"Holy crap! Kirito, I didn't think you were a siscon. From the look of it, you even want to make a move on your sister. How could you do this? It's immoral! Watch out or your dad will break your legs," Klein warned.
"What's immoral about it? We aren't blood-related siblings, so there's no blood relation. There's nothing wrong with being together," Kirito said dismissively.
Hearing that Kirito also had feelings for his sister, Klein felt despair. Why did all the friends around him have partners?! Klein grabbed Kirito's neck in a headlock and said, "No! Kirito, are you going to betray the Organization too? Didn't we agree to be a pair of single dogs and be best buds who don't look for partners? How could you do this to me?"
"Don't talk nonsense, I never said such a thing." Kirito pushed Klein away with a look of disgust; he didn't want others to suspect he was gay.
Seeing Kirito actually showing disgust toward him, Klein held Kirito's neck even tighter. "No, don't even think about leaving me behind and walking away alone."
"Go away! I don't want to talk to you anymore." Pushing Klein away desperately, Kirito was annoyed to death by Klein's designs on his sister.
The voices of Kirito and Klein alerted Illustrious. What leaving behind? What going away? Looking at the two of them acting all gay, Illustrious maliciously speculated: could it be that Klein and Kirito are a gay couple?
It was entirely possible. Back in sword art online, when Klein discovered Kirito's real appearance, he had said he liked Kirito's fair, clean, pretty-boy look, and Kirito had naturally said he liked Klein's samurai appearance.
At that time, Illustrious thought it was a joke, but now it seemed they had definitely caught each other's eyes back then, developed gay feelings, and finally ended up together.
But Kirito found a new man, so he abandoned his old flame Klein. To keep Kirito, Klein was pestering him in every way, wanting to use love to make Kirito stay, but Kirito didn't appreciate it because he liked the new man more than his old flame. Thus, Kirito and Klein started arguing like this.
If Kirito and Klein were together, then there would be no need to worry about Asuna having a relationship with Kirito anymore. In that case, she couldn't let Kirito and Klein break up. Illustrious intended to mediate their argument.
"Illustrious! What's wrong with them? Why did they suddenly start arguing?" the kind-hearted Asuna said worriedly.
Illustrious leaned her head toward Asuna's ear and whispered the reason why Kirito and Klein were arguing.
After hearing Illustrious's explanation, Asuna's worldview collapsed again. Last time, it was because Illustrious said two girls could be together, which caused her worldview to collapse.
This time, Illustrious said Kirito and Klein liked each other and were together, which shocked Asuna even more. She said in a voice of disbelief, "But Kirito and Klein are both men! Can two men be together too?"
"What's so strange about that? Just like you and me, two girls can be together because they like each other, so why can't two men be together?" Illustrious said earnestly. "Your thinking is too traditional now. If you keep this up, you'll be left behind by the times."
"Illustrious, you're right. I really do need to change my traditional concepts. I checked online yesterday, and two girls being together can have children," Asuna said very happily to Illustrious. "As long as we use your eggs, Illustrious, to replace Aoko's and fuse them with my eggs to form embryonic cells, then we can have a child of our own."
"Illustrious, when are we going to the hospital? I want a child of our own."
Ah! This! How did the topic shift to having children? Illustrious was quite resistant to having children. After all, her body was a woman's, but her heart was actually a man's. If you ask a man to give birth to a child, any man would resist!
Illustrious coughed a few times and said seriously, "Asuna, speaking of having children, I want to tell you in advance that I won't give birth. If you want one, you'll have to give birth yourself."
"Don't be like that. Do you really want me to suffer terribly during childbirth? As my girlfriend, you should be considerate of me and then calmly say, 'Fine, having a child is a small matter, let me do it! How could I let you endure something that would make you suffer, Asuna? Please leave the childbirth to me!' You should say it like that," Asuna said with a cute pout.
After hearing that Asuna indeed wanted her to give birth, Illustrious's face immediately darkened. "Acting cute won't help. I won't give birth, so just give up on that idea!"
