Sword Art Online: Soul Binder

Retaliation

"Sir, I've got news that not two, but three of our men were captured at the wedding. Y/N seems to be the player who is responsible for the captures." Arya said sternly.

"Then go and get them back. I don't care if you have to play dirty and hit him with a paralysis poison every few seconds, all I care about is that you get it done." He replied sternly.

"Yes, sir." Arya replied before heading out.

Meanwhile:

You are sitting in an open field, close, yet at a safe distance away from a Giant camp.

"Say, do you have a job IRL?" Lisbeth asked curiously.

"Yes, on top of being a part-time Beta tester, I work as an English translator for Japan." You replied casually.

"So you're pretty much set for life?" She asked curiously.

"Set for life would be an understatement. I started working as a part-time translator when I turned sixteen, and made it a full-time job when I graduated from school. When I turned seventeen I also picked up beta-testing as a part-time job just to earn a little extra on the side, and since then I've been in between these two jobs because I find Beta-testing fun, while being a translator is incredibly good pay." You replied nonchalantly.

"Woah, I had no idea you were that type of guy!" She said, seeming absolutely bewildered by that.

"Who knows, perhaps I could even help your family with that debt problem?" You offered casually.

"But it's really bad though... like, twenty million Yen total. Don't get me wrong, my parents have a good job, but with their debt piling up every month it's just too much to pay and we're going to have to sell our house if we can't get rid of it." She said sternly.

"The amount won't be a problem. As I said, I'm set for life, meaning that if I helped a few people along the way it wouldn't detriment my financial status in any way. I guess you could say that I really want to help you and your family out, considering we're together and all that." You said casually.

"Well, I don't really know what to say... I'm really happy to hear that you want to help, but for you to do that much would be a debt too great to repay." She said nervously.

"Don't consider it a debt. I am doing this out of the goodness of my heart so I wouldn't consider it a debt at all. So please, make sure your dad takes the money once we get out of here after I write up the cheque." You replied, seeing her eyes tear up as she wrapped her arms around your neck tightly.

"Thank you! Thank you so very much! You have no idea how much that means to me, and how much it would mean to my family if they heard this!" She replied, crying into your shoulder with happiness.

"Well, when we get out of here, they will." You replied as you returned the embrace. Eventually, she looks up at you, having let it all out.

"So, what do you say we go to Windhelm and begin the first mission?" You asked casually.

"Well, I was hoping we could stay here, just a little longer..." She said with the biggest smile, moving up against you as you wrapped your arm around her.

"I wouldn't mind that at all." You said laying down with her and looking up at the sky.

She turns her head toward you and you look to face her, getting drawn into a kiss. When it ended, you and she went back to your manor, when a nerve-racking thought crossed your mind. You checked the windows and the doors to make sure that they were locked.

"Hey, would you mind helping me out with something for the night?" You sent a message to Kirito, Klein, Agil, Asuna, and Sinon.

"What's up? How can we help?" They replied after about half an hour.