Yuri's Pov

The morning came as if was now February 24, 2024, me and Tiffany went to floor 47 named floria to get the flower from the hills of memories. As we got to town, She saw the flowers as I looked around as saw coupled everywhere. Tiffany then got up and said

"Sorry for making you wait." She blushes as we walked to the route we go to

As we went over the bridge, I stopped and she stopped

"Here. Take this blue crystal." I said giving her a blue crystal 

"Huh?? But why??"

"If anything happens unexpected, I'll tell you to warp out. Use this and it'll teleport to any town. Understand?"

"Ok." She said as she took it

"Alright let's keep going. This path leads to the hills of memories" I said

We walked and walked. It was silent as Tiffany broke it.

"Um.. Yul--"

"Ahhhh!!!" 

She was lift up by a flower she had to hold her skirt up and said as the flower monster opened its mouth

"Yul!! Help me!! Help me!!" She panicked

"Calm down, Tiffany. It's very weak.

"Yul!! Save me!! Don't look and just save me!!" She said as I cover my eyes

"H-how can I??" I said still covering my eyes

"This is enough!!" She said as she cut its vines and kills it. 

She lands on the ground and covers her back skirt and asked

"Did you see it??"

I closed my index finger to connect with my other fingers and said

"N-no I didn't."

We then walked more and kill more monster as they respawn to the game. I would hit a little a bit and she would take all the points to level up. We then end up walking peacefully as she asked

"So Yul. Can you tell me more about your sister?? I know it's impolite to asked things from the real world. It is ok??" As I nodded

"Well, I call her my sister but she's actually my cousin, so I don't know if she knows about it. Maybe that's why, I keep my distance away from her. Our grandfather is really strict. When I was eight, he made us attend to a local kendo dojo, but I stopped after 2 years. Grandfather got mad and start beating me up." I said

"That's horrible."

"But my sister said that she will work hard enough for the both of us and to stop hitting me. She really worked hard and made it to the Nationals." 

"That's great." 

"But.. I felt bad about it.. I thought maybe she got sick of it and would quit to do something else. So it's possible that I'm helping you because it feels like the way I feel about my sister..... I'm sorry." I said 

"I don't think your sister hates you. You can't work hard for someone you don't like. I'm sure she likes kendo." She said as I smiled

"You always cheer me up. Thank you." I said 

"Okay! I will do my best too!" She said we then walked more. 

We finally reach to the end. 

"The flower should revive here."

"Yea. It's right up there." I said pointing up the hill. 

She begins to run as I watched her reach to the end. I was right behind her as the flower blooms. 

"Take it." I said as she took the flower off

"This will make prince come back to life right??" She asked

"Yea. It will."

"I'm so glad."

"But there's some strong monster here, so let's revive her when we get back to town." I said as she nodded

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we finally got back to where we started, we stopped.

"Yul??"

"Whoever is behind those trees, come out." I said as the red hair girl from before came out

"Oh my, if you can see me through these trees, that means you have high detections, swordsman. And it looks like you made it through the hills of memories. Congrats.... Now hand it over." She said

"Whal are you talking about rosalia." 

"That won't be happened rosalia or should I say the leader of an Orange guild, Titan hand." I said

"But she's green-"

"It's a simple trick. The green finds a target and leads them where orange players are around waiting to attack them. That was one of your friends that listened to us last night, right??" I asked

"We party together for two weeks--"

"That's right. I was assessing its strength while waiting for them to earn money on their adventures. I was going to kill you, but sadly you left and then you told me that you were getting a rare item. But you know everything about it and went with her. Are you an idiot?? Did she really seduce you??" She asked

"Nope.. Neither of the above. But I had to research you, rosalia."

"What are you talking about??"

"10 days ago, you attack a guild called the silver tigers. You and your guild killed all of them, but the leader."

"Oh, you mean the one with no money??"

"The leader went to the don't lines from the morning until night, begging for someone to revenge them, but he didn't want to kill you. He wanted someone like you to be in jail... Do you even understand how her felt??" I asked

"How stupid can he get? Asking the front lines. Plus there's no proof that killing someone means they die in real life. Anyways, shouldn't you be concerned for yourselves??" She said as other players were behind the trees.

"Yul.. There's too many. We should run!" Tiffany said 

"It's okay. Until I tell you to run so get the crystal out. Stay put and watch." I said as she nodded

"But.. Yul!!" She shouted as I walked up to them as I took out my sword.

