Asuna fell asleep in the morning white light, and a steady melody suddenly came to her senses. It's the wake-up of the oboe. She was in the sense of floating before she woke up, committed to the melody of nostalgia. Soon, the lilting sound of the stringed instruments and the clarinet ensemble played the main melody, when a slight sound hummed......

"Hum song?"

It wasn't herself who was singing, and Asuna opened her eyes instantly.

The dark-haired girl in her arms closed her eyes - humming the same melody as Asuna's wake-up-and-wake noise.

And there were no drops at all, but this is simply not possible. Because Asuna set the noise so that only she could hear it, it stands to reason that no one could hum along with the melody that only played in her head.

Asuna, however, put the doubt behind her mind for now. More important than that......

"Jade, Jade, wake up quickly!"

Without moving her body, Asuna called out to Zhang Yu, who was sleeping on the bed behind her. It didn't take long to see Zhang Yu sitting up with Hache.

“…… Good morning, Asuna. What's wrong?"

"Hurry up, come here!"

Zhang Yu got out of bed and walked over to Asuna's bed, and there was a slight rattling sound on the floor.

"She's singing......

He looked at the girl who was humming unconsciously with his eyes closed, and was a little surprised in his heart.

"Asuna's noise can only be heard by herself, she should still have some system permissions now......"

"Uh-huh......"

Asuna gently shook the body of the girl in her arms and called to her.

"Wake up...... Please, open your eyes. ”

The girl's lips stopped moving. Soon, the long eyelashes fluttered slightly, and then slowly opened their eyes.

The moist black pupils met Asuna's gaze at close range. After blinking his eyes a few times, he opened his lips slightly and pale slightly.

"Ah...... Woo......"

The girl's voice was as illusory and beautiful as striking a very thin piece of silver. Asuna sat up with the girl in her arms.

“…… Great, you're awake. Do you know what happened to you?"

After Asuna finished speaking, the girl was silent for a few seconds, then shook her head slightly.

"Really...... What about your name? You know? ”

“…… Name...... Word...... I...... It's mine...... Name......"

The girl tilted her head sideways, and a shiny black hair followed her cheeks.

"Knot...... Clothing. Yui. It's mine...... Name......"

"Yui? What a good name. I'm Asuna, he's Jade. ”

Asuna turned her head, and the girl named Yui also turned her gaze. She looked back and forth at Asuna and Zhang Yu standing beside the bed, and then spoke.

"Ah...... House, feather ....... ”

He moved his mouth and made a staccato sound. The uneasiness she felt last night awakened in Asuna's mind. The girl seems to be at least eight years old, and the actual age should be ten years old since the time of login.

But the girl's vague words are the same as those of a toddler who is just beginning to speak.

"Yui, why are you on the twenty-second floor? Do you know where your parents are?" ”

Yui looked down without saying a word. After a long period of silence, he shook his head vigorously.

"I ...... I don't know...... What, I don't know, I don't know ......."

He carried the girl to the dining table and chair and handed her warm and sweet milk. The girl held the cup in both hands and drank it one by one. Looking at the girl with her spare eyes, Asuna and Zhang Yu were discussing at a distance from her.

"Jade ...... What do you think ......?"

Zhang Yu pinched his chin with his right hand and showed a serious expression, bowed his head and said.

"It should be...... Loss of memory. ”

"You really ...... Do you think so...... Still, I think she's more likely... What kind of trauma did you suffer...... That's why ......"

Asuna had an expression on her face that was about to cry, and she bowed her head slightly and covered her face with her hands.

"In this world...... There are too many scenes that are too cruel...... But when it happened to Yui, it was terrible, it was too cruel......"

Seeing that Asuna's eyes oozed tears, Zhang Yu felt very aggrieved in his heart. He could only say with his arms around Asuna.

"It's alright, Asuna...... We'll definitely be able to help Yui... And we're going to liberate the world, trust me. ”

“…… Is it? Kindness! We work together. ”

Asuna picked up her head and smiled, hugged Zhang Yu tightly, and then walked over to the dining table. Zhang Yu also followed behind her.

Zhang Yu clicked and moved two chairs to Yui's side, and Asuna sat down calmly and said to Yui in a cheerful voice.

"That's, Yui...... Can I just call you Yui? ”

Yui, who was originally facing the cup, picked up her face and nodded.

"That's right. Then, Yui will also call me Asuna. ”

"Ah...... Roof"

"It's Asuna. Ya, Si, Na. ”

“……”

Yui's face showed a difficult expression and fell silent.

“…… Inina. ”

Asuna, who laughed, reached out and touched Yui's head.

"This might be a little harder for you. Otherwise, you can call it however you want. ”

Yui fell into a long thought again, and even Zhang Yu took the cup on the table, filled it with milk, and put it back in front of her, but she didn't react.

Finally, Yui slowly looked up at Asuna's face and spoke tremblingly.

“…… Mom. ”

Then he looked at Zhang Yu on the other side and said:

"Feather ...... Father. ”

Asuna's body couldn't help but tremble. I don't know if I'm mistaking my real parents, or if I'm longing for my parents who aren't in this world. But instead of thinking about it, Asuna first struggled to suppress the emotions that came to her and nodded with a smile.

"yes...... Yui, I'm a mother. ”

Hearing this, Yui smiled for the first time. The moment the black eyes that lacked disgust under the neat bangs shone brightly, the face that was as upright as a puppet also regained its vitality.

"-Mom!"

Looking at the hand reaching out to her, Asuna's heart shook greatly.

"Woo......"

Struggling to hold back the sobs that were about to overflow and keep the smile on her face, Asuna picked up Yui's small body from the chair and hugged her tightly, while also feeling a tear mixed with various emotions flow out of her cheeks.

After drinking hot milk and eating a bun, Yui seems to feel sleepy again and begins to nap in her chair.

Asuna looked at her from the other side of the table, wiped her eyes vigorously, and looked at Zhang Yu, who was sitting on the chair next to her.

"I—I ......"

Even though I opened my mouth, I couldn't make the words I wanted to express into sentences.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what to do......"

Zhang Yu looked at Asuna with caring eyes.

“…… If you want to take care of the child, take care of her until she recovers her memory. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry with the strategy, and the progress of our two strategies is a little slower at most. Now it's a bit weak to rely on the two of us to attack the boss alone, and it's not appropriate to suddenly join the strategy group. ”

"Hmmm......"

Asuna thought, she was a different story. It is not an exaggeration to say that Zhang Yu has an outstanding presence among the strategy players. The number of defending bosses that Zhang Yu has conquered alone is terrifying. Asuna felt a certain sense of guilt for bothering Zhang Yu for these things.

Zhang Yu looked at Yui, who was snoring, and smiled gently.

"Let's go to the Origin Town to find the child's parents or siblings, after all, such a conspicuous player, there should be at least a few people who know her. If anything, it should be easy to find. If not, let's adopt her. ”

“…………”

That's right. But Asuna found that she had a feeling in her heart that she didn't want to be separated from the girl. Although this is the cohabitation life with Zhang Yu that he dreamed of, for some reason, he did not exclude it and became three people.

"Maybe it's because I think Yui is like a child with Jade."

Asuna, who had only been thinking casually until now, suddenly came back to her senses, and even the roots of her ears were red.