\"Hey, Asuna, what did you think of!?\"
"I'm sorry, you two, I'm leaving first!"
After saying that, Asuna kicked off the floor and left the restaurant. Then I went down the stairs and into the corridor and I started walking briskly and when I left the school I started running again.
If you stop midway, take out your smartphone and check the screen, it says 1:00 PM. Shino's room in the apartment near the school used to cook together, and Shino told her that it was time to go to the nearby supermarket to prepare dinner.
Shino lives alone, and after school she goes to buy ingredients for dinner. And now that the time has come, you might be able to find Shino at the supermarket near the school. There was no way Shino would be locked in a room without eating for three days.
No, maybe Shino would do that, but if he couldn't find it in the supermarket, the last resort would be to go directly to Shino's room. That's all I'm going to do this time.
"Shino"
After whispering her best friend's name, Asuna ran to the supermarket where her best friend often went. About two minutes later, they came to the sidewalk on a road with many vehicles passing by. Asuna stopped running and started walking, but her speed was very fast, faster than anyone walking.
People walking in the town looked at the chestnut-haired girl walking quickly with curious eyes, and even glanced at her, but the girl was not worried about them at all and continued walking briskly. Then she walked for a while on the sidewalk, turned the corner, and arrived at her destination—in front of the supermarket.
At dusk, when I went there before, there were many cars parked in the parking lot and a lot of people shopping, but there seemed to be fewer people. There were as many customers as there were trees in the forest, so it was extremely difficult to find Shino, but it should be relatively easy to find her now.
"I should be able to go now"
I muttered as I walked towards the supermarket entrance. The automatic door at the entrance of the supermarket opened, and a person walked out, probably a customer who had just finished shopping.
She has dark brown semi-long hair, her temples are tied with white ribbons, and she is wearing a white hoodie and a black skirt below her knees. The beige color seems to hold all kinds of things. hands and look deeply down. That was the figure of a person coming out of it. When Asuna saw that figure, she couldn't help but scream