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[To be as fast as a ninja is QUITE an honor. But if she knew he was throwing punches at Jin, he'd probably get one from her. So much for anything being cathartic.]

N-No, I don't know about heroic...

[She smiles nervously, hunching her shoulders a little. Thank goodness no pervy jokes. He really was on decent behavior for now. Besides, he's caught her attention with a New Thing: Grimoires.

And having swords. That comes first.]

Eh? Really? You didn't! You even went dungeon crawling...

[Now she goes a bit bright-eyed. Ever since SAO, she's turned into a bit of a sword nut. She had shown Kirito all her favorite brands of weapons and types before when she was nervously filling the air with senseless chatter.]

Could I see it? What kind is it? Just a straight sword?

[He sounds like Jin maybe he has his preference too. But Nagi please do not make a pervy joke istfg. Personal eyecandy is enough.]

Whenever I get it back, you can check it out. It can even talk, you know!

[He could create guns and he had a magic sword underneath his belt. He was just getting stronger and stronger as time grew by... Though even that was proving to have some consequences on him.]

Yeah, that's right. It looks dark and gloomy, but pretty cool looking! Judecca is a little more complicated than your average blade. It's actually a demonic sword that's capable of destroying the world! [Just casually putting that out there.] Though I don't want to do something frivolous as that. I just want to use it to protect those important to me.

[And he'll clear his throat on that sentimental note.]

But thanks to my sword's power, I can amplify a bunch of spells and use four of them at once. I'm not a master swordsmen... But I can close the gap through magic.

[A talking sword? She looks surprised and then a little dubious. She does want to see it though so she might be able to see for herself in the end.

Most dungeons were pretty dark and gloomy, not swords. The field bosses were the only breaks they got from mapping out locations for drops, spawns, and bosses in dank places. Aki enjoyed those fields a little more even when she didn't enjoy much in SAO at all. How can a sword be dark and gloomy? She'll have to find that out too.

Well. It's name was Judecca...

She nods a bit, following along. A brief smile of approval at saying he wants to protect instead of destroy.]

When you asked about magic before, I said it wasn't really available in SAO but it's common in a lot of MMORPG games. It's not so unbelievable that you should be able to do the opposite. I would try applying your magic to a sword to increase the DPS, too.

[Except this is real life and not a game. She leans back in her chair a little, looking at the ceiling. Two years of talking like that, it was easy to slip back into. Too easy, probably.]

Though if it's a demon sword, that already sounds like it has a high damage output. I think Jin-kun's sword was a boss drop from a demon class and it was one of the strongest out there without any sort of extra buff.

Just what sort of people are out there for you to face?

Edited (reading comprehension is no) 2014-12-05 06:09 (UTC)

[Some of that practically when over his head as he gamed, but he didn't devote his entire life to doing it. Hijiri wouldn't had permitted it if he became a giant NEET who simply played games all day and every day.

Whenever she mention how Jin gotten his sword, Nagi couldn't help and raise his eyebrow in slight interest as he sips his tea. Claiming Judecca wasn't something that any normal mage could do without getting devolved by its power. There was a moment where it almost happened to Nagi, but his friends were around to help him get a little stronger to use it properly.]

In my world... Most of the enemies I've fought were either monsters or Magic King Candidates. There was even a time whenever I fought an actual Magic King. And that was an experience that I won't ever forget.

[And it was a wake-up call for him. All things considered... Nagi could've become exactly like his senpai if things went wrong. Though as long as he has his friends around to keep him in check, then he'd be okay. But even now, it was still a scary fact that there were changes going on in his body.]

... Using magic has a lot of benefits, but there's plenty of drawbacks to go along with it. If a mage loses control of their magic, then they'll become a monster. And as for me... Well, I'll become something much worst if that happens.

[He tried not to think about it too often... But Nagi really wanted to keep his humanity in tact instead of becoming a mindless creature of destruction. That's something he didn't want her, Jin, Sei or anyone to see.]

Magic King Candidates?

[She knows what monsters are but the latter?

