Chapter 21 Date

Several months had passed, after the massacre of the guild members that Kirito had participated in. Kirito and Sachi decided to move on with their lives and focus on becoming strong.

Now only Kirito and Sachi were still alive from the group. Because their guild master, who was buying a house at the time, decided to end his life after hearing the news that most of his group members had died.

Seeing this, actually Sachi also intends to end his life as well. But thanks to Kirito's motivation, he finally decided to move on with his life and decided to become strong.

Finally the two of them decided to form a party like Zen and Asuna and started to move on with their lives.

Meanwhile, Zen is still as usual. His days were only focused on hunting, entering dungeons and still participating in the activities of the takeover group, of course with Asuna.

At this moment, all the towns that were on every floor had been transformed into a full of Christmas knick-knacks. Today is December 24th, which is Christmas Eve.

The plan was that Zen would confess his feelings to Asuna who had been with him all along, on Christmas Eve. Zen plans to express his feelings and maybe ask her to marry him in this game later.

By now Zen had found the right place where he would express his feelings. Zen actually stumbled across this place and decided that it was the right place to express his feelings.

Currently they are in an inn and are eating their food.

"Asuna" Zen called.

Asuna who heard her name being called just turned to Zen.

"How about a date today?" Zen said

"Stop joking Zen" said Asuna blushing slightly.

Asuna is actually often asked out by Zen, but Zen invites her only as a material for seduction and jokes. And when they start to walk together, Zen says they are just relieving their tiredness.

"This time I'm serious, how about we go on a date today?" Zen said with a smile and looked at Asuna gently.

Hearing this, Asuna's heart started beating fast. Unlike usual, Zen currently seems very serious about asking her out.

"How's Asuna?" said Zen who saw Asuna was still speechless.

"W-Okay" Asuna said while hiding her blushing face by looking down.

"Okay, then how about we meet at the Christmas tree in downtown Myujen on the 49th floor this afternoon?" Zen next word

Asuna, who was still looking down, agreed to Zen's request.

"Alright, see you later this afternoon Asuna." Zen said then started to leave the table where he and Asuna were having breakfast.

After Zen left, Asuna was currently very happy. Because this is the first time Zen has seriously asked her out on a date and even more so Zen asked her out on Christmas Eve.

Then Asuna without a second thought immediately left the place and went to a clothing store, to buy an outfit that she would wear on her date with Zen.

The long awaited afternoon arrived. Right now Zen who is wearing his all white casual clothes is waiting for someone under a Christmas tree in this town.

"Sorry to keep you waiting Zen" said a woman wearing a white sweater with a red skirt approached him.

The woman's appearance stole the attention, especially by several players near the area.

"Me too, Asuna" said Zen with a smile etched on his face.

"You look really pretty today, how about we start our date" Zen said as he held out his hand to Asuna.

"Alright" Asuna said excitedly then took Zen's hand.

Seeing the sight of the two of them, all the players around here were envious of the two of them.

Their date finally started. The city itself is the center of the Christmas celebration in this game, so many booths are open selling various things to enliven the city's Christmas celebrations.

Zen and Asuna really enjoyed their date, even though they were just walking around holding hands, they really enjoyed their moment together.

"Are you getting tired Asuna?" Zen said after they had circled this place for quite a while until it was getting dark.

"I'm fine Zen" said Asuna who was still enjoying the beauty of this city filled with Christmas trinkets that adorned this snowy night.

"How about we stop by a tavern and rest for a while" said Zen.

"Okay" Asuna replied with a very sweet smile.

Then they went to a tavern and chose a place upstairs to enjoy their time together while enjoying the view of this city.

After getting the desired place, Zen and Asuna started ordering mwarm drinks along with some snacks, to accompany those who are enjoying their moment while looking at the beauty of this city.

"How was today's date Asuna?" asked Zen after they ordered their order.

"Since it's my first time dating, maybe today's date makes me very happy." Asuna replied with a smile.

"Don't I always ask you out?" ask Zen

"Is repairing weapons and looking up info about some missions and dungeons a Zen date?" asked Asuna and Zen laughed back.

"Okay - okay, next time I will often ask you out like this" said Zen.

Hearing this, Asuna's smile grew even more and she started to turn to the window while gazing at the view from behind this window.

"Huh.. It's a shame today ended so quickly" Asuna said quietly but Zen's words could still be heard.

"Relax Asuna, we still have one special place to visit" said Zen.

"Really" Asuna said excitedly again.

Finally the two of them chatted lightly until the night began to fall. The two of them started to chat about various things from Asuna gossiping to herself wanting to start learning cooking skills as Zen wanted.

After seeing how late the night was, Zen decided that this was the right time to take Asuna to the place he had previously determined and confessed his feelings.

"Alright Asuna, are you ready for the final destination of our date?" Zen asked as he grabbed Asuna's hand.

Asuna who heard Zen's invitation started nodding her head and started to leave that place and started following Zen.