Knights & Mages Online; The Lightnovel

Chapter 9 "Let's Go Home"

Misha whimpered when he felt his owner's distress. Seth smiled and petted him while looking at his 'Friends List', his only friend; Kai.
"Yeah~ it was hard to let go of a friend again but don't worry, I'm not that fragile. It's for his own good, I wouldn't trouble him this way."
"Who said you'd trouble me?!"
Seth turned his back and saw Kai who was running towards him with a red haired girl.
  "Kai..? Why did you come after me?" he asked as Misha stopped.
  The black haired boy made a 'Wait' sign as he took a few deep breaths with the girl next to him, who was holding hands. Seth waited for them to catch their breaths.
  "Why did you have to move so fast? Our energy bar has gotten even lower now."
  "You haven't answered my question."
  Kai thought for a second, then simply said;
  "Let's create a guild."
"WHAT?" both the girl and Seth asked loudly.
"Today I understood that we can't always know what'll happen to us, what we'll face next. Being a Solo-Player is dangerous more than ever, it's stupid. That's why, let's create a guild."
"Kai..-" Seth began but the red-head interrupted;
"Excuse ME?! I already HAVE a guild, Kai! I'm an Elite member of the Dragon Knights!" she bellowed.
Seth relieved a little, because now he didn't need to find an excuse to reject him.
"See, you can join their guild. Forget about me, I'm fine." he put a small smile on his face.
"You're not fine." Kai frowned, "You distance yourself from people, you haven't even talked to me for almost 3 months. You're FAR from being fine." he paused then added, "You're like.. me, from 2 months ago."
Seth froze in his place from his friend's sudden rise. When the boy with the black cloak didn't reply, he continued;
"After I left you, I met great people. People who are worth living for. I'd convinced myself that by being a Solo, I was protecting the others who were around me but I was wrong. You can only get stronger with the people you love, you fully trust. That's why, I want to join a guild which is created by you, I won't accept any other." Kai stated with a stern look on his face.
The girl next to him sighed;
"You're an idiot.." she opened her guild settings and touched a button. A notification appeared in front of her, Seth read as 'Are you sure to resign from the 'Dragon Knights'?', she touched the neon blue confirmation button, "But I trust you." she added while looking at her boyfriend, still holding hands. Kai smiled in return.
"What did you just do?" Seth asked in disbelief.
The girl looked at him;
"Well, I had to resign before joining another guild." she said matter of factly, then added;
"Look, I don't know you but I know that you literally saved our lives back there and I know Kai has good instincts about people. So, I'll join you. Oh and I've just resigned from one of the most elite guild's exclusive position in order to join yours, so you practically have no choice. I'm Alina by the way." she made a quick wave gesture.
  Seth couldn't do anything but stare at the couple. He slowly took off his hood and smiled with teary eyes;
  "Nice to meet you, I'm Seth."
  The three grinned until Misha fidgeted from uneasiness. Seth looked over where Misha turned his head at, on top him. A small group of people were getting closer. Seth quickly put his hood back on .
"Get on!" he called to Alina and Kai.
They got on Misha after Kirito transformed Kira back to his kitten form.
"Misha, Teleport: Home." Seth commanded.
The giant canine started to glow light blue and they vanished.

To Be Continue~