() "Well, there's something I want to confirm with you." At this time, Kirito's expression became extremely serious and he said: "You shouldn't be locked up in this basement? For example... that old man Weiss

The guy caught you and then...did something rude...or something like that..."

To be honest, Kirito is very curious about Wes's interest. Well, maybe everyone who sees Darian will have such an association at the first sight.

A rough giant lock was shining dimly on the beautiful girl's chest with a gorgeous dress ribbon, and the black collar and silver chain made people think of the shackles that bound criminals or prisoners. For a moment,

This made Kirito look at Dalian with a very complicated expression.

"The most disrespectful thing is the imagination in your mind." The beautiful girl in black, who called herself Darian, was hiding at the table in the corner of the kitchen, eating fried bread, her tone was quite rude, and her attitude was like that of a small animal that hates humans.

"I'm just waiting."

"Waiting? Waiting for whom?" Kirito didn't know how to understand Darian's words, or it should be said that it was difficult to understand.

"It has nothing to do with you, an rude and rude human being like you." Well, Kirito didn't want to refute Darian's somewhat self-deceptive words. After all, based on the above, Darian had already taken advantage of both of these points.

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"You're obviously a man, wearing such weird clothes, doesn't that mean you don't feel embarrassed?!" Kirito looked in the direction where Darian's eyes were pointing, and it turned out to be the four separate crotches on the hem of his windbreaker.

The metal chain at the end of the hem.

Feeling the anger coming from those metal chains, Kirito had no choice but to scold them in a low voice not to be reckless.

"Don't worry about it for now, tell me where the sugar is." Darian said, her tone still as aggressive as if Kirito owed her money.

"Sugar? Do you want to sprinkle it on the bread?"

"It has been a law since ancient times to sprinkle sugar on fried bread." Well, Kirito didn't remember such a weird law, but Dalian's unquestionable momentum still made him follow her words and step out of the way.

He took out the sugar can and handed it to her. When he saw her sprinkling a large amount of sugar on the golden bread and eating it with satisfaction, Kirito's mood could only be described as helpless.

He placed two portions of curry rice made from random ingredients found in the kitchen on the table, and put the freshly brewed black tea on top, as if he were a cook who had been in charge for a long time.

"What... did you do before?" Dalian's expression instantly turned to alarm, which only caused Kirito to shake his head boredly. "There are... many things in the world that you shouldn't know.

Oh, little girl."

Kirito's ambiguous expression made Darian feel extremely unhappy, especially his last name, which hit her nerves even more.

"You guy... Huh? What is this weird-looking food?!" Dalian shook the curry rice up and down with a spoon, her tone was very strange, because she had never eaten this food before.

"Curry rice, you'll know after you take one bite." Kirito sat calmly in his seat and ate his own portion, which was redder in color.

With an expression of confusion and constipation, Darian slowly put the curry rice in the spoon into her mouth and chewed it. The next moment, her eyes suddenly widened, as if she was shocked by something incredible.

generally.

"Not bad." The lazy tone pulled Dalian back. She seemed to have remembered the gaffe just now, and her face turned unusually rosy. The delicate white skin that seemed to be able to squeeze out water made Kirito almost not think of reaching out.

Give it a pinch.

"Huh, as Wes's friend, it seems that you are not that good-for-nothing, so let me give you a compliment." Even in shy mode, Darian's tone was still condescending.

"Thank you very much." Kirito was able to ignore Dalian's poisonous tongue.

"Why do you want to inherit Wes's legacy?" After a moment of silence, Darian spoke first, and the question went straight to the point.

"Hmm... I'm probably tired of the drifting life outside." After hesitating for a while, Kirito finally spoke, with a hint of emotion on his expression, but the answer left Dalian unsatisfied.

"Ah, that's right!" Kirito suddenly remembered that there was something he hadn't asked yet. Since Dalian lives here, he should know. "Darian, do you know which door this key opens?

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As Kirito took out the key inside, the moment Dalian's eyes came into contact, her eyes froze and she looked at the golden key set with rubies in Kirito's hand in surprise.

"That key...where did you come from?" Dalian's face once again changed back to the timid look it had when she first met Kirito.

"The props included in Weiss's last letter." Kirito turned the golden key in his hand and read out a stanza of an ancient poem. "I ask, are you a human being?" A strange sentence that was almost like a mantra.

Kirito's curiosity was instantly aroused.

"Do you recognize this key?" In response to Kirito's question, Dalian shook her head without saying a word. Her expressionless face was like a delicate and vaguely magical porcelain doll, so beautiful.

Impossible.

"Really? Then forget it." Looking at the beautiful 'doll' girl who was staring out the window and not talking, Kirito nodded as if he understood. However, when Dalian didn't pay attention, his eyes were looking at each other.

Ruowu glanced at the dim metallic luster decorated with gorgeous lace - a huge ancient lock.

Neither of the two people in silence wanted to continue the conversation until a carriage stopped near the mansion. After noticing this, Dalian's expression suddenly froze, and she looked around like a small animal looking for a hiding place.

Looking around.

When he saw Dalian sweeping away all the food in front of him, standing up, and seemed to be escaping back to the basement, Kirito, who had seen all this, couldn't help but reveal a wry smile, showing a smile that could soothe all panic.

smile.

"Don't worry, he should be here to pick me up."

"...Pick you up?!" Dalian looked at the figure who was taller than herself in front of her hesitantly. The other person's smile made her feel at ease, but her instinctive fear of strangers could not be erased immediately.

Just as Darien was clutching a book thick enough to kill someone to her chest, the doorbell rang from the front entrance of the mansion.

"It's so wonderful... Master Kirito, I can't believe that after four years, you still maintain such an appearance." The butler in a noble tuxedo saw that the scene in front of him had not changed at all from four years ago.

When he saw his peerless appearance, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Master, don't worry, just call me Kirito. Appearance is just a well-maintained thing. Haven't you heard that human beings change every ten years?" Kirito downplayed the other party's envious and complimentary words.

As for the change he said every ten years, who knows. At least Kirito thinks that even if a hundred years pass, this face may not change at all.

"In accordance with the agreement of my master Henry Conrad, I specially invite Master Kirito to have dinner with you at your residence."

In Kirito's memory, Henry Conrad was a bourgeois who ran a high-end hotel in the city, and was also an old friend of Wes Disdiswold. Based on this relationship, Kirito readily agreed.

Of course, there is another reason.

"I want to go too." The melodious voice of the girl behind him made Kirito turn around and look at him in shock.

"You...you said you wanted to go too." Dalian's character was as fearful of small animals as Kirito could not imagine for a moment how much courage the other party had to say these words.

"I understand, so please tell me this to your master." The first sentence was addressed to Dalian, and the latter sentence was naturally addressed to the man in the tuxedo in front of him.

"I understand, I will go back and report to the master." After saying that, the man left here in a hurry. When he left, he looked at Dalian with a trace of fear in his eyes, as if he had heard about this beautiful girl.
Chapter completed!