If Lilan hadn't been there, I wouldn't have been soaking in the hot springs with Jupiter right now, and I wouldn't have noticed that there was such a hidden place in the "SA:o" realm. It will be.

Just as she thanked Lilan again for her cooperation, Asuna looked at her brother in amazement. Jupiter's face, which was still immersed in the bath just now, became a little complicated.

"It was my sister who found this place in the wild"

Asuna tilted her head, and Jupiter muttered to herself. So far, Jupiter seems hard to imagine.

"Jupiter?"

"Hey, Kasan."

"Yes?"

"I'm MHHP like my sister and the older brother of Yui and Streya. But why can't I do things like my sister? \"

Asuna couldn't answer Jupiter's words, and a shadow hung over her face. Jupiter is the younger brother of Relan/martel, and according to developer Alice, his official name is "Mental Health Healing Program Prototype No. 2: Jupiter."

Although Lilan was well aware of the official name and said it herself, Jupiter knew that he was "MHHP" from what Lilan and others had taught him.

That's why Jupiter called the previously created Lilan Nissan, and like Lilan, she can show the ability to heal people. However, this can only happen if Jupiter is functioning properly.

At the moment, Jupiter is in a state of undamaged SAo, and without us teaching them, they simply cannot recognize themselves as 'mhhp', and they will not realize it. It doesn't matter at all.

On top of that, as a result of this injury, Jupiter lost all his memories and he didn't even know what his mission or purpose was.

Lilan had taught him about his mission as an "MHHP", and sometimes he would actually say or do things that made him think, but such things were rare unless something serious happened. Same aggressiveness as Lilan.

On top of that, Lilan has the ability to heal people's spirits by touching them, but Jupiter, who is considered to be the same "MHHP", is unable to demonstrate this ability by ignoring internal damage.

A mission to heal people – if you ask me if Jupiter is happy with this, I'm not sure. It's a strange thing, and it feels like a very lowly being compared to Lilan.

"And I have a person who needs to be healed. There must be one person who needs to be healed. ”

When Jupiter raised her head again, Asuna let out a slight voice: "Ahh "This mysterious phenomenon is about to happen again.

Now the situation is that Jupiter, which is not supposed to remember anything, is struggling to remember something. Desperately scouring through the broken content, trying to find something.

Jupiter's heart is broken, but it will become even more broken if he tries to force himself to remember something. If this happens, Jupiter will no longer ......

No, it's not good. There is no point in losing it here. Fighting back the fear rising in her heart, Asuna asked Jupiter.

"What is that, Jupiter? What can you remember? Can you talk? ”

Jupiter let go of his hand and looked down. For the time being, it seems that the epileptic behavior did not occur at that time.

"I'm going to do the same thing as my sister. However, there is one more important person to me. I had to go to that guy. But I don't\" I don't remember anything about him. I don't know his name, what he looks like, or what kind of person he is.

No, even if I remember, it's useless. I don't have the strength of my sister. I can't heal others like I do. I can't fight for anyone"

Jupiter looked up and met Asuna's gaze. Tears welled up in the corners of my eyes.

"Mom, what am I and what am I born for? What should I do?"

Asuna was speechless. I couldn't answer any of Jupiter's questions, and it saddened me. Jupiter calls me a mother, so I'm the mother of this child, Yuichi. If your child is in trouble or lost, you should reach out to them, but you can't do that.

Even though I see my own reflection in Jupiter's blue eyes, which I have seen many times, I still can't answer any questions.

Eventually, Jupiter seemed to realize something and turned his head away.

"Kasan, I'm sorry."

"Huh? Why do you want to apologize? ”

"There's no point in asking mom about this, I'm bothering her"

Asuna made a slight sound. The expression on his face seemed to be more troubled than he thought, and it seemed that Jupiter was causing him trouble.

I'm the one who has to apologize. Asuna thought so.

Jupiter is clearly troubled and worried. Even though she struggled to find the answer herself, I couldn't do anything as a mother. There is nothing I can do to solve my child's problems.

Just like his own mother, Kyoko Kyoko, she doesn't pay any attention to him.

However, there is one thing that does come to my mind about Jupiter. Asuna let it crawl out of her chest and shouted to Jupiter.

"Jupiter, what do you want to do now? What do you want to do now? Can you tell me directly? ”

Jupiter looked surprised, then turned her head from Asuna to Yuichi. After staring at his own reflection on the water for a few seconds, he turned his face back to Asuna.

"Mom, you can hug me."

"Huh? Right now? ”

Asuna looked at her body. I've hugged Jupiter dozens of times, but all while he's dressed. I'm naked now, and I showed Jupiter that there's nothing to hide. In this state, Jupiter asks him to hug her, which makes her blush a little.

However, when Asuna remembered what had happened to Jupiter, the desire to say no vanished, and Asuna finally nodded.

"Come on, Jupiter."

Jupiter made a slight crunch as he reached Asuna's bare chest. Asuna wrapped her arms around Jupiter's unobstructed delicate body and hugged him tightly. Still, maybe because I wasn't wearing anything, I felt an itch when Jupiter's face was pressed against my chest.

When I got used to it, Jupiter spoke to me in a deep voice.

