I like traveling the most

Thirty minutes before rescuing Kainz and Yakko, Kirito and Asuna were reviewing the incident in the restaurant.

Kirito, who noticed something strange, felt that things were not that simple.

Facing the beautiful brown-haired girl who raised her gaze slightly on the chair next to her, she spent most of her thoughts analyzing this incongruity and asked an extremely bold question.

"Asuna, have you ever been married?"

He was answered with cold murderous eyes, clenched fists, and a bend forward, as if to make him look good.

"No, it's okay, just pretend I didn't ask!"

Before being beaten, Kirito hurriedly moved his hands and said, "No, no, I don't mean anything special... It's just that you just expressed some thoughts on marriage, and I want to talk about that, that's all!"

"What, what do you want to say?"

"After getting married in SAO, the item inventory will be shared. In a sense, there is no privacy at all."

"really……"

After getting married, the player's item inventory will be completely integrated, and the upper limit of item capacity will be expanded to the total strength of the two people.

Although this brings great convenience, it also brings about the danger of marriage fraud - getting away with rare items.

Why is this system wrong?

Kirito suppressed his inner discomfort and asked, "Then what will happen to the item inventory when we get divorced?"

"Huh?"

Asuna was also stunned by this unexpected topic.

She has never been married, and can only rely on vague memories: "Well... I remember there are several options. For example, automatic allocation, rotating selection of props, etc... There are a few others, but I don't remember them. ”

"I really want to know the details. What should I do?...By the way, Asuna, would you like to try with me..."

At this time, he had not finished speaking.

With murderous intent several times stronger than before, Asuna grabbed the thin sword at her waist with her left hand and smiled charmingly.

"How about trying it with you?"

"W-come with me...to interrogate Heathcliff?"

I really don't dare to continue talking.

After about a minute, Heathcliff gave a reply, recording in detail and concisely the relevant disposition of the prop column during the divorce.

In addition to the automatic equivalent distribution and interactive selection distribution that Asuna mentioned just now, there is also the possibility of automatic distribution using percentages, which means that alimony can be collected from the divorced partner.

It's obviously a game, but it's so realistic.

Of course, these options can only be selected with the consent of both parties during divorce. On the other hand, if one party does not agree with the distribution method, then divorce is not possible in the system.

However, it is not possible for all divorces to break up amicably. What should you do if you encounter someone who wants to divorce you no matter what, but the other party refuses to do so? There are no courts in this world that help mediate divorce.

The answer to this question is a sentence written by Heathcliff at the end of the letter.

[By the way, unconditional divorce can only be established if one's own item distribution rate is set to zero and the other party's is set to one hundred percent. In this example, when the divorce is established and the props column is divided, all props that cannot be accommodated by the other party will fall at their feet. Kirito, if your partner is planning to divorce unconditionally, I recommend that you choose to hide in a single room in a hotel. 】

The slightly teasing letter made Kirito feel like he was struck by lightning.

The original discomfort gradually amplified, and the mood turned from anxiety to doubt, then to consternation through conviction, and finally to fear. He staged what is called a face change in front of Asuna.

"Ah...ah...this is it, this is it!"

He stood up suddenly and grabbed the shoulders of Asuna in front of him. The girl who was so frightened that she stepped back had her cheeks red, and said in an unnatural tone: "Wait... how, how... do you want to be here... here... …No, you should at least go to a hotel…”

Kirito didn't have any extra thoughts to think about this sentence.

His brain was completely shocked by the hidden truth of this incident, as if a moan was squeezed from his throat.

"One hundred for myself and zero for the other party. There is only one way to achieve such a divorce!"

"Huh? What?"

"It's just a farewell! The moment the marriage partner dies, the item inventory will return to its original capacity, and all the items that cannot be stored will fall at your feet.

In other words... that is to say, at the moment when the president of Golden Apple was killed, the rare ring placed in her inventory would not be taken away by the criminal, but would remain in the item inventory of the marriage partner, otherwise it would It’s better to materialize at the feet of your marriage partner! "

Asuna's chestnut eyes blinked slowly, and the confusion that originally appeared in her eyes suddenly turned into a deep tremor.

"The ring... wasn't taken away?"

"No, it's not like that."

Kirito let go of her shoulders and sat down heavily again. He said in a hoarse voice: "It should be said that it was taken away. Grimrock took away the ring in his inventory. He is not an insider. The culprit in the illusion of the incident is the behind-the-scenes story of the ring incident half a year ago.”

After hearing what Kirito said, Asuna was shocked and dropped the rapier in her hand to the ground.

What happened next was what Xiao Lin heard about later.

The mastermind behind all this was Grimrock. He did not kill the president of the Golden Apple directly, but commissioned a red player who specialized in doing such dirty things.

And he knew the entire plan of the murder in the circle, so he naturally knew what would happen if it was completely successful.

After the ghost murders were staged in front of him one after another, the guilty Schmidt came here to confess, and Kainz and Ye Zi, who were dressed as ghosts, would interrogate Schmidt here, so he could use this situation to completely bury the ring incident in the darkness, which is why the three people of the Smiling Coffin - PoH and his two men appeared here.

As for why Grimrock wanted to kill his wife?

It was because of stupid and mean reasons.

- Jealousy.

Grimrock and the president of the Golden Apple are not only husband and wife in the game, but also husband and wife in reality.

To her husband, she is an ideal wife without any shortcomings. It can even be said that the idiom "husband sings and wife follows" was created for women like her. The two get along very harmoniously, and they have never quarreled even once.

