"The difference between the real world and the imaginary world is whether there is you or not."

Someone next to her answered Asuna's question, and she jumped slightly.

"Wow, wow?"

When I hurriedly looked to the side, I noticed a young face blinking there.

I saw that the person's face was like a carving, and his angular face was very delicate. It looks like a bohemian on the outside, but the inadvertent light in his eyes makes people dare not underestimate it. With black and dense hair, and under a pair of sword eyebrows, there are a pair of black eyes as bright and dazzling as obsidian, shining with a gentle and loving look.

If you're not careful, you can fall into it. The tall nose and moderately thick lips are now smiling with a dazzling smile.

Wearing a white trench coat, the breeze blew slightly, and the clothes fluttered in the air with the wind.

Since this appearance is so similar to the characters he used in the past, it seems unnatural that people can't see the hilt of the long sword behind him. Asuna took a deep breath to melt the sweet pain that welled up in her heart, and a flash of joy flashed in her misty eyes.

The chestnut-colored bangs on the forehead are cute and light, and they are caressed by the breeze in the sun and jump happily. There is a trace of warmth in her heart, the fog in her eyes full of aura has not completely dissipated, and the little smile on the corner of her mouth has already revealed her mood of turning sadness into joy at this time.

With a tearful smile, he looked at his dreamlike lover in front of him, and his heart rippled. Suddenly felt that as long as he was there, he was not afraid of anything. Then he said with a smile.

“…… Why did you show up all of a sudden, did you use a transfer crystal? Or is it just me dreaming? ”

As a result, Zhang Yu showed an obvious wry smile on his face.

"I'm sorry, Asuna."

Asuna didn't pay attention to Zhang Yu's apology, but quickly ran to him. She stretched out her hands and hugged him tightly, and buried her head deep in his arms. In Zhang Yu's spacious embrace, she looked extraordinarily petite.

She hugged him affectionately, only to feel her heart beating faster. Looking at Zhang Yu's handsome face with a deep contour like a carving, she seemed to have exhausted all her life's strength to rub him into her body, or integrate herself into his body.

Listening to the sound of Zhang Yu's chest thumping, I only wish to go on like this for the rest of my life.

Asuna closed her eyes and enjoyed the unique aura of Zhang Yu's body, feeling that he was really presence. There were crystal tears hanging on her eyes, and she saw tears flowing down her cheeks, and she didn't cry at all, just let the tears keep flowing down.

"Don't apologize to me, let me experience it quietly."

Yes, she felt it. It's not a dream, it's real. Zhang Yu is really back.

She used to have similar dreams often, but in the end she always woke up with heartache at a critical moment. But not this time, this time it's real. She could feel the warm breath on Zhang Yu's body.

Asuna looked up after calming down, and Zhang Yu reached out and gently wiped away the tears on her face. Asuna's eyes were full of resentment, and she asked in a puzzled tone.

"Why did you suddenly appear here?"

Zhang Yu's face was full of wry smiles, caressing Asuna's delicate face.

"Actually, it wasn't a sudden appearance, I just showed up at the appointed place on time."

Asuna looked at Zhang Yu in shock.

"Huh...... Did you arrange this meeting? ”

Zhang Yu nodded lightly.

"Yes."

Reaching out and holding her hand tightly, the two hands clasped tightly together and interlocking their fingers.

"Let's go for a walk."

After hearing him say this, Asuna took a look at her surroundings.

The eyes are reflected in the soft afternoon sunlight of the trail and the glittering water of the trench. A bridge not far in front of you leads to a heavily guarded gate, which is indeed in front of the Imperial Palace Gate.

At first, she decided to move forward while thinking about things, and before she knew it, she had arrived at the agreed destination.

The smile on Asuna's face turned into an embarrassed smile, and she glanced at Zhang Yu with a crimson face, shrugged her shoulders slightly, and said.

"Ahaha, I seem to be in an auto-manipulation state. Well...... Or say hello first...... Welcome back, Jade. ”

After greeting each other, Zhang Yu suddenly narrowed his black eyes and kept staring at Asuna.

And what about Yuffie?

It's definitely not okay to tell her now.

Let's see what happens.

Asuna, who felt if there was something wrong, folded her arms in front of her body and asked.

"How...... What's wrong, why ...... all of a sudden"

As a result, Zhang Yu hurriedly shook his head, and then said in a slurch.

"Oh, no, that ...... I think this dress suits you very well and reminds me of the old days......"

Indeed, Zhang Yu took a closer look at Asuna's clothes and fell into memories.

"Huh......?"

Asuna couldn't help but look down at her outfit, and after two seconds she understood what Zhang Yu meant.

Today is the first time she has put on a coat this winter. And it was a white tweed coat. Underneath the coat is an ivory sweater and a blue diamond-patterned skirt.

In other words, the overall color was the designated color of the "Glittering Jade" of the two guilds in the past. In retrospect, when she was at Ain Grandtree, she wore a blue and white knight's uniform almost every day. Zhang Yu should have remembered what happened at that time.

After touching her fingertip near her left waist, Asuna smiled again.

“…… yes, but there's no rapier...... Speaking of which, jade, you are also dressed in white today. ”

When Asuna said this, Zhang Yu replied with an embarrassed smile.

"I don't have a sword with me."

However, he carries a different space with him, and he can take out his sword at any time, and there are things more awesome than the sword.

After she finished speaking, she poked Zhang Yu's shoulder, and then wrapped her hand around Zhang Yu's arm.

"You're finally willing to come back."

Asuna looked at Zhang Yu's eyes, which were slightly higher than herself, and after a few dry coughs, he replied in a gentle voice full of love.

"After I succeeded in saving the universe, I immediately rushed back from the depths of the universe, just to come back to see you, my goddess."

"You're going to lie to me!"

Asuna pursed her mouth slightly, and then pulled Zhang Yu's arm in a trench coat. But I was still very happy in my heart, because Zhang Yu finally came back.

"Hurry up, don't stand here and talk all the time. It's about to get dark. ”

"Uh-huh......"

Asuna leaned close to Zhang Yu, who nodded, and the two began to walk across the bridge above the trench.

The vermilion sunset, which had begun to set early, shone on the ancient white gate and cast a dark shadow on the bridge. It's a Sunday, but it's probably because of the wrong season, and there are almost no tourists here.

After passing past heavily suited police officers through the gate, they pick up plastic tickets at a small ticket booth. Behind the silver fence is a tranquil cluster of trees in the heart of Tokyo.

The person who asked where to go on Sunday was Zhang Yu, and the person who was designated to meet "in front of the gate of the Imperial Palace" was Shino.

Of course, the Imperial Palace is not open to the public, but the northeast corner of the inner side of the ditch, known as the "East Garden", is open to the general public for a few days a week - Asuna didn't know about this until today, so of course this is the first time she's been here.

There was always a sense of unreality when she walked on the wide and beautiful trail.