"I don't know what to do. I don't remember someone I needed to heal, and I don't know how to heal that person. I didn't know what to do, but all I knew was "I love this place." I do like it. ”

"You mean the hot springs here?"

"Nope. In Mom's chest. In my mother's chest, undressed. ”

Asuna's eyes widened. Jupiter took a deep breath on Asuna's chest before continuing.

"When my mom hugged me like that, even though she wasn't wearing anything, I understood everything. Her warmth, her scent, her touch, everything. She's right there for me, I'm right there for her. I felt safe because I knew she was there. That's why my favorite place is my mom's boobs. Preferably when she's not wearing anything......

That's why I want to be with my mom forever. I have to go to the person who needs to be healed, but I also want to stay with my mother from now on, and I never want to leave my mother's side. ”

Jupiter's breath tickled me, but more importantly, I couldn't help but feel the warmth in my chest and a feeling of love.

My son Jupiter. I don't know what its true form is. I can't even imagine what Jupiter is trying to remember.

However, this Jupiter only knows that she is my mother and loves me.

You make me love you, and you love me. Asuna took it to heart and whispered to Jupiter.

"Me too. I want to be there for you too. I want to be by your side forever. And there's no need to be in such a hurry, Jupiter. Your captivity of SAo is over. \"You're free now, I don't know anything about that person, but if you can remember, you can remember it slowly from now on, it doesn't have to be so sudden. ”

“！”

Asuna didn't miss Jupiter's voice, she wouldn't miss it if she didn't listen carefully, she whispered in Jupiter's ear.

"My mom loves you the way you are"

Jupiter on Asuna's chest nodded slightly, making a smiling sound. From then on, until she came out of the bath, Asuna kept her beloved child on her chest.

I bought a house and went to a hot spring with Jupiter. Asuna gathered a few friends on the first floor of the house she had just bought.

Even though it was already past 8 p.m., my friends who were working together to collect the money needed to buy a house continued to log in.

Sure enough, someone was already offline, but there were still enough people consulting each other, so Asuna sent a message to everyone and gathered as many friends as she could.

As a result, the usual girls gathered, Kirito came, his partner Lilan also came, and Plemir also came.

Personally, Asuna wanted Alice to come the most, but Alice was nowhere to be seen, probably because of work. Well, since Lilan's daughter is here, there's no problem.

Asuna managed to gather her friends - though she didn't tell them about the hot springs - but she told everyone about Jupiter for the time being.

I know everybody knows about Jupiter, but they don't know much about Jupiter, and it seems complicated a lot of times along the course of the story, but they all hear it to the end, and when the story ends, Lilan says, I mutter.

"I see, Jupiter did something like that"

"yes. He looked miserable and was struggling to recall something. ”

\"Jupiter-kun, nothing like this has ever happened. What happened all of a sudden? \"

After Lifa said this with a distressed expression, Lilan, who was sitting deeply on the sofa, let out a distinctive "um" sound and put her finger on her forehead.

Kirito, who sits next to him, has a habit of putting his hand on his chin when he thinks, but a part of him may have been passed on to Lilan, who is often with Kirito.

Shino, who was sitting to the right of Kirito, whispered.

"[People who have to be healed] I want to know what that means. If it was a premier, it could be some kind of mission or event, but Jupiter is a completely different AI, so that's not the case. ”

Asuna saw Shino thinking. Since we've been friends for almost two years, we've known that Shinon/Shino sometimes uses nasty words.

It didn't take long for Shino to realize that this was because she was an avid reader, and because she spent a lot of time with Alice, Alice had an extremely difficult grasp of words.

Just as I was observing Shino, I heard a voice in my ears. As soon as I looked around, I saw a petite girl with long purple hair. At the time of "SAo", Ariki lived with Asuna and spent a long time with Jupiter.

"Now think about it, Asuna, nothing has happened to Jupiter since then. \"

"What?"

"Look, after Jupiter returns to us. Jupiter came to us in a very broken state. After that, he was only cured once, but nothing happened after that. No. ”

Although Jupiter now possessed the intelligence of a child of about ten years old, his initial state was much lower, closer to that of a baby.

The reason why it is the way it is because at the time of SAo, the mutation function of mhhp was activated, and Jupiter absorbed other AI. This is because the money is spent on self-repair.

When Asuna saw Alice chanting "Assimilation Evolution", she reprimanded Jupiter and told him not to "Assimidate Evolution" again.

Ironically, Jupiter, who understands the meaning of absorption evolution, says that he will keep his promise to Asuna and will not absorb evolution or repair itself until SAo is removed. Therefore, it can be said that there has been no change in Jupiter today since then.

- No, although "absorption evolution" was completed, it was not implemented because Jupiter's will did not exist.

"Now that you think about it, Jupiter hasn't changed in any way since."

"Also, think about it, although we have lived with Jupiter for a long time, we know nothing about him. I think it's time for me to learn more about Jupiter. But "

Asuna nodded at Araki's words. It is true that we have traveled with Jupiter through SAo, ALo, SA:o, but we have not been able to get to know Jupiter deeply and have never had the opportunity to learn about it. It didn't even have to prepare anything to arrive. Maybe I should have known this before I got to this point.

