Why "almost"?
Because Asuna's game helmet wasn't bought by her.
Asuna, curious about SAO, the fully immersive game that was plastered all over Japan, secretly took her brother's game helmet and used it.
If she hadn't been impulsive then, she would still be the young lady of the Yuki family, a good student at school, not trapped in SAO now.
“I guessed right?”
Xia Yan burst into laughter.
“What’s so funny, aren’t you the same?”
Asuna glared at Xia Yan in shame and anger, retorting indignantly.
Being exposed about her embarrassing past really made her feel awkward.
“No, I'm better.”
Xia Yan retorted quite seriously: “I didn't play secretly, I played openly.”
Asuna choked, she couldn't find any words to retort, only muttering: “What’s there to show off about that… ”
“Indeed, there's nothing to brag about.”
Xia Yan nodded, then continued: “The main thing is that we are all unfortunate souls trapped in this game, of course, we need to find someone even more unfortunate to balance our current mood.”
“So… I'm the one more unfortunate than you? Is that it?”
Asuna narrowed her eyes, said with a wry smile.
“As expected of a noble lady, you catch on quickly.”
Xia Yan pretended to be serious, nodding approvingly.
“I really want to bite you!”
Asuna's face changed from awkwardness to a fierce look, she glared at Xia Yan, as if she wanted to fight him.
This guy is really annoying.
It’s obvious that I’m feeling down now, yet you keep rubbing salt in the wound.
“Bite?”
Xia Yan was surprised for a moment, then said shyly: “That’s not good, right? After all, we just met, and we are going to have such close contact, we should get to know each other first. Of course, if you really can’t wait, I can make a sacrifice.”
Asuna was stunned for a moment, then blushed, and shouted angrily: “Stop your perverted fantasies, I mean bite you to death!”
“Biting to death is a different matter.”
This time, Xia Yan was truly surprised, he looked at Asuna playfully, and said: “What surprises me is that you actually understood!”
“What are you talking about, what did I understand? I don't know what you're talking about!”
Asuna's face turned red, then she immediately retorted, looking away, not daring to meet Xia Yan's eyes.
She absolutely won’t admit that she misunderstood.
It’s all Xia Yan’s fault for saying it in such an ambiguous way.
“Tsk tsk tsk, I didn’t expect a good girl from a good family to be so open-minded.”
Xia Yan clicked his tongue in amazement, looking as if he had discovered a new continent.
“Shut up, it's all your fault for saying it in a messed up way, otherwise how could I possibly misunderstand.”
It was all thanks to the thin-skinned young lady, after being teased by Xia Yan, she immediately retorted indignantly.
However, she was greeted by Xia Yan's teasing gaze.
“How are you feeling, any better?”
Xia Yan asked with a smile.
“Thank you.”
Asuna blushed and said softly.
Being teased by Xia Yan, her fear was indeed dispelled, and she was no longer as lost as before.
Asuna also understood that Xia Yan was probably trying to make her relax, so he was teasing her.
“But, you’re really annoying.”
Asuna made a face at Xia Yan.
There were other ways, but he had to tease her.
Although, she didn’t actually dislike it.
If someone talked to her like this in the real world, she would have turned around and left with a look of disgust.
However, Asuna didn’t have any ill feelings towards Xia Yan, instead, she was quite grateful that he appeared when she most needed someone to care about her.
Asuna's favorability +20.
Xia Yan vaguely felt a line of words floating above Asuna's head.
“Ding-dong!”
Asuna jumped in fright, she found a system pop-up in front of her.
“Yan is requesting to be your friend?”
Asuna read the words on the pop-up aloud.
“What is this? Who is Yan?”
Asuna looked at Xia Yan in confusion, not understanding why such a dialog box suddenly popped up in front of her.
“Miss, you wouldn’t know anything about how to play the game, would you?”
Xia Yan had a black line on his face.
He was standing right here sending a friend request, yet she was asking who ‘Yan’ was?
“Hmm.”
Asuna blushed and nodded.
“Have you never played this kind of role-playing game before?”
Xia Yan asked.
“No.”
After Asuna finished speaking, she emphasized again: “But I’ve played other games.”
Xia Yan asked: “What kind of game?”
“Fighting games on the game console.”
Asuna said.
Xia Yan: “.......”
Although he was mentally prepared, he didn’t expect Asuna to be this naive about games.
Perhaps she knows nothing but how to log in.
Besides, the system will guide you through the login process.
“This is a friend request, I think you should understand what it means. There are two options below, yes or no. If you choose yes, then I’m your friend.”
Xia Yan patiently instructed, successfully adding Asuna as a friend.
“Do you know how to bring up the system menu?”
Xia Yan asked.
Asuna tilted her head: “???”
She was truly a newbie to online games, she didn’t understand some of the specific terms used in the game.
Even when she played games, she was brought in by her classmates.
And only played games with simple operations.
“Stretch out your hand.”
Xia Yan instructed.
Asuna extended her right hand towards Xia Yan in confusion.
Xia Yan grabbed Asuna's white right hand without hesitation, then bent her index finger and swiped it down through the air.
Asuna blushed, her body temperature gradually rose, and her body stiffened as she let Xia Yan do as he pleased.
“The gesture you just made is how to call up the game menu. Do you remember?”
Xia Yan let go of her hand and asked.
“Ah?”
Asuna snapped out of her shyness, she was spaced out just now, and didn’t pay attention to what Xia Yan was doing.
However, based on her feeling just now, Asuna tried it, extending her right index finger and swiping it down through the air.
A menu bar popped up.
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