I really don't want to have a girlfriend.

In her anxiety, without thinking much, the girl darted out and stabbed the pig-headed man's buttocks and back several times with her rapier. However, because the damage was not enough to divert the aggro, the five burly men ignored her and rushed towards the boy who had left the tree and was advancing instead of retreating.

"The so-called sword skills are..."

Clang——

He slowly drew his one-handed sword, and as the tip touched the ground, a light blue light quickly shone through.

"Perform the movements prescribed by the system, add a few small details, and prepare your body..."

A sudden gust of wind blew up his bangs, revealing a nonchalant, carefree smile underneath.

"At this point, remember to observe your opponent's movements carefully, because there is a period of vulnerability after a sword technique is used..."

He sidestepped the first swinging club, then took a step back, just in time to avoid a sneak attack from the side.

"If you find an opportunity to attack and also defend, don't hesitate. Seize the moment the enemy reveals a weakness..."

Sky Temple narrowed its eyes, its relaxed tone suddenly turning somber as it bent down, its black leather boots kicking up a clump of grass clippings.

"Then, just swing your sword!"

"One-Handed Sword Technique" - Horizontal Square Slash!

A clear, sharp sound of wind breaking through the air rang out among the five pig-headed men, and the dazzling light and shadow instantly illuminated the burly man's shadow.

The light blue blade slashed forward at the chest of the first pig-headed man, then tore open the throat of the second pig-headed man in the opposite direction of the trajectory.

After turning around, the blade cut into the bodies of the three pig-headed men, and after cutting through them, it bounced back like a spring, striking the pig-headed men's weak points.

A smooth, continuous four-hit combo with one hand drew a square of light blue light around the boy.

The next instant, it spread out with dazzling speed.

"Roar--"

With a rough, mournful cry, the four pig-headed men fell backward together, their health bars rapidly decreasing until they reached the bottom.

All that remained on the ground were polygonal fragments scattered like glass.

Yuu Tenkuji swung his one-handed sword, keeping watch against the attack of the fifth pig-headed man, while turning his head to give the girl a relaxed smile:

"That's it, isn't it simple..."

Before he could finish speaking, the girl's slender figure rushed towards him, and a pink streak of light, like a shooting star, left a beautiful trail in front of his eyes.

Then, with a whoosh, it flew past his ear and pierced into something.

Then, the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground and the sound of something breaking rang out at the same time. The girl thoughtfully sheathed her rapier, completely ignoring Tenkuji Yu who was facing her.

"So that's how you beat Uncle Pighead to death, no wonder..." she murmured, a slight smile curving her lips as she nodded in satisfaction.

"Yeah, it's pretty simple!"

"..."

Feeling as if a few strands of hair had been shaved off, Yuu Tenkuji's smile froze on his face, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

He was unsure whether to swing the one-handed sword, which was half-raised in his hand.

"I'm talking to you..."

He ground his back teeth and made a sound that sounded like suppressed anger.

Just as he was about to say something, Tenkuji Yu suddenly paused, frowned slightly, and scrutinized the pretty face in front of him.

She has a small oval face, dazzling light brown eyes, a beautifully shaped nose, and soft, warm-looking cherry blossom-colored lips.

She's a beautiful girl who's just as good as her younger sister.

Moreover, I feel like I've seen this face somewhere before, it's inexplicably familiar...

Chapter Seven: Is this a new type of online flirting method?

Although you won't starve in the imaginary world, you'll still feel hungry.

Based on Tenkuji Yu's experience playing the game and the information he has gathered through observation, the game currency, Cor, is used for more than just combat; it is also an expense for things like resting at an inn and eating.

Of course, because he could log off, he always felt that the hotel function was a bit redundant... Who comes to play games just to sleep?

Unless the bed is used for something else...

"It's really amazing that I can feel hungry even though it's just a game."

A melodious voice drifted on the wind, and sunlight slanted through the branches and leaves, casting a shadow.

A girl with chestnut-colored hair sat gracefully on the grass, looking at the black bread in her hand with a curious expression.

"I guess it's to maximize the sense of realism, and incidentally, to increase players' desire to spend money."

Under the same shade of the tree, Yuu Tenkuji sat cross-legged a distance away from her, pulling out his inventory and browsing through it.

He found the pork sandwich he bought from the shopping street and materialized it in his hand—he didn't know how the hunger level was calculated, but after playing for just over an hour, he felt hungry.

"That's quite a realistic statement..." The girl turned her head and saw the sandwich in his hand. Her beautiful eyes widened instantly, and she asked incredulously, "What's that? A sandwich?"

Tenkuji Yu looked at her with a puzzled expression: "Yeah, what's wrong?"

"Where did you buy this? Did a monster drop it?" she asked anxiously, no longer bothering to look at the black bread in her hand, her eyes shining as she stared at the pork sandwich. "If you can, please tell me where I can get it!"

So, under her vaguely longing gaze, Yuu Tenkuji unceremoniously bit into half of his sandwich, chewing it large mouthfuls while mumbling his reply:

"You bought it from the general store, right? Of course, they only sell black bread there... Walk south a bit along the shopping street, there's a bakery called 'Aunt Susan's Bakery,' you can check that out... A pork sandwich costs 200 cors, but you get a 50% discount if you bring pork."

If he hadn't forgotten to mark the store on the map, it would have been faster to just share the map information with her.

"I understand, thank you." The girl nodded earnestly, seemingly having memorized the information.

She glanced at the sandwich that Tenkuji Yu had quickly stuffed into her mouth, then looked at the dry, hard black bread in her hand. After hesitating for a few seconds, she swallowed and opened her small mouth to bite into the bread.

