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A heavy atmosphere permeated between Luo Zhen and Lifa, so that the surrounding passers-by seemed to notice something, and frequently looked sideways to this side.

Luo Zhen and Lifa didn't notice this at all, they just looked at each other, and neither of them cared about the situation around them.

Luo Zhen remained silent.

Li Fa pressed the emotions in her heart, looked straight at Luo Zhen, and waited for Luo Zhen to answer.

I don't know how long this situation lasted.

Until...

"I thought you weren't curious."

Luo Zhen relaxed his face and said such a sentence with a wry smile.

In front of Naoba, Luo Zhen mentioned the existence of Asuna more than once, and even Kiritto mentioned it several times.

In this case, how could Naoba not know the name?

It's just that, all this time, Naoba didn't ask.

The reason is simple.

"According to you, the young lady named Asuna hasn't woken up yet, has she?"

Lifa whispered.

"Ahh Luo Zhen nodded and said, "She hasn't woken up yet, even if SAO has cleared the level, including her, there are still three hundred players still asleep." ”

Exactly why this is so, even experts can't say.

can look at Luo Zhen's appearance, he seems to know.

That's why Luo Zhen came to this world for the sake of the three hundred players who haven't woken up yet.

No, it should be said, he was only for one of the three hundred players, the girl named Asuna.

So, who is she?

Or, who is she Luo Zhen?

Lifa wasn't stupid either, so she still had an idea.

The idea is...

"Lovers..."Lifa said cautiously, "is that my brother's lover?" ”

Only in this way can we explain why Luo Zhen cares so much about each other.

Lifa had thought so long ago, and felt a heart-piercing pain over it.

And the reason why she didn't ask for a long time was that she didn't want to dig up Luo Zhen's scars, and she didn't want to hear Luo Zhen answer herself: Yes.

Anyway, Lifa has been admiring Luo Zhen since she was a child.

In view of this, even if she knew of Asuna's existence, Lifa never asked.

It's not that I don't want to ask, but I don't dare to ask.

I'm afraid to ask the answer I am most afraid of.

It was only now that Lifa finally asked.

Fortunately...

"Strictly speaking, Asuna isn't my lover." Luo Zhen was silent for a while, and after sighing, he said: "I have never confessed to her, and she has never confessed to me, we have never revealed our hearts to each other, we have never been together, but we seem to be together." ”

With that, Rogen thought back to his time on the 22nd floor of Ayn Grant.

It was a happy time with Asuna.

The two have never revealed their hearts to each other, but they have indeed lived together, lived a leisurely life together, and even had the experience of sharing a bed because of Yui, and the way they get along with each other is probably no different from lovers.

That's why Luo Zhen said that they have never been together, but they are better than being together.

Lifa understood what Luo Zhen meant.

"That's... Does my brother like her? ”

Lifa asked the question, looking more serious than before.

Seeing this, the wry smile on Luo Zhen's face became even stronger.

Do you like it?

Of course you like it, right?

Luo Zhen has never been disgusted with Asuna, so how can he hate her?

If Matthew is the first person of the opposite sex to have extraordinary weight in Ra's heart, then Asuna is the second, and even Edwise can only be ranked behind Asuna.

Of course, Luo Zhen also knows very well that his feelings for Asuna may be able to match Edward's.

The difference is that Luo Zhen and Edward are the kind of love that comes naturally after years of getting along, while Asuna is more like Luo Zhen's unforgettable first love.

At the beginning, after Luo Zhen left Chaldea for the first time, he first stayed in the world of Karakuri for more than ten years, and then came to this world and met Asuna.

In the more than ten years of ingenuity, Luo Zhen has never had feelings for any of the opposite sex, and even for the young Rilun at the time, he only has feelings of pity and affection, not to mention night and night, at the beginning, the two were as strong as water and fire, how could there be feelings in love?

As for Matthew's words, Luo Zhen regards her more as his other half, an inseparable doppelganger from himself.

The two have the same place.

The two have the same bizarre background.

The two had the same experience.

The two have the same fate.

Therefore, the relationship between Luo Zhen and Matthew must not be described as just a "love" and "love", whether it is love, family affection or friendship, it is a bit appropriate to describe the emotions between the two, and they are both a little thin.

In a word, Luo Zhen and Matthew are like lovers, like family, like friends, and like husband and wife, any kind of emotion can be used to describe them, but it is not enough to describe them, it is already a relationship that overrides pure emotion.

Then, Asuna is naturally like Luo Zhen's unforgettable first love.

Perhaps, the two have not been together vigorously, but they have left a place in each other's hearts.

Perhaps, there has never been too wonderful interaction between the two, but it gradually produces everything in their daily interactions.

Just like in school, everyone has had a first love, but that relationship is just separated by a few desks, looking at each other's backs in class, it is very pure, very quiet, very indifferent, but it is indeed produced.

This is Luo Zhen's feelings for Asuna, I don't know when it will become like this.

Presumably, Asuna is the same, I don't know when she started to look at Luo Zhen differently, right?

This is first love.

In this case, there is only one answer that Luo Zhen can give to Lifa's question.

"I like it."

Two simple words that say it all.

“...... Is it? ”

Lifa lowered her head and lost all words.

"Xiao Zhi..."

That's how Luo Zhen called Lifa.

When he was a child, Luo Zhen has always been called Naoha, even Kirito.

And this title injected a force into Lifa's heart.

injected a force into her deeply lost heart.

"Does my brother want to reach the top of the World Tree just to rescue Miss Asuna?"

Lifa looked at Luo Zhen seriously.

"Hmm."

Luo Zhen didn't have any concealment, and nodded directly.

The problem is...

"Is there a way for my brother to successfully challenge this impossible task alone?"

Lifa asked as if she were making a final confirmation.

Luo Zhen suddenly smiled and spoke.

"I've challenged the same task I don't know how many times."

That's it.