the 55th floor, Aqua ran over in a hurry, wanting to go out and play.

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

Since this floor is not only the streets, but the entire floor is covered with flowers, players are accustomed to calling this floor the Flower Courtyard, or simply the Garden.

"...Aqua, have you asked to go out to play more often recently?"

"What are you talking about, Xiaolin."

The stupid goddess stretched out her index finger and said in a lecturing tone: "You can work better if you relax properly. Don't you know this truth?"

Of course Xiao Lin understands this.

Under normal circumstances, the ratio of work to relaxation is 8:2, but Aqua swapped the two so that the relaxation time became 80%.

She's not here to conquer the floors, she's here to have fun. ...No, from a normal game perspective, the idiot goddess is right?

"Okay, let's go play."

"Yeah!"

"Then I'll find Kazuma and the others..."

"no!"

Aqua held down Xiaolin's hand that wanted to send the email.

"——It's just the two of us going this time!"

Heartbeat~

Xiao Lin was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized that this was a date! You must know that the garden on the 47th floor is also known as the dating sanctuary. Many men and women gather there to fall in love, and it is widely praised among couples. Unexpectedly, the stupid goddess actually took the initiative to invite her, so how could he not agree?

Aqua said, "If Kazuma and the others go with me, they will definitely not let me drink at that time, so I must not tell them!"

Haha, I knew it.

Xiao Lin felt ashamed and angry at the restlessness in his heart.

She is a stupid goddess, and she has a hammer on her heart! However, he did not become angry because of this, but agreed to Aqua's request for a date...no, it was for fun.

There is no need to prepare, it is better to say that the stupid goddess has already prepared for the fun. I also don’t understand why I need to take him with me if I want to drink, so I can go alone secretly.

Hold Aqua's hand.

"——Transfer! Floria!"

The dazzling light enveloped the two people, and immediately after the instant teleportation feeling, when the effect light dissipated, all kinds of colorful colors immediately burst into their vision.

"Um----"

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

The transfer gate square on the main street on the 47th floor is covered with countless flowers. Narrow roads pass through the circular square with cross tubes. In other places, there are flowerbeds surrounded by bricks, where unknown flowers and plants compete in beauty.

The scene is very spectacular.

Aqua held up an unknown aqua-blue flower and smelled the special smell from it, with a happy smile on her face.

That must be the cornflower.

With five finely textured petals, white stamens and light blue rhizome, this flower is crafted with astonishing precision.

Of course, no plant or building in Aincrad, including all the flowers blooming in this garden, could always exist with such exquisite clarity. If you do this, no matter how high the performance of SAO's host is, system resources will be exhausted instantly.

In order to prevent this from happening while still providing players with a realistic environment just like the real world, SAO adopted a structure called a detail focusing system.

When the player becomes interested in something and focuses their attention on something, only the real details of the object are presented, which is a rather tricky method.

The two of them were strolling along the path among the flowers. Most of the passers-by were male and female, and everyone was holding hands, or just holding hands and walking happily while talking and laughing. Kobayashi and Aqua are no exception, but the idiot goddess definitely has no intention of doing so.

Unknowingly, this place has become a dating mecca, and some low-level men and women will also appear here.

SAO's only care for low-level players is that no matter which floor or how many levels - even if a first-level player is on the 99th floor, as long as they don't leave the town, they will never encounter danger or be attacked by monsters. It is precisely because of this that many low-level players dare to come here to fall in love.

It's a pity that they are not here to talk about love, but to drink.

Unknowingly, the two of them had reached the south gate of the street area. Vines climb around a huge arch made of thin silver steel and are filled with countless white flowers. The main street passes through this arch and turns into a street surrounded by green hills, disappearing at the other end of the spring glow.

"I said Aqua."

"What's wrong?"

"Do you still want to go forward? It's just 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, it won't be fun to drink at all!"

This guy...

Hard, hard, fist hard.

Xiaolin clenched his fists when he heard the idiot goddess's absurd reasoning, and wanted to punch her, but thinking that this was what he had agreed to, he had to endure it.

"With Emperor Zeer protecting us, what are we afraid of? Besides, our levels are so high, no monster can threaten us, right?"

"High levels are not for fun."

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts—"

Xiao Lin finally couldn't hold it any longer and grabbed Aqua's head, making her beg for mercy again and again.

But she was right.

Now Xiaolin and Aqua are already level 69. The monsters on the 47th floor can't hurt them at all, so there's no need to be afraid.

"Forget it, just be happy."

At this time, Xiaolin heard the whispers of men and women.

"Hey, look--"

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

"Aren't they a couple?"

Uh...

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

He quickly let go.

"Sorry, Aqua."

"Wuwuwuwu..."

Seeing her crying uncontrollably, coupled with the constant contemptuous looks from the surroundings, Xiaolin felt a headache.

