In addition, I am not the only one receiving damage. My
beloved sword, too, was supporting an enormous load beyond
its limit with its tip alone. And that was after activating the
extremely Life-draining «armament full control art» a whole
two times in the battles thus far. I can’t open up the Stacia
window and check the value in this situation, but it wouldn’t be
strange at all for it to reach zero within several minutes. The
sword would then break and couldn’t be repaired simply by
storing it in its sheath.
The sword would be too pitiful, breaking without its name
even decided, and besides, I would have fallen onto the ground
and died already. As such, I had to do something about this
situation as soon as possible, but hanging on alone took up all of
my strength and in addition to that—
“That’s enough, release your hand!”
The woman dangling below me—the golden integrity knight
holding onto the sacred tool, «Fragrant Olive Sword», Alice
Synthesis Thirty, shouted out yet again.
“I have no intention of having my life saved by a major
criminal like yourself and live in dishonor!”
While swaying her entire body in an attempt to extricate her
gripped right hand. Damp with sweat in my hand, the gauntlet
grew a little slippery.
“…Uooh… you…”
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I somehow suppressed the swaying while incomprehensible
sounds escaped from me. However, the tip of the black sword,
dug into the wall, got drawn out by a mil by the shaking. I
desperately regained a stable posture before glancing down and
screaming out loud.
“Don’t move, idiot! If you’re supposed to be an integrity
knight, then realize that nothing will be solved if you just give
yourself up to despair here, idiot!”
“Wha…”
The white face that peeked out from under my feet quickly
blushed red.
“And… and you dare to make a mockery of myself again!
Retract that this instant, criminal!”
“Shut up! I’m calling you an idiot because you’re an idiot,
idiot! Idiooot!”
Unaware of whether I wanted to draw her into negotiations
through provocation or if blood was just rushing up to my head,
I cried out loud once more.
“Got it!? If you fall and die all by yourself here, Eugeo who’s
still left in the tower will go straight to the highest minister, you
know! And yet, it’s supposed to be your duty to prevent that!
Then shouldn’t it be most important for you to stay alive by all
means now, as an integrity knight?! It’s because you’re an idiot
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who can’t understand such a rationale; that’s why I’m calling
you an idiot!!”
“Kuh… s-so you even dare to voice out that humiliating insult
eight times, don’t you…”
Likely never been called an idiot ever since she woke up as an
integrity knight, Alice’s cheeks blushed and the corners of her
eyes lifted in rage. The glistening Fragrant Olive Sword in her
left hand lifted up a little and a chill ran through me, afraid that
she might be thinking about cutting me and causing both of our
deaths, but it seemed her reason scarcely surpassed her
impulse, as the sword hung down powerlessly once again.
“…I see, your words do make sense. However…”
The integrity knight’s teeth, much like pearl beads, gnashed
firmly together and she rebutted.
“Then why will you not release that hand!? If the reason is not
pity, against which I would find death more tolerable, how
could you possibly prove it!?”
Pity—wasn’t the reason. After all, the act of rescuing Alice
itself was precisely half of the reason why Eugeo and I set this
Central Cathedral as our aim.
However, I didn’t have anywhere near enough time to
leisurely explain that from the start. And before everything else,
the one Eugeo wanted to help was technically not Integrity
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Knight Alice Synthesis Thirty, but his childhood friend who got
kidnapped form Rulid Village eight years ago, Alice Schuberg.
I tried my hardest to rack my brain, almost overheating from
the excess load, searching for any excuse at all that could satisfy
Alice. But there was no way I could come up with such a thing
on the spot. With things at this point, I had no choice but to
state a part of the truth.
“I… Eugeo and I didn’t climb the cathedral all this way
because we wanted to destroy the Axiom Church.”
Looking straight down at Alice’s blue eyes, exuding an intense
light, I frantically forced my words out.
“We’re the same too, in how we want to protect the Human
World from the Dark Territory’s invasion. We even fought with
a group of goblins in the mountain range at the edge two years
ago… even if I say so, I guess you wouldn’t believe me. That’s
why we can’t have you, known as one of the strongest even
among the integrity knights, die here. Your strength’s essential.”
It must have been outside of her expectations as Alice knitted
her brows in silence, but immediately gave a barbed reply.
