I live my life in Tokyo

In the script, the character of Feng did not express love for Xing. Instead, he treated her more like a younger sister, caring, tolerant, and understanding her. His role was more like that of an elder brother rather than the lover that Xing wanted.

It may also be because the character Feng is an ordinary high school student in real life. People would not even think about such a character, or even consider it. How could love happen to them?

For various reasons, the current situation seems a little tense, like the heroine in a galgame who is about to shoot the finishing touch. With just this one kick and a confession, the ball will go into the hole, and the hero Feng will also feel Xing's true feelings towards him.

"Hey, why don't we go hunt in a higher level maze today? We can make a lot of money."

"Yeah, gogogo!"

Feng opened his mouth and instinctively wanted to refuse - this was also the look on Feng Sakakibara's face when he was acting. This sentence sounded like he was setting a flag. These players who were only level 30 or so were going to a maze of level 40 or so. Isn't this asking for trouble?

However, there was one thing that the guild member who made the suggestion with a smile said that was indeed very true. The higher the level of the guild, the better the items they would get, and the more money they would make from selling them. For guilds like theirs that wanted to enter the first-line strategy group, these funds were very necessary.

Sakakibara Kaede did not object, and Higuchi Madoka also seemed to want to refuse, but seeing how the other companions were obsessed with getting rich, it was not a good idea to refuse given the atmosphere.

The maze on the upper level was indeed different. Several actors sighed with their mouths wide open, looking at the green screen in the distance.

Sakakibara Kaede tried his best to act cautious. How could you not be nervous when a high-level boss brings a few low-level minions to a dungeon?

"Wooooooa ...

"Lucky~ There's a hidden treasure chest."

Turning into a room, the two actors' eyes lit up when they saw the wooden treasure chest made by the props team not far away, and they walked up with smiles.

Sakakibara Feng was about to raise his hand to stop him from flagging again and again, but the next moment, shrill alarms rang out in all directions. Sakakibara Feng's arms immediately got goose bumps. He reached for the hilt of the sword reflexively, watching the figures moving behind the green screen, and said in a deep voice, "It's a trap room."

When he saw those kendo apprentices wearing green screen uniforms and with ferocious smiles on their faces, he suddenly felt like he was being toyed with by Takenaka Kiyoshi. Looking at the wooden spears, wooden swords and wooden sabers in their hands, Sakakibara Kaede's mouth twitched and he had only one word to say: fuck it.

"Use the teleportation crystal!"

Sakakibara Kaede shouted.

"It's useless!" The companion turned around, his handsome face full of despair, "The teleportation crystal is useless!"

"Is this actually a space where crystals are ineffective?"

Sakakibara Kaede murmured.

If Senior Yuuki Shindo puts this mechanism into the game, there will definitely be people who will blame the planner. In Sword Art Online, death will cause loss of experience points, so it is not impossible to drop to level 1 after dying. Therefore, everyone has teleportation crystals that are expensive to make and buy in their bags, just waiting for an emergency to save their lives.

If there is a space where crystals are ineffective... Sakakibara imagined it and thought that the punishment would be too great.

However, it is a good trap for players, allowing them to curse and fight with all their might in order not to lose experience. To be honest, Sakakibara feels that it is not unacceptable for Sword Art Online to add such a feature in the future.

The attack from the wooden sword pulled him out of his imagination. He quickly drew his sword to block it, and the sword almost slipped out of his hand. Looking at the opponent's calm demeanor and an attitude asking for advice, Sakakibara Kaede suppressed his resentment towards Takenaka Kiyoshi, and they had to fight for real again.

He had to calm down, hold the wooden sword in his hand, and use all his strength to push the attacking enemy back two steps.

"what--"

Hearing the miserable screams of his companions, Sakakibara Feng looked over and found that his companion, who had just tried to escape using the teleportation crystal, had been knocked to the ground by several enemies. The sharp wooden sticks kept poking at his carapace, and the force left Sakakibara Feng speechless.

"what!"

The remaining companions saw their close club friends turned into pieces and shattered, completely declared dead in this game world. They rushed forward waving wooden spears like crazy, but were ruthlessly grabbed by the guns of the gym apprentices in green screen uniforms, and were slapped into pieces with two slaps.

Sakakibara Kaede saw three of his companions die in succession, with pain and regret on his face. He swung his sword hard to knock down enemies one after another to the ground. His heart suddenly hung in the air. If they died, what about her?

"maple!"

"fortunate!"

When Sakakibara Kaede heard the voice of Higuchi Madoka, he understood that the next story would be about the classic male protagonist saving the female protagonist. Sachika would definitely be saved, and his next job would be to defeat these annoying people in front of him!

He swung his sword using the skills set in the game, his face anxious, and he let out a war cry in a hoarse voice.

Higuchi Yuanka gently pushed the enemy's body away with her wooden spear. She turned to look at the man who was so anxious because of her, and suddenly a sense of satisfaction flashed through her heart.

It seemed that even if she died now, she would not regret it. At least now she could see that he was so anxious for her. Even if she died now, she would die with satisfaction and happiness.

