# E3 - Red Nosed Reindeer
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***SIGN*** April 8, 2023 Floor 11: Taft
**[00:00] Guild**
Here's to us, the Moonlit Black Cats!
**[00:04] ---**
Cheers!
**[00:07] Guild**
And here's to Kirito-san,
the man who saved our lives!
**[00:11] Guild**
Cheers!
**[00:13] K**
C-Cheers...
**[00:15] Guild**
Thanks.
**[00:16] Guild**
Thanks!
**[00:16] Guild**
You saved us.
**[00:17] Guild**
Thank you.
**[00:18] Guild**
Thank you so much.
**[00:19] K**
It was nothing.
**[00:21] Guild**
I was really scared.
**[00:23] ---**
Then when you came
to save me, I was so happy.
**[00:27] K**
S-Sure...
**[00:28] Guild**
Um, Kirito-san...
**[00:30] Guild**
I know this is really rude to ask,
**[00:32] ---**
but what level are you?
**[00:35] K**
Level 20 or so.
**[00:38] Guild**
That isn't too different than ours.
**[00:40] Guild**
It's really amazing that
you're a solo player.
**[00:42] K**
Keita, you don't need to be so polite.
**[00:44] K**
Solo players just target isolated enemies.
**[00:48] K**
It isn't that efficient.
**[00:49] Keita**
Oh... Oh, I see.
**[00:51] Keita**
In that case, Kirito, what would you think
**[00:54] Keita**
about joining our guild?
**[00:58] Keita**
The only one we have who can occupy
the vanguard is Tetsuo, a mace user.
**[01:02] Keita**
Her name is Sachi.
**[01:04] Keita**
I'd planned to have her switch
to sword and shield use,
**[01:07] ---**
so she could fight in the front.
**[01:09] Keita**
But she says that she isn't really sure how.
**[01:12] Keita**
Do you think you could show her the ropes?
**[01:15] Sachi**
Don't talk about me like I'm useless.
**[01:18] Sachi**
I can't go out and fight in the front rank.
**[01:22] ---**
I'd be scared.
**[01:23] Guild**
Just hide behind your shield.
**[01:25] Ke**
You've always been a scaredy-cat.
**[01:31] Keita**
Everyone in our guild
**[01:33] ---**
is from our school's PC Research Club.
**[01:38] Keita**
Ah, but don't worry...
**[01:40] Keita**
You'll fit in soon.
**[01:43] Keita**
Right?
**[01:50] K**
Okay.
**[01:51] K**
Then I will join, after all...
**[01:56] K**
Thanks.
**[02:00] Guild**
Let's all do our best!
***SIGN*** The Red-Nosed Reindeer
***SIGN*** May 9, 2023 Floor 20: Sunlit Forest
**[03:49] K**
Sachi,
**[03:50] K**
get back.
**[03:59] K**
Tetsuo, switch!
**[04:00] T**
Right!
**[04:08] Guild**
All right!
**[04:11] Guild**
You did it!
**[04:14] Ke**
So the lead group made it
through Floor 28...
**[04:18] Ke**
Amazing.
**[04:20] Ke**
Hey, Kirito.
**[04:22] Ke**
What's the difference between
the lead groups and us?
**[04:25] Ke**
They know all the fastest ways to get EXP,
**[04:31] ---**
and they don't share them.
**[04:34] Ke**
I'm sure that's part of it.
**[04:36] Ke**
But I think it's willpower.
**[04:39] K**
Willpower?
**[04:41] Ke**
I suppose you might say it's a determination
to protect one's friends... No, everyone.
**[04:47] Ke**
Right now, they're still protecting us.
**[04:50] Ke**
But I'd like to think my will is just as strong.
**[04:52] Ke**
Naturally,
**[04:53] Ke**
our first priority is our friends' safety.
**[04:56] Ke**
But someday, we want to make it up
there, to the top, with the rest.
**[05:01] K**
I see.
**[05:02] K**
You're right.
**[05:04] Ke**
Heh, maybe...
**[05:06] Guild**
Hey, leader,
**[05:08] Guild**
looking good!
**[05:09] ---**
Come on...