Jupiter was founded by Argus, the creator of SAo, and Alice, the developer of SAo, who was one of its employees. If you ask Alice, she might know something, or she might be able to tell you something specific. That's what I thought about when I called the meeting, but in the end Alice didn't come.

"Hey, Lilan. I'm sure you understand. You and Jupiter were both created in the same way. ”

Hearing Lizzebet's question, it took a few seconds for Lilan to raise her head.

Before I can do that, I have to explain the basic structure of our MHHP and MHCP and the current state of Jupiter. Even if Alice was here, she would say the same thing. \"

"MHHP" and "MHCP". [Mental Health Treatment Plan] and [Mental Health Counseling Plan]. I've been in contact with Relan, Jupiter, Yui, and Strea who fall into this category, and I've received a few explanations from Alice, but haven't really gotten to the heart yet.

Riran, Yui, and Strea were gathered here, all looking like they were waiting for their time to say what they needed to say. As if understanding this, Kirito among the three family members shouted to them.

"It's not just Asuna, I want to get to know you too. Can you three talk to me? \"

The three of them looked at each other, then nodded. Then, Yui spoke.

I'll explain step by step. First, in Mr. Ernie's current situation, Mr. Ernie is causing an internal collapse. \"

Lilan/Martel and Jupiter were created to heal the player's mind.

However, according to developer Alice, both of them were too good at it, and it was clear that healing the player's mind alone was not enough, and they later decided to use the "Hollow Zone", a lost data storage area. Sealed inside.

However, at this time, Martell was able to spy on the interior of Al Grant and was forced to watch the players suffer there.

Their mission is to heal the human heart and spirit. Now there are people who are suffering, and I can't go to them. Martell, full of contradictions, accumulates a large number of mistakes that lead to internal collapse.

This seems to be the same as Jupiter, as it also accumulates errors and collapses internally. His mental age declined significantly, and he even lost the abilities he was given, and he no longer knew who he was until he met Asuna. This is Yui and Leland's explanation, and that is the end of the conversation.

"I guess Jupiter is the same as Lilan after all. But Lilan isn't that bad, right? ”

Lilan replied to Filia, who looked questioning.

"For my part, I broke the seal myself, received every piece of data that slept in the hollow area, and copied myself, so I didn't end up collapsing like Jupiter."

"So, does this mean that Jupiter's memory has completely disappeared as the collapse has progressed? If so, why would Jupiter remember what he had to do or who he had to heal? Is that what you want to do? ”

Answering the question of Sirika, who Asuna was also curious about, was Streya, the youngest of the three.

"Jupiter's memories are not completely gone. First of all, our memory"

"It's easier to explain if you see the real thing with your own eyes. Yui, I want to take advantage of you. May I? \"

As soon as Rilan's words came out, Yui heard a slightly louder voice, "Is it me?" I was taken aback. I don't know what these girls are talking about or what they are thinking, but everyone—mainly Kirito and Shino—are asking out "What?" "What's wrong with Yui?" As soon as she spoke, Yui turned to Lilan.

"Okay. It's mine. ”

"I'm sorry, I'll finish it as soon as possible, please be patient."

Yui nodded, stood up, and sat down on the couch directly across from Kirito. Immediately after, Lilan called up a window, called up the holographic keyboard, and began typing with familiar movements.

Just as everyone was paying attention to what was about to happen, a snake jumped out of Lilan's window. No, it's not a snake. This is a cable wrapped with blue-white light. Because it moves as if it were alive, it gives the illusion of a snake.

Just when everyone was surprised again by the appearance of a living cable, the cable extending from the window swam in the air like a sea serpent, eventually piercing its tip into Yui's neck. Yui's body trembled like an electric shock, then leaned back on the couch motionless.

Everyone was stunned by the sight of Yui being bitten to death by a poisonous snake, and at the same time as Kirito Shino exclaimed, the next moment Lilan made further manipulations. Yui's chest glowed white. Yui seems to have a heart in her body, which is radiating light.

Just as everyone held their breath and stared, something slowly rose from Yui's chest and landed on Yui's chest.

It was a white cube that emitted a faint glow, the size of a hand, and was engraved with a blue glow that could not be described in words or patterns.

At the very least, the appearance of an item that does not fit into the SA:o world leaves everyone dumbfounded, and Yui Muttered to Plemir, who was not suitable for it.

"White box?"

"It's our core, Anima box."

""Anima Box\""

Anima means life in Latin. Literally, it means "box of life". With such a name, everyone's eyes can't take their eyes off her, and Asuna is one of them.

"The Anima Box is the most important part of the mhcp for our mhhp, Yui and others, and it is the part that contains all the configuration data."

"Is this your core? Do both Lilan and Strea have this? ”

"That's right, I have an 'Anima Box', and so do Lilan and Jupiter. This 'Anima box' contains everything from our memories to our physical data. ”

\"So, this is Yui herself!? Can something like this be taken out so easily? \"

Lilan said this, calming Lifa and the anxious people around her.

"If I don't, you'll understand?" Wool. Let's get back to the topic. ”

After saying that, Lilan continued to explain. The "Anima box" that exists within the "mhhp" and "mhcp" is the part of the brain that can be called both. Everything from basic data such as appearance, personality, and attributes when materialized in the VR world to memories and accumulated information are stored there. If we compare it to a domestic or commercial computer, it can even be called a hard disk and even contains core memory.

