Sword Art Online 13 - Alicization Dividing Interlude IV 13 there should be enough time to exchange some words. And the time for Asuna to firmly embrace the body that protected her. Having regained some of her spirit by imagining that moment, Asuna continued eating while asking Rinko on the opposite side. “Rinko-san, do you have any details on this ship’s current location? I haven’t heard anything more than it being in the sea near the Izu islands. “…Now that you bring it up, I think I know as much as you…” Having finished the battered fish, Rinko lightly tilted her head and put her hand into the pocket of her white robe. She appeared to be retrieving her portable terminal, but apparently recalled that she couldn’t connect to the internet immediately after and faintly frowned. “Erm, I believe Higa-kun mentioned that we were a hundred kilometers or two west of Mikura Island… or wait, was it Miyake Island…” While voicing out those vague information, Rinko turned her eyes towards the window that was large for a ship. Asuna, too, gazed upon the blue-black sea surface once again. The morning sun shone in from the opposite window, so the direction their two faces turned towards should be west. If the Ocean Turtle truly was west of the Izu islands presently, neither Mikura Island nor Miyako Island would be visible, much less Honshuu… A soft “Ah” escaped from Asuna who gazed at the ocean from right to left with those thoughts in mind. She didn’t notice it when she looked at the window earlier, but it was shining white in the light from the morning sun. Something slender and man- made, floating in the distant sea—a ship. Grasping its scale was difficult without anything to compare it to, but it appeared rather large. “Rinko-san, over there.”