**[05:10] Guild**
So, we're going to be
**[05:11] Guild**
up there with the Holy Dragon Alliance
and the Knights of the Blood Oath?
**[05:14] Ke**
What?
**[05:16] ---**
There's nothing with setting big goals.
**[05:18] Ke**
First, we'll all hit level 30.
**[05:20] Sa**
That's impossible!
**[05:22] K**
* If the Black Cats ever do grow up*
* and make it to the front lines,*
**[05:26] ---**
* Keita's ideals could change the*
* insular atmosphere up there.*
**[05:36] Ke**
I have an announcement for you.
**[05:40] Ke**
As of our last hunt, we've saved 200,000 Cor!
**[05:45] Guild**
Before too long, we'll be able
to buy our own house.
**[05:48] Guild**
Hey, why don't we get
more equipment for Sachi?
**[05:51] Ke**
Yeah.
**[05:52] Sa**
No, I'm fine as I am.
**[05:55] Guild**
Don't worry about it.
**[05:57] Guild**
We can't make Kirito protect us forever.
**[06:01] Sa**
I'm sorry.
**[06:03] K**
I don't mind.
**[06:04] K**
Don't worry about it.
**[06:05] Ke**
Sorry, Kirito...
**[06:07] Ke**
Sachi, I know it's hard to switch jobs.
**[06:10] Ke**
But you're almost there.
**[06:12] Ke**
Let's all do our best!
**[06:14] Sa**
Yeah.
***SIGN*** May 16, 2023 Floor 28: Wolf Plains
**[06:33] K**
Klein...
**[06:48] Kl**
Hey, it's Kirito!
**[06:50] Kl**
You guys, clean up the
rest of the trash mobs.
**[06:52] Guys**
Sure.
**[06:53] Kl**
I was thinking I hadn't seen you for a while.
**[06:56] Kl**
You're out leveling this late?
**[06:59] Kl**
That mark?
**[07:01] Kl**
Did you join a guild?
**[07:03] K**
Yeah, I guess...
**[07:05] Guys**
Hey, we can move on!
**[07:09] K**
Bye.
**[07:11] Kl**
Yeah.
**[07:13] Kl**
Jeez, that's still bugging you?
**[07:26] Ke**
"This is Keita.
**[07:27] Ke**
Sachi left and hasn't returned.
**[07:30] Ke**
We're heading to the dungeon area.
**[07:32] Ke**
If you learn anything, let me know."
**[07:36] K**
Sachi...
***SIGN*** Track
**[07:58] K**
Sachi!
**[08:00] Sa**
Kirito?
**[08:02] K**
Everyone's worried.
**[08:09] Sa**
Hey, Kirito...
**[08:12] Sa**
Let's run away together.
**[08:15] K**
Run away from what?
**[08:18] Sa**
From this town,
**[08:19] Sa**
the monsters...
**[08:21] Sa**
From the Black Cats...
**[08:24] Sa**
From Sword Art Online.
**[08:27] K**
D-Do you mean a double suicide?
**[08:31] Sa**
That might be okay.
**[08:34] Sa**
No,
**[08:35] Sa**
I'm sorry.
**[08:36] Sa**
That was a lie.
**[08:37] Sa**
If I had the courage to die,
**[08:39] ---**
I wouldn't hide within the
safety of the town, would I?
**[08:43] Sa**
Hey, why can't we leave this place?
**[08:48] Sa**
Why do we have to die,
even though it's a game?
**[08:52] Sa**
What's the point of this?
**[08:56] K**
I don't think there is a point.
**[09:02] Sa**
I'm afraid of dying.
**[09:07] K**
You're afraid of dying?
**[09:11] Sa**
I'm so scared, I haven't
been able to sleep lately...
**[09:16] K**
You won't die.
**[09:19] Sa**
Really?
**[09:21] Sa**
How can you say for sure?
**[09:23] K**
The Black Cats is a strong guild.
**[09:26] K**
Our margin of safety is well above average.
**[09:30] K**
And Tetsuo and I are both here.
**[09:32] K**
There's no need for you to force
yourself into the front ranks.
**[09:35] Sa**
I really don't have to die?
**[09:38] Sa**
I can go back to reality someday?
