Sword Art Online (2)
Sword Art Online (2)
Seeing her up close, it was definitely Konno Yuuki.
But she looked somewhat lonely.
It was a contrast to the bright appearance seen in the original work.
Seojun approached her with a smile.
"Got something on your mind?"
He asked.
At that, Yuuki looked at him.
"Who are you, Oppa?"
"Me? A patient here."
"Really? Same as me."
Yuuki offered a faint smile.
Just how much hardship must she have gone through at such a young age to make an expression like that?
However, Seojun didn't show it and pointed to the seat next to him.
"If it's okay, can I sit here too?"
"Yeah, it's okay."
"Then, excuse me."
Sseuk.
Seojun sat down.
Yuuki watched the children doing rehabilitation training while swinging her legs.
"Hey, what's your name?"
"Me? I'm Konno Yuuki. And you, Oppa?"
"I'm Lee Seo-jun."
"Lee Seo-jun?"
"Ah, it's because I'm Korean."
"Wow!"
Yuuki's eyes sparkled.
For kids that age, overseas is an object of longing.
It must be quite fascinating.
Well, anyway.
Seojun continued the conversation with Yuuki.
It started with light small talk.
Seojun led the conversation by matching Yuuki's code as much as possible.
Thanks to that, Yuuki chatted excitedly.
As if her lifeless appearance from just a moment ago was a lie.
It was quite cute, and I felt like I was seeing a younger sister I never had.
A fair amount of time passed while the two talked.
"Yuuki~!"
"Ah, Mom is calling. Oppa, I think I have to go!"
"Yeah, let's see each other again if we can."
"Yeah! Let's definitely meet again!"
After finishing her farewells, Yuuki ran off u-da-da to her mother.
Watching her back, Seojun stood up and brushed himself off.
And so, the first day passed.
A month passed after that.
Seojun continued to meet with Yuuki afterward, deepening their friendship.
On the second day, they were closer than the first, and on the third, they were friendlier than the second.
I felt our relationship deepening as the days went by.
Was it thanks to that?
"Oppa, over here!"
Yuuki now treated him almost like her own real brother.
This was the result of his actions, his face, and the effect of the Incubus trait, which makes it easy to gain the affection of the opposite sex.
Well, the result probably wouldn't have changed even without the Incubus trait.
Besides, that wasn't all.
"Hello!"
"Yeah."
He also became close with Konno Aiko, Yuuki's twin sister.
Even if twins have slightly different personalities, they're bound to be similar in the end.
Therefore, it was very easy to get close to her.
'She's cute too.'
Maybe it's because they're twins.
Still, their personalities were different, so it was easy to tell them apart.
Anyway, the three of them, now close, played at the playground set up on the hospital grounds.
No matter how much stamina kids have, they were basically patients, so they got tired faster than expected.
'No, I guess I just have a lot of stamina.'
Even if I look like this on the outside.
The power lurking inside is that of an S-class Hunter.
This isn't a body that gets tired easily just from playing with kids.
I don't know about getting mentally tired, though.
"All done playing? Then let's do that."
Seojun smiled and held out his hand.
The twins blushed slightly and took his hand.
Immediately, Seojun channeled his magical power into them.
He could feel wicked things in various parts of their bodies.
That was AIDS.
He purified them bit by bit with his magical power.
'I could just use a potion, but it's better to do it this way to make them indebted to me.'
Rather than settling it with a single potion, healing them directly like this was perfect for them to feel indebted to Seojun.
Well, I do plan on having their parents drink the potion, though.
'Has it already been 2 weeks of this?'
Two weeks had passed since Seojun started purifying their bodies himself.
It would have ended faster normally, but since the opponents were children, he had to be careful.
Still, he had already succeeded in eliminating nearly 80% of the various bad things, including the AIDS inside them.
It should be over in a day or two.
"Feels good."
"Yeah, it does."
The two of them had relaxed faces, as if they could feel it well.
Since they could experience for themselves that they were gradually showing improvement, the two became active as well.
'At first, they were skeptical.'
No matter how close they were, it must have been hard to easily believe Seojun's words.