But when faced with danger, some people will be devastated, while others will emit their own light.

This is the case with the president of Golden Apple.

She changed her obedience and timidity in reality, and soon cheered up in the game. Whether it is combat power or situation judgment ability, she is much stronger than her husband. In spite of her husband's opposition, she established a guild and recruited members. At the same time, she began to train herself in the hope of joining the strategy group and contributing to the early clearance of the game.

Compared with reality, the president of Golden Apple can be said to be full of vitality and live a very fulfilling life.

But it is such a wife who makes her husband feel that the person he loves has disappeared. Even if he completely conquers the game and returns to reality, the wife who obeys him in everything and loves him will never come back.

This fear gradually erodes his heart.

So in order to prevent such a thing from happening, in order to return to reality and not accept the humiliation of being divorced by his wife, he chose to seal his wife forever in the game and in the memories here.

"Humiliation? You call it humiliation? Just because your wife doesn't listen to you... you killed her for this reason? To be able to free yourself and your companions from SAO... to join the strategy team one day, you actually... killed her for this reason..."

Disgusting jealousy.

Kirito's right hand grasped the hilt of the sword, but his left hand held down his right hand tightly.

His impulse and reason were colliding with each other.

"Just for this reason? You are wrong, this is a very good reason, and one day you will understand. When you get love and are about to lose it..."

"No, you are wrong, Grimrock!"

The one who refuted him was Asuna.

Her beautiful face was filled with obvious anger.

"Your feelings for your wife are not love at all, but possessiveness! If you dare to say that you still love her, take off the glove on your left hand! Miss President was still wearing the ring on her hand when she was killed, and you should have thrown it away long ago!"

Grimrock's shoulders trembled slightly.

He grabbed his left hand with his right hand just like Kirito, but his hand did not move at all, just remained silent and did not seem to be ready to take off the leather gloves.

Apparently Asuna's guess was correct.

There was no ring on his hand at all!

In the end, Grimrock was handed over to Schmidt, the once obsessed spearman, who was also disgusted by Grimrock's behavior and said that he would definitely make him pay the price.

I think Grimrock will be imprisoned in the Black Iron Palace where there will be no sunlight forever and wait for the end of the game.

It's really a bargain for him.

Kainz and Yako came in front of Kirito and Asuna, stopped and bowed deeply, and then looked at each other.

Finally, Yako said, "Ms. Asuna, Mr. Kirito. I really don't know how to apologize and thank you... If you two hadn't arrived, we would have been killed long ago... and we wouldn't have been able to expose Grimrock's evil deeds."

"No, I just did something insignificant, but what you did was admirable. Even Kobayashi praised you for making him feel interesting."

"Mr. Kobayashi? Please apologize to him for me."

Yoko bowed again, and then walked down the hill with Keyns, following Schmidt's footsteps, while Kirito and Asuna stood there and watched them leave.

"I say, Kirito."

Asuna suddenly said, "If it was you... If you married someone and found out about that person's hidden side, what would you think then?"

"Huh?"

Faced with this question that he had never thought of, Kirito was speechless. After all, he was just a little kid of fifteen years and six months old, and he didn't try to understand these social conventions at all.

But after thinking desperately, he gave a somewhat shallow answer.

"I think you should feel lucky."

"Hmm?"

"Because, I got married because I liked every aspect of that person, right? So, if I can discover a new side of the other person after marriage and fall in love with him/her again, wouldn't that be a double benefit?"

Although this statement was extremely tacky, Asuna frowned, then tilted her head and smiled.

"Hehe, you're such a weirdo."

"Weird?"

"Forget it, after all, too many things have happened and I'm hungry. Let's go get something to eat."

"That's true. Then let's try the specialty of Argot, which looks like okonomiyaki but has no taste in the sauce..."

"Rejected."

Kirito was dejected and was about to leave, but Asuna suddenly grabbed his shoulder.

Kirito was startled and turned back, and an incredible scene appeared in front of him.

Since he was involved in the incident in the circle, he didn't know how many times it had happened, but every time it was shocking.

In Aincrad, all sensory information can be replaced by digital files through the line, so the so-called supernatural phenomena will never occur. So what we see now is either a server bug or an illusion produced by the brain in the real world.

A little further north on the hill, next to the mossy tombstone standing at the root of the crooked old tree, a female player with a faint golden glow and a half-transparent body appeared.

The person's slender body was wrapped in minimal metal armor.

She had a thin long sword hanging from her waist and a shield on her back. The short-haired woman looked very amiable and beautiful, and her eyes, like the several players Kirito knew, had a strong light.

Only a strategist who hoped to end this death game with his own sword would have such eyes.

The female player, who showed a steady smile, just stared at Kirito and Asuna quietly, but soon she stretched out her open right hand to them as if she wanted to give them something.

Kirito and Asuna also stretched out their right hands to her at the same time, and when their palms felt a heat, they clenched their hands.

The heat flowed into Kirito's body and ignited a fire in his heart, and after it became the words she wanted to convey, it flowed out from his lips.

"We will inherit your will... One day, we will conquer this game and free everyone from here."

"Yes, we will. So, please bless us."

Asuna's whisper was carried to the female swordsman by the night wind. Her transparent face also showed a very bright smile.

The next moment, no one could be seen in that place. After the two put down their hands, they stood at the scene for a long time.

Finally, Asuna held Kirito's right hand tightly and said to him with a smile: "Go back, we have to work hard tomorrow."

"...That's right. I hope to break through the current front line within this week."

Kirito smiled back.

Then, the two turned around and walked down the hill and began to move towards the main street.