Chapter 30: The Visiting Asuna

  The strategy group, with the help of "White Fox" Hachiman Taku, successfully cleared the 25th floor's guardian BOSS, which had previously inflicted heavy casualties on the army, without a single loss. The news spread like wildfire throughout the SAO world!

  Players in every layer of streets and alleys, from town taverns, are discussing this matter everywhere.

  Although the military's previous style made many people dare not speak out, it is undeniable that the military's strength is indeed very strong, so after the news of the 25th floor Guardian BOSS being heavily damaged by the military came out, a shadow was cast over the hearts of all ordinary players in SAO.

  Now, the 25th floor BOSS that had been weighing heavily on players' minds like Mount Tai has been successfully conquered by a zero-damage raid team, how can this not make players ecstatic?

  Yayoi Mochi's reputation reached a new peak once again, with almost all players looking at Yayoi Mochi as their savior.

  However, the military personnel did have some reservations about this.

  "Hey... Yakumo! Wait up!"

  After completing the strategy, he bid farewell to Keita and others, left the Labyrinth District, and was about to return to the town's transmission array when he heard Asuna's voice coming from behind him.

  He stopped in his tracks, and Hachirou Moku turned around to look at Asuna who was running towards him.

  "What's wrong?"

  Asuna ran up to Yui and said with a red face, somewhat shyly: "Thanks for your help this time..."

  "No need to be polite, you've all worked very hard too, this isn't just my own achievement. Besides, I'm the one who got the biggest reward this time, there's nothing for me to thank you for."

  Ayase shook her head, looking at Yakumo Suke's eyes with a somewhat serious expression: "No, you don't have to be humble. We also know some information about the battle between the army and the Guardian BOSS before, plus this time's personal experience. If it wasn't for your help, we would definitely have lost many more people..."

  Here is the translation:

  "Speaking of which, Asuna suddenly extended an invitation to Yui: "Why don't you join our strategy group too? With your help, I'm sure we can greatly speed up our progress!"

  He stared at Asuna until she became uncomfortable and looked away, then Hachiman smiled and refused: "No need to join, if you encounter any difficult situations in the future, just come find me."

  "You didn't even add me as a friend, how can I find you..." Yaxin muttered under her breath.

  Baiyun Mo suddenly lost his smile and casually opened the system panel, sending a friend request to Asuna.

  As she stared at the friend request that suddenly popped up in front of her, Asuna looked at Yui in surprise.

  Hei Taisuke also had some connections, so Asuna naturally knew a thing or two about Yagumo Kuro from him. She was well aware that Yagumo Kuro rarely became friends with others.

  However, when the famous "White Fox Young Master" actively sent her a friend request, Asuna was extremely delighted and agreed immediately.

  Looking at the name of Bayun Mo in her friend list, Asuna suddenly blinked and smiled slyly: "You've become my friend, doesn't that mean you're exposing your whereabouts?"

  "Huh? How did you know I bought a house?" Ba Yun Mo was puzzled.

  Asuna said matter-of-factly, "With your abilities, buying a house is an easy thing to do! And since you hardly ever appear in town, it's only natural that you'd build one by yourself out in the wilderness!"

  Baiyun Mo suddenly lost his smile, this Yaxi Na is really clever.

  "Hey, we're friends now, right? Won't you invite me to your place for a visit? I'm really curious about the kind of place that's caught the eye of 'White Fox Young Master'!"

  Yasuna suddenly asked Yagumo Kuro if he wanted to go home with her, and his mind went blank.

  A girl actively offers to visit your home...

  Thinking is not good, but not thinking is also not good...

  "What are you thinking about!" Asuna seemed to have seen Yui's thoughts and suddenly became a little angry, "Don't think nonsense!"

  "Alright, alright! I won't think about it!" Hachigen Ushoda looked at Asuna who was puffed up like a small cat, and immediately raised his hands in surrender. "So, will you come to my house as a guest?"

  Although she had said so boldly before, Asuna was actually invited by Yui and felt a bit embarrassed, lowering her head and fidgeting for a while before nodding in agreement.