Nagi must be one of them since he wanted to be the Magic King. A competition? While a lot of their conversations usually dissolved into her scolding him for something or other, there were still times it was more than that. One sticks out where there was a time when he proclaimed he was going to be that king.

Only he's otoutojisan now.

She wonders why he won't forget the experience. She wonders what could be worse than a monster. NOT A SUPER PERVERT?? She wonders how magic would turn him into one and if he should just not use it if there was such a huge risk. There's a lot of questions he's raising but that one thing in particular stands out.

If he already has a sword that could destroy the world, why use magic if it was so dangerous? In SAO, Aki always came up with strategies that had the highest probability of success with no casualties. Avoiding player deaths was what she wanted even more than beating a boss.

And so.]

As long as I'm around, I won't let that happen.

[Her fingers lace on top of the table and she presses her mouth to her hands, keeping her eyes on him.]

For now, let's focus on improving your sword skills. I'm much more used to just giving out orders rather than being a teacher but... I'll do my best. It's for Hijiri-san.

Edited 2014-12-06 06:47 (UTC)

[For a moment, Nagi was looking out. He had the Trinity Seven backing him regardless if he turned evil or not... But even so, he didn't want to become a person like Abyss Trinity. He already declared that he wouldn't change, but considering how the power of magic was unpredictable...

He was afraid of not keeping his promise to Lilith and the others. He looks into his right hand just for a second as if he's recalling a painful memory, shuts his eyes, then...

"As long as I'm around, I won't let that happen."

Those words were enough to snap him out of it. That's right... As long as he had strong people like Aki around to slap him silly if he ever went crazy, then he would be okay. After all, he wasn't able to get through all of his challenges all by himself. It was his friends that gave him the power to move forward...

That was the sole thing that set him apart from the Magic King of the alternate world. He relied on his own strength far too much while Nagi was able obtain a little bit of strength from everyone and win. Some might have called it cowardly or clingy, but that's how he as the future Magic King of his world would end up doing things. In response, he'll open his eyes a little with a warm expression on his face and nods slowly. And he tightens his right hand into a fist as he's quietly promising himself to never forget this warmth.]

Mm... I really am grateful for your help. I'll go through whatever hellish training you've got.

[It couldn't be as bad as what Mira and Akio had put him through!]

[Aki can do plenty of the slapping silly. Not just for going crazy either. But she can do the watching out for him, the training, and everything else along with it.

Being a friend.

His expression isn't one she's really seen before. She looks on, curious by it. Even so it makes her happy, happy that he's satisfied with that, and that he's nodding in agreement. It's not the first time someone has felt a care and warmth from Asuna, from her bright soul that guides others to path full of light. No little brother oji-san that she knows was going to turn into a monster while she was here. She promises.]

H-Hellish? No...

[She stares at him in surprise and then raises an eyebrow.]

What sort of training did you go through to feel compelled to say something like that?

Oh, that? I had to fight a sexy evil mage once and considering that we didn't have time for me to do the standard training arc...

[It required dragging out some of the potential that Nagi already had within him. It looked like a lot of his training required him doing some fast level grinding depending on the situation at hand. A similar incident happened whenever he had to get a bit stronger in order to obtain Judecca.]

I had to get the crap beaten out of me to learn a proper spell. What didn't kill me ended up making me loads stronger.

Why do you always have to add unnecessary adjectives to everything... ?

[SEXY?? WELL, WHATEVER. Not a big deal!! More importantly, there's some interesting (and scary) things he said just now. And what's with saying he had a training 'arc'? Did he consider himself part of a manga? Actually, he's said things like that before.

Nagi was... pretty interesting in that way. Maybe that's why she didn't avoid him despite his perverseness.]

[Hmmmmm.]

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Isn't that how it always is?

[She stares down into her tea with a small smile, as if lost in memories or thoughts or just a faraway place. Then she suddenly lifts her head again, cheerful.]

I won't beat you up. Like I said, I'm probably rusty with my sword anyway. Ah, as long as you keep up with your decent behavior. Mmmn, it has been pleasant talking with you about things.

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