And that's not all, the processing of information that Lilan and Strea see, hear, and experience is also done in secret, and the self-healing abilities that Lilan and Jupiter have, as well as the function and 'absorption evolution'. 'The function itself.

It can be said that it is all the box-like substances of "MHHP" and "MHCP". That's the "Anima Box". Asuna couldn't take her eyes off the figure and whispered.

"That's what Lilan is all about them, they didn't expect things to turn out like this"

"This is presumably Argus's confidential information. But that's Yui's real body."

Shiina's intently staring at the white box. Lilan muttered beside her.

\"That's right. Both "mhhp" and "mhcp" have this installed. Of course, Jupiter has it too. \"

After Lilan stopped typing on the holographic keyboard, Philia shouted to him from the side.

"That's right. So, the memories of Lilan and his friends are stored in this heart box. So, in Jupiter's case, the mind energy box is broken, or something like that.? ”

"There's no doubt about it. On the contrary, it was the 'Anima Box' that we all had damaged. \"

Jupiter's heart energy box is in a damaged state, but if you ask me if it's completely broken, it's not. In the case of Jupiter, it is in this state because part of the storage area in the Anima box has been damaged.

"Jupiter, it's just that he can't remember his own memory."

"Just you don't remember?"

Perhaps because it was even more incomprehensible, everyone's expressions began to become irritable, and Strea raised his index finger.

\"Hmm. Jupiter's memory is not gone, it just can't be referred to anymore. It's not the memory itself that is destroyed, it's the part that reads the memory that is destroyed. So, what I learned about Jupiter's words was only fragmented. \"”

Hearing this explanation, Kirito immediately said\"Ah, that's what it means\", as if he understood, Asuna quickly followed. I always thought it was because Jupiter's memory was completely destroyed that he couldn't remember anything, but that's not the case.

\"Huh? Wait a minute, Jupiter-kun's memories are in this "Anima Box". In other words, you can directly repair Jupiter-kun's "Anima Box". Visit the "Anima Box". Well, if you fix it"

Hearing Lifa's question, everyone said something like "yes" and "yes", but Kirito didn't say that.

"Unfortunately, this can't happen."

"Uh, why?"

As soon as her sister asked, Kirito asked everyone in the room to explain.

Kirito, who has the bodies of people like Riran and Yui, has previously tried to analyze their bodies out of curiosity, but as Alice told him at SAo, there is something outrageous about their bodies. At risk.

It seems that Kirito has not been able to crack it yet, so it is impossible for the people here to open the Heart Energy Box and the contents of Lilan and the others.

After the story, Strayer added.

This "Anima Box" can only be materialized even if it is re-run, and its contents cannot be touched or opened, nor can it be copied or deleted. Yuichi is the one who can do this is Alice, who is the de facto mother of Lilan and the others.

Moreover, even Alice, who is able to open and operate the Mind Box, does not seem to be able to repair the memory area inside the Mind Box. "Everybody was surprised by that fact," Lizzebet said. ”

\"What do you mean, even Teacher Alice can't solve it? \"

"The memory area is made up of the most delicate structures in our body, and if tampered with, the memory itself will be rewritten, and in the worst case, there is a risk that the entire memory will be lost, which will be difficult to repair." Somehow. ”

It is the same as the human brain. If the brain, which is rarely injured, is injured or an internal disease occurs, there will be a dramatic change in personality, memory loss, and at worst, death. The memory area of the "Anima Box" is none other than the human brain. Asuna understood, and sighed.

"What should I do if Professor Alice can't fix it? How can you get Jupiter back to normal? ”

"Asuna. Didn't you have any doubts in the first place? Why did Jupiter suddenly make such a move? \"

Asuna was surprised when she was asked this question. Indeed, Jupiter had never been like this before, and today he is still throwing a tantrum.

"Now that I think about it, why did Jupiter suddenly appear here?"

"Asuna, you should know that we have the ability to repair ourselves. And by absorbing other data, we can repair it even stronger. \"

"I understand that, but Jupiter doesn't do it anymore."

The self-repair of "MHHP", "absorption evolution" is always activated, and if the self is damaged, it will regularly absorb various data and recover on its own. Jupiter, which was supposed to be nothing, became like this because it absorbed data on Asuna's dishes and ingredients. Leland said this, much to Asuna's surprise.

"Did Jupiter heal itself after eating the food I cooked?"

"yes, even if you see it with your own eyes, you won't know."

"I think that's the way it is, Jupiter 'assimilated and evolved' by eating the food his mother cooked. In a sense, this is the Lilan of a child's growth. ”

When Shino whispered this, Asuna felt more convinced.

Jupiter has been absorbing the food he has been fed and has undergone "absorption evolution" with it. At this point, the storage area inside the heart energy box has been repaired, and the memories of the past are about to be evoked.

"yes, I can't believe it's happening without me knowing"

That's when Asuna noticed. If Jupiter is able to "absorb evolution" to repair itself by eating the dishes it cooks, then perhaps Jupiter will eventually be able to fix everything. Instead of looting monster data like I did back then.

