"Huh?! Aren't you coming in?"

Standing in the entrance of an old Japanese building, Naoba, who had already taken off his shoes, raised his voice slightly and looked at the black-haired girl in front of him with his hands folded and smiling apologetically.

Originally, it was good to let Naoba go home and put away all the things for today's game.,By the way, I'll rest at her house.,I'm sending Yuki back to the hospital.。

As a result, when he arrived at the door of Naoba's house, Yuki suddenly deduced that he had to go back to the hospital immediately if he had an emergency.

"Then you wait for me here, and I'll get off as soon as I get dressed...... Xiaoyou——!"

Let this patient who is a little off the line go back alone, to be honest, Naoba is really not at ease.

However, just as Naoba was about to go upstairs quickly, she found that the black-haired girl had trotted out some distance halfway through the instructions.

"No, it's not far from the hospital, you're tired today, so get some rest, bye-"

The sound faded away, as if it was about to be inaudible.

"Ahh

Complaining about putting the bamboo sword cover on the aisle, Naoba, who couldn't let go of his heart at all, walked down quickly, put on his shoes again, and prepared to chase out.

"Naoba? What's the matter, are you going out again?"

Around the corner of the second floor, a good-looking teenager yawned and walked down the escalator.

Seeing that Naoba looked like he didn't have time to change into casual clothes and was about to go out, he asked out in a strange voice.

"Huh? Brother? Stayed up late again? Alas...... One of the two is not worrying, obviously today is someone's game......

Muttering the last complaint that was not heard by the young man, he adjusted his heel, and Naoba just sighed.

……

Kiritani Kazuto, that's the name of Naoba's older brother.

Obviously, the relationship was still very good before, and Naoba didn't know when the two began to drift apart.

Recently, this tendency seems to be getting worse and worse, and it has almost become so much that the conversation cannot continue after greeting each other.

Was this change the day he gave up kendo, or did he become addicted to online games after he was promoted to junior high school......

But even so, in Naoba's heart, he still believes that after his brother's 'rebellious period' passes, their family can still return to the days when the four of them happily sat at the dinner table and chatted.

"Okay brother, I'm going out, I'll talk about dinner when I come back, if you're hungry, there's still some food in the fridge, you can heat it up first, now I have to send that idiot back."

Glancing at the side face of Kazuto with the afterglow of his vision, Naoba chased in the direction of someone's departure in a little hurry.

"Ah......h

Standing in place with his mouth slightly open, he obviously wanted to say something, but the young man with a somewhat immature face didn't say it after all.

……

"Little Yu ——!"

In the aisle, listening to the nickname that only acquaintances would call from behind, Yuki, who knew that the warm-hearted girl was really not at ease, slowed down.

（…… We'll wait until after our official meeting. ）

(That day shouldn't be far off, Mr. Black Swordsman.) ）

Looking at the sky slightly, the black-haired girl showed a mysterious smile.

……

After that, Yuki was not only lectured by Naoba on the road to be 'full of love', but was also caught by the angry Dr. Kurahashi at the entrance of the hospital and sent to the psychological guidance room for a two-hour admission guidance course.

Congratulations.

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"How dare you do it...... That uncle will definitely not find a girlfriend in the future!"

Yuki, who was sitting on the bed and still echoing the video of the admission lecture in his mind, rubbed his temples and cursed with indignation in his mouth.

"It's rude to say that, Dr. Kurahashi is also for your own good, and besides, there is something wrong with me."

Sitting on the edge with a wry smile peeling an apple, Lanzi said softly.

「…… I'm sorry Sister Lan for letting you stay so late."

Looking at her sister with some reluctance, Yuki knew that she had also suffered a lot today.

As for Naoba, of course it's a 'traitor' on Dr. Kurahashi's side!

After sending Yuki back to the hospital safely and chatting with Lanzi for a while, he was decisively flashed.

It's really careless in making friends.

"It's okay, I was going to wait until the evening when Mom and Dad come and go back with them."

Shaking her head, Lanzi said what Yuki had been careless about today.

(Ahh......h ）

With a look of bewilderment, although her parents in this life do not come every day like Lanzi because of work and physical reasons, they basically take turns every week to not let them have a bye for seven days, and they will be there together most of the time on weekends.

Judging by Dr. Kurahashi's anger today, the complaint is a sure thing.

Although her family will not scold her, her father's melancholy eyes and her mother's doting afterglow will make her very uncomfortable.

It seems that today's 'ideological education' is far from over......

Just as Yuki was thinking about how to defend herself with a bitter face, the public TV outside the room sounded the news that she cared about.

[Hello audience friends~ Welcome to this episode of "MMO Stream"! 】

[Ladies and gentlemen, please take a look! This is the live recording of today's "Sword Art Online" game launch! 】

[Ah~ Look at the appearance of this sea of people, as the world's first fully stealthy VRMMORPG, this game has attracted the attention of a large number of players before the test, it can be said that it is not an exaggeration! 】

[Today's event is said to be for the selection of ......]

「Sword Art Online……？ I remember it wasn't ......."

Repeating the name broadcast in the news, Lanko turned her gaze to the booklet that Yuki had placed at the bedside.

On the cover is a beautiful picture of this logo.

"Ahh......h

With a look of surprise similar to Naoba's when she first knew, Lanko kept looking at the pamphlet that had already been picked up by Yuki.

"Ahh I'm very interested."

"...... the development technology of this game"

"Forehead ......"

Someone who confessed changed his tone and flipped the brochure to the page of the development instructions, which was full of technical terms that Lanzi couldn't understand.

Unlike herself, who is an ordinary person, she sighed helplessly knowing that her sister was a 'genius'.

I thought this girl had finally opened her mind......

(I'm not lying, I'm really interested in the game's technology...... ）

Blinking, Yuki smiled and continued to chat with Lanzi.

And at this moment, she didn't notice that the mobile phone placed next to the pillow and was muted by her was vibrating with a text message.

The text message that hasn't been checked by Yuki says like this-

[Congratulations, Ms. Kapok Konno, you are lucky to be selected as a beta player of "Sword Art Online", we will send relevant examples to your mailbox, please pay attention to our follow-up contact, thank you for your support.] 】