  "Don't get any ideas, I'm only agreeing because you've helped me out a lot!"

  Seems like someone's being a bit arrogant...

  Baiyun Mo smiled lightly in his heart and turned around to walk away slowly.

  "Then come with me!"

  Aingelangt 22nd floor, Bayunju.

  "Good, so beautiful..."

  Asuna covered her small mouth with both hands and stared at the sparkling lake surface under the sunset, unable to believe that there was such a beautiful place in this game.

  Watching Asuna standing by the lake in a daze, Yui Moku approached with a smile and said: "Alright, stop spacing out. You can look at the scenery anytime you want. Let's go inside first!"

  "What? Oh! Okay, okay!"

  "Welcome back, young master!"

  As soon as she entered the courtyard gate, Asuna was startled by three maids who came to greet her.

  "Is this... an NPC maid?" Pointing at the three maids, Asuna looked at Yui with a disbelieving face, "You actually... actually hired maids..."

  "Hey, hey! What's with that expression...?" Hachiguma Moku felt a great headache coming on. "You were the one who told me not to think too much before, but now it seems like you're the one overthinking things! I just thought our house was too big and would be inconvenient without maids to clean, so that's why I hired them!"

  Ayase looked at Yakumo Saku with a wary expression, her arms crossed in front of her chest as if defending against something: "You really didn't do anything strange to them?"

  "What's with that weird attitude of yours?! Didn't you just say I helped you out big time? Is this really the thanks I get?!"

  "Ahahaha... Ahahahahahaha..."

  "Hmm..."

  Baiyun Mo hummed a low tone, turned around and entered the living room. As he walked, he said to a maid beside him: "Go make two cups of red tea and prepare dinner."

  "Very good, young master!" The maid bowed respectfully and turned around to enter the backyard to prepare red tea.

  "Hey, hey! Wait a minute!" Hearing Yagumo Hakuto mention dinner, Asuna suddenly stopped him and came running up with a curious expression, saying: "You're cooking at home?"

  "It's not me who cooks, I just let them do it. " Yakumo pointed to the maid, "After all, this place is still some distance from the town, and I couldn't possibly go to a restaurant in town for every meal, could I? So I prepared a lot of ingredients at home and had the maids cook."

  Asuna's interest was piqued and she thought for a moment before suddenly saying, "Hey, as a reward for helping the strategy group this time, how about I prepare dinner today?"

  "Huh?"

  "Hah? Just say yes or no!"

  I didn't expect Yaxin to have such a spoiled side, the Eight Clouds Ink suddenly remembered that in the original book, Yaxin learned cooking skills and even practiced them to the top level, although that was something that happened later in the game.

  "Alright!"

  Yayumi Moku stopped the maid who was preparing to make dinner and sent a trade request to Asuna, who agreed without looking closely, and casually put some ingredients from her backpack into the trading window.

  "This is...!!" Asuna's eyes suddenly widened, "S-level ingredients!!!"

  Huh? S-class ingredients?

  Baiyun Mo was taken aback, and only then did he react, realizing that he had carelessly put the S-class ingredient "Balon Fish" from his backpack into the trading column.

  "Oh, you're talking about that Barron fish? I caught it by accident when I was fishing on a boring day..."

  Bored out of your mind? Accidentally hooked up with someone?

  Ayase glared at Yakumo Suke with a scowl, her expression twisted in frustration. She had always dreamed of getting S-class ingredients!

  "You're actually treating S-class ingredients like this! It's... it's unforgivable!!"

  "Hey! I haven't even used it yet, okay?! Besides, I don't have cooking skills, what else can I do?! How can you say I'm wasting it......" Yakumo Mokuto was dissatisfied.

  Ayase ran swiftly to Hachioji's side and peeked at his backpack rack.

  "Wow! You actually still have so many S-grade ingredients!!"

  The entire Yagumo residence was suddenly filled with Asuna's screams.

  "No way! You have to hand them all over to me to deal with!!"