"What's wrong?"
Rozen immediately asked after Liz took him to the side.
Behind him, Yasna was still looking at them with a puzzled expression on her delicate face, which meant that she also didn't know what Liz was going to do.
Liz turned around and looked at Yasna, then shifted her gaze to Rozen.
"You just said that you want to pay for the forging fee, right?" Liz said, "If that's the case, can I ask you for a favor?"
Hearing this, Rozen somewhat understood what Liz meant.
"Do you want to use this to pay for the forging fee?"
Rozen's words caused Liz to show a conflicted expression.
"Well, I know this is a strange thing to say. As a blacksmith, since I forged a weapon for you, you should pay for it. But this sword is much more special than other weapons. Just its performance alone is ridiculously high. In today's SAO, any Player would be willing to spend all their money to get their hands on this sword. Since that's the case, it shouldn't be too much for me to ask for a special reward, right?"
Liz said with a hint of hesitation in her voice.
"Although the forging of this sword doesn't have much to do with me."
Liz was quite self-aware about this.
Liz knew that with her current skills, she wouldn't be able to forge such a sword.
The reason why this sword could be forged so smoothly was because of her skills, but the more important reason was that the materials used were exceptional.
Using the rarest S-grade metal as the main material and various other materials of similar rarity, the main reason for the crystal sword's creation was because of these materials that other players could only dream of obtaining.
Liz understood this point. Although she was happy that she was able to use rare materials to forge an excellent weapon, she didn't feel too much of a sense of accomplishment. Otherwise, as a blacksmith who specialized in this field, Liz would definitely be overjoyed to the point of jumping in her dreams.
Of course, Liz didn't know that apart from the precious materials, Rozen had also gone through rigorous calculations and considerations on what materials he should use to forge this crystal sword. After carefully matching all kinds of materials, it finally led to the birth of this crystal sword.
But no matter what, Liz was very self-aware about this job. She knew that she didn't contribute much, and she didn't feel any sense of accomplishment. She also used this opportunity to get Rozen to do things for her. It was hard to say that she wasn't cunning.
But this was the only thing that Liz really wanted to ask Rozen for help.
Rozen didn't know if he noticed this from Liz's expression, but after thinking for a moment, he nodded.
"That's right. It's a great surprise to be able to obtain this sword. Since it's from you, it's normal for me to pay you some special compensation." Rozen then asked Liz, "So, what do you want me to help you with?"
Hearing Rozen's words, Liz's expression changed.
In the next second, Liz didn't mention the content of the compensation, but suddenly said this.
"I think you should know better than me, right?" Liz sighed and said, "Yasna is actually having a hard time."
This sentence made Rozen more or less silent.
"Is it hard …?"
Indeed.
In this world, Yasna's life was very hard.
"That child only has the strategy in her mind. Whether it's fighting or sleeping, the only thing left in her mind is the strategy. Other than that, she doesn't care about anything else, and she doesn't care about anything else. She's living in this world clumsily. It's really unbearable."
Liz looked at Asuna's direction and said with a hint of heartache and pity.
"Although in this world, the thing that all players want to do the most is to leave this place and return to the real world, but Yasna's inclination in this aspect is stronger than anyone else's. She's so strong that she's almost forced herself into a dead end."
This was something that couldn't be helped.
Compared to others, Yasna's situation in the real world was more special.
Her parents spent a lot of effort on her in order to raise her into the elite of society.
She herself had been working hard ever since she became sensible in order to respond to the expectations of the people around her.
Now that she was imprisoned in this world, what she had to pay for the first half of her life would be what she had been working hard for.
Her parents would lament that she was heading towards a chaotic path in life.
The people around her would ridicule her because her excellence was no longer sustainable.
The more time she wasted here, the more complicated Yasna's life in the real world would be.
Not to mention others, just the fact that the students who once lagged behind Yasna were now happily advancing to a higher school. Only Yasna, who had always beaten them, was left behind by them. The fact that she could no longer catch up with them was enough to make Yasna feel unbearable.
This wasn't because Yasna cared about her status and strength, but because this was how her life was arranged. She wasn't allowed to fall behind others.
Under such circumstances, Yasna must do her best to leave this place.
It's just that she didn't realize it.
"Fighting for that kind of life, even risking one's life to fight for it, this is the last thing that should happen."
Liz felt that it was not worth it.
Regarding this, Rozen only had one sentence.
"What do you want me to do?"
This was the only thing he needed to confirm.
Liz no longer hesitated.
"If you can, please help her."
Liz looked at Rozen very seriously and sincerely begged.
"If it's you, you must have a way to help her. I think so."
After all, the man in front of her was recognized as the smartest and most capable leader in the entire SAO.
If it's him, maybe he can do something for Yasna.
That's what Liz thought.
That's why Liz suddenly asked Rozen to give her a special reward.
Rozen probably guessed that Liz would say that.
"You've really thrown me a big problem."
Even Rozen couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Looking at Rozen like this, Liz was happy.
"What's wrong?" Liz patted Rozen's chest like a boy and said: "The famous Magician who is said to be the most likely to save thousands of Players in SAO, you want to say that you can't even save a girl?"
Rozen immediately corrected her.
"That's what you think."
Rozen also turned his head and looked at Yasna's direction.
"Fine." Rozen suddenly smiled and said: "If you really can't stand it, I'll teach her a lesson."
Liz also smiled and said: "If you really can't stand it, I'll teach her a lesson."
"Then I'll leave it to you, Customer." Liz smiled and said: "If you have time, remember to help me promote the weapon shop, okay?"
If the Clearers' leader mentioned it during the Clearers' meeting, Liz wouldn't have to worry about her business anymore.
"Is this also a reward?" Rozen was a little annoyed, but he seemed to remember something and said to himself: "Speaking of which, Kirito also needs another sword that's better than the Elucidator because of Double Blade, right?"
I'll introduce him to Liz next time.
Rozen, who made this decision, didn't know that he just pushed Kirito into an abyss of suffering.
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