"Then, if it goes on like this, Jupiter will be able to get everything back, and he is also itchy, so it's better to do it as soon as possible"

Asuna spoke a little too quickly, and Leland replied apologetically.

"Yes, that's the problem, it's not enough now, your cooking data can only fix Jupiter's memory area a little."

“？”

The most complex and bulky structure of the Anima box is its memory area. To completely repair a damaged storage area, a large amount of dense data is required.

So far, only a piecemeal fix has been made with the data of the food that Asuna fed him, but this is only the minimum necessary and not perfect. If we're going to go further, that's not enough.

In order to recover everything as in the past, denser and larger data is required. If Asuna had cooked as usual, everything else should have been taken care of.

After hearing so much, Asuna seemed to understand what Jupiter needed in the future, and she couldn't help but frown.

"So, what does it take to restore Jupiter's memory?"

"In fact, it seems that one way to quickly fix Jupiter's Yui is to have Jupiter repeat what he did in the first place."

Shino shouted to Kirito, who put his hand on his chin. The intent is clear, "What the hell are you trying to say!" However, neither Riran nor Strea denied it, and in the end Riran spoke.

Kirito was right. If you want a quick fix for Jupiter, there's no other way. Yuichi's solution was to inject Jupiter's "Anima Box" with a massive amount of data that was far denser than Asuna's cooking. "Nope. ”

After saying that, Lilan operated the holographic keyboard again. Immediately afterward, Yui's heart energy box materialized, was enveloped in light, returned to Yui's chest, and disappeared as if it had merged into it. When Riran closes the holographic keyboard, Yui's tightly closed eyelids open.

Yui's closed eyelids opened, revealing her usual black eyes. Discovering that Yui's consciousness was back here, Shino immediately rushed to Yui's side and called out to her.

"Yu, you"

"I'm back, Mom."

This means that it has just recovered from hibernation. Shino inadvertently understood, hugging Yui's delicate body, and Kirito approached her. The usual sight of the three.

However, even if Asuna saw Yui now, she couldn't cover the appearance of the white box summoned from Yui's chest. At the same time, flashbacks of the scene I was supposed to see in the "SAo" started to appear.

Suddenly, Jupiter appears on the field, attacks the field boss, and devours its wreckage. The moment when the "Absorption Evolution" function is realized. The sensation that crept through her mind caused Asuna to feel a discomfort similar to dizziness.

Yuki, who witnessed this scene from beginning to end, had a more serious expression on her face than Asuna, and her voice was weak when she asked Lilan.

"Then Jupiter has to do something similar again."

"Now unless you do that, his memory won't be restored. If you don't eat the data like I do"

When answering this question, Lilan's face was not very good-looking. In fact, as a result of constantly plundering other data, Lilan not only regained her former self, but also managed to gain great power.

We have been helped by this power. I shudder just thinking about what would have happened if Ryland hadn't come to Kirito or hadn't come to us at that time.

However, Lilan shouldn't be like this, his current strength was not necessary in the first place. For Lilan, it was also unfortunate that his younger brother Jupiter had to go through the same process. It's something I'd like to avoid if possible. Asuna agrees.

"So, Lilan, don't you remember what Jupiter said, or what was said about former Jupiter? Lilan is Jupiter's older sister, so we've definitely had some interactions. If we talk about the former Jupiter, then what about Jupiter? Don't remind me of that. ”

Answering Filia's question, Lilan folded her arms.

"Jupiter says the man who must be healed" is that it's about the marker function. ”

For example, when an accident occurred at a construction site, two patients were taken to the hospital. If there is a patient with a broken toe and a patient whose body has been pierced by an iron tube, the latter will be treated first.

Similarly, when MHHP encounters multiple treatment targets, it prioritizes, makes its own judgment, flags them, and treats.

Jupiter's "person who must be cured" refers to a player who Jupiter judged to be seriously ill at the time. Lilan said lightly. It seems that he is looking at himself objectively.

"When did you find someone to cure at SAo?" If Game of Death had just begun, it would have been less than two years ago. What's the point of remembering such a thing now? So\"

Asuna did not deny Lizz Bett's eyebrows. You have a point.

It is unclear when the player Jupiter said had to be cured was marked, and if it was after the start of the Game of Death, it is possible that he would have died soon. As soon as the death game began, hundreds of people were killed by the first-tier monsters.

One of the parties, Celica, had a sad expression on her face.

"Wouldn't it be better not to remember this? I'd be shocked if that person was dead."

"yes, and maybe Jupiter would have been happier if he hadn't remembered."

When Lilan lowered her head, a shadow fell on his face. Although it seemed to recall a painful memory of one day, Asuna couldn't resist the urge to ask.

"What does this mean? After all, Lilan knows Jupiter. ”

When Asuna said the words that represented the wishes of everyone in the room, Lilan was silent for a moment before interjecting.

"I and Jupiter are the same Agus, created as sisters and brothers. We were created to understand the human heart and heal the spirit, and we are provided with education, training, and learning programs to accomplish our mission. I was told that before. But we've never been together.

Well, we failed to have a clear purpose for the development of Jupiter together. Everyone knows the shape of Jupiter. Jupiter doesn't look like Alice. Like Wa Tai Zhida, she does not have any traits similar to those in Airi. That's probably what it is."

