Chapter 45

By now Zen and Suguha had arrived at a very luxurious apartment. This apartment is a Zen apartment that was given to him. Zen is currently just looking at his new apartment in awe of the facilities inside.

Suguha on the other hand was also very surprised, Actually Suguha already knew Zen would get a luxury apartment, but she didn't expect it to be this luxurious.

Finally Zen, who was assisted by Suguha, began to tidy up Zen's previous things and place them into this new apartment. By now Suguha had begun to forget for a moment her previous feelings for her brother.

"Looks like I have to go back Zen-san" said Suguha remembering she had a promise in a game she was currently playing.

"Okay, I'll take you to your house" Zen said but was rejected by Suguha.

Actually, Zen's apartment was not too far from Suguha's house, only one bus stop away.

"Okay, then I'll take you to the nearest bus stop" Zen said and Suguha agreed.

After some time, Zen had returned to his apartment after dropping off Suguha.

[Zen, how about now that i can go back to Alaska to learn mana control] Irene said.

"Good idea Irene, I also have something to do there" said Zen.

Then Zen started teleporting himself to Alaska.

"Haaaaa... I haven't been here in a long time" said Zen who had now reached his domain of Alaska.

[Do you want to learn how to control your mana or finish your business first?] Irene asked.

"I'd better learn to use mana first, now what should I do first Irene?" Zen said.

[Well, first of all...] ​​Irene said.

Irene started to explain everything about how to control mana to Zen. Zen who heard Irene's explanation was very serious about studying it. After Irene finished explaining, the practice started immediately.

[First of all, you have to feel the flow of mana inside you. Right now you have to take a position like you are meditating and start trying to feel the flow] said Irene.

Without thinking Zen then sat down and crossed his legs while closing his eyes. Zen tried hard to feel the mana flow but until now he still couldn't feel anything.

"Irene wh-" said Zen who was cut off by Irene.

[Zen must be patient, everything needs a process, Brother has only been doing this for a few minutes, of course Brother can't feel it yet. Try to stay focused] said Irene.

Zen thoughtlessly just fell silent and continued his meditation. It's been almost three hours since Zen did that, but he still didn't feel it, Zen himself was about to give up, but thanks to Irene's encouragement he finally persevered.

Time continued to pass until he entered the five hours of Zen meditating, but now Zen could feel part of the mana pathway. As they were about to celebrate, Irene kept telling Zen to feel this mana flow in its entirety.

Zen's efforts paid off, almost 6 hours of meditating Zen finally managed to feel all the mana flowing throughout his body. Zen immediately opened his eyes and started to smile.

"Finally!!" Zen shouted as he started to lie down on the grassy ground.

[Congratulations Zen, don't you want to try your fire skills?] Irene said.

Zen who heard this immediately woke up and wanted to try what Irene said earlier.

[Try to do as Irene said at the hospital.] Irene said.

Then Zen poured his mana into his fingertips and started to emit his fire element. A flame the size of a lighter began to shoot out from his fingertip. Zen is very excited about this achievement.

[Currently, Zen can use any skill without fear of running out of mana because of Zen's lineage, but every skill gets stronger the higher your INT stat is also, so if you want to have great skills, your skills must be of a high level and your INT must also be high. high] Irene explained.

Zen who heard this decided to raise his skill level first and save all his status points upon entering the 1.0 world.

"Okay now let's finish my business" said Zen

[Indeed, what are you going to do Zen?] Irene asked.

"Remaking my home in the Sword Art Online game here, while improving my creation skills" said Zen.

Zen then imagined growing a lot of trees around the area and started chopping them down using an ax he bought from the shop. After he finished cutting down, Zen then used his Creation skill to make the wood into blocks and carried it to the area where he was going to build his house.

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Time passes quickly. It's been 2 months since some of the victims from the death game have returned.

Lisbeth and Silica have now returned to their house and have enteredi a school devoted to the victims of that death game. Zen himself also attended the school with the two women.

Zen and the two women were very close now, but his current relationship with Suguha wasn't like the Suguha when they first met until Zen entered that death game.

Suguha was currently starting to distance herself a bit from Zen because she was confused by her feelings and even more so because she was currently busy playing a game.

Currently Zen is in Alaska relaxing on the terrace of the house he made earlier. Zen managed to make this house using his Creation skill, although it's not exactly the same as his house in the Sword Art Online game.

This house itself only has 1 floor with a land size of 5 acres, even though Zen doesn't use all of the land. The Zen house is currently half the width of the land area and contains 5 rooms, a kitchen, a family room, a dining room, and a terrace overlooking a lake with mountain views at the end.

Zen currently has not filled the various furniture in his house, because he wants his women to help him fill the furniture in this house.

He was currently contemplating and planning his journey to save Asuna. Zen had received a photo from his in-game player friend, Agil which contained a blurry shot of Asuna's from within the game.

And Zen decided to enter the game the next day.

"Wait for me Asuna"