Higuchi Yuanxiang suddenly remembered that Sakakibara Kaede had died in front of her more than once, and each time he died so sadly. She cried so sadly at that time, but she didn't know what Sakakibara Kaede's mental state was at that time.

But now, she understood that it was such a happy thing to watch the one she loved roar for her and swing the sword for her. It didn't matter whether she was Higuchi Madoka or Yuki. She knew that Kaede in the game world would do the same, and Kaede Sakakibara in the real world would do the same.

Sakakibara Kaede looked at the girl who was walking towards him not far away. He understood her eyes and his heart suddenly tightened. That was the look of someone who felt that it didn't matter if he died the next moment. He had played such a role before. He felt satisfied when he fell asleep in Higuchi Madoka's arms, and he felt happy when he died for the one he loved.

But now, how could he allow himself not to save her? He was clearly the sealer of evil, the future black swordsman, and he had clearly sworn, sworn to take her away from this world safely, how could he give up now!

When Kiyoshi Takenaka saw the familiar expressions on the two actors' faces, he couldn't help laughing. Although the roles had been reversed, why was there such a sense of comfort and satisfaction from the inside out?

The next moment, he nodded expressionlessly to Miyamoto Fumiaki and others who were waiting on the side, "Masters, it's your turn."

Miyamoto Fumiaki raised his sword silently. After all, those apprentices were unable to withstand Sakakibara Kaede who was gradually using his full strength, and finally he had to surround and beat him up.

Kaede Sakakibara almost vomited when he saw Miyamoto Fumiaki joining the battlefield with a sword. Although they were still vulnerable - the level of this maze was still much lower than Kaede's level, but fighting with them for one round would consume a lot of physical strength. Could he still protect Xing and leave?

"fortunate!"

The young man saw Higuchi Madoka trying hard to push away the enemy with her wooden spear, while right behind her, an enemy holding a wooden sword had been waiting for a long time. In this slow movement, Sakakibara Kaede could even see the hideous smile on the other's face.

Xing shouldn't be the vanguard, she should have stayed behind him obediently.

Someone like her who is afraid of monsters should protect herself.

The promises made in the past flashed through Sakakibara Kaede's mind one by one, and two manly tears uncontrollably flowed from the corners of his eyes.

Higuchi Yuanka was hit in the back, and time seemed to stand still at this moment.

She looked at him with a satisfied look on her face.

He looked at her, feeling guilty and sad.

Her lips parted, and then she fell to the ground—her body turned into flying fragments, flying towards the world outside the maze.

“Kakakaka.”

Kiyoshi Takenaka clapped his hands and laughed, while Kaede Sakakibara's eyes were still a little red. It must be said that both Koichiro Yuki and Kiyoshi Takenaka had stabbed him in the back severely!

He took a few steps forward to check on Higuchi Madoka's injuries and found that the man who had just injured Higuchi Madoka was apologizing hastily, while Higuchi Madoka calmly shook her head, indicating that the cut was not serious.

"What's wrong? Looking at me like this?"

Higuchi Yuanka smiled, with a hint of satisfaction in her smile.

There is also a quiet happiness.

Chapter 25: The Skilled Pig's Rush

Sakakibara Kaede thinks the reviews for the third episode of Sword Art Online will be mixed.

At least when he was playing the role of Feng, he was indeed disgusted by the story of Koichiro Yuki and Kiyoshi Takenaka. Now he finally understood why the two of them would look at each other from time to time during the press conference, with a smile of consensus in their eyes and the corners of their mouths twisted, which indeed had some of the character of the Dragon King.

"Are you still sad?"

"Not really, but the heartache I felt just now when I was acting needs to be relieved."

After this scene was filmed, Sakakibara Kaede's personal story was not over yet. He sat in a crowded square on a snowy winter night. Surrounded by people were either friends walking together or couples who were in love. The black-clad swordsman carried a heavy one-handed sword and let the snowflakes fall on his head and melt.

If this was his punishment, he deserved it.

He returned to the inn, changed his equipment, stared at the sword, closed his eyes slightly, then stood up and walked towards the wilderness.

Sword Art Online is a death game, but it has been a few months since we came to this world, and everyone is surviving while accepting the status quo and enjoying their lives in the game. So in the end, humans are still creatures that go with the flow.

If he could defeat the limited boss that appears on Halloween and obtain the rare item that can revive life, he wanted to call back Xing's soul, but he knew how slim the possibility was.

He has to do it all to atone for his sins.

Sakakibara Kaede's face was scary, as if it was wrapped in endless ice, looking lonely and indifferent.

Higuchi Yuanxiang was drinking hot water in the rest area. As she watched him swinging the sword, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up.

It was so unfair. Before, it was Kaede Sakakibara who enjoyed the happiness of dying in front of her beloved without any regrets, leaving her to carry the pain and walk on alone. Now the roles have been reversed, and she feels satisfied. When she was surrounded, he tried his best to reach out to her. For Higuchi Madoka, those scenes were completely enough.

