Chapter 42: Lisbeth

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  March 2024.

  On the 48th floor of Aincrad, there is a small town called Lindas.

  The entire small town was built along the water, with beautiful scenery. There are countless small rivers winding through the town, and if the house style were not Western but Eastern, this place could even be called a Jiangnan Water Village in SAO.

  Because the waterway in the small town is developed, many buildings here are waterwheel houses. Not only are they visually appealing, but the waterwheels outside can also provide sufficient power to some mechanical tools inside the house.

  After struggling for over a year, Lisbeth finally saved up enough gold coins to buy her own waterwheel cottage here and open the weapon shop she had always dreamed of!

  As one of Lisbeth's few friends, Yasnaya certainly came to celebrate with her.

  Holding Yui in his arms, Yakumo Mukuro stood beside Asuna and gazed at the waterwheel house hidden among the green trees. On the side of the large door hung a round bronze sign with an etched image of a knight wearing a helmet, accompanied by a line of English text that read "Lisbeth' SmithShop".

  "It's here!"

  Asuna pointed at the waterwheel hut with an excited tone, but her face had a hint of relief.

  No wonder, today with Yayumi Moku and Ketsui going out, Yayumi Moku didn't wear a cloak to cover herself, so on the way here, those players, in addition to recognizing Asuna, were also surprised to see Yayumi Moku.

  The players who had realized his identity looked at Yagumo Mukuro, who was holding Kusakabe Yui, and Asuna walking beside him with a variety of expressions on their faces.

  The scene of this little couple taking their daughter out made Asuna feel both embarrassed and delighted by the gazes of those players, her cheeks remained red all the way, even making Kotori ask "Is Mommy sick?"

  As she stepped up onto the stone steps, Asuna pushed open the wooden door of Liz's Weapon Shop.

  As the wooden door was pushed open, a tinkling sound of "ding-dong" echoed inside.

  Yayoi Moku, holding onto Kaito, followed Asuna into the weapon shop. Behind the door was a reception room for customers, with display cabinets lined up around the walls showcasing various types of weapons.

  The walls were also hung with swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks and forks. These weapons may seem ordinary to Ba Yun Mo, but they could satisfy the needs of most players.

  Lisbeth, who was forging a long sword in the basement of the weapon shop, heard the sound coming from above and immediately knew that someone had come. After putting away the gloves on her hands, Lisbeth walked out of the basement and pushed open the door to enter the reception room for guests.

  "Welcome to Lizzbet's weapon shop, may I ask... uh? Asuna?" Seeing Asuna, Lizzbet let out a cheer and rushed over, hugging Asuna excitedly as she said "You're here!"

  Yagumo Taku stood by, sizing up Lisbeth, the girl had a good-looking cherry blossom-colored short hair, wearing a white and red Victorian-style dress with a deep red bow tie adorned with yellow stripes at her neckline, and a white apron wrapped around her waist.

  Although there were some freckles on the girl's face, they made her look even more lovely and approachable.

  "I knew you were opening your new store today, so I came to celebrate with you!" Asuna also hugged Lisbeth and smiled with her eyes closed.

  The feelings between two people are pretty good...

  Looking at Ayesha and Lisbeth embracing each other, Yakumo Suke thought to himself.

  "These two are..."

  Lisbeth finally discovered the standing Hachiman Tsubasa and his wife Yui, showing a surprised expression at first, then her face turned strange. After looking at Hachiman Tsubasa and Yui, then looking at Asuna, Lisbeth suddenly exclaimed: "So it's true that you, Asuna, are married to 'White Fox' Hachiman Tsubasa! And you even have a child!"

  "Liz, what are you talking nonsense about!" Asuna shouted at Lisbeth in embarrassment.

  As Asuna always ran to Yagura's residence after the daily quest ended, rumors about the two of them gradually spread among the players.

  Although the rumors did not have any malicious intentions due to Ayanokouji and Horikita's high reputation among students, there were various strange speculations about their relationship.

  Among them, the one that is recognized by the vast majority of players is that Hachiman and Asuna have fallen in love and even secretly got married!

  Taking a deep breath, Asuna pulled over Hachiman Tsubasa and said: "Let me introduce you formally, this is Hachiman Tsubasa, and this is Kusunoki."

  "Nice to meet you, please take care of me!"

  "Nice to meet you!"

  "This is Lisbeth."

  "Just call me Liz, okay? Nice to meet you!" Lisbeth leaned in close to Yakumo Saku, and it wasn't until she was right next to him that she realized with a start just how impossibly good his skin looked.

  Smooth as jade, perfect without blemish.

  "With a flash", Lisbeth suddenly appeared beside Asuna, pulled Asuna into a series of winks and whispers, and said: "I say, it seems that Asuna has already found the most important person in her life! Is that girl your daughter? Can you still have children after getting married in SAO? Or is she an intelligent AI?"

  Ayase was frustrated and spent half a day explaining the origin of Yui's clothes.

  Looking at the lively Lisbeth and the embarrassed Asuna, Yui and Kirito exchanged a glance and burst out laughing.

  "Knot clothes, call auntie oh."

  "Aunt Lizzie..."

  It's amazing that during this period of time, Jieyi's speech is no longer as difficult as it was at the beginning, and she can also call out to people smoothly.

  Although Yagumo Taro never quite understood why he was able to call himself "Dad" and Yasuna "Mom" from the very beginning.

  When she heard Yui call her "Auntie", Lisbeth's expression was as vivid as Asuna's before, and after much hesitation, she finally accepted this title.

  As Asuna and Yui brought Kirito to celebrate the grand opening, Lisbeth decided not to open for business today. Just as she was about to hang up a "Closed" sign outside her shop, Yui suddenly said: "Since it's a celebration, why don't we invite more people?"

  "Call some more people?" Yana and Lisbeth both turned their heads to look at Yakumo Mukuro.

  "Right, let's call some more people, that way we can also properly advertise Liz's weapon shop."

  Lisbeth's eyes lit up instantly.

  To be honest, she and Asuna's number of friends is slightly more than Kirito's who is a loner, but it's not much better.

  At this time, Bayun Mo sent an invitation email to Qita's Moon Night Black Cat Group and Tongren, and even Mouse Sister Algo was not missed.