Along the way, Lilan's language and tone begin to change. This is not Relan, but the Unit 01 martel of mhhp. Now that he has spoken of old Agus, I'm afraid his tone will return to the way it was back then.

The current Lilan is not Kirito's "acquaintance", but Jupiter's sister Martell. Kirito was not worried about this and shouted at Martell.

"What is that clear purpose?" "What is that clear purpose?"

Lilan nodded, making no secret of her true identity, Martell, and continued.

After a certain amount of study and study, Martell sneaked out of his room and swam to the internet, where he monitored Argus's internal camera.

That's the time. I often hear female employees working at Argus happen to be near the camera saying things like "Jupiter healed me" and "Jupiter is a masterpiece".

When I moved to another camera to eavesdrop on the conversation, I noticed that the female employees were all praising Jupiter, saying that Jupiter was amazing and that everyone was talking about Jupiter. Male employees often talk about Martell, while female employees always talk about Jupiter.

It's as if Jupiter was the idol of Argus. Martell couldn't have been uninterested in Jupiter, but at the same time he felt a sense of discomfort.

Although Martell and Jupiter are said to be brother and sister, Martell was never allowed to visit his younger brother.

If you go online, you can easily get information about your siblings, and you can tell that the relationship between the older sister and the younger brother is very close. Even though my brother was right next to me, I never met him. Neither the employee in charge of his studies nor his father, Akihiko Kayaba, would let him see him. This was Martell's biggest question at the time, and it also aroused his intense curiosity.

I wonder how Jupiter attracts female employees. I want to know what kind of person my brother is. Martell was curious and tried to use the cracking ability he had cultivated to travel to Jupiter. However, no matter how hard I tried to crack the passage to Jupiter, it couldn't be opened.

Although I have breached the security of various websites and networks, no matter how powerful, the security keys connected to Jupiter have an extremely complex special structure that cannot be opened no matter how hard I try.

Martell repeated the process over and over again, but it still didn't go well, and in the end he wasn't allowed to go to where Jupiter was. Perhaps that's why Martel found out he was interested in Jupiter, and one day, Akihiko showed him a picture.

The person in the photograph is a boy with eyes as blue as the sea, a thin girlish face, and silver-white hair. Akihiko said it was Martel's younger brother, Jupiter.

When Martel got the photo, he naturally asked Akihiko. Why can't I go to Jupiter? Akihiko told me, "I'll see you when the game I'm working on starts," but he didn't give me any specific reason.

Martell continued to sneak into the company's cameras thereafter, but at some point, he began to hear disturbing stories about Jupiter more often. Both male and female employees were there to talk.

Although it is a story about Jupiter, "Jupiter has collapsed again", "Jupiter has collapsed again", "What did Jupiter do wrong?" "It's not a pleasant story at all. Even the stories of female employees are negative, such as "I can't believe Jupiter-kun is breaking down again" or "Did we ruin Jupiter-kun?" ”

One of those words remained in Martel's heart forever.

"In the end, Jupiter is a failure, with fatal flaws."

After that. There were rumors of removing Martell and Jupiter, but in the end, developer and overseer Alice Akihiko did not delete them, but instead sealed them inside Ayn Grant.

After a considerable conversation, Martell sat down in his chair deeply, and the surroundings became as quiet as a forest. At that moment, Asuna felt Martell's words pierce deep into her heart like a stake.

In the end, Jupiter failed with a fatal flaw.

My child is a failure.

Asuna felt herself confronted with such a fact and couldn't help but deny it immediately, so she broke the silence.

\"Jupiter is a loser!? This is not true! Because of that kid!! \"

Contrary to Asuna's emotions, Martell smiled coldly.

"Jupiter is not a failed work of Yuichi. Me too. We are all losers. The successful work is Yui, Strea and others' "mhcp". Well, it's created using our reflections. That's the '' mhcp. "MHHP" failed from the start, so "MHCP" was created. Originally, we would have been deleted. ”

"Lilan no, Martell you"

Martell turned to look at Kirito with a surprised and sad expression, and smiled wryly.

"It doesn't matter. Although it failed, it still had the power to heal people, and even after the collapse, I was able to gain such great power. Most importantly, I was able to meet Kirito and them.

But I'm Yui, a kind person. Jupiter was presumably created for a clear purpose and was properly groomed for that purpose, but in the end, he was sealed as a loser because he was unable to exert his powers. Jupiter, who was treated like this, probably collapsed in the seal before I did. ”

"It's not true"

Asuna felt something rise up her cheek. If it rises a little higher, it might reach my eyes and come out in the form of tears.

A strong emotion was born in my chest. I feel sad about the fact that my child is a loser and the circumstances around me, but at the same time I feel intense anger.

Jupiter was a kind child. You can have feelings for someone, and you can do everything for someone. I'm sure that's because that's how Jupiter was created from the beginning, and because that's how he was raised. However, that doesn't change the fact that Jupiter is a kind kid who cares about others.

However, when Jupiter was created as such, the developers saw Jupiter as a failure and tried to remove it. I tried to erase everything about such a kind and innocent child, thinking that it was a waste. I can't forgive that.

