Asuna turned her attention away from the scenery outside. She looked at Wu Yan who is already in casual clothes. He looked like a rather trendy guy. Pursing her lips, she sat directly across him and she stared at Wu Yan with her brown eyes.
Asuna continued using her sharp gaze on him, Wu Yan can only sip a cup of his own ho-made red tea while feeling a bit awkward. He turned his eyes away from her and Asuna laughed out loud.
Asuna loosened up and she laid her back against the sofa.
“Hmm, you’re not as reclusive as I thought...”
“Reclusive?...”
Asuna rolled her eyes at him.
“You rember how you only said a few words and then you ditched after handing a nu? You also dedicated yourself to doing everything by yourself this past one year. Isn’t that what a recluse would do?”
Wu Yan protested.
“That isn’t a hermit-like behavior, right? It’s pretty common for people who just t each other to not have a lot of things to talk about right off the bat. I am already pretty generous, giving a recipe book to a girl I just t. Also, I am not the only solo player in this ga...”
“That’s why I called them lone wolves!”
Asuna pointed at Wu Yan.
“Including you!”
“Hey, now you’re just dehumanizing .”
Wu Yan retorted.
“I also have a few friends, you know?”
“Alright, answer t his...”
Asuna puffed out her chest and she struck took a verbal jab at him.
“Do you have more than 10 friends in this place?”
Wu Yan raised an eyebrow. He took her more seriously.
“How did you know? Did you co up with that number randomly?”
“Looks like I struck the bull’s eye...”
Asuna winked at him.
“And, yes, I guessed. Was I wrong?”
“Ahaha...”
Wu Yan awkwardly laughed before he sighed.
“Having just a few friends is good in its own way...”
Asuna bead when Wu Yan backed off. She looked at the scenery outside the window.
“But, it’s true that I hold you in a different light now...”
“Geez, thanks.”
Wu Yan rolled his eye at Asuna. He poured her a cup of red tea. Asuna drank the tea without hesitation. She let the bitter and sweet taste spread in her oral orifice.
“The sll is quite nice...”
Asuna tried to get a whiff of Wu Yan’s pot of tea, drawing herself closer to him.
“What materials did you use to brew this one?”
“Crown mangrove leaves and add a bit of three-colour crushed flower juice.”
He poured her another cup.
“If you like it so much, I can provide you with more of it, and, of course, I can give you the recipe as well...”
Asuna nodded frantically like she’s afraid Wu Yan might take his words back. She exclaid out loud.
“I thought you’re a loner, who knew you are this good at enjoying life too...”
“Of course!”
Wu Yan looked at the magnificent view outside his window and he continued.
“I am always like this when I am at ho, it’s the only ti when I feel alive...”
Asuna flinched and she dimd down.
“Living life, huh...”
Asuna glanced at Wu Yan with complex emotions fluctuating in her eyes.
Clearing a floor is her priority, she got so engrossed with it that she forgot to live.
This person before her is soone who figured out that balance. He’s currently living a more blissful life than her.
Wu Yan scratched his cheeks when he detected Asuna’s mood change. He changed the subject.
“We should start soon...”
Wu Yan looked at Asuna. The dim look on her face disappeared and she stood up with a swish SFX.
“Co! Bring it on!”
“Quite confident, aren’t you?”
Wu Yan chuckled.
“Let’s hope you can keep that fighting spirit up.”
“I am always on fire!”
Entering the kitchen, he spotted Asuna who is already in casual clothes and an apron. He drew his fingers along the air and he tapped around before at, vegetables, condints, flavoring, and other foodstuff appeared in heaps and piles on the kitchen table. The assortnt would put small restaurants to sha.
Asuna was stunned. She saw the shiny materials on the table and she yelled out loud, Wu Yan jumped in shock.
“What are you doing?!”
“Th-these...”
Asuna grabbed one of the plates here.
“These materials, aren’t all of these rare materials?...”
“Oh, you’re surprised by sothing minor like this?”
Wu Yan leered at her for freaking out at nothing.
“It’s not OP equipnt, it’s just food materials, sheesh.”
“Yo-yo-yo-you...”
Asuna stuttered.
“Do you realize that these materials are worth the sa as high-grade equipnt?”
“Yeah, I know.”
Wu Yan is still not pleased with her reaction.
“I didn’t buy them, I got these from grinding and farming mob monsters, I don’t see why you’re making a big deal out of this.”
“Y-you fard up all of these...?”
Asuna pouted.
“Jeez, I should be so lucky. You’re definitely using so kind of cheat to get so many materials!”
“Well, if I can cheat, I would definitely use the cheat to farm so consumable materials from bosses.”
Wu Yan laughed out loud.
“But, I never saw consumable materials dropped from a boss...”
Asuna rolled her eyes at him and she snorted.
“I am pretty sure no one found boss-grade food material, I am the first one who will report you if you sohow got your hands on boss-grade food materials.”
“Co now...”
Wu Yan huffed.
“I am sure it’s only a matter of ti before I get it!”
“Rember to give a call when that happens...”
Asuna said, she obviously didn’t take him seriously.
He took out his kitchen knife and he pointed it at Asuna with a grin.
“Okay, you can take whatever you want, the bill is on , you just take what you think you will need for the upcoming fight...”
“Really?”
Asuna took out her knife and she examined the materials on the kitchen table.
“I never had the chance to work with premium-grade food materials before. I am sure I can increase my chef skills greatly.”
“Where’re my thanks?”
“Yeah yeah...”
They smiled at each other and they imdiately went into battle mode.
SAO’s cooking process is relatively simplified in-ga. You don’t have to spend a ton of ti cooking. Slit the vegetable a bit and it will in slices in seconds. The player also doesn’t have to pay attention to the flas. They can set a tir for the flas to turn off on their own.
The player can save ti on material processing, fla control, and other ti-wasting activities, the quality of the food will go down though but it won’t decrease much. For instance, Wu Yan’s current mastery allows him to exhibit about 50% of his skills in the real world.
Asuna is also very gifted in the art of cooking. He couldn’t judge her skills with the knife and fla. But, from the materials, flavorings, and combinations she chose, it is clear to Wu Yan that she’s a diamond in the rough, polished, she can beco a very great chef one day.
The two of them went about the kitchen doing their own things. They looked like a married couple who’s enjoying their ti alone doing a wholeso activity together.
Needless to say, the two didn’t notice this connection yet...
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