Chapter Seventy-Eight: Vacation (4)

Seeing Yui's well-behaved appearance, Zheng Shuanglong said gently: "That's it." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Then, Yui also calls me Zheng Shuanglong directly. ”

Listening to Zheng Shuanglong's words, Yui tilted her head slightly, and said with a little difficulty: "Really...... Sour...... Prosperous. ”

Listening to the strange name called True Sour Long, the corners of Zheng Shuanglong's mouth twitched, and he emphasized gently: "It's Zheng Shuanglong." Zheng, Shuang, Long. ”

Yui "......" fell silent with a difficult expression on her face. After a long while, he reluctantly said, "Really...... Cool. ”

Listening to the even stranger name, Zheng Shuanglong was a little speechless. However, because Yui is a cute little girl, it doesn't matter.

In the end, Zheng Shuanglong, who laughed himself, reached out and patted Yui's head and said, "This pair of Yui may be a little more difficult." Otherwise, you can call Yui whatever you want. ”

Yui was once again lost in a long thought, and she didn't even react when Lixia took the cup from the table, filled it with milk, and put it back in front of her.

Finally, Yui slowly raised her head to look at Zheng Shuanglong's face, and said tremblingly: "...... Father. ”

Then he looked up at Lixia and said, "Stand ...... Mom. ”

Lixia'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, Lixia first tried her best to suppress the emotions that came up, nodded with a smile, and said, "Yes...... Yui, I'm a mother. ”

Ahem, fourteen-year-old mother, ten-year-old daughter, what the hell have I done? Hearing Lixia's words, Zheng Shuanglong had the urge to question Cangtian.

Lixia is a child herself, and she is still a mother. Zheng Shuanglong was really a little speechless.

However, the effect of Lixia's affirmation was very, very good, and as Lixia's words fell, 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. happily shouted at Lixia, "-Mom!"

Looking at the hand that was reaching out to her, Lixia's heart shook greatly. Struggling to hold back the sobs that were about to overflow and keep the smile on her face, Lixia picked up Yui's small body from her chair and hugged her tightly, but she also felt a tear mixed with various emotions flow out of her cheek.

Is this what it feels like to be a mother...... Lixia, who hugged Yui tightly, had an inexplicable throbbing.

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

Lixia looked at her on the other side of the table, wiped her eyes vigorously, and looked at Zheng Shuanglong, who was sitting on the chair next to her. "I-I ......" Although he opened his mouth, he couldn't make the words he wanted to express into words. I'm sorry, I don't know what to do......"

Zheng Shuanglong looked at Lixia with caring eyes for a long time before finally whispering, "Lixia, you want to take care of that child until she recovers her memory, right?" I know how you feel. However, what a dilemma! Ten days, ten days at most, the front line will find the boss room on the seventy-fifth floor, and then after the boss is defeated, we will leave this SAO. ”

"It's quite difficult to get this child back to her memory in just ten days, and besides, she can't provide a specific location in the real world, and even the name is not necessarily correct, which is very difficult, in this case, even if I want to rescue her from this SAO, it is very difficult."

"In other words, I can do my part to save Yui, but I can't turn the whole of Japan over to save Yui, I say this, Lixia, you know." Looking at Lixia, Zheng Shuanglong said meaningfully.

Investigation, investigation of everything, investigation of falsehood, the choice again and again is the experience again and again.

"Hmm...... That one...... This, in short, do what we can. Lixia looked at Yui who was snoring, put down the entanglement in her heart, and said quickly: "The first step is to go to the starting town to find the child's parents or siblings, after all, she is such a conspicuous player, there should be at least a few people who know her." ”

Lixia verbally proposed, but Lixia found that she had a feeling in her heart that she did not want to be separated from the girl. Although this is the cohabitation life with Zheng Shuanglong that he dreamed of, for some reason, he did not reject it and became three people. Maybe it's because I think Yui is like a child between herself and Zheng Shuanglong-

Thinking like this, Lixia suddenly turned red at the base of her ears.

