"Five... five million?!"
The three girls were all speechless upon hearing this.
"Five million is enough to let all the members of a guild update their equipment." Mito complained weakly.
"Mito, don't say such unromantic things."
"After fighting for a lifetime, can't I enjoy myself?"
Tenya raised his hand and took out two golden goblets of fruit wine from his inventory, savoring them contentedly.
"It's only been a month and a half, where did 'a lifetime' come from?" Mito's lips twitched.
"It's okay, Tenya. Let me sing you a song."
Silica changed into a pink princess dress and sang and danced.
In reality, she was in the music club at school, and she usually liked to sing and dance, but no rap.
"Good, Silica!"
"Keep the music playing, keep dancing."
Tenya squinted his eyes, lying comfortably and enjoying the performance.
"You..."
Mito opened her mouth.
"Just let it go, Mito."
"Tenya-kun has been working quite hard conquering bosses this month."
Asuna had a gentle expression and didn't think there was anything wrong with Tenya resting and enjoying himself.
This was because Tenya had participated in the defeat of 20 bosses.
In most of the fights, he acted as the main force, using overwhelming power to kill the bosses.
Fighting every day, it was inevitable to feel bored.
Morning.
"Good morning, Asuna-san and Mito-san."
"Good morning, Silica-chan."
"Uwah... What did Asuna cook today?"
"It's a high-grade chicken hamburger made from the meat of a 20th-floor Flame Chicken. Oh, right, Tenya-kun hasn't woken up yet?"
"I'll go wake up Tenya."
Silica ran into the room barefoot, looking at Tenya's handsome sleeping face on the bed. Her eyes darted around, then she secretly pecked his cheek.
"Hehe~"
Her good morning kiss was refreshing and invigorating.
Tenya got up full of energy.
"Let's eat."
The four of them sat together, enjoying the hamburgers.
"Um... Asuna-san's cooking skills are amazing!" Silica showed a happy smile.
"This level can't simulate real cooking." Asuna enjoyed cooking in reality.
"It's a shame..."
"I was also good at cooking, but in this game, you can't cook if you don't level up the cooking skill. It's too unreasonable." Mito looked helpless.
"If there's a chance, I really want to taste the food Asuna makes with her own hands. I'm talking about real cooking." Tenya said with a light laugh.
"Mm... It's definitely possible. Our relationship is not limited to the virtual game." Asuna nodded seriously.
After spending some time together, the relationship between the four had become closer. Now living together, they were like a family.
[Asuna Favorability: 77%]
[Points 100+200]
[Mito Favorability: 73%]
[Points 100+200]
[Silica: 100%]
[Points + 800]
"The weather is really nice today, let's go for a walk." Tenya suggested.
"Okay."
The three girls agreed unanimously.
Walking along the lake, they saw several middle-aged and elderly men sitting on the bank fishing.
"Yo!"
"Tenya-kun, are you on a date with a cute girl again?"
"How youthful."
The older men were all players. Some were old employees of the game company, and one was an old man who was curious and secretly used his grandson's game helmet.
The elderly were slow to react, didn't grind monsters to level up, and didn't participate in boss raids.
They just learned some life skills, such as fishing, tailoring, pharmacy, logging, construction, etc, and were responsible for serving other players.
Tenya smiled and waved back at the fishing enthusiasts.
"Tenya-kun seems very skilled. Asuna, you need to be careful. He might make a move on you." Mito teased.
"Mito, what are you saying?"
Asuna's face turned red, and she playfully hit her shoulder with her small fist.
"Indeed, I am very interested in Asuna. Of course, Mito as well." Tenya nodded with an honest expression.
"Tenya! What about me?" Silica puffed out her cheeks and shook his hand.
"Silica is still young, let's talk about it when you grow up a bit." Tenya smiled and patted Keiko's head.
"Tsk tsk! Is this the ease of a handsome guy?"
"With that face of yours, you must be very popular with girls in reality."
Mito rolled her eyes but didn't deny him.
When the game started, Akihiko used a special item to model all players' characters based on their real faces.
"Just so-so." Tenya said humbly.
The number of girls he had a relationship with, at most, was around ten.
Is that a lot?
Not a lot.
Soon, they entered the forest. This area was a safe zone, where monsters would not spawn.
However, there were some neutral units, which were wild beasts. Killing them could yield ingredients.
Mito liked this the most and ran around with a sickle, chasing and cutting.
"Mito-san, the little bunny is so cute, can you let it go?"
Silica looked at the colorful little bunnies being collectively captured with a look of unbearable pain.
"The little bunny is so cute, of course, it should be made into braised rabbit."
Mito had stayed in the countryside when she was young and had personally butchered live poultry.
"Tenya-kun, have you heard a rumor?" Asuna pulled his sleeve, looking a little scared.
"I've heard of it. About a week ago, a player came here to log wood."
"Focused on cutting trees, they didn't realize it until it got dark."
"Then they saw something white appear in the tree shade not far away."
Tenya recounted the story in a serious tone.
"Eee—!"
"Then, could that be a ghost?"
Asuna got even more scared, her hands unconsciously holding onto his arm tightly.
"Look, it's over there."
Tenya pointed to the bushes not far ahead.
They saw a white figure walk out from among them.
"It-it's actually real?!"
Asuna was so scared her face turned pale.
"Let's go take a look."
Tenya's eyes flickered, and he probably knew what was going on.
"Wait a minute, Tenya-kun!"
Asuna looked scared, but still followed closely behind him.
Walking closer, they saw a little girl wearing a white dress. As she walked, she fell to the ground.
"Is this a player?"