But now, it felt like they would give him everything, even their liver and gallbladder.
"Alright, done."
30 minutes had passed since he started the treatment.
When Seojun let go of their hands, the two made expressions of disappointment.
As he stroked their heads and promised to see them next time, their expressions finally brightened.
"Hehe, Jun Oppa. Thanks again today!"
Chu!
Yuuki kissed Seojun on the cheek.
It was an expression of emotion typical of a child.
Because Aiko looked on with slightly envious eyes, he smiled and tapped his other cheek.
Only then did Aiko, who had turned into a ripe persimmon, come over and give him a kiss.
It felt like I had gained younger sisters with a large age gap.
"You know you have to keep this a secret this time too, right?"
"Yeah! It's our own secret, right?"
"That's right. See you later, then."
"Bye, Oppa!"
"See you later!"
Seojun, leaving behind the two waving goodbye, boarded the limousine.
He took his smartphone out of his pocket and fiddled with it.
There was a missed message from Asuna.
Seojun let out a smirk after checking the message.
"Sir, please take me to Asuna's house."
"Understood, Young Master."
The limousine moved smoothly.
"Jun-gun!"
"Long time no see, Asuna."
Warak!
Asuna, who had run over, hugged Seojun and welcomed him.
Like kids, their emotional expression is intense.
"We saw each other last week, didn't we?"
"Uuu, I want to see you every single day. Don't you, Jun-gun?"
"No, I want to see you every day too, Asuna."
"Hehe."
Seojun gave a bitter smile.
Somehow, even though she's older than the Yuuki twins, she seems younger.
Well, can't be helped.
'Seems like she's being pestered quite a bit.'
Kids usually prefer their mom over their dad.
Because they spend significantly more time with their mom while their dad is out working.
Even so, Asuna didn't show this kind of behavior in front of her mother.
'She didn't even do this in front of me originally.'
At least during the party, I didn't feel anything beyond the feelings of a really close friend.
However, after meeting a few times, I realized that Asuna had developed feelings for me as a member of the opposite sex.
Probably thanks to the Incubus trait.
'Even better.'
It seems like buying that trait was a good choice.
To think it would shorten the time this quickly.
While he was feeling satisfied thinking that, Asuna smelled his scent.
"Sniff, sniff."
"Why? Do I smell like something?"
I asked because this behavior was a first.
However, as if she didn't hear, she kept sniffing and scanned every corner of his body like a detection dog.
She flinched at both his hands, and then completely stopped at his cheek.
Soon, Asuna pulled her face away and stared straight into his eyes.
"Jun-gun. You smell like another woman."
Asuna's pupils went dead black.
She brought her face right up to Seojun's.
"Jun-gun? You're going to explain, right?"
Asuna smiled.
However, Seojun felt a chill from that smile for some reason.
It felt like things had deviated greatly from the direction he had hoped for.
Gulp, Seojun tensed up.
It was the first time he had felt like this since fighting Jormungandr, the first S-class monster.
Fortunately, Asuna calmed down quickly.
It was because she heard the story of the Yuuki sisters through Seojun's explanation.
"I see..."
Asuna's atmosphere, which had been cold as ice at first, had now turned gloomy.
Asuna was genuinely feeling pity for the Yuuki sisters' situation.
It's her nature.
'This is my chance.'
Seojun, reading her atmosphere, let his eyes shine.
This was a chance.
A golden opportunity to suppress Asuna's jealousy, even if just a little!
He intends to build a harem in this world.
But while he didn't mind cute obsession, he didn't want ugly jealousy.
Wouldn't it be better if the harem members got along well?
"Asuna, if you're okay with it, wouldn't you like to go meet them together later?"
"Eh, me?"
Asuna pointed at herself.
There was bewilderment in her expression.
"I'm sure they'll like you too."
"..."
Asuna narrowed her brows.
She thought about it carefully.
Soon, Asuna, having reached an answer, nodded her head.
"Yeah, sure. If they're Jun-gun's friends, they're my friends too."
"Thanks, Asuna!"
"Hehe."
Seojun stroked her hair.
At that, Asuna smiled brightly like sunshine.