After a brief silence, Asuna spoke first.

"The only thing that can be determined now is that since she can move to our house, then she is not an NPC."

NPCs controlled by the system have fixed coordinates within a certain range, and cannot be moved by the player arbitrarily. If you touch or hold an NPC with your hand, you will jump out of the harassment warning window within seconds and be knocked flying by an unpleasant impact.

"En......"

Zhang Yu nodded, seeing that he agreed with Asuna and then made more speculations.

"And it's not an event that starts any task. Even then, the task list window should update at the point of contact with her...... So, I think the most likely scenario is that this kid is a player who got lost over there. ”

Asuna glanced over the bed and continued.

"If you don't have a crystal with you, or you don't know how to transfer it, you probably haven't been to the practice area since you logged in, and you've been staying in the [Beginning Town]. It's not known why she's here, but there are probably players in the Origin Town who know the child...... It's hard to have parents or guardians. ”

"Well, I think so too."

Zhang Yu looked at Asuna's reasoning seriously, and laughed secretly in his heart. I think Asuna has the flavor of a detective, and it's very cute.

"No matter how you think about it, I don't think such a young child would log in alone. I think I'm coming with my family...... If only it were safe. ”

Asuna looked at the girl on the bed with concern, and then turned her head to look at Zhang Yu.

"Hey, she'll regain consciousness, right?"

"Well, definitely. When we met her, she was conscious. It should be a lot like sleep now, so I should wake up later. ”

Zhang Yu nodded vigorously, with firmness in his words.

Asuna got up, knelt down in front of the bed where the girl was lying, and stretched out her right hand to gently stroke the girl's head.

Although it is in this case, she is really a beautiful girl. Rather than a human child, the aura she exudes is closer to that of a goblin.

The color of the skin is a delicate pure white close to alabaster, long black hair with a brilliant glow, and a clear contour with an exotic flavor. If this child opens his eyes and smiles, he will definitely be attractive.

"Sure enough, there are no good-looking female characters in the anime, how can I adopt a daughter......"

Zhang Yu also walked over to Asuna and sat down, he stretched out his right hand to stroke the girl's hair.

"I don't think I'm even ten years old...... I'm only about eight years old. ”

Asuna looked at the girl's immature face and guessed.

"Almost..."

Zhang Yu responded vaguely to Asuna, staring at the fair and lovely face. Xin said: "Strictly speaking, it can only be counted as one year old." ”

“… She's definitely the youngest player I've ever met. ”

"Well, if she's a player, she really is. One of my younger sisters, whom I knew before, was only thirteen years old. ”

Zhang Yu pinched his chin and groaned, thinking about the question of the youngest player. Unconsciously blurted out Celica.

This first time I heard about it, Asuna couldn't help but stare at Zhang Yu's face.

"Hmm~~ So you have such a cute friend."

"Well, occasionally, there are emails...... Ahem, she's just a thirteen-year-old little sister, don't think too much about it. ”

"Is that so? It's not a matter of age at all, Jade is really dull, hum." ”

Then he turned his head away angrily.

Sensing that the atmosphere had become a little strange, Zhang Yu hurriedly changed the topic, pretended to look at the time and got up and said.

"Oh, it's been this time, let's have Chinese food."

"Hmph, then I'll ask you about it later. If you don't dare to say it, you'll be miserable. ”

Glaring at Zhang Yu, Asuna also got up, deciding to let him go for now and smiled.

"Okay, let's eat the bento. I'll make tea. ”

The late autumn afternoon passed slowly, and even when the red sunlight from the periphery had completely disappeared, the girl was still asleep.

After pulling up the curtains in the living room and turning on the wall lamp, Zhang Yu, who had been sent by Asuna to the village, also returned. He shook his head wordlessly, informing him that he had not received any information about the girl.

Seeing that Asuna was in a bad mood, Zhang Yu was not in the mood to enjoy dinner happily. After two or three times of Asuna sorted out the simple soup and bread, she began to check the newspapers she had bought.

Although it is called a newspaper, it is not the same as a stack of paper in the real world, but it is only a piece of parchment the size of a magazine. There is a system window-type screen on the surface of the paper, and the collected information can be displayed in the mode of a web page.

Because it's a player-run game guide site, the content is very diverse, from news to simple guides, FAQs, and item lists. There are also fields to find things and people. The two of them thought that someone might be looking for the girl, so the focus was on this part.

"No Yah......"

"Well, there is no ......"

The two spent dozens of minutes reading all the newspapers, and Asuna looked at Zhang Yu in disbelief. Zhang Yu was also helpless, and could only wait for the girl to slowly wake up.

On a normal night, the two of them would often chat or play simple games until late at night, or go out for a walk and do something they wouldn't normally do. But today Asuna was not in that mood at all.

Zhang Yu naturally didn't force her, and she felt very guilty for hiding a lot of things from Asuna in her heart.

"Let's go to bed early today."

"Well, that's fine."

Zhang Yu nodded lightly and agreed to Asuna's proposal.

Turn off the lights in the living room and enter the bedroom. Because one of the beds was given to the maiden, the two had to sleep together in the other—every night, in fact—and they hurriedly changed into their pajamas.

After turning off the wall lamp in the bedroom, the two of them went to bed.

Zhang Yu was not worried about what was wrong with the girl, so she quickly fell asleep. Just as Asuna turned to talk to him, he had already let out regular breathing and fell asleep.

"Really."

Asuna grumbled and turned over to face the girl's bed on the other side. The black-haired girl continued to sleep in the pale blue darkness. I don't want to think about the girl's past until now, but looking at her like this, my mind always drifts in that direction.

It would be fine if the girl had been living with her parents or guardians such as her siblings. But if you come into this world alone, you will spend two years in fear and loneliness. This kind of life must be unbearable for children who are only eight or nine years old. If it were him, he would have gone crazy a long time ago.

Asuna imagined the worst. If the reason why the girl wandered in that forest and fainted was because of her mental condition.

Of course, Ayn Grant didn't have a psychiatrist or anything like that, and he didn't have a system administrator to turn to.

It will take at least half a year to complete the strategy, and it can't be done by Zhang Yu and Asuna's efforts alone.

No matter how deep the girl's pain was, she couldn't help herself—and the unbearable pain suddenly hit Asuna's heart. Unconsciously she stepped out of bed and walked over to the sleeping girl.

Stroking the girl's hair for a while, Asuna gently lifted the quilt, lay down beside the girl, and hugged the small body tightly with her arms. Although the girl's body still didn't move, her expression seemed to become softer. Asuna said softly.

"Good night, I hope you wake up tomorrow......"