“Then for what reason have you swung that sword at another
human and broke the worst taboo of making another shed
blood?!”
beloved sword, too, was supporting an enormous load beyond
its limit with its tip alone. And that was after activating the
extremely Life-draining «armament full control art» a whole
two times in the battles thus far. I can’t open up the Stacia
window and check the value in this situation, but it wouldn’t be
strange at all for it to reach zero within several minutes. The
sword would then break and couldn’t be repaired simply by
storing it in its sheath.
The sword would be too pitiful, breaking without its name
even decided, and besides, I would have fallen onto the ground
and died already. As such, I had to do something about this
situation as soon as possible, but hanging on alone took up all of
my strength and in addition to that—
“That’s enough, release your hand!”
The woman dangling below me—the golden integrity knight
holding onto the sacred tool, «Fragrant Olive Sword», Alice
Synthesis Thirty, shouted out yet again.
“I have no intention of having my life saved by a major
criminal like yourself and live in dishonor!”
While swaying her entire body in an attempt to extricate her
gripped right hand. Damp with sweat in my hand, the gauntlet
grew a little slippery.
“…Uooh… you…”
Sword Art Online 13 - Alicization Dividing
Chapter 10 - Integrity Knight Alice
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I somehow suppressed the swaying while incomprehensible
sounds escaped from me. However, the tip of the black sword,
dug into the wall, got drawn out by a mil by the shaking. I
desperately regained a stable posture before glancing down and
screaming out loud.
“Don’t move, idiot! If you’re supposed to be an integrity
knight, then realize that nothing will be solved if you just give
yourself up to despair here, idiot!”
“Wha…”
The white face that peeked out from under my feet quickly
blushed red.
“And… and you dare to make a mockery of myself again!
Retract that this instant, criminal!”
“Shut up! I’m calling you an idiot because you’re an idiot,
idiot! Idiooot!”
Unaware of whether I wanted to draw her into negotiations
through provocation or if blood was just rushing up to my head,
I cried out loud once more.
“Got it!? If you fall and die all by yourself here, Eugeo who’s
still left in the tower will go straight to the highest minister, you
know! And yet, it’s supposed to be your duty to prevent that!
Then shouldn’t it be most important for you to stay alive by all
means now, as an integrity knight?! It’s because you’re an idiot
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Chapter 10 - Integrity Knight Alice
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who can’t understand such a rationale; that’s why I’m calling
you an idiot!!”
“Kuh… s-so you even dare to voice out that humiliating insult
eight times, don’t you…”
Likely never been called an idiot ever since she woke up as an
integrity knight, Alice’s cheeks blushed and the corners of her
eyes lifted in rage. The glistening Fragrant Olive Sword in her
left hand lifted up a little and a chill ran through me, afraid that
she might be thinking about cutting me and causing both of our
deaths, but it seemed her reason scarcely surpassed her
impulse, as the sword hung down powerlessly once again.
“…I see, your words do make sense. However…”
The integrity knight’s teeth, much like pearl beads, gnashed
firmly together and she rebutted.
“Then why will you not release that hand!? If the reason is not
pity, against which I would find death more tolerable, how
could you possibly prove it!?”
Pity—wasn’t the reason. After all, the act of rescuing Alice
itself was precisely half of the reason why Eugeo and I set this
Central Cathedral as our aim.
However, I didn’t have anywhere near enough time to
leisurely explain that from the start. And before everything else,
the one Eugeo wanted to help was technically not Integrity
Sword Art Online 13 - Alicization Dividing
Chapter 10 - Integrity Knight Alice
23
Knight Alice Synthesis Thirty, but his childhood friend who got
kidnapped form Rulid Village eight years ago, Alice Schuberg.
I tried my hardest to rack my brain, almost overheating from
the excess load, searching for any excuse at all that could satisfy
Alice. But there was no way I could come up with such a thing
on the spot. With things at this point, I had no choice but to
state a part of the truth.
“I… Eugeo and I didn’t climb the cathedral all this way
because we wanted to destroy the Axiom Church.”
Looking straight down at Alice’s blue eyes, exuding an intense
light, I frantically forced my words out.
“We’re the same too, in how we want to protect the Human
World from the Dark Territory’s invasion. We even fought with
a group of goblins in the mountain range at the edge two years
ago… even if I say so, I guess you wouldn’t believe me. That’s
why we can’t have you, known as one of the strongest even
among the integrity knights, die here. Your strength’s essential.”
It must have been outside of her expectations as Alice knitted
her brows in silence, but immediately gave a barbed reply.
“Then for what reason have you swung that sword at another
human and broke the worst taboo of making another shed
blood?!”