The Underworld (Haitus)

Chapter 2|Patient

Summary of last time...
Kirito POV

Shoot. I made her mad...

At the dining hall

"Man, being thrown out of bed is quite something. My face hurts, my back's aching, and they expect me to do my calling or whatcha call it."

David stared at me and made a statement, "Looks like Mr Kirito got a beating from Miss Selka. Are you ok Mr Kirito?" I patted David's head, putting a thumbs up. This boy's sharp... better not do anything too obvious in front of him. I might never be able to escape it.

"Yeah-I'm quite used to it." I wasn't joking. One time, I'd been *woken* up by Lightning Flash herself—I definitely did not somehow make her fall asleep right next to me— and other times... Sugu threatened to wake me up using that technique. Thinking about it gave me the chills. Literally. 1. Was because the kids had accidentally poured water onto my head and 2. Sugu had actually dumped water on my head IRL before. Not fun. The sensation of when you could feel it running down your torso and back was a chilling thought. Anddddd the liquid that had been poured by the kids was now reaching the back of my neck, causing me to shiver.

Asuna... I wasn't cold from the water, but the thought of not ever being able to see Asuna. She's my life. I can't live without her.

My girlfriend IRL and my in-game wife. I miss her. I miss the feeling of my hands running through her hair which glistens in the sunlight. The feeling when our lips make contact. The sight of when she embarrasses herself, causing her to blush. I miss all of her.

"Kirito, you should head down to meet Eugeo by now. It's around time when he leaves. But, you should get dressed out of that. Looks like the kids have found a way to practically destroy your clothes." Selka popped out from the corner, a mountain of laundry inside her arms. "Oh-and next time, wake up when I ask you to. If I start everyday like this, I'm actually going to die."

"O-Ok!" I ran up the staircase, grabbed my clothes and dashed out the door, saying goodbye to all the children, then hoped Selka wouldn't beat the life out of me. It wouldn't be fun to die right after I logged-joined into this world. I mean, c'mon, I want to try to explore this world, it'll be interesting and different. Not too long after, I bumped into Eugeo.

"I thought I would have to get you from the Church, but it looks like you found me with no problem!" Eugeo smiled, and gave me a piece of bread and a bottle. "Here, lunch."

I grabbed hold of the bread and juggled with the water bottle then melted. "Ha... Selka's kinda scary when she gets mad." I could feel my heart being relieved.

"How come you've already seen that part of her? You've only been here for-not even a full day! You really are something, Kirito." He laughed. Now that I look, he had the Dragonbone axe, which was said to be the only weapon that they had been given by the main city—Centoria. It was also said to be the only weapon to reduce the life of the Gigas Cedar. "Let's go up now. We've got a full day ahead of us."

We climbed-no, hiked, to the top. That alone was tiring... how am I going to survive?

A day of swings

It didn't take long to finish the daily 2000 swings. We just had to do 1000 each... though Eugeo had to repeat some of mine. "Isn't there some way to get rid of this tree~" to be fair, I was getting bored. It was worse than having to grind a boss for around 4 hours straight and I thought that was going to be the maximum of how bored I could get.

The sun started to set and the cloud quickly turned orange as the horizon gifted us with its beauty. I really wish Asuna was here with me... this is really pretty.