"Y-Yul?? Black clothes, one handed, no shield style? Ah.. This is the black swordsman." One of the boy said

"Rosalia, this is the beater who solos the front lines. He's the lead group!" Another said

"Someone who is in the front lines, shouldn't be down here!! Hurry and kill him. She owns everything!!" She said as they ran up to me and attack me as I stay put

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Tiffany's Pov

As I saw her stay put as they were attacking, I wanted to help her, but her HP.. It goes down and regenerates.. How?? 

They stopped attacking as Yul said 

"About 400 in about 10 seconds. That's the damage you seven can do to me. I'm a level 78. HP 14,500. My battling healing skills auto-regenerates to 600 points in about 10 seconds. We can just stand here all day. You'll never beat me."

"Is that even possible??" One of the boy asked

"It is! Higher numbers will make you invincible. MMOs that use a level system are unfair that way. My client spent his entire fortune to buy this warp crystal to take you all to prison!" She said

"I'm green so if you hurt me, you'll go orange--" 

Yul then ran up to her with her sword on her neck,

"Let's just get this clear, I'm a solo player. One of three days of playing while orange means nothing to me." She said as rosalia drop her weapon. 

Yul took them to prison like she said she would and told me to stay at the inn. I waited and waited until a knock on the door was knocked

"Come in." I said as the door opened and it was Yul. We sat down on the bed and talked

"Sorry Tiffany. I used you as bait at the end. I thought if I told you about me, you would be scared and run off." She said as I shook my head

"You're a good person, so I wouldn't be scared at all. So you'll be leaving??" I asked

"Yea. I've been away from front lines for five days."

"Being in the front lines, must be amazing. I could never become one even if I try and I...---"

"Levels are just numbers. In this world strength is just a illusion, but there's more important things besides strength. So next time, let's meet in the real world and become friends like we are now." she said as I nodded 

"Yea."

"Now. Let's revive prince." She said as I nodded

I took out the prince's soul. I then took out the flower and slowly tapped it tithe claw and it flashed

I'm going to talk and talk to you all day about what happened today and how I met my new friend and.... Welcome back prince.

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Yuri's Pov

On March 6, 2024, I left Tiffany and prince to go to the front lines on floor 56, town name Pani. I then met up with Jessica and her guild, the Knights of the blood oath. There were muttering about how to clear this 56th floor's boss. Jessicahits the table to get everyone's attention and said 

"We will lure the boss here to the village." She said as everyone was shocked and muttering some more.

"Are you crazy! The whole village will--"

"That's the idea. While the boss is killing NPC, we will attack it and destroy it." Jessica said as she interrupts me

"But if you do that to all 3D objects, their gonna die. They're--"

"Alive?? Is that it? Even if they will die, they'll respawn again."

"I'm not going to do this with you all. This isn't right!" I said 

"I, Jessica, the Vice Commander of the Knights of the blood oath will oversee this operation. You will obey to me." She said as I got mad and made a tsk sound

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As the meeting was done, I walked out and got stopped by chan 

"Yo, Yul!" He said

"Chan?"

"Are you two always like that?? Did you guys fight again??" He asked

"We don't get along sometimes and no we didn't." I said

"Well at least get along Yul."

"Last time I told her is that she is really strong and if someone you trust ever invites you into a guild, don't turn them down. That's what I said, but I never knew she would be clearing the floors with a top guild."

"Well next time, don't fight." He said

"I can't promise you that." I chuckled as he laugh a little

"Ok. I'll see you later." 

"Bye." I said as he walked away.

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We cleared out floor 56, 57 and 58. We were now at floor 59 name Danac on April 11, 2024. I sat under a tree as the breeze felt good and made my sleepy. I lied down with my hands under my head as a pillow and closed my eyes and start to fall asleep.

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Jessica's Pov

I was wondering where she went after the meeting was done. I searched for her around the town, but then I heard some group said

"I wonder why she's sleeping out in the fields." One said

"You mean that black swordsman?? She'll die out there if monster spawn." Another said

"Let's just let her be.. She'll die eventually and it'll be her fault for doing that." The another one said

"But that is part of the fields of the building next to it, so I don't think she will die." The last one said

"Yea but still." The first one said as the other two  laugh a little except the last one

I ran out of town and went into the field of grass. I looked around and saw her under a tree, sleeping.

Are you kidding me??

I went up to her and asked 

"What are you doing out here??" She opens her eyes and saw me and then closed it

"It's you... What do you want??" She asked

"The other leading group members are working hard to clear the dungeon while you're here sleeping. Even if you're a solo, you should at least--"

"It's aincrad's nicest season and today is the nicest weather." She said 

"What?"

"Plus, entering a dungeon on a day on a day like this, is just a waste of time. Why can't you just relax a bit." 

"Dont you understand?? Everyday we spend time in here is the one we have lost to the real world."