"I was wrong, I was wrong! I promise you to drink as much as you want this time!"

"Really?"

"Really."

"You didn't lie to me?"

"I won't lie to you."

"That's great--!"

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

"Hey, it's so dirty! Let go!"

"No! Xiaolin was just mean to me!"

"You..."

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

Others did not stop him.

Many couples also ran to the maze area secretly in pursuit of privacy, because the scenery in the maze area is more charming than that in 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, Xiaolin and Aqua encountered a monster not long after they entered the maze area.

The dark green rhizome is as thick as a human arm, and the roots are divided into multiple branches that step steadily on the ground. There is a huge yellow flower similar to a sunflower on the top of the body, and the mouth full of teeth is wide open in the middle, revealing the red color inside that seems to be poisonous. If you use a sentence to describe it, it is a flower that can walk.

Two full vines stretched out near 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 could easily scare children.

However, Aqua was eager to try it. As her level increased, she was quite interested in mowing down small monsters, and monsters like the Piranha Plant were no problem.

"Hmph, watch me deal with it!"

"It has a good momentum. But its trouble is the pair of tentacles, which can almost bind everything. Darkness was very fascinated by it at the beginning. But this guy is actually very weak. Just aim at the white part below the flower and attack, and you can easily..."

"Kamikaze————"

Before Xiaolin could finish speaking, Aqua rushed out quickly, and she used her forte.

But she was not good at close combat, but she forgot that the strongest point of the tentacle monster was the 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 Xiaolin could not imagine.

"Aqua ah ah ah————"

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

"Damn Piranha Plant, I'm going to make them look good!"

The stupid goddess completely forgot that she came to enjoy the flowers and drink. She had lost her mind because of the humiliation of the Piranha Plant and took the initiative to find monsters and destroy them. It's just that she overestimated her 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 with the saliva of the Piranha Plant, crying and lying in Xiaolin's arms.

How to say it, this feeling of powerlessness is really long-lost. If this was not SAO, if the monster just now was not a Piranha Plant, he really thought he was still in Axel.

"Okay, Aqua."

Kobayashi 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."

"Um..."

Aqua looked reluctant.

In the end, she chose to go for a drink after much hesitation, instead of getting angry with the Piranha Plant.

The two of them followed the red brick road 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 surrounded the hill and continued to the top of the hill.

That was the Hill of Memories. Because there was only one road, they didn't worry about losing their way, but there were many monsters on the road, so many couples would not go there rashly.

"Hey, are you going there?"

"Of course! Don't you think the top of the hill is a good place to drink?"

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

That said, the two of them still walked towards the hill. After setting foot on 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. However, for the high-level Xiaolin, these monsters were nothing.

After Xiaolin continued to repel the 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. It is surrounded by trees and beautiful flowers are vying for beauty to fill the open space. Regardless of how much risk one may encounter when coming up, the beautiful scenery alone is enough to make people take risks.

"It's so beautiful——!"

Aqua cheered and ran back and forth in the sea of ​​flowers. She is really no different from a goddess.

What, she is a goddess?

That's fine.

The goddess is surrounded by flowers. Such a beautiful scenery really wants to be painted and treasured, but——

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

The beautiful atmosphere was completely destroyed by this sentence.

Are you here to drink?

In the middle of the flower field, there is a big rock shining with white light. The rock is covered with soft grass piles, as if a green tablecloth is spread on it.

A natural wine table.

The stupid goddess sat on it and called Xiaolin to come quickly while taking out the pre-prepared drinks from the prop column.

Golden wine.

It 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..."

Kobayashi shook his head helplessly.

But the moment he sat on it, a bright light burst out between the two of them.

He exclaimed softly and stood up to observe.

I saw a thin bud gradually growing in the soft grass. Focusing my eyes, the focusing system began to work, and the bud instantly became fresh. Two pure white leaves opened like shells, and a thin and pointed stem grew from the center.

In the sight, the thin bud quickly grew taller and thicker. Soon, a large bud formed at the tip. The part that was bulging into a teardrop shape and shining with pure white light was emitting a pearly light from the inside.

The two looked at each other.

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

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

Aqua gently stretched her right hand toward the flower. When her hand touched the thin stem, the stem broke like ice, leaving only the flower in the hand of the stupid goddess.

After tapping the surface, the window popped up.

[Flower of Soul]

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

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

Kobayashi slapped his head.

He was too focused on conquering the floor and forgot about this kind of thing. It was not until he got the Flower of Soul by accident that he suddenly remembered this item.

"Hey, this seems to be quite useful."

"For you, it is."

This item is limited to familiars. When there are few tamers, this item cannot be sold at a high price. And the stupid goddess rarely goes to dangerous places, so this item should not be used.

"But I don't really need it."

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

A familiar voice came from behind.

Krillin and Aqua turned their heads and saw a swordsman in black and a timid little loli hiding behind him.

"——Kirito?"