"I'm starting—mmm!"

The moment that dry stuff entered her mouth, she couldn't help but furrow her beautiful eyebrows, a hint of disgust appearing in her eyes, and her usually dignified and upright shoulders slumped.

Even though she was thinking how awful it tasted, she struggled to stuff the fist-sized piece of black bread into her mouth so as not to waste the food. Then she patted her chest, her throat bobbed, and she breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had just escaped a disaster.

"call……"

Perhaps because there was no digestion process, the hunger in my lower abdomen disappeared immediately after I ate the bread.

The chestnut-haired girl had no interest in marveling at such a wonder. Instead, she puffed out her cheeks slightly and stared with an inexplicably sharp gaze at the boy beside her who was licking breadcrumbs off his fingers.

Without comparison, there's no harm done. They're eating soft sandwiches, while I can only eat this hard, dry, and astringent stuff...

It's decided! I'll use my newly learned pig-slaughtering sword technique to slaughter all the piglets on the grassland!

"By the way, didn't you read the game instructions after you entered the game? It's the one at the very bottom of the menu, next to the logout option."

The boy's voice pulled her back to reality.

"Game instructions?" The chestnut-haired girl blinked in confusion, withdrawing her unfriendly gaze. She then brought up a menu by bringing up her slender index and middle fingers together.

Her bright eyes scanned the area, and she quickly exclaimed in surprise, "Ah, it really is..."

"Well, while basic attacks are useful, when facing enemies with high health, you still have to rely on sword skills to kill them in one hit."

Although they had only been in the game for a short time, Tenkuji Yu said in a veteran's tone, "The pig-headed man's level is three. You should be below that, right? Otherwise, your basic attack damage wouldn't be so low."

"Level? Basic attack?" The girl stopped what she was doing, her finger hovering over the menu, and looked at him blankly.

Completely different from her stern demeanor when drawing her sword, the chestnut-haired girl now looks rather adorable and innocent.

"Okay, I can probably tell you're a newbie..."

With a helpless sigh, Tenkuji Yu simply told her most of the basic information he knew.

It's simple and easy to understand, so she doesn't need to look up the game instructions anymore.

After a brief outdoor tutorial, the girl nodded in sudden understanding: "Oh, I see... As soon as I entered the game, I wandered around aimlessly. All I knew was that I needed to buy weapons and go out to fight. I killed a few wild boars and then went into the forest. I had no idea about any of these things."

So, not only was her level low, but she also only used basic attacks to fight enemies. She believed that she could smash monsters to pieces by simply stabbing them with her sword. That's why she felt that she had a great chance of winning when facing those five pig-headed men, and instead of retreating, she advanced.

"Thank you for helping me just now and for telling me so much." The girl bowed gracefully, then asked him with a puzzled look, "Um, have you been in the game for a long time?"

"No, it's only been a little over an hour."

"More than an hour?! Your movements just now didn't seem like it at all... May I ask, what level are you at now? Around what level do you need to use your more complex sword techniques?"

“Your sword-wielding movements don’t seem like those of a beginner.” With her hands on the grass behind her, Tenkuji Yu glanced at her. “Your character level is five. As for sword skills, it depends on your proficiency. The higher your proficiency, the more sword skills you can acquire.”

After that battle, he leveled up and his proficiency in "One-Handed Sword" reached 150—this was just the test version. When it goes live on all servers, for the sake of the game's lifespan, "RECT" will definitely increase the difficulty of increasing proficiency.

"My skill level is only two, and my 'Rapier' proficiency is only 15? That's so low."

She frowned somewhat unwillingly, her neatly manicured fingertips gently tapping the system panel as she murmured, "150 is enough to use the four-hit sword technique... In that case, I'll probably have to kill a few hundred more wild boars?"

"Uh, you've misunderstood something." Seeing her lost in thought, Tenkuji Yu kindly reminded her, "Just look at the descriptions of 'Sword Skills.' Two-hit skills require over 200 proficiency points, while advanced four-hit skills like 'Horizontal Square Slash' require 600 proficiency points to use."

The chestnut-haired girl looked up from the panel, her eyes widening in surprise: "Then how did you...?"

"This is a secret, and you can't tell anyone easily." Tenkuji Yu smiled mysteriously, his gaze becoming meaningful, as if he was hinting at something.

"you……"

The girl paused for a moment, seemingly not understanding what he meant, then suddenly crossed her arms, shrank back, and stared at him warily.

"Excuse me, is this a new type of online flirting method?"

"Who's trying to hit on you?!"

The feigned mysterious expression instantly crumbled, and Tenkuji Yu shook his head with a wry smile, sighing, "I just wanted to say that leveling up alone in this world is quite boring. If possible, add each other as friends and team up to level up when you have time... That's normal, right? If you were a guy, I would do the same."

"Oh, I see. I'm so sorry for misunderstanding you."

The girl quickly understood his thoughts, and after decisively bowing her head to admit her mistake, she awkwardly swiped through the menu and brought up the friends interface.

"It's a bit boring being alone... This is my first time playing a game, so please give me some pointers."

She smiled shyly at him, her eyes shining with a childlike, pure, and joyful light.

Yuuki Tenkuji responded with a friendly smile: "This side too."

Then, I clicked to confirm the friend request I received from "Asuna".

Although she appears to be a complete novice when it comes to games, setting aside her agile skills, she can grasp both sword techniques and game mechanics in the shortest amount of time with just a teacher, and she can apply what she's learned to other situations...

She's beautiful and intelligent, completely different from that goofball Koichiro Yuuki. You really can't tell they're siblings.