I, the little cat, am a substitute for others who are starving and thin

"It doesn't matter. It was confirmed yesterday that my presence wouldn't be of much help anyway."

But after all, Agil is not a lone player like him with few friends, and places like prop shops are often visited by people. Shouldn't he consider finding a quiet place to settle down?

Just as he was thinking, Yimi climbed down from the shelf and held up the cube in his hand: "What on earth is this?"

"Transfer crystals are not cheap these days."

Agil quickly snatched it back and whispered to Kirito, "You really brought back an incredible NPC."

It was so amazing that he couldn't tell that the other party's behavior had any trace of AI calculation.

"Um……"

Kirito looked down at the Transfer Crystal, which was different from the Corridor Crystal but had similar effects. "Could you please look after her for a few more days? I have some important matters to attend to."

He took the Silver Banner president's corridor crystal, but had not yet completely imprisoned the people of the Titan's Hand.

"I'm going out to play."

Yimi put her hands on her hips and held her head high and chest out.

You are a little idiot Kirito, you have no right to make the cat stay in one place and not move. The cat can go wherever it wants.

Kirito pretended to be distressed: "Is that so? But I wanted to bring you some snacks. Food has a shelf life. If I don't see anyone when I come back, I'll have to feed it to Agil, right?"

Agil raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean by feeding it to Agil?"

"Snacks, don't feed him."

Yimi's body was no longer straight.

"Then wait here obediently for me to come back."

Kirito smiled and tapped her forehead: "Think about going out later."

he left.

"Really."

Aigil squatted down and looked at Yimi. "I remember the sixth floor is themed on puzzle games. If you behave, I can ask a friend to buy some for you to play."

"What's that cube for?"

Yimi is still obsessed with the transfer crystal.

I found this item when I looked through Kirito and Rosaria's inventory before.

"It's used to teleport people to certain places, but I guess you can't use it, right?"

"Teleport?"

Yimi took another transfer crystal and fumbled with it.

Then, he suddenly disappeared in front of Agil.

"..."

10

Chapter 10 S-level food task NPC.

"What are you doing?"

In the safe zone on the 56th floor, Asuna took out her lunch box in annoyance.

The lunch box is just a container used as a bowl. The food in SAO has a durability limit calculated by time. When the durability is over, the food will naturally disappear. Even if it is placed in the inventory, it will remain the same.

She felt a little sad about losing, because Kirito defeated her by relying on the despicable feint of "pretending to have a second sword" to trick her into resisting. However, if he had attacked her head-on and suppressed her, she would probably feel even more sad, right?

It is inaccurate to say that it is despicable. PvP and subjugating monsters are essentially different, and this is just a normal method.

"Hmm."

A soft voice sounded behind her, making her subconsciously alert for a moment, and then she remembered that she was in the safe zone.

However, the safe zone isn't completely safe. For example, a murder guild recently devised a new method: they'd initiate unlimited PvP while someone was sleeping, then grab their hand, click "accept," and then immediately strike out and kill them in the safe zone. The PvP kill cursor wouldn't be identified as the player who killed them...

As Asuna watched, a cute little girl with cat ears and a shrine maiden costume, which was totally inconsistent with the theme of the floor, ran up to her with a child's gait, staring intently at the lunch box in her hand.

The transfer crystal can only be transferred to the town safe zone on each floor. Yimi tried to input magic power into that thing, and somehow it appeared on the highest floor that the player had reached.

Players who practiced life skills carefully obviously rarely went to the dangerous high ground, which made it difficult to get delicious food on the front line except for NPC crops, but Asuna was an exception.

Perhaps in order to relieve the pressure on the front line, she has spent a lot of time improving her cooking skills. At least among the current senior players, there should be no player who can cook better than her.

The fragrance also successfully made Yimi move from the center of the village to her front.

Asuna stared at her face for a moment, stunned. "NPC?"

I hadn't seen him in this town in the past few days. Why did he suddenly run up to her? And there was no exclamation mark above his head.

A very cute NPC, but unfortunately because of what just happened, it is difficult for Asuna to have a good impression of her just because of her cuteness.

Thinking of the argument she had just had with Kirito over the NPC incident, Asuna's heart sank again.

She picked up the fried meatballs with chopsticks and put them into her mouth under Yimi's eager gaze.

"Well."

Yimi sat down next to Asuna, staring at the remaining meatballs in her hand.

Asuna twisted her body in the opposite direction of Yimi, staring straight ahead into the distance.

“Ahhhhhh—”

Then, without waiting for Yimi to ask for a head pat, Asuna deliberately broke her ladylike image and finished her meal in big mouthfuls, then pulled down the hood she wore when going out alone.

