May 7, 8 a.m

"Then Kirito-kun, our family Asuna will ask you to send it back" Asuna's brother poked his head out of the car window, "It's okay to go somewhere else first, but pay attention to her body"

"Brother!" Asuna blushed and retorted, "Don't say strange things to Kirito"

"Alas~ My sister has grown up~ Then I'll go back to the company first" He closed the car window door "Kirito-kun, please leave the rest, I've already helped you two ask for leave from school"

"Thank you very much," Kirito bowed

"It's nothing, my dear brother-in-law~" After a laugh, he drove straight out of the parking lot

"Brother, this big idiot" Asuna glanced at Kirito with a blushing face, and then found that Kirito's face was also blushing

"So where are we going next?" Asuna blushed and said, "The school has already taken leave, so"

"I'm going to a hotel......

"Don't! Absolutely not! This is not a game world! ”

"I said I'm going to the hotel to get my package back, I've been living nearby for the last two days, have you forgotten" Kirito twitched the corner of his mouth, "I'm not that bold yet"

"Oh" Asuna couldn't think of anything for a moment, so she could only say yes

(What should I do with Asuna at this time?) Going shopping on the streets? ）

(What should I do, what should I say to Kirito-kun at this time?) I can't think of anything else to do but go shopping.)

"I'll answer the phone first" Kirito's phone suddenly rang when the atmosphere stiffened, so he picked up the phone after saying a word to Asuna

"Hello?" Kirito answered the phone

"Oooh! It's Kirito, right?! A familiar voice came from the other end of the line

"Huh? This voice is Achill?! ”

"Sure enough, it's Kirito, right? Oops, I've finally got in touch with you! How are you doing? ”

"Mmmm, it's good, so are you, Achill?"

"Of course! And I also received a lot of fans unexpectedly~"

"Haha, you guy" The atmosphere suddenly became lively, "Do you have anything to do with me?" ”

"Oooh! I almost forgot about business, Kirito, do you have time now? ”

"Time is there...... But what are you going to do? ”

"Of course it's a party! It's not easy to get in touch with most of them! We're going to have an offline gathering of SAO players."

"Oops?! That's thousands! ”

"It's not all, how can all of them be gathered in a week, mainly some acquaintances and high-level players of the guild, of course, there are girls in it Speaking of sisters, I want to ask, do you know the phone number of Asuna's house?"

"If that's the case, Asuna is right next to me right now," Kirito glanced at Asuna, "I'll take her with me, where?" ”

"But it's Wednesday, and the timing is fine, right?"

"I know it's Wednesday, and you're going to ask me out! Don't worry, we took a leave of absence from school because we had something."

"Something......

"Don't think crooked! Asuna has just been discharged from the hospital and needs to rest! ”

"Discharge"

"Don't contact me in the future"

"Good, good! I was wrong, the location is on the third floor of the café near Tokyo Square, and you can just tell the usher that Akill and Klein are friends."

"Well, I see, will I go over now?"

"Almost, a few of our social dogs are drinking now, you student party can just come over for lunch"

"Then I'll go over now, hang up first"

"Oh! I'm waiting for you! ”

"Asuna, Aygel, they said there was an offline party waiting for us, would you like to go with us?" Kirito asked after putting down the phone

"Of course, I also want to know how Liz is doing," Asuna said happily, "Let's go with Kirito then."

"Wait, in that case, I'll find two more people," Kirito thought for a moment and dialed Naoha's phone

A moment passed

"Senior Chong said that he couldn't pass, and it's really okay for me to go?" Naoba asked for leave from school and ran out after saying a word to his mother, "I only know my brother alone."

"It's okay, Naoba-chan will definitely be able to mingle with everyone, they are all very welcoming" Asuna smiled and said, "You can rest assured that I and Kirito are here"

"Well, well! Then please take care of it! Naoba also laughed, "I'd love to get to know my brother's friend, too."

"Asuna, it's great that you're not the same as Naoba," Kirito said suddenly

“？” Asuna said she didn't understand what that meant

(If you're like Naoba, I can't have a chance) Thankfully, you're not a brother

———————————————————————————————— dividing line of the party

"Oooh! Kirito and Asuna are here! Klein, who seemed to be waiting for them at the door of the box, immediately stood up and shouted

"Oooh! The protagonist group has arrived! Klein was instantly knocked away by the open door

"Hey, you guys did it on purpose!"

"Who said that? I did it on purpose."

"You kid!"

"Haha, it's good to see that you two are still so energetic" Kirito smiled and waved his hand, "See you again"

"yes, we've worked a lot of time trying to find you," Klein and Akyll laughed, "You don't even know how hard your phone number is."

"If you can find it easily, I'm definitely going to change the phone right away," Kirito walked up and hugged the two of them, "By the way, I brought my sister with me today."