“……? What's wrong?" Looking at Lixia, who suddenly blushed, Zheng Shuanglong asked a little puzzled.

"W-Nothing!" Lixia shook her head vigorously at Zheng Shuanglong, who was suspicious. "That's, that's it! When Yui wakes up, we'll go to the town where we started and put it in the newspaper's search column. Let's start with these things you can do. In this way, this may be able to find a home for Yui before the seventy-fifth floor is attacked......"

Unable to look at Zheng Shuanglong's face, Lixia spoke quickly and neatly cleaned up the table. A glance at Yui, who was asleep in the chair, seemed to be completely asleep. But I don't know if it's a psychological effect, her sleeping face looks different from yesterday and has become more stable.

Yui, who was carried to the bed, slept all morning. Lixia was worried about falling into a coma again, but luckily she woke up when she was ready for lunch.

Although Yui baked a sweet fruit pie that she didn't normally make, Yui who came to the table seemed to be more interested in Zheng Shuanglong's ate, mustard-coated sandwich than fruit pie.

Looking at Yui, who was staring at the sandwich in his hand, Zheng Shuanglong smiled mildly and said, "Yui, this is very spicy." ”

Yui stared at her cute big eyes and said expectantly, "Woo~~ I want to eat the same as my father." ”

"So? Now that you're mentally prepared, I won't stop it. After all, you have to try everything. With that, Zheng Shuanglong handed over a sandwich, and Yui did not hesitate to open her small mouth and bite it down.

Under the nervous gaze of the two, Yui, who was chewing with difficulty, swallowed the thing with a grunt, and then smiled, "It's delicious." ”

"What a very patient child." Zheng Shuanglong also smiled and stroked Yui's head, and said, "Let's challenge the super spicy whole meal for dinner!"

"Super spicy full meal!" Yui happily threw herself into Zheng Shuanglong's arms and said with a smile.

Looking at Zheng Shuanglong and Yui who were happily dining, Lixia's face showed a happy smile, but thinking that time was really running out for such days, a touch of loneliness crossed Lixia's heart.

In the end, the rest of the sandwiches were emptied by Yui. Facing Yui, who was contentedly drinking milk tea, Lixia said, "Yui, we have to go out in the afternoon." ”

"Out of the house?" Listening to Lixia's words, Yui looked up in surprise.

Reaching out and gently touching Yui's head, Zheng Shuanglong said gently: "I'm going to find Yui's friend." ”

"Friend...... What is it?" Hearing the unfamiliar term, Yui looked at Zheng Shuanglong with a confused expression and asked.

Yui's answer made Zheng Shuanglong and Lixia look at each other. There are so many things about Yui's "symptoms" that I can't understand. It's not so much a simple regression of mental age, but it feels more like a memory that is missing a piece in the east and a piece in the west.

In order to improve this situation, it is better to find a real guardian as soon as possible...... After convincing herself, Lixia answered Yui's question, "The so-called friend is the one who will help Yui." Come on, hurry up and prepare. ”

Although Yui still looked suspicious, she nodded vigorously and stood up.

The white dress worn by Yui is light in addition to the short puff sleeves, and it feels cold just by looking at it when you wear it out in this early winter season. Even if it's cold, you won't catch a cold or get hurt because of it, but you still feel uncomfortable.

Lixia scrolled through the list of props, materializing the thick clothes one by one. When she finally found a sweater that matched the girl's size, she stopped.

Usually you have to manipulate the gear puppet from the status window to put your clothes on. Because the reproduction of soft objects such as cloth and liquid is SAO's weakest distinction, clothing is not so much an independent object as a part of the flesh.

Finding that Lixia was at a loss, Zheng Shuanglong asked Yui, "Yui, will you open the window?"

As a result, as expected, Yui tilted her head as if she didn't understand at all.