"Hmph! If you won't give birth, then I'll do it myself," Asuna huffed.
Hearing that Asuna would do it herself, Illustrious breathed a sigh of relief, but said in confusion, "Asuna! Why are you so set on having a child? Having a child is a lot of trouble. Not only is it agonizingly painful during birth, but it will also disturb our world as a couple."
"If the child turns out to be good, that's fine, but if it's a brat, you'll have plenty to worry about. Breaking things at home, smashing a neighbor's friend's figures, or kicking and breaking an IMAX screen at the cinema and having to pay two hundred thousand... all these things could happen. Since such a brat is possible, I think it's better not to have one, to save us the worry."
Asuna kept poking Illustrious's forehead with her finger and said speechlessly, "The child isn't even born yet, why do you have so much to say? Brats are only that way because their parents don't teach them. As long as I teach her patiently, she can definitely become a pillar of the country!"
"Stop poking. If you want to have a child, I have no objection, alright?" Illustrious said, holding her forehead. "Back to the main topic! Those two are fighting; we need to hurry and mediate, otherwise they're going to break up."
"Yeah! You're right. Klein is so pitiful. He clearly loves Kirito wholeheartedly, but I didn't expect Kirito to find someone new. That's just too much. I have to help Klein so he can be with Kirito," Asuna nodded.
"Great! Let's go over then!" Illustrious and Asuna stopped and walked toward Kirito and Klein behind them.
"Kirito, you can't do this to me. Have you forgotten the promise we made back then?" Klein was talking about the promise made twenty days ago when they teamed up to fight monsters.
At that time, Kirito said he was a solo player and there was a monster that was hard to beat, so he asked Klein to go with him. Klein said no problem, but he wanted Kirito to introduce a female friend to be his girlfriend once Kirito had many female friends. Kirito thought he had no luck with women and wouldn't have that many female friends, so he agreed.
"Don't even think about it. It's impossible. I won't let you disturb her." Kirito was very firm, stating he wouldn't introduce his sister to Klein because his sister belonged to him and could only be his. Not even if Jesus came would it happen, he said so.
He? Kirito really has found a new man. He's abandoning the old for the new; this is just too much. Illustrious and Asuna glanced at each other. They decided to teach Kirito a good lesson, make him realize his mistake, and then return to Klein's side.
Illustrious patted Kirito's shoulder and said earnestly, "Kirito, you're going too far. Klein is so pitiful, how can you have the heart to leave him?"
"Kirito! Repent and be saved, don't make mistake after mistake," Asuna advised kindly.
"Illustrious, and Asuna, you guys are so nice. I knew you would stand by my side. You have to talk some sense into Kirito, he really is going too far," Klein said with tears and snot.
"Don't worry, Klein, we'll help you," Illustrious guaranteed, patting her chest.
"Keep it up! Don't give up, or your partner will be gone. You don't want to miss out on this hard-won fate, right?" Asuna encouraged from the side.
The unanimous concern from Illustrious and Asuna made Klein feel like he was basking in a spring breeze. What is a good person? This is what a good person is! It seemed Illustrious and Asuna were going to help him persuade Kirito to introduce his sister to him.
Then he had to act a bit more pitiful to get their help. So Klein cried even harder: "Waaaah...! You're so good to me, I don't even know how to repay you."
Klein told himself that doing this wasn't just because he wanted Kirito's sister to be his girlfriend; he just wanted to bring Kirito back to the right path. Even if your sister isn't blood-related, she's still your sister! As a brother, how could you be such a beast as to make a move on your sister?
Only by snatching his sister away to be his wife could Kirito wake up. Klein was doing all this for his friend, absolutely no selfish motives involved.
"Don't be so polite, we're friends. It's only right for friends to help each other," Illustrious said loyally.
"Klein, you stand to the side first. We'll do some ideological work on Kirito," Asuna said gently.
After comforting Klein, Illustrious and Asuna came before Kirito, looking down at him.