**[09:40] K**
Yeah.
**[09:41] K**
You aren't going to die.
**[09:43] K**
I'm sure they'll beat this game eventually.
**[10:01] K**
Come in.
**[10:05] Sa**
I'm sorry.
**[10:07] Sa**
I just couldn't get to sleep.
**[10:11] K**
*If you stay in this guild, you'll be safe.*
**[10:14] K**
*Someday, you'll go back to reality.*
**[10:18] K**
* There are lots of players like you*
* who are afraid of dying.*
**[10:22] K**
* But they still laugh, cry, and live,*
* as best as they can in this world.*
**[10:28] K**
*I'd never really thought about it...*
**[10:31] Sa**
Kirito?
**[10:33] K**
It's okay.
**[10:34] K**
You're going to survive.
**[10:43] K**
*I'll protect all of you.*
**[10:50] Ke**
Okay, see you.
**[10:52] Teleport**
Teleport: Town of Beginnings.
**[10:57] Guild**
I didn't know buying your own
home would be so exciting.
**[11:01] Guild**
You sound like an old man!
**[11:07] Guild**
Hey, let's go make some cash
**[11:10] ---**
while Keita's buying the house.
**[11:12] Sa**
Will we buy furniture?
**[11:14] Guild**
Want to go up to the dungeon?
**[11:17] K**
Wouldn't our usual hunting
grounds be better?
**[11:20] Guild**
We can do it faster above.
**[11:22] Guild**
At our levels, we'll be fine.
***SIGN*** June 12, 2023 Floor 27: Dungeon
**[11:28] Guild**
I told you we'd have no problem.
**[11:31] Guild**
We might be almost at the front lines.
**[11:34] Guild**
Heck, yeah!
**[11:43] K**
*A hidden door here?*
**[11:50] Guild**
A treasure chest!
**[11:53] K**
W-Wait!
**[12:09] Guild**
It's a trap!
**[12:11] K**
Everyone, let's get out of here!
**[12:13] G**
Teleport: Taft!
**[12:15] Teleport**
Teleport: Taft!
**[12:16] S**
We can't use our crystals!
**[12:19] K**
This is a crystal-nullification area?
**[12:40] G**
Tetsuo!
**[12:41] ---**
Damn it!
**[12:57] K**
Sachi!
**[12:59] Sa**
Kirito!
**[13:01] K**
Sachi!
***SIGN*** December 24, 2023 Floor 49: Myugen
**[13:32] A**
Lately, you've been taking big
risks with your level-raising.
**[13:36] K**
Did you get any new information?
**[13:39] A**
Nothing worth charging money for.
**[13:42] K**
What a useless information broker.
Pretty unusual for you.
**[13:44] A**
This is a first-time event.
It wasn't in the beta test.
**[13:47] A**
There's no way to get information.
**[13:50] A**
On Christmas Eve...
**[13:52] A**
In other words, late tonight,
**[13:54] ---**
the event boss, "Nicholas the
Renegade," will appear.
**[13:57] A**
Beneath a certain fir tree.
**[14:00] A**
The big guilds are searching pretty hard for it.
**[14:06] A**
You have an idea where it is, don't you?
**[14:09] K**
Maybe.
**[14:10] A**
You're seriously going to try and solo it?
**[14:17] K**
*In this world, the dead won't return.*
**[14:23] K**
* But there's a rumor that*
* Nicholas the Renegade*
**[14:26] ---**
*drops an item that can revive the dead.*
**[14:32] K**
*If I try and fight him alone,*
**[14:36] ---**
*I'll probably die.*
**[14:38] K**
*I'll die in a place where no one will see me,*
**[14:40] ---**
*leaving nothing behind.*
**[14:43] Ke**
*You were a beater...*
**[14:45] ---**
*You never had any right to be with us!*
**[14:59] K**
*That's right.*
**[15:01] K**
*I...*
**[15:02] K**
*My arrogance...*
**[15:04] K**
*killed you.*
**[15:08] K**
*If I hadn't hidden my level...*
**[15:16] K**
*If I can defeat Nicholas,*
***SIGN*** Floor 35: Forest Maze
**[15:19] ---**
*Sachi's soul will return,*
**[15:22] ---**
*and I'll be able to hear her last words.*
**[15:28] K**
* No matter what words*
* she uses to curse me,*
**[15:31] ---**
*I must accept them.*
**[15:45] Kl**
Yo.
