Sword Art Online: Faithful Hymn

Chapter 60: Solutions To Our Pasts

"What could that... be?" Sinon repeats herself after she and I were standing in front of each other, fancying one another as a sudden ray of light met with the corners of our eyes.

A strange object appeared from the place where Gabriel Miller's body disappeared. I was not the only one who were to wonder how an object could appear like that after Miller's body vanished. Sinon also didn't seem to have a clue.

"Does GGO have a bounty system?" I ask Sinon with curiosity lingering in my mind.

"...No." Sinon confusingly exclaims after glancing at me, shaking her head to let me believe that she has no clue in the slightest.

"Who knows, maybe the Game Admins rewarded us after defeating two very bad guys!"

"Or... they rewarded you for pulling off such skill like you just did. Seriously, I never even saw Kazuto do something as beautiful as that!"

"...But he has, by cheating death once." I reveal to Sinon, who doesn't see how this would collaborate with the Sword Skill: Lightning Fall, just now.

"I don't... follow. How is that connected to your skill just now?" Sinon once again confusingly asks, but this time with a chuckle quickly falling behind her question. Though I have no specific name for this kind of 'Power', I noticed I was doing the exact same thing Kazuto once did while cheating death.

It was an ability that required an extreme amount of imagination and will.

"It was our willpower that could transcend the game's system. Kazuto cheated death, and I cheated the Sword Skill that shouldn't exist within GGO." I explain, hoping to shed some light into the void that I imagine Sinon's brain would be consisting of by now.

During the process of our dialogue, Sinon has already picked up the strange object, as well as the Legendary tier SMG. The blue-haired girl hides the object in her hip pouch, while handing over the SMG with one hand as she lays her other hand on my shoulder.

That, together with a smile I won't easily be able to forget.

"As the MVP of that game of PvP, I believe this belongs to you!" Sinon fancies me again, with me grabbing the SMG for the taking with no questions asked. As I consider this a sharing of our loot, I'm not going to complain regarding her keeping that object.

Though it does beg the following question: What in the world was that item?

"Thanks... it really means a lot to me, Sinon."

By now I've got trouble with not trying to picture Sinon's face with that adorable smile of hers just now. One gaze would already try to persuade me into believing Sinon is an angel, and I've already ascended into Heaven.

"But I also wonder what that potion would be..." Sinon tells me, grabbing the item from her hip pouch as she holds the item onto both of her hands, allowing us to view the object from more perspectives.

Het perception of seeing it as a potion wouldn't be crazy. It was a flask with a cork blocking its contents. The flask had a liquid in it though, it being as pink... I have no idea actually. No comparison material pops up in my head.

"It has a cork? Is it an instant use item via your Inventory maybe?" I question her, though my hope for a positive answer was quickly in vain. She raised her shoulders, once again telling me she has no idea.

I took Sinon for a GGO expert, but she knows way less than I expected her to know. Then again, maybe it's an item that got banned from drops and looting, purely given to us by the Game Admins themselves, so I shouldn't blame her.

Sinon gently taps the flask, to her surprise to see that nothing happens. I do the same with my SMG to see what kind of event she was expecting. To my surprise, options popped up in front of me regarding weapon options and customization, probably for skins or some sort. Sinon's flask however didn't seem to show any options at all, not even an option to remove the cork.