"But! We're alive in here on aincrad." She said as a wind breezed by.

"See? The wind and sunlight feels good."

"Really?? Theres nothing really special about this weather though." I said

"Well if you lied down a bit, you will understand.."

"What?"

"Why can't you clear your mind a bit and relax. All you really think about is just clearing all the floors when you don't know when to relax." She said as she went quiet

I think she went to sleep 

I looked around as the sun was in my eyes, I lift up my hand to cover the sun in my eyes. I then looked at her again and thought about it

She's right... All I thought about is just clearing the floors. I never thought about relaxing cause it's just a waste of time and plus I really wanted to go home to see my family again, though I don't like my father. I join this game cause I could get away from him, but I never knew that Kayaba Akihiko would do something like this.

I then lied down and slept next to her with a few inches away... Like 15 inches.

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Yuri's Pov

I woke up and stretched as I looked beside me and was surprised that she actually fell asleep... I saw her position were a bit ... Bold... With her skirt a bit up than usual

"Um..." 

"Hey guys look!" I heard someone said

"Some people are sleeping." Another said

"Looks like some people don't work very hard." The first one said

"Who are they anyways?? Sheesh." The last one said as they laugh while I saw them walking.

I then look at her and said 

"I didn't really think she would be sleeping here with me."

I look at her again and then sigh and put my coat over her and sat on the small brink wall with my leg crisscross as she was sleeping and me looking at the sun setting like this -_-

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The sun was setting and it was getting a bit dark. I heard sneeze from behind. I turned around as she was getting up and saw her up with her eyes half open and a leaf on her cheek and with a drool on the edge of . She looked around and then saw me. She was shocked

"Morning.. Did you sleep well?" I asked as she was about to take out her sword as I went and hide behind the other side of brick wall.

"One meal.." I heard but didn't heard well

"Huh??"

"I'll treat you for dinner! So we'll be even. Okay?" She said as she put away her sword.

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We went to floor 57, Martin cause I know a place to eat. We went inside a restaurant and people were talking about us.

"Isn't that Jessica from the Knights of blood oath?" One said

"That's the lightening flash... But who's the person in black??" Another asked as I was getting annoyed but then I heard her say

"Thanks for today." As I was a bit confused

"For watching out for me."

"Ah.. Oh.. It's okay." I said 

"The town areas are safe, so no one can attack. But when you sleep is different."

"Yea I know. The sleep-PK's, dirty tricks that use on duel system. Though normally, duels were all about strength, but HP can go down, even in a safe zone." I said

"So you can challenge a sleeping person while using their finger to press the okay button. It can happen cause it happened before. So... Thanks again." She said as she looked out he window

"Y-you're welcome." 

It went quiet for a bit, but then we heard a scream

We went out and saw a person being stab though his stomach and was hanged as people was watching

"Hurry up and pull it out!!" I shouted as he tried to but can't.

"You stay here and catch him." She said as she went up there.

"Ok." I said as i looked up.

"Hang on!" I said running under him as he was struggling to get the sword out of him

"Damn it!!" 

He then disappear into crystals. The sword went to the ground as the rope was still hanging. People then scream their heads off.

A duel is the only way to kill someone inside a safe zone, then that means...

"Everyone! Look for a "duel winner" notification!" I said  as Jessica said

"There's no one up here."

I looked around as I saw the people scared. I then went up there where Jessica was as people couldn't find anything. 

"What the heck is this." I said as I looked at the red sword with sharp edges sticking out [ like the one in the anime. ]

"The only conclusion is that the challenger impaled the  victim with that sword, put a ripe over his head and pushed him out with window. What would you say about this??" She asked

"But there were no duel winner message. So I don't think it would have to be that." I said 

"But the only way to hurt someone in a safe area is a duel." 

There were some people talking about this outside

"And plus we can't ignore this.. We will have to leave the front lines to solve this, so there won't be any time for naps." She said sticking her hand out

"Well you were the one who was napping." I said as I shake hands with her

She then squeeze my hand tight which hurt and said

"Now come on. Let's asked people if they have seen what happened before he disappeared." She said as we went down stairs as my hand still hurts

"Excuse me, but did anyone see the whole thing?? If you did, speak up!" I said as people were muttering as a blue hair girl walked up

"Sorry.. I know you've just had a frightening experiment. What is your name??" Jessica asked

"My name is Sandra Park. My friends call me Dara.

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Hey! Yul met Jessie again! Yay!! Now they have a mystery to solve. I hope they fall I love soon.... Wait... What am I saying.. I'm the author and I'm saying is for--- maybe I shouldn't have said that... Hehe.. Anyways updating soon!! Good night or good morning to the people from all around the world

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