At this time, Kirito saw that Kazumi Kuroki seemed to have temporarily bid farewell to the past and became firm. He was very pleased. Although he was not sure if Kazumi Kuroki could eliminate his inner demons like this, he knew that this temporarily controlled his inner thoughts. When Soul Society was peaceful, he would find a professional to eliminate Kazumi Kuroki's inner demons. For now, this was the only way.
Kazumi Kuroki's current firm appearance was not an act. Although Kazumi Kuroki still had lingering fears about his sad past, he had temporarily bid farewell to the past. In fact, Kazumi Kuroki's heart was very firm, unlike what Kirito imagined.
What Kirito didn't know was that Kazumi Kuroki was able to walk out of the sadness in such a short time and temporarily bid farewell to the inferiority of the past not only because of Kirito's courage just now, but also because of Kirito's sincere and considerate communication, which encouraged and comforted him.
More importantly, the key to Kazumi Kuroki's recovery and walking out of the sadness was that Kazumi Kuroki thought that an impatient and grumpy person like Kirito could calm down and comfort him, take care of his emotions, and be so patient and suppress his temper after being refuted by her many times.
When Kazumi Kuroki thought of this, the knot in his heart had been mostly untied. As Kirito said, people were different. People could not be compared directly. After all, comparing people would only make people angry. A person's real opponent was not others, but himself.
When Kirito patiently comforted him, when he patiently listened to his complaints over and over again, in fact, at this time, Kirito had temporarily defeated himself. Although it was only a victory over his past impatient self, this was also very precious!
Therefore, when Kirito said that people had to live for themselves, Kazumi Kuroki's eyes looked at Kirito as if Kirito was not just a friend or comrade, but more like a guide who could take care of his emotions.
At this time, he thought that Kirito had defeated himself and his impatience. He suddenly felt relieved in his heart. Even Kirito, a person with such a poor state of mind, could easily defeat himself. Then, what could he not do?
So when Kazumi Kuroki thought of this, his state of mind suddenly became clear. Originally, his small state of mind could only stand in the position of a person at most. Now, his state of mind had grown into a vast lake. Even he himself could not imagine that he would have such a big breakthrough in a single thought!
In fact, what Kazumi Kuroki did not know was that his state of mind had already matured long ago. However, the reason why his state of mind had not matured for so many years was because of this matter in his heart. It was this matter that seriously hindered the growth of his state of mind. If it were not for this matter in his heart, his state of mind would have matured long ago and would not have been delayed for such a long time!
Kazumi Kuroki felt that his state of mind suddenly became clear. After growing so much all of a sudden, his heart was ecstatic. At this time, there was no one in front of him, only Kirito, so he said to Kirito crazily, "Kirito, you absolutely can't imagine that not only have the emotions that have been suppressed in my heart dispersed, but more importantly, my state of mind has also grown!
Kirito looked at Kazumi Kuroki's ecstatic appearance in front of him and was sincerely happy for him in his heart. He then congratulated Kazumi Kuroki, "Congratulations, Kazumi, you actually got rid of your heart's devil and also improved the strength of your state of mind. This is really a double blessing!"
Kirito paused and thought of something. He then said to Kazumi Kuroki with some disappointment, "It's a pity that I can only congratulate you verbally now, but I can't really give you anything, let alone hold a celebration ceremony for you. If you want to blame someone, blame the conditions here for being too simple."
Looking at Kirito's disappointed look, Kazumi Kuroki also covered her mouth and laughed. She said to Kirito, "What celebration ceremony do I need? Now that my state of mind has improved, the impact of my state of mind is far more important and grand than any celebration ceremony!"
Kazumi Kuroki paused and then said to Kirito, "Moreover, what kind of gift do you want to give me? The improvement of my state of mind is inseparable from your contribution. Even if you didn't enlighten me, I'm not sure what I would be like now. So if I want to give you a gift, it should be me giving it to you!"
Looking at Kazumi Kuroki's smile, Kirito was also gratified. Now when Kazumi Kuroki smiled, her expression was just a smile, there was no other meaning, and there was nothing different. Although Kazumi Kuroki always smiled before, there was always some other meaning in his smile.
Of course, Kirito didn't know what it meant. It was already not easy for him to be able to see that Kazumi Kuroki's smile previously contained something else. All these years, Kazumi Kuroki hid it very well. It could be said that other than Kirito, no one else who was close to her could see that there was something different in her smile!
Kirito was able to discover it not only because of his Celestial Spiritual Roots, but also because of his own careful observation. Even if Kirito knew, it was only after Kazumi Kuroki recovered and compared his smile before and after. Before that, he only felt that there was something different, but he didn't realize that there was much difference.
After Kazumi Kuroki recovered and looked at Kazumi Kuroki again, there was only a smile in his smile, only the most pure smile. Otherwise, if there was no comparison, even if Kirito had the Celestial Spiritual Roots, with Kazumi Kuroki's hidden means, he wouldn't be able to discover it at all!
At this moment, Kirito was looking at Kazumi Kuroki's pure smile at this moment. He also felt relieved from the bottom of his heart, and couldn't help but reveal a smile on his face.
After all, previously, he had been through tough battles, each more difficult than the last. Every time, he had to challenge someone of a higher level, and almost every time, he had to rely on his own willpower and confidence to defeat his opponent and save the entire Grim Reaper team.
And now, he didn't need to face those bloody things. He only needed to enjoy the moment, the most pure and small happiness, and that was enough to make him very happy. As he enjoyed the beauty of the moment, he felt an indescribable comfort and happiness in his heart, as if all the emotions that he had accumulated before were released at this moment.
At this moment, what Kirito and Kazumi Kuroki didn't know was that Kazumi Kuroki wasn't the only one whose state of mind had grown at this moment. There was another person whose state of mind had grown at the same time as hers.
That person was Kirito.