At those strange words Kirito spoke as he emptied his cup, Eugeo blinked in surprise. "What did you say? S... st...?" Upon asking in return, his partner let his eyes wander for some reason before clearing his throat with a cough and spoke. "That was, well, the first of the essential points of the Aincrad-style. It means something like, let's stay calm and go on. It can be used for farewells too though... then I'll see you again; something like that." "Heh. Got it, I'll remember it. St... stay cool." Those words that he figured were in the Sacred Tongue just like the secret moves were of course, new to his ears, but they felt unusually familiar when he said them out loud. Upon repeating them numerous times in a whisper, Kirito clapped his hands together with an embarrassed expression for some reason. "Now then, the ten o'clock bell will be ringing soon, so let's call it a night. Also, regarding tomorrow, Eugeo-kun, there's a trifling matter I'll have to attend to..." "No way, Kirito. There's no way I'll let you escape, this time especially." While tidying up the tea utensils, he gave his partner a fleeting scowl. There were plans on the rest day tomorrow to go on an outing—that said, the location was the forest within the academy premises, though—which included a bonding session together with the valet trainees, Tiezé and Ronye. Having predicted that Kirito would come up with some sort of reason to escape from his behavior when he was invited, Eugeo told him with a sigh. "Look here, a month has already passed since we became Tiezé's and Ronye's mentors. You were treated kindly by Sortiliena-senpai who you served as a valet last year too, right?" "Outside of sword practice time, that is. ...That brings me back, I wonder if she's doing well..." "Don't you look away. I'm saying that it's your turn to be a good senior now. Understand this, those two will be coming at nine in the morning tomorrow, so get prepared before then!" When Eugeo pointed his index finger straight at him, Kirito replied with a dragged out "Yes" and got up from the couch. The two carried the tea utensils to the sink installed at the end of the living room and Kirito washed them with Eugeo wiping them immediately after. He had drawn well water in Rulid and Zakkaria to use, but here a metal pipe that supplied clean water just by twisting the stopper was present in most of the buildings in Centoria. He thought it was a sacred instrument for sure, like the «Bell of Time Telling», the first time he saw it, but it was actually pressurized using aerial elemental sacred arts on the multiple gigantic water wells in each district, pushing the water through countless pipes. As a result, the water flowing out from the tap was always fresh, with no need to be concerned over deterioration in Life, like for drawn water. How glad the kids who were made to draw the water each morning would be if Rulid had this arrangement as well—finishing the washing while thinking of such things, he lined up the variety of the now-clean cups on the shelf. Gulping down the water directly from the tap in the end, Kirito wiped his mouth before letting out a big yawn. "Well then, please wake me up at eight o'clock tomorrow. Good night, Eugeo." "Eight o'clock is too late, make it seven-thirty! Good night, Kirito." Exchanging parting phrases, he added on what suddenly came to mind.