[PandaHao]

Originally Posted by Oroboro

There's a Q&A that says something to the effect of

Spoiler for Novel 7:

"I was afraid when fighting her that if I were to pull out a second sword, she would just do the same." Other than that, I'm sure if for some reason, they were both fighting to kill each other, Kirito would dual wield, but other than that, it was a test of skill, to test 1H sword against 1H sword in a match where they're on equal footing. Dual wielding would've made the match asymmetrical, and added mitigating factors to loss or victory such as "Dual wielding is just overpowered" or "Maybe she's just not used to fighting against such a style."

ah thanks