11 Chapter 11 - Magic Utility

Zhong Yuan right after getting his unique magic to him decided to test them out. With Yuna, he left to the town of beginners, where most of the SAO victims lived. With Yuna, he played a lute while she sang.

"Emotion Control," said Zhong Yuan secretly. Right after, he had a huge variety of options to chose from.

'Let's see... Lust is definitely a no, not anger, charisma? Sure. Let's also add curiosity and happiness.'

After he gave the command, the NPCs and players near gathered up around them to cheer for Yuna.

'This thing is about to end huh.' Getting up his stool, he got a bowl from his inventory and put it on the ground. Then, he secretly added some magic to make them feel more selfless and kind.

'Holy shit! Look at the amount of Cor!' Counting them, he realized they earned a profit of around 500 cor.

"Zhong Yuan. I don't know how, but today we earned more than ten times the amount of money I usually earn through singing. Did you do something?"

"Nope. I bet it's because of your new skill though." 'Use charisma and trustworthiness on myself.'

Deep in conflict, Yuna subconsciously agreed to me.

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Soon came the time I had to return to the front lines. Being one of the most versatile fighters out there, I was messaged various times to go back.

"Yuna. I'll be going back to the front lines so don't do anything rash."

"...Zhong Yuan, is there any chance that I could with you and fight?"

Feeling her emotions of guilt, I knew why she wanted to fight with me. She, knowing of her parent's backstory, wanted to help people get out of the game and also wanted to be with me, the one she loved. Not wanting her to die by an accident, I just used magic to remove her bad memories and nightmares and also made her feel insecure. To keep her safe from harm.

"See you soon."

Leaving her alone became my biggest regret.

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After the interaction between Nautilus and Yuna. (Watch the movie for context)

I was just walking in a dungeon grinding until I saw a notification.

[Wife Yuna - has disconnected from the game]

In horror, I quickly left and rushed to floor 35, in the town of Mishe. Entering my home, I look around to see a famous front liner who was demoted a few days ago.

"Nautilus! Do you know where Yuna went?" I asked with panic. Nautilus just sat on a chair with his back bent, leaning on the table.

"Nautilus! Where is she!"

"...d-dead.."

"Tell me what happened!" And then, Nautilus went in depth about her sacrificing herself with her skill to save everyone.

"Nautilus! You fucking bastard! Why did you let her in!" I shouted while holding Eiji in the air.

"I'm sorry...please forgive me," crying, I let go of him.

"...You scum."

'I hate these emotions.'

[System has discovered the player's magic is evolving]

[*ding* new magic unlocked}

[Self Afflict - Change the state of mind to give buffs or lose emotions (1% of 100) to permanently grow stronger]