If Higuchi Madoka was a little concerned about sharing with Sakurajima Mai and Asakura Toru before, she is satisfied now. It seems that she still holds a very important position in his heart.

Besides, he was the one who took the initiative to confess his feelings among the five girls.

"Yuanxiang, I mean, Yuanxiang."

Higuchi Madoka came to her senses and realized that the only people in this world who could call her that were her parents, her childhood sweetheart, and the person she liked. Before that, she had to have four more good sisters.

"what happened?"

"We're done filming, the crew is wrapping up, let's go home too."

"Oh well."

It seemed that Sakakibara Kaede had already changed her clothes. Higuchi Madoka stood up and followed his footsteps to thank today's filming crew. After saying some words of concern, they boarded the train they came from.

"Ah..." Higuchi Yuanxiang glanced at her phone, then raised her head, "Toru won't be back today."

"what happened?"

"I went to Kawasaki City to take the final photos. I'm staying there today."

Higuchi Madoka turned the screen of her mobile phone around and pointed it at Sakakibara Kaede, who blinked and saw a selfie of Asakura Toru smiling brightly in the mirror.

Asakura Toru, who looked very well behaved and innocent, was not well behaved at all last night.

Higuchi Madoka was silent for a moment, and she looked at Sakakibara Kaede tentatively, "Mai-san said that we should have dinner together tonight, where are you staying tonight?"

Sakakibara Kaede paused. He actually didn't want to go back this week. The most important thing was that he didn't want to face his father in his body. Although they had reconciled, it was still awkward to look at each other. Of course, they didn't hate each other, but Sakakibara's father couldn't be a father in front of him, and Sakakibara Kaede couldn't be a son in his mind.

It would be better to let him and the Konno family enjoy their rare vacation as they will be going on a business trip again next week.

But even if I thought so, I still had to tell Mrs. Konno the reason, and it was naturally a white lie. Although it was a little cruel for her who wanted to improve the relationship between father and son, it was better to suffer a short pain than a long one. Until now, it has been difficult for the two of them to live under the same roof.

Higuchi Madoka noticed that Sakakibara Kaede's expression was different and pursed her lips. "What did your father say?"

Sakakibara Kaede raised her head, and Higuchi Madoka snorted, "Mai-san said so."

"You are such an infuriating man. Do you have to keep all these things to yourself?" The girl said unhappily, "It really makes me worry."

"Nothing, actually."

Sakakibara Kaede smiled, stretched out his hand, and quietly pinched the soft palm of Higuchi Yuanxiang, who in turn began to pinch the flesh on the back of his hand.

It's okay now.

However, on the train back home, Kaede Sakakibara, who had nothing to talk about, didn't mind sharing his past with Higuchi Madoka.

It's not a very nice story.

Higuchi Madoka thought of her father, who was also always on business trips due to his busy life and work, and struggling for his family.

After returning home, Sakakibara stretched lazily. At this time, only Yuuki Asuna came back. Sakakijima Mai came back late because of work. Higuchi Madoka sat in the living room to rest her feet and browsed her phone. Sakakibara changed her clothes. She had sweated a little on the way home. So it was not very comfortable to take the train in this kind of weather in autumn. I don’t know if there was something wrong with the air conditioner outlet. After getting off the train, my back was wet.

He also exercised quite a bit during the shoot today, so taking a shower was natural for him.

After taking a shower, he found that Yuuki Asuna's door was not closed. When he returned home just now, there was a sign saying "Studying" hanging on the door, but now it was gone.

"Senior Feng, welcome back."

Yuuki Asuna sat cross-legged on the bed, listening to music. On the desk were spread the review questions she had already finished. She patted the bed beside her and said, "I just greeted Yuanxiang-senpai. She looked a little tired, so I invited her to sleep in Feng-senpai's bedroom."

Kaede Sakakibara sighed and said that Yuuki Asuna is a woman who can be a mother.

He sat on the bed, and Yuuki Asuna naturally rested her head on the young man's shoulder. Sakakibara Kaede took the earphones from her hand and put them in her other ear. He found that she was listening to a song from the previous album of Shine the World.

"Well, there is a new version of the development event tonight. Can Senior Feng come?" Yuuki Asuna held Sakakibara Feng's hand and asked like a cute little animal.

"Yes, I can go home and visit as well."

When Yuuki Asuna heard this, her face turned red. She knew that the other party was not talking about the house they lived in now, but the wooden cottage they lived in in Sword Art Online.

She seemed to remember something, and her face became a little redder, "Senior Feng, I heard that you did that kind of thing with Senior Toru and Senior Yuanxiang?"

"Ok?"

Sakakibara Kaede's eyes widened. He only thought for a moment and knew that Higuchi Madoka had no interest in talking about these things. But the person who said this... ran away so irresponsibly today.

Damn it, could it be that Toru Asakura has intuition? Why did he run so fast today?

Sakakibara Kaede gritted his teeth, and Yuuki Asuna whispered in Sakakibara Kaede's ear, "Can Senior Kaede stay here tonight?"

What else could he say?

He nodded.

He got it.

I have to start a new version today.

"Is there any news about Yuuki-senpai recently?"