Spent the whole day adventuring in the wild.
It was clear that the team's teamwork was gradually improving.
Especially Asuna. Although she had never undergone any systematic training, her fighting style with the one-handed rapier, focusing on thrusts, was getting stronger and stronger, as if she was a born western fencer.
If she developed in the direction of Olympic fencing, she might even achieve something.
When they returned to the Town of Beginnings, many players had already come back for dinner, etc.
With the day's abundant harvest, after selling all the weapons to a merchant at random prices, they had a full 18 gold coins.
And other gains totaled 25 gold coins, making 43 gold coins in total.
Converted to cash, that's 43,000 Yuan.
To be fair, don't think this is a small amount. In fact, ordinary players, just fighting monsters without doing quests, would be lucky to earn a few gold coins a day.
The game's early-stage currency output rate was really that low.
For those who just went out and killed a few monsters, they'd probably only earn enough for some meal money.
"Let's rent a house. No need to keep staying at inns."
Although inns were very cheap, from as low as 5 copper coins for a single to a few silver coins, the environment wasn't worth mentioning. They were purely decent places just for sleeping.
"Okay."
Kyoko and the others thought about it and agreed.
Now that they had money, it was natural to want a better environment.
So, after having a hearty dinner at a restaurant, they went looking for a house nearby.
Since no one had much money right now, few could afford to rent a place, so there were many vacant houses, especially luxurious ones.
Soon, Kaito rented a very luxurious villa with a courtyard.
The architecture was in a medieval Western style, three stories, 10 rooms, two small bathrooms, one extra-large artificial hot spring bath, etc.
Kaito rented it for 10 gold coins a week. The price was indeed not cheap, equivalent to 10,000 Yuan a week.
But it didn't seem too different; real-world prices were probably similar? Or even more expensive?
From then until the end of Saturday, Kaito continued playing in the new SAO game world.
Everyone's relationship gradually became closer, and the party was completely fixed.
Besides Kaito, Mika, and Ako, everyone could fight together.
Of course, Ako would definitely be online often.
This girl basically logged in to play except for eating, bathing, and sleeping.
"Alright, everyone rest well tonight. But starting tomorrow, I might not be online. I'll let you know when I'll be on again."
"Huh? Captain Kaito, are you busy in the real world?"
Asuna asked curiously and reluctantly, including Kyoko, who couldn't help but stop what she was doing and look up at him.
"Yeah, there are some things I need to handle."
Kaito smiled in reply.
Tomorrow, Zenjou Aoi was coming. Besides that, the day after tomorrow, he had to go to the Demon Slayer World because Kie's inn was already built and opened today.
Apart from these, he also had to return to his original world. Besides handling the Ke Jie matter, he needed to go home.
This time when he returned, he would also bring Baal with him, give some money to his parents, and also have his younger brother properly support their parents, etc.
"I-I see... Captain Kaito, you must come back soon... otherwise, you'll fall far behind us in levels."
Asuna showed a forced smile.
For some reason, although she had been intending to set up her mother and Kaito together recently, she never actually did it. Instead, her mother seemed to intentionally or unintentionally interact more with Kaito.
Shino was also fine. Her fear had improved a lot under Kaito's guidance. During this time, Kaito hadn't just been grinding, after all.
As for Leafa, she said she had learned a bit from Kaito and that her kendo had finally improved somewhat.
"Alright, everyone rest early. I'll log in when I have time."
After chatting a bit more, under their reluctant expressions, Kaito logged off.
"Darling, you're back~"
Opening his eyes, he saw Irisviel's face pressed close beside him again.
"Mm."
Kaito nodded, got up, gently patted her little head, and smilingly went to the bathroom for a simple wash.
"Were Illya and Sakura good today?"
There's no school on Saturday, but Kaito had been gaming all day, so he still needed to ask.
"Hehe, of course they were good~ They knew you were gaming and didn't bother you, just studying Magecraft."
"Is that so? Mrs. Tohsaka is coming to visit tomorrow. Are you prepared?"
"Mm-hmm, this afternoon I specifically had Sella accompany me to buy a lot of things. We can have a picnic in the courtyard tomorrow. Besides that, I bought some fruit wine and items needed for barbecue."
Hmm, looked like they could have a great meal tomorrow.
After chatting with Irisviel, Kaito lay in bed, took out his phone, and looked at the chat group. Irisviel lay beside him, her head buried in his arms.
They silently looked at their phones like this, chatting about simple topics until finally reaching 12 o'clock.
—Ding
[Today's check-in points: 85]
Current total points: 1230.
This was the accumulation from the past few days.
When he reached 900 and could do a ten-draw, Kaito didn't draw, but kept saving.
Perhaps because he was having too much fun in the game world, his interest in gacha had diminished. Instead of eagerly waiting for 900 points to do a ten-draw, he would draw when needed.
[Sayuri]: Everyone, look what I drew~
[Shodai]: Oh? What did you draw?
[Sayuri]: Hehe, it's a limited-time random travel card~ Must be used within 12 hours. And after going there, like the parent-child activity, our time will be frozen. No limit on number of people or power. After you go, you can gain power by completing different tasks!
[Misuzu]: Now you're talking my language!
[Sephie]: Oh my, you can gain power by completing tasks? Have you used it?
[Sayuri]: I used it. Since it needs to be used within 12 hours. After randomization, it said [Campione! World]. The background is that this world has many Heretic Gods. As long as we kill those gods, we can gain their power!