"Since you care so much, why don't you just take a shower?" Seeing that Alice was seriously thinking about it, Kirito hurriedly said, "I'm just kidding, I don't want to go back to the middle floor again."

But the most frightening thing is what to do if the other party still regards himself as a prisoner and doesn't intend to leave the field of view, so they are asked to wash together. See what Alice did just now.

"There is a big bathhouse on the ninetieth floor. But—" Alice switched to other topics, "After so long, your companions haven't come here to wait for you, maybe they're all gone."

"All, all destroyed?! Are there any knights behind?"

"The one who tied with uncle... Knight Commander Bercouli must have been taken away at the same time as his uncle was sent for treatment. As for those two, it is likely that they had a good relationship with the veteran Fuzuo and were asymmetrical with their vocations. The two children who were guards and were still undergoing espionage training were knocked down." Alice said.

"child?"

"Ah, unlike us good knights, they are children who were raised and promoted in the church, and their strength is quite high among integrity knights, but they don't necessarily fight upright like us, but hide in the dark. or pass by as unrelated children, and then attack from behind suddenly, and are good at using poison. To be honest, surviving from their hands is more difficult than defeating the chief and deputy knight commander.”

Listening to Kirito, he always felt that there seemed to be someone who fit these characteristics in the corner of his memory, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

He activated the Holy Tracing Art, and found that other people had already reached the top, thinking that it was definitely over, at least Eugeo and Yuuki couldn't pass by here without thinking about throwing him a rope or something.

"Let's go, the task we received is to capture you alive, maybe to carry out the so-called integration secret ritual you mentioned. So there should be still time." Alice said.

Fortunately, when they were hanging on the outer wall just now, they ate all the steamed buns that Kirito carried in his skirt pocket. They were all high-priority foods with their own healing effects. The state moves on.

Soon, they passed the Senate House on the ninety-sixth floor, but it was empty, and Cloenpiss didn't pull them into the dream space, nor did the elder's room. However, the room of Elder Chudelkin was like a toy store, which made Kirito complain a lot.

The ninety-sixth to ninety-eighth floors were quiet, and they came all the way to the summoning hall on the ninety-ninth floor, where they met Integrity Knight Eugeo.

The appearance of Eugeo turning into an integrity knight scares Kirito a lot.

Of course, the special integration package that Crohnpiss gave him didn't do any sealing and memory tampering that would be full of loopholes if you were not careful—none at all.

Kirito, who felt that he should end it himself, stepped forward and said, "Eugeo, do you remember me?"

He heard from "Cardinal" that the recent integration methods of apprentice knights are all without setting a heavenly call, but only loyalty. There is hope for senior Libangti, but the problem lies in loyalty—like the right-eye drama. The forced way of Pain Burst will only make people look for loopholes everywhere like a bad nobleman. True loyalty needs corresponding memory support. What kind of memory will it be?

"Kirito, huh? That's great, you're fine." Eugeo showed a moved expression of reunion after a long absence, even tears came out.

Kirito: "What are you doing here?"

Eugeo: "According to the order of the Senate, capture the intruder. Kirito, you are the only one left now, surrender, I don't want to fight with you."

Kirito: "Eugeo... have you forgotten the purpose of leaving Rulid Village all the way and fighting so far?"

Eugeo: "Of course I remember, in order to save Iris...Zbelluku, right? But, in other words, I did it to be with her, so what's the difference here? I Enough is enough, you know, Kirito, in the village, things like family and friends are just a burden to me that binds me and forces me to pay, but I can't get the corresponding rewards, even the one who loves me the most My mother, the love and devotion to me are all left for my brothers..."

Then he complained several times as if venting, but Kirito didn't interrupt. He heard these things from Eugeo who rushed after drunk. He knew that he had been under pressure and loneliness in the village. If After not meeting Kirito, perhaps Eugeo will slowly become numb and accept this low-level life, forgetting that Alice Ziberuk is getting old and doesn't even have the mood and power to find a new partner.

Kirito: "Eugeo, I understand part of your pain, but for you, as long as it seems to achieve the goal, it's fine. Has love become something that can be traded like money?"

Eugeo: "That's right. Love is probably something like watering flowers that you can't ask for in return, but ah, Kirito, if the watered flowers can't bloom no matter what, people will get discouraged sooner or later. I, so Seeing the biggest difference between myself and you, Kirito, it is probably because of your charm, Kirito, that you can always get rewards as long as you put in the effort. Everyone likes you, even the daughter of the farmer who hired us. It doesn’t matter if you’re a nobleman’s junior, or even a senior nobleman’s mentor, or a cat-loving young lady, everyone likes you! Even if you dress like this, you can’t stop your original charm! And what do I have! I have been - only Kirito you!"

Kirito was dumb for a while~lightnovelpub.net~I always feel that this scene is very familiar in sao.

But he still had to go on: "Eugeo, don't forget, there are people who like and admire you here, those people you mentioned, they are also your companions! Tijie and Ronnie are crying and watching We were taken away by the church, they and everyone must be waiting for you to go back!"

Eugeo: "Go back? Yes, yes, Tijie told me that he hoped that I would go back to meet her as an integrity knight. Although the process is different, I am already an integrity knight now, but I am standing It’s just over here. Because, I’ve had enough, over there. Stay here, Kirito, you’ve ended up like this because you’re over there.”

"What?" Kirito didn't understand for a moment.

Eugeo: "It's because of that, that villains and nobles are bullied but helpless, draw their swords to resist...and become a crime, isn't it. Now, so what if we defeat Adominius Doret, just Can it change the status quo? But it’s different here—now, I stand where I can protect them with my sword.”

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