"Well, wave your right finger and give it a try. Like this......" Zheng Shuanglong waved his fingers, and a purple square window popped out under his hand.

Yui didn't hesitate to do so, but the window didn't open.

“…… Is this really some kind of bug in the system? But the status window won't open is too deadly...... There's nothing you can do about it. Faced with this situation, Zheng Shuanglong had a little headache.

If he was outside, Zheng Shuanglong would be able to use his own secondary void authenticator to operate, and even be able to modify and steal this SAO game, but in this game, Zheng Shuanglong had no choice. There is no way to deal with this kind of system bug.

Just when Zheng Shuanglong's head was in pain, Yui, who had been waving the fingers of his right hand, changed to waving his left hand this time. In the next moment, a window glowing purple appeared under the hand.

"There it is!" Above Yui's head, who seemed to be happy, Lixia looked at Zheng Shuanglong in surprise. It's completely unclear what happened.

"Yui, let me take a look." Lixia bent down to look at the girl's window. But generally speaking, only the person can see the status window, so there is nothing on the screen.

"I'm sorry, lend me your hand." As she spoke, Lixia took Yui's right hand and instinctively moved her small index finger to the position of the button that should have toggled the visible mode.

Intuition was correct, and as the brief effect sounded, a familiar image emerged on the surface of the window. Peeking at other people's status windows is basically a serious violation of etiquette, so even in this case, Lixia tries to avoid staring at the screen, and just wants to open the inventory as soon as possible, but-

"This ...... What's going on?" As her gaze glanced over the frame, Lixia couldn't help but scream.

The homepage of the menu window is basically divided into three areas. At the top is the name in English and the elongated HP and EX P bars, the lower right half is the equipment puppet, and the left half is equipped with a list of command buttons. Although the style design such as the option image display can be freely customized, the basic configuration cannot be changed.

That being said, Yui's window at the top only shows the strange name "Yui-MHCP001", whether it's a HP bar or an EXP bar, and even a level doesn't exist. Although there are equipped figures, there are many fewer command buttons than usual, and only "props" and "settings" exist.

Zheng Shuanglong, who didn't understand why Lixia stopped moving and leaned over, was also taken aback when he saw the window. Yui, who didn't care about the abnormal window at all, looked up at the two with a strange expression.

"That's what it is...... System bugs? Lixia muttered.

Zheng Shuanglong thought for a while, looked at Yui in surprise, and said softly: "What should I say...... It's not so much a bug as it feels like it was designed that way. It's a little weird. ”

"Forget it, Zheng, don't care so much...... There's no point in thinking about it anyway. Lixia shrugged and re-moved Yui's fingers to open the inventory. After putting the sweater he picked up from the table, the prop was retracted into the window with a burst of light. Then drag the name of the sweater onto the gear figure.

In the next moment, with the effect of a bell, particles of light enveloped Yui's body, and the pale pink sweater also objected.

"Wow-" Yui looked at her body with open arms, her face happy. Lixia then outfits the girl with a matching dress, black stockings, and red shoes, and finally puts the dress she was wearing back into the inventory and closes the window.

It seems very happy to change into a newly dressed Yui, rubbing your cheeks with the gentle texture of a sweater, or pulling the skirt with both hands.

"Come, let's go!"

"Hmm. Daddy, hugs. ”

Facing Yui, who innocently stretched out his hands, Zheng Shuanglong smiled softly and hugged the girl's body horizontally. Then he maintained this position, glanced at Lixia and said, "Lixia, it's better to be ready to be armed at any time. Although there are no plans to leave the street district...... But after all, it is the sphere of influence of the 'army'...... Our relationship with the military, you know. ”

"Well, it's better to be careful." Lixia nodded, and after neatly confirming her inventory, she walked towards the gate with Zheng Shuanglong. Although she sincerely hopes to find the girl's guardian, the thought of separating from Yui makes Lixia feel an incredible waver. (To be continued.) )