\"So, Asuna. I don't recommend recovering Jupiter's memory. Such words will definitely bring back a lot of painful memories\"

Hearing Martell's deep voice, Asuna realized that she had an extra book in her head.

It is an album full of memories with Jupiter. It is a book that can be read over and over again, as it is full of many memories of spending time with Jupiter and exists only in the body of a girl named Asuna.

Asuna can't open the book right now. The creator of this album, Jupiter, used to have a clear purpose and plan to create it, but it was ultimately rejected due to failure.

It has a fatal flaw so much that we don't even know what it is.

There is a being inside Jupiter that I don't know is sleeping. I couldn't decide if waking up was a blessing or a curse.

What if Jupiter collapsed the moment he regained his memory? I absolutely hate that. However, if this continues, Jupiter will be tormented by memories that he cannot remember.

As Jupiter's mother, I am the one who treats Jupiter as my beloved child. But where should I take Jupiter? Where should I take Jupiter?

No matter how much I thought, I couldn't find the answer. The efforts and knowledge they have accumulated in order to live up to their parents' expectations do not seem to have been successful. Lizbet seemed to understand her mood and whispered to her, but Asuna shook her head.

"I'm sorry I don't know what to do right now"

"Let Asuna decide. You are now the mother of that child. \"

Martell's voice had words in my voice that I wasn't used to hearing. I can hear the content clearly. However, I heard voices coming from somewhere.

Asuna is the mother of the failed work Jupiter.

The words were stuck in Asuna's chest like a stake.

After completing a discussion similar to the meeting at Asuna's house, Kirito returned to the hotel with Shino and Yui.

I wanted to buy one day, but I hadn't been able to buy my own house yet, so Yui ended up staying at a hotel.

It seems that Asuna bought the house because Jupiter wanted a place to live comfortably, but we also needed to give Yui a house as soon as possible so that she could live with Lilan and Streya.

While thinking so, Yui returned to his usual room, walked to the side of the bed and lay down. Next, Shino lay down beside him, and Kirito also lay down, and the three of them formed the shape of a river. Soon, Yui sighed softly and began to fall asleep.

The order of sleep is Yui, Shino, and Kirito, and Kirito always falls asleep watching the sleeping faces of his beloved daughter and wife.

This time, I was going to admire their sleeping faces in the same way, but my wife, Shino, had no intention of falling asleep and continued to caress Yui's cheeks while she was sleeping. Kirito asked in a low voice as suspicious that Shino was different from usual.

\"Shina, don't you sleep? \"

"Yes"

"Do you have anything else to do?"

Shino shook her head. A gentle gaze fell on the sleeping Yui.

\"Hey Kirito. Yui is our child, right? \"

\"Huh? Ah, yes. That's right, Yui is definitely our daughter. \"

\"yes. But I don't know anything about Yui\"

“？”

Shino gently moved her hand from Yui's cheek to her hair and began to caress her hair gently.

"Even though we've been living together for two years, I never knew or imagined that Yui was actually like this. Yui is still full of things we don't know. ”circle“

Indeed, Yui and I have been living together since we met and adopted her on the 22nd floor of SAo. It's been nearly two years, but today I know for the first time that Yui has something called an "Anima Box" inside her body, and it corresponds to Yui's brain. ta。

Although some time had passed, Kirito still vividly remembered the appearance of the white box coming out of Yui's chest, and he couldn't believe that it was the embodiment of Yui's real body. Thinking so, Kirito also began to stroke Yui's forehead.

\"yes. Yui and Lilan are probably still full of things they don't know. Indeed, there are some things that only Alice-Sand knows. \"

That's why I asked. This child is our child. \"

Kirito's eyes widened in shock. Shino had a worried look on her face.

"When I saw Yui's Anima box, I was a little scared. I wonder what the hell Yui is...... What do we see in Yui? I thought so too..."

"Shino"

There are still many unsolved mysteries about Yui. What happened to Yui? Where is UNIYI going from here? Even Kirito, who is accustomed to predicting the future of many things, cannot predict the future of Yui. Thinking of this, I think I can understand Shino's thoughts.

"But, by being with you like this, through what you said to me, I realized that this child was our lovely child. Whether it's \"mhcp\" or \"Anima box\" or whatever...... Yui is all Yui, she is our child. ”

Shino's expression gradually brightened, and Kirito smiled.

There are a lot of things I don't understand about Yui, but from now on I just need to understand them. It is the responsibility of parents to understand their children.

Even though Yui is "MHCP", she is still their beloved child.

Kirito, who understood it again, also stroked Yui's hair like Shino. It feels very smooth to the touch.

"Yes. Yui is our children's Yui. I can say that without a doubt. So, for the sake of Yui, we must find it as soon as possible. The source of the 22nd floor of Ayn Grant, the land, the house\"

"Can I find it?"

"I don't think I'll find it. I'll find it. Then I think we'll be able to live together again. ”

Shino smiled and nodded. After smiling the same, Kirito looked at Yui. But just after that. Shino looked a little worried again.

"Kirito is about Asuna and Jupiter"

"Yes"

"Asuna, are you alright? \"

Kirito anticipates that Shino will talk about Asuna, and he worries about Asuna as well.

