Before the game started, Shodai and the others had repeatedly instructed Mika to keep a close watch on Kaito.
After all, Kaito's charm was simply too strong.
In the online game world, it's even easier to stir emotions than in the real world, leading to online romances, meeting in person, and eventually falling in love.
With Kaito's handsomeness and that damn sense of security, probably not many women could resist. Once they met, they'd surely agree.
Therefore, they were united in asking Mika to help keep an eye on things.
Since she is the one who gave Kaito the game helmet and is playing with him, then during the game, keeping an eye on Kaito is her biggest responsibility! And she must see it through to the end!
Absolutely not allowed to let Kaito attract a large number of girls!
Even if it's passive, she has to find a way to break them up.
Active...
Well, if it's active, there's nothing they can do. Can they really blame Kaito?
So...
When Mika heard Kaito admit he was looking at Leafa, she got jealous.
Her just-beginning darkened state immediately dissipated, turning into indignation. Her cheeks puffed up as she pushed Kaito away, telling him to keep his distance, even though she was the one who had hugged him.
"Hehe, alright. Mainly, that girl's swordsmanship is very outstanding. I couldn't help but look a few more times."
Indeed.
In Kaito's eyes, Leafa's swordsmanship was indeed worthy of notice.
But don't underestimate the level of 'worthy of notice'. Kaito had inherited all of Rex Lapis's combat abilities, and that was the combat ability of an Archon!
For it to catch his eye showed that Leafa's swordsmanship was indeed very outstanding.
As for why the original work didn't let Leafa's swordsmanship shine in the game?
Who knows.
Maybe it was to highlight Kirito's strength, suppressing Leafa's swordsmanship skills.
After all, our great Black Swordsman either pretends to be a noob, loses memory, or disconnects. But once he's online, it's like cheating, slapping you in the face with Starburst Stream!
Looking at it this way, suppressing Leafa was understandable.
After all, in many novels, to prevent the protagonist from getting too strong too fast and leaving no plot to write, they also suppress the protagonist's strength.
Afraid of the story collapsing, right?
Take Kaito, for example. He's very strong, isn't he?
He's still not the ruler of the universe.
He still doesn't dare to face his sister-in-law in a one-on-one fight.
Even less dare to immediately accept the invitation from the Geo Archon's Daughter and go directly to the Genshin Impact world.
What if The Heavenly Principles comes to deal with him?
As a person, he needs to be steady, he needs to know how to be cautious...
Alright, he admit it, he's just unlucky and haven't drawn an SSS-rank or above combat ability!
"Um... hello! My name is Leafa, and this is my brother, Kirito. Can we form a party and go adventuring together?"
Leafa wasn't the type to have social anxiety.
In fact, she was very interested in Kaito's swordsmanship. Plus, he was so handsome. As a girl of romantic age, she would naturally be attracted.
Under these circumstances, it was very normal for her to come up and talk to him.
Kaito smiled back at her approach.
"Hello, Leafa, Kirito. My name is Kaito."
"Hello, you can call me Onee-san. This is my daughter, just call her Ako."
Ah, indeed.
Mika's ID was indeed "Onee-san", and Ako's ID was "Ako".
The former was intentional, the latter simply couldn't be bothered to think of an ID.
But having others call Mika "Onee-san" was fine. In fact, calling her "Auntie" would also work.
But she looked so young, wouldn't calling her "Auntie" be very rude?
Even Kaito didn't dare call her that.
At most, he would call her Madam or Mrs.!
"I see. Hello, Onee-san, and hello, Ako."
Leafa was surprised by this mother-daughter pair, but still greeted them politely. Kirito was also surprised by the mother and daughter's appearance, but he didn't think much or look much. Greeting them was enough.
Seeing they had a good relationship with Kaito, he didn't dare look around carelessly, to avoid misunderstandings.
"Alright, Leafa, do you want to join my party?"
"Yes. The swordsmanship you displayed earlier, Kaito-nii, was very strong. I thought maybe I could learn something by being in your party."
Leafa was very direct and frank about this. Kaito smiled upon hearing this and didn't refuse.
"Kirito! I'm here~"
"Seriously, suddenly arranging to meet at this place, I was so nervous running all the way here!"
Leafa joined the party, but Kirito hadn't joined yet.
While Kaito was still preparing to add him, a blonde youth appeared.
Seeing him, Kaito was immediately stunned.
'Isn't this damn well Eugeo! Even his ID is the three letters UGO!!'
'Wait, he's not an NPC in this world, but a player!? That means he's human!!?'
'Then Alice would also be...'
"Eugeo, you finally made it. You're so slow."
Kirito, who had been a bit reserved earlier, immediately broke into a smile.
Sure enough, only with his best friend by his side did he feel at ease.
Kirito turned around and immediately smiled, welcoming Eugeo, who had run all the way here alone.
"You have the nerve to say that... Whatever. Let's form a party and go adventuring now. This time, you promised to teach me some sword skills."
"Well..."
Kirito was stunned for a moment, then awkwardly turned his head to look at Kaito and his sister Leafa.
If it was just Leafa, maybe there wouldn't be any problem. But with Kaito and the others, it was different.
During the adventure, Kirito would also need to spend time teaching Eugeo more sword skills, which would inevitably affect the party's clearing speed.
"Onii-chan, you'd better go with him. I'll temporarily team up with Kaito-nii."
"Th-this isn't good, right?"
"What's not good about it? Onii-chan, how many times have you stood me and Mom up for this friend of yours? Anyway, one more time won't hurt."
"Cough cough cough!!"
'How could you say that!'
'I was just a bit forgetful, and two things happened to coincide!'
"Anyway... um, I'm very sorry. I need to form a separate party with my friend and go adventuring elsewhere. I also need to teach him some combat abilities. My sister Leafa, I'll leave her in your care."
"No problem. Let's add each other as friends. If anything comes up, we can contact each other."
"Okay."
Kirito breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Eugeo, and couldn't help but smile happily. Then he added Kaito as a friend separately.
After all, his sister was in Kaito's party. If anything happened that Leafa wasn't convenient to tell him, Kaito could let him know.
And so, Eugeo, who had just arrived, was taken away by Kirito. The two fist-bumped and then walked off shoulder to shoulder towards another area. Leafa, who was left behind, joined Kaito's party.
'Hmm, just think of it as having an extra apprentice who wants to learn some skills from me. Definitely no other strange thoughts!'
'Huh? Someone's pinching my waist?'