This deliberate behavior made the kitten pout unhappily.

She jumped away from Asuna, took out the pot and Bagua stove from the storage space and placed them in place. Then she took out the white whale meat that she brought from the previous world, which was only the size of an adult's palm, and stewed it next to Asuna.

"?"

Cooking in public? This kind of behavior, as if doing fixed things at fixed times, is indeed something NPCs can do.

Asuna wiped her mouth and stood up, and saw the little girl steal a glance at her again.

When their eyes met, Yimi quickly turned her head away and didn't look at her.

The game's mechanics meant cooking wasn't that time-consuming, so a scent that Asuna couldn't understand brushed past her nose, tempting her.

She was very sure that she had seen it clearly. The little girl NPC didn't add any seasoning to it, but it just gave off this meaty aroma that she had never encountered before. Could it be that -

"S-grade ingredients?"

Asuna was shocked and walked around to Yimi.

For a cooking enthusiast like her, this is definitely an irresistible temptation.

"Humph!"

Yimi moved to the side with the pot in her arms, facing her butt so that she couldn't see it.

You'll be so greedy.

"?"

Asuna seemed to have thought of something and quickly opened the system, only to find that there was an extra item in the taskbar.

Mission: Let @@ have a taste of the delicious food.

Mission Reward:

"..."

He tapped his hand in understanding.

This should be a random event triggered by eating in the safe zone after the cooking skill reaches the corresponding level and the floor is above 55. If I had just handed the food in my hand to the little girl, it would definitely trigger the task of "I approve of your cooking skills" and then trigger the task of "processing S-level ingredients"!

However, because this NPC did not trigger any task dialogue other than the one in the panel, she had no idea and unknowingly chose to refuse.

Because of her rejection, this temper tantrum was triggered and made her jealous. This kind of plan, Kayaba Akihiko is really a sinister and evil person...

Why did she do this? She wouldn't normally do this!

Asuna scratched her hair in frustration and glanced at the task bar. The task was still there.

There's still a chance to save it, right?

"Wait here for a moment."

She quickly turned to the nearest NPC resident, paid to temporarily rent his kitchen, and tried to replicate the lunch box 1:1 using the ingredients in her inventory.

Cooking in SAO is much faster than in real life, and the cooking skill level also affects the speed. Yimi's cooking skill level is obviously not high, so after Asuna finished making her bento, Yimi's fish soup was also ready.

"for you."

Asuna handed the lunch box to Yimi.

Yimi took a look and said: "Huh!"

He turned around with the small bowl in his arms and ignored her.

And imitating Asuna's behavior just now, he drank the fish soup in big gulps to divert the misfortune of burning his tongue.

"Rua—"

After all, an adult's mouth cannot open that wide, and the fish soup spilled directly on his clothes and even into his nose when he drank it so quickly.

"OK OK."

Asuna took out a tissue and wiped it for her.

She opened the lunch box and waved it in front of Yimi: "Look, this is what you wanted to eat just now."

“I’m full.”

Yimi put the pot away and turned away.

She accidentally ran away to who knows where, and she still has to wait for Kirito, who is gradually becoming less stupid, to bring her some snacks.

"..."

Asuna glanced at the task list, which was still there.

She lowered the brim of her cloak again and followed Yimi.

Now doesn't seem to be the time to do this kind of thing. She should focus on how to defeat the wild BOSS.

But this is an S-grade ingredient! If you miss it, you might never see it again.

Yimi turned her head and glanced at Asuna. Asuna stood still.

Yimi turned her head back and continued walking. Asuna continued to follow.

Yimi turned away again. Asuna stood still again.

"Meow!"

Yimi started running.

"and many more!"

Asuna also ran to catch up.

11

Chapter 11: Exclusive cuisine.

Got it.

Why did you catch it?

Because I was afraid that the quest NPC would run away, I subconsciously grabbed him. Naturally, a child's short legs could not run faster than an adult.

Asuna hugged Yimi and looked around. Although she was wearing a cloak, she really didn't want others to see her, the deputy leader of the Blood Alliance Knights, acting like a human trafficker and sneaking around.

Even though she had already embraced her, no system warning page popped up. She wondered if it had something to do with being a woman. But that wasn't the point now, because under her gaze, the little girl suddenly revealed a health bar that didn't belong to a player.

The strange uncles and aunts that Xunzi had reminded us to be on guard against appeared!

Yimi kicked her calves twice.

Asuna, realizing something was wrong, quickly let go and backed away in confusion. In this game, anyone who couldn't react instinctively to the monster's health bar died.