"What do you want! I'm telling you, I'm not afraid of you." Seeing Illustrious and Asuna closing in on him, Kirito clenched his fists. If Illustrious and Asuna dared to do anything unfavorable to him, he would definitely resist.
"Don't worry, Kirito, we won't do anything to you." Seeing Kirito being very guarded against them, Asuna said in a gentle tone.
"No need to be so wary of us. We're just here out of kindness to persuade you to return to the right path," Illustrious put on the air of a kind person.
Return to the right path? Could it be that his feelings for his sister had been discovered by them, so they were thinking like Klein and wanted him to give up on his sister voluntarily? "Hmph! Impossible. Who I love is none of your business, mind your own! You two are a yuri couple, your parents definitely won't agree to you being together."
This sentence hit the nail on the head and went straight into Asuna's heart. Her being together with Illustrious had always been kept from her parents. If her parents found out, the Yuuki Family, who valued being well-matched in social status and had firm traditional concepts, would definitely not agree to her being with Illustrious.
"Asuna, don't listen to him, he's changing the subject. Kirito, how do you plan to handle your promise to Klein? Do you really intend to break it?" Illustrious laid her cards on the table.
"Sigh! I won't break the promise, is that enough?" Seeing Illustrious pressing him at every step, Kirito said in surrender.
"Oh! Really? Thank you so much, Illustrious and Asuna," Klein thanked Illustrious and Asuna with a face full of joy.
"We're friends, this is just a small matter. You and Kirito should get along well and don't fight, you hear?" Illustrious said, patting Klein's shoulder.
"No problem! Kirito and I have already made up, right, Kirito?" Klein put his arm around Kirito's neck again.
"That's more like it. Asuna! Let's keep going!" Illustrious held Asuna's hand and walked a step ahead of Kirito and Klein toward the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
Watching those two troubles, Illustrious and Asuna, walk away, Kirito said to Klein with dissatisfaction, "You're holding me so hard, I'm about to be strangled to death by you."
"Ah! Sorry, sorry!" Klein loosened his grip a bit and said, "Kirito, when are you going to introduce your sister to me? I want to go on a date with her."
"I never said I'd introduce my sister to you! My sister belongs only to me, so don't even think about making a move on her," Kirito said firmly.
"You just said you wouldn't break your promise, and now you're trying to back out so soon," Klein said, angrily tightening his arm around Kirito's neck.
"Stop choking me! I won't introduce my sister to you, but I can introduce my cousin to you instead," Kirito managed to say with a pained expression.
Upon hearing that Kirito had a cousin and was willing to introduce her, Klein loosened his grip. "That's more like it. By the way, what's her name? Is she pretty? And when can you arrange a date for us?" Klein asked with a grin.
"My cousin's name is Kirigaya Kazuko. She looks very cute and beautiful. I'll have her go on a date with you tomorrow, so just wait for her call!" Kirito said, his face tinged with shame.
Klein was in no mood to notice Kirito's expression; his entire mind was focused on Kirito's cousin, Kirigaya Kazuko. He was looking forward immensely to tomorrow's date with her.
Illustrious and her group arrived at the hotel restaurant. As soon as she entered, she saw the comrades she had fought alongside yesterday to defeat the Boss Kobold. Among them, Alice was sitting at a banquet table.
When Alice saw Illustrious and the others, she called out loudly, "Hey! Illustrious, Asuna, Kirito, and... whoever else, come to this table! There happen to be four seats here."
The four of them immediately took their seats. Klein, dissatisfied that Alice had forgotten him so quickly, said, "I'm not 'whoever else,' I'm Klein! I'm the one who wanted to join your Red Dragon Knights in the group chat last time, but unfortunately, you rejected me. You couldn't have forgotten so soon!"
Alice twirled her long blue hair with her finger and said, "Sorry, let me think! Wanted to join my Red Dragon Knights? Name's Klein? Oh! I remember now. You're that pervert who asks every girl he likes to have his babies, right? Sorry! I only just remembered you."
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