Chapter 67

"I run a grocery store; for rare S-class ingredients like 'Golden Carp,' I can't cook them myself, so I originally intended to sell them."

"But the point is, Kirito also happened to come here this morning and also took a fancy to this 'Golden Carp'."

"It's just that he didn't have enough money to buy it, so he said he would come back to pick up the goods tomorrow after raising enough money."

Hearing that Asuna wanted to buy the "Golden Carp," Agil also rubbed his bald head, showing a look of embarrassment.

If the person ordering was a stranger, Agil wouldn't mind doing Asuna a favor.

But both Kirito and Asuna were his friends, which made it a bit difficult for him.

"Kirito also took a fancy to this 'Golden Carp'? But I remember his cooking skills are the same as Shengzai's, not high enough, right?"

"No..., I remember Sachi's cooking skills seem quite high; the two of them are already married in the game, so the 'Golden Carp' would naturally be cooked by Sachi."

"Ah! Whatever! In any case, seeing such a dream ingredient and not taking it is simply the greatest disrespect to a foodie!"

"Agil, how much money did that guy Kirito offer? I'll pay double!"

After a brief hesitation, Asuna decisively chose the former between food and friends, and directly increased the stakes.

"Asuna, you have to understand, rare S-class dream ingredients like 'Golden Carp' are different from ordinary ingredients, so the price I promised Kirito was 200,000 Col."

"If you want to buy it at double the price, that would be 400,000 Col, and on Kirito's side..."

Due to the continuous increase in player levels, the difficulty of obtaining Col was relatively low, which also led to Col not being as valuable as it was at the beginning of the game.

But if the game's recharge channel were still open, several hundred thousand Col should be worth about a hundred thousand yen.

Using a hundred thousand yen to buy an ingredient in a game was indeed extremely extravagant, and even an ordinary foodie probably wouldn't choose to do so.

Although in SAO, the taste of food could be perfectly restored, most players would probably use such a large sum of money to arm themselves rather than satisfy their appetite.

"Triple! I'll buy this 'Golden Carp' at triple the price; that way you can explain it to Kirito, right?"

"After all, Agil, you are a businessman, right? Now it's the highest bidder who gets it; who knows when Kirito will raise enough money to buy the 'Golden Carp'?"

Triple the price, that would be 600,000 Col; even for Agil, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat when hearing Asuna's offer.

After hesitating for less than a few seconds, Agil directly and readily accepted Asuna's proposal.

There was no other way; just as Asuna said, excluding the premise that Kirito and Asuna were his friends, he was also a businessman.

That poor guy Kirito had to scrape together even 200,000 Col, and probably even had debts, but Asuna offered triple the price right away, and it was a cash-on-delivery deal; who the hell would hesitate about who to sell the item to?

And in fact, if Asuna were asked to take out 600,000 Col in one go now, it would also be somewhat difficult for her.

But that didn't matter; Asuna didn't have enough money, but others did.

When she opened her item slot and looked at the eight-digit currency value in the shared item slot, Asuna swiped her little hand and readily traded 600,000 Col to Agil in front of her.

And after trading the "Golden Carp" to Asuna, Agil's face also showed a look of envy as he said: "Sometimes I really envy that guy Shengzai."

"The famous 'Flash' is now like a housewife, cooking for him every day as soon as she gets home."

"By the way, you two should be married in the game now, right? If those male players who admire 'Flash' knew, that guy Shengzai would probably be torn to pieces."

Hearing Agil's teasing, Asuna also retorted angrily: "I think the one who would be torn to pieces shouldn't just be him, right?"

That's right, since the last time they explored the dungeon with the "Moonlit Black Cats," another half a year had passed.

Two months after that day, Kirito and Sachi finally confirmed their relationship and eventually got married in the game.

After confirming their relationship, Kirito spent all his savings to buy a house on the 50th floor of Aincrad, and at that time, he also invited friends like Shengzai and Asuna.

This was also the reason why Kirito, a solo high-level player, didn't even have the money to buy S-class ingredients.

Upon learning that Kirito had finally really married Sachi, Shengzai, who was invited, was stunned.

Because in his view, Asuna should be far superior to Sachi in terms of figure, appearance, and personality.

But Kirito ultimately still chose his first love, which probably confirmed the saying that "first love is the most beautiful."

Because Kirito chose to marry Sachi, Shengzai, who had always maintained a proper distance from Asuna, let go quite a bit.

Plus, Shengzai had always believed that Asuna losing her position as the main wife had more or less to do with him, so he felt some guilt towards her.

It was also because of this reason that the relationship between Shengzai and Asuna began to get better and better.

Until more than a month ago, when clearing the 50th-floor boss, Asuna was careless for a moment, her body was directly pierced by the floor boss, and her HP hit bottom in an instant.

Feeling that her life was about to come to an end, Asuna looked at Shengzai in front of her, and in order not to leave any regrets, she directly confessed to Shengzai.

And just as Asuna's body was about to turn into fragments and disappear, Shengzai took out an item, "Christmas's Legacy," and used it on the dying Asuna.

The item "Christmas's Legacy" was a rare item dropped by the holiday boss "Traitor Nicholas" that appeared in the Lost Forest on the 35th floor during the Christmas event.

As for its effect, it could resurrect a dead player within ten seconds of death.

At that time, the guilds competing for this item included many powerful guilds like the "Holy Dragon Alliance," but it was ultimately snatched by Shengzai.

Originally, this item should have been snatched by Kirito, but now the "Moonlit Black Cats" had no tragedy, Sachi didn't die, and Kirito's obsession with this item wasn't that strong.

As for Shengzai, he originally thought that a "resurrection item" should be able to sell for a lot of money, so he joined the snatching, but he never expected that there would be a day when it would be useful.

(End of this chapter)