Glimmering of Sword and Shield (Rising of the shield hero X Sword art online)

CHAPTER 20 : CONSPIRACY

As Kirito regaining his consciousness, he feels a cold of steel wrap around both of his wrist while his senses already starting to kick in, a pain can felt by him as the steel smothering on his skin while he is being pushed down by his own weight. After he fully realize about the condition he is in, both of his hands being chained up to the ceiling with an iron cuffs and hanged about two feet tall above the ground so his feet can't manage to touch the ground.

A dark, cold, quiet empty room had greeted Kirito from his fainted along with his injury that hasn't been treated properly so a small amount of blood still pouring out of from his wound, he flinched in hurt as he trying to move his arm, testing the scale of the chain he furiously shaking the cuffs even though it hurting his wrist.

Ugh...damn it, this chain won't budge, gotta find something to cut me loose otherwise I'm just gonna hurt myself. Kirito thought to himself as he curiously look around him. Unfortunately the current room he is in, looks to be some kind of a solitary cell which nothing around him except a chains hanging from the ceiling. But his gut wouldn't go down that easily, he trying to lifted his feet upwards to reach the cuffs, but there's a limit over human's effort moreover he is injured badly. 

Kirito's feet couldn't even manage being lifted up half of his body, the pain strucked him down even his effort wouldn't give up. Great....now i can't even lifted my feet, the result of my battle with that white haired bastard really put me at disadvantage now. He closed his eyes resting it for a bit as he trying to think things through. Asuna will definitely mad at me, knowing I lose the fight and got captured like this. He chuckled as he visualized her reaction towards him 

*CLICK

A sound of door handle being twisted interrupting Kirito's thought as he immediately open his eyes, Kirito glared at whoever comes in to room. An unfamiliar faces appeared before his eyes, a white-haired young men who is responsible for the injury on his body and the one who have brought him here, and now stood tall before him. 

Kirito just glaring at him " So, what do you want? who are you? " Kirito asked to the man before him

The young men nobly bowed as he smirking towards him " forgive me for a what happened before, I haven't introduce myself properly am i?, you could call me Sho astray the azure chevalier "

Chevalier huh? such as Orlando, he is also the wave chevalier then. Kirito thought to himself " what do you mean by wave chevalier? what has you got anything to do with the wave of calamity? " Kirito demanding the answers that could filled the blank in this situation for him

Sho just shake his head hearing Kirito's sudden question " hmmm aren't you a guy who can bear to get spoiled, Kirito " 

" Enough with the bullshit, answer my questions ! " Kirito snaps while glaring towards sho 

A smug once again appeared on Sho's face  " Pardon me, what was your questions? " with a smirk like that, Sho seems unwillingly to tell the truth about the wave, he rather messing with Kirito than giving him the truth.

Kirito just staring into the reddish eyes of Sho as she smirkily staring back into Kirito. Another person just entered the room, this time a person wearing a black robe approaching Sho and Kirito.

Eventually, Kirito's attention turn towards the guy that just approach him, how shocked he is as he recognized the face, the face that had been haunting him a few years back from the incident of everlasting conflict in SAO.

" Yo hey there, black swordsman " he greets Kirito while lifting the back of his hand,  displaying a sigil belong to no other than the player killer guild, laughing coffins.