"What? You still want to use two beautiful girls to blind us? Kirito, I misread you! Klein immediately shouted

"Kirito's sister? My name is Achill, and I've been cheated out of a lot of money by your brother," Akyl waved when he saw Naoba

"Yes, my brother was taken care of when he was in SAO," Naoba hurriedly bowed

"What, your sister doesn't look like you at all, I remember it's called Naoba Kiritani, right?" Klein stretched out his hand "Hello, I'm your brother's friend, you can just call me Klein"

"Yes, please take care of me!" Naoba carefully shook Klein's hand back

"Asuna! You're finally here! Suddenly there was a girl's exclamation from the private room

"This voice is Liz!" Asuna hurriedly opened her hand and grabbed the figure who suddenly rushed towards her embrace, "Long time no see!" ”

"Uh-huh! It's been a long time! It's only a week," Liz rubbed Asuna's face, "Oops~ The recovery is so fast, I think my skin was rough when I was first discharged from the hospital."

"Haven't you recovered ~ let me touch it~"

"What, you don't know how long I've been doing rehabilitation exercises this week."

"Me too, I can only live by eating fruit these days," the two chatted while touching each other's faces

"By the way, let's talk first" Klein pulled Kirito's arm and dragged it inside, "There are not many people, only a dozen people, and the rest of the people will come at night"

"You don't plan to stay up all night today, do you?" asked Kirito as he greeted the others as he entered, as Achill said on the phone, most of the people here were acquaintances of the Blood Alliance Knights, but they had already taken off their red and white armor and changed into suits

"By the way, Asuna will introduce you to someone, this little girl is called Celica," Liz pointed to the anxious girl sitting in the middle of a group of uncles, "I'm only fourteen years old."

"Hello, you! Miss Asuna of the flash! I—My name is Sirika, and in reality my name is Ayano Akiko! Celica may have mustered up the courage to introduce herself to break the boredom

"Hello, I'm Asukina Yuuki, please advise" Asuna smiled and sat next to her "You're cute~"

"Whose friend is this?" Kirito thought it was strange and asked Klein in a low voice, "Who among us knows this little girl?" ”

"I don't know, I just know that it seems to be looking for a boyfriend" Klein lowered his voice and said, "She took the initiative to call, and when I asked her why, I was hesitant, I guess she came to find someone"

"Alas, are all the people here?" Liz's eyes glanced out of the door from time to time, "Are the teens really going to come at night?"

"Neither of them came," Asuna knew who she was talking about as soon as Kiritto mentioned

"By the way, you know that? Yukumo in our class seems to know that little girl," Kirito said

"Huh? Oh, that's why he's helping you," Asuna nodded, "He's very nice, but I always feel like he's the ...... next to Fen-chan."

"Who knows, he doesn't admit it, no one can ask" Kirito shrugged, "We just know it ourselves"

"Hey, hey, don't whisper alone, come, let's three men sing a song together!" Klein stood up, and Achill laughed and lifted Kirito up

"Good! So let's start with the rock music full of gentlemen! ”

"I can't sing!"

"What are you afraid of! Come! Kirito points out the song! ”

"Asuna! Save me! ”

"Hahaha, Kirito, you're going to sing a song~"

"Hey~The black swordsman must be very good at singing, right~"

"Brother! Come on! ”

"Come on, then"

"Oooo Everyone was excited, and the private room was filled with commotion

"Okay" Kirito stubbornly held up the microphone, and then looked at the melody that was dancing under the electronic screen, and felt a warm feeling in his heart

The game may be just a virtual dream, but everything we experience in it belongs to our lives, and even if it may not feel real, it will still be a precious memory for us to carry on into the future

postscript

"Abominable Kirito, abominable Yuuki! How dare you force me to such a point" Sugo said angrily as he looked at the still brightly lit room, the muzzle of the gun in his palm shone with a black light, he has nothing now, Asuna was rescued from the game world by Kirito and he went from being a high-ranking person to a wanted criminal, he hated everyone who made him like this, especially Kirito and Asuna

"Hmph, let's go to hell," he thought, and then looked up again, but by the time he looked down again, there was already an extra figure in front of him

"Huh?" It's already past nine o'clock in the evening, whose children will still be out alone?

Ignoring her, when she tried to move forward, she found that she could no longer walk, and when she looked down, she was horrified to find that her ankle had been pulled by her own shadow

"Click, click" There was the sound of something opening its mouth, and when he hurriedly looked around, the figure of the child was gone, replaced by a bronze shadow that was slowly spreading its wings

The demonic figure of "Help" slowly walked in front of him, and then spread his wings to envelop his frightened and helpless expression and hoarse cry for help

The "squeak" sounded like breaking firewood, blood dripping down the wingtips to the ground, and the crowd around them cut past as if they didn't see anything

When the "———" opened its wings again, only a few blood-stained clothes were left on the ground, and after swallowing the residue from the corner of its mouth, it did not look around again, but directly spread its wings and flew into the moon

——— then goodbye, the next time we meet you will be my master, and I will be your servant