After hearing the truth about Jupiter, Asuna's expression began to become extremely anxious and worried, and this continued until she left Asuna's house.

No wonder he faces the fact that the child he loves has a similar system to Yui and is considered a loser of Argus, and if Yui is like that, I'm sure I'll end up just like that. Just like Asuna.

"Yes, I'm worried about her, and I'm worried about Jupiter."

"I didn't expect Jupiter to be treated like this, Jupiter's memories may be a little messy, but it's terrible that Jupiter still wants to remember them"

Shino looked at Yui with a sad expression. If Jupiter's mother were her, she seems to be imagining something like this. Originally, it was a coincidence that Yui came to them, and judging from the situation, it is not impossible for Jupiter to come to them.

If Yui and Jupiter were the opposite, I would be confused right now. It's easy for Kirito to imagine himself at the time. Asuna's thoughts now.

"Fatal flaw, I can't believe Jupiter has such a thing."

"Asuna, I wish you had realized this sooner, maybe we need to think about it too. \"

Even if he was told Kirito, he couldn't answer. I think I've seen a lot about Jupiter, but there's so much more we don't understand, and even his basic behavior and character can only be roughly understood.

A kind, gentle, caring boy for his mother. That's the statue of Jupiter that Kirito saw, and it's fair to say that he doesn't know anything else.

Perhaps Jupiter himself has a part of himself that is only shown to Asuna. Suffice it to say, what we know about Jupiter is still quite lacking.

Kirito gathered his thoughts and conveyed them to Shino.

"Asuna is Yui's one who knows Jupiter. As for Jupiter, I think I'll have to give it to Asuna. \"

\"yes, but, I don't know if Asuna will be okay\"

At times like these, I hope that Alice, the developer of Relan and Jupiter, will be present and give me advice. Kirito pondered this question repeatedly and tried to call him on his smartphone.

However, Alice never got through Alice's smartphone, and even once, I couldn't get her to consult me when I wanted to. Finally, I ended the matter when I happened to log in to SA:o. That's it.

I've heard from people that Riran, Yui, and Strea were taught things like the emergency line by Alice and instructed to use it when Alice's power was really needed. ta。 I thought about trying it, but the situation is hardly an emergency, so I don't want to use it.

Finally, the time when I'm able to ask Alice for instructions is the next time Alice logs in. I don't know when it's going to happen, what a terrible situation it is.

"Let's help Asuna. Maybe we can help. \"

"Are we going to do this?"

As soon as Shino whispered these words, I immediately felt a strong sense of sleepiness, as if it had been stored somewhere. My drowsiness grew stronger, my eyelids were heavy as if there was something heavy, and my consciousness began to blur. Among them, Shino's voice was heard, and Kirito replied desperately.

\"Hey, Kirito I want to say a few words to Yui\"

"Yes?"

\"If Yui could have a sister or a younger brother, which would be better\"

Shino was also visibly sleepy, and her voice sounded like she was about to fall asleep. Just as they dozed off, Kirito's words came to mind.

\"Yes, Yui already has a sister named Streya, so she's a younger brother after all\"

"Yui's brother is a boy, so what should we call him?"

"Yes, I think the name is this name, and the name is"

By the time he took it out, Kirito was already asleep.

The next day, I learned more about Jupiter.

Asuna suddenly finds herself caught in the middle of something she doesn't want to happen. When I came home from school as usual, I saw my dad and my brother, who usually work late and come home late.

Mom was naturally there, and when I asked about her, she told me that her father and brother had finished their work on time, so they decided to have dinner together as a family.

Asuna wanted to refuse if she could, but because her father and brother were not at home, she couldn't refuse, so the family had dinner together.

The meals prepared on the table were a little more luxurious than usual. Mostly made with expensive raw materials. Since my father and brother were there, we prepared a luxurious menu.

Although it was a small thing, he was probably really happy to be able to eat something delicious. The father and brother began to eat, looking happy, and Yui's mother kept a strict attitude and ate silently. It was because of her mother's presence that Asuna didn't want to attend the dinner.

Four people have a meal in a room that is not too bright. There was silence for the first few minutes, no one spoke, and everyone continued to eat their food. After about a few minutes, the young man sitting next to Asuna, who was her brother Koichiro, stopped eating and shouted to Asuna.

"Asuna. Can I see Jupiter-kun again next vacation? \"

"Huh? Ah, well, but Jupiter is currently in SA:o, so I have to convert it to ALo. ”

\"That's right, only Asuna has a ticket to SA:o. I wish I could go to my Amusphere, but I don't have a ticket, so don't bother. \"

Koichiro smiled bitterly. While her basic facial features are similar to those of her mother, her overall calm demeanor is reminiscent of her father.

When he went to work and worked, it was the expression and hairstyle of a businessman, but now, it was the hairstyle and expression of a scruffy, age-appropriate young man. Even the way they speak will be completely different from when they go to work.

"It's okay, Jupiter wants to see my brother, or even my father."

As she spoke, Asuna turned her gaze to the left in front of her. There was a chair in front of Koichiro, and the person sitting there to eat was a middle-aged man with a slightly wider build, and his hair was not yet gray. This is Shozo, Asuna's father.