**[15:46] K**
You followed me?
**[15:48] Kl**
Yeah.
**[15:49] Kl**
You're after the revival item?
**[15:51] K**
Yeah.
**[15:52] Kl**
Don't risk your life on a stupid rumor.
**[15:58] Kl**
If you die in the game, you die for real.
**[16:01] Kl**
The moment our HP drops to zero,
**[16:03] ---**
our brains in the real world—
**[16:05] K**
Shut up.
**[16:07] Kl**
Fighting solo is crazy.
Cut it out!
**[16:10] Kl**
Join us...
**[16:12] Kl**
Whoever gets the revival item drop keeps it,
without hard feelings either way.
**[16:15] Kl**
That's fair, right?
**[16:18] K**
Then there'd be no point.
**[16:21] K**
I have to do it myself.
**[16:25] Kl**
I can't let you die here,
**[16:29] Kl**
Kirito!
**[16:35] K**
You were followed, too, Klein.
**[16:38] Kl**
Looks that way.
**[16:41] Guild**
The Holy Dragon Alliance?
**[16:42] Guild**
They'll do anything for a rare item.
**[16:45] Guild**
What do we do?
**[16:48] K**
I...
**[16:51] Kl**
Damn it!
**[16:53] Kl**
Go, Kirito!
**[16:54] K**
Klein...
**[16:55] Kl**
Go!
**[16:56] Kl**
We'll hold them off!
**[17:40] K**
Shut up.
**[18:09] Kl**
Kirito!
**[18:14] Kl**
H-Hey...
**[18:15] Kl**
That's the revival item.
**[18:19] ---**
Let me see.
**[18:21] Kl**
"The target player..."
***SIGN*** (within ten seconds)
**[18:24] Kl**
"Within ten seconds"?
**[18:25] Kl**
Use it on the next person you see die.
**[18:41] Kl**
Kirito...
**[18:43] Kl**
Kirito!
**[18:45] Kl**
You have to survive!
**[18:49] Kl**
Survive until the end, please...
**[18:58] K**
Bye.
**[19:19] K**
Sachi?
**[19:32] K**
Merry Christmas, Kirito.
**[19:36] K**
By the time you hear this,
**[19:39] ---**
I'm guessing I'll be dead.
**[19:41] K**
How to explain it...
**[19:44] K**
To tell the truth,
**[19:45] K**
I never really wanted to leave
the Town of Beginnings.
**[19:51] K**
But if I keep feeling like that,
**[19:53] ---**
I'll probably die someday.
**[19:56] K**
And it's no one's fault.
**[19:58] K**
It's my own problem.
**[20:01] K**
Ever since that night,
you've continued to tell me
**[20:04] ---**
each night that I won't die.
**[20:08] K**
If I'm killed, you'll probably blame yourself,
**[20:13] K**
so I decided to record this.
**[20:17] K**
And I know your true strength.
**[20:22] K**
I accidentally saw it a while ago.
**[20:25] K**
I thought really hard about why
**[20:28] ---**
you would hide your level and join us,
**[20:31] ---**
but I never did figure it out.
**[20:35] K**
But when I learned how
strong you really were,
**[20:41] K**
I felt so relieved.
**[20:43] K**
So even if I die,
**[20:46] K**
you keep living, okay?
**[20:48] K**
Live to see the end of this world,
**[20:51] K**
and to see why it was born...
**[20:53] K**
The reason why a weak girl
like me ended up here...
**[20:56] K**
And the reason you and I met.
**[21:01] K**
That's what I want you to do.
**[21:04] K**
There's still plenty of time left.
**[21:06] K**
Since it's Christmas, I'll sing a song.
**[21:44] K**
Bye, Kirito.
**[21:46] K**
I'm so glad I met you,
**[21:50] K**
that I could be with you.
**[21:53] K**
Thank you.
**[21:55] K**
Goodbye.
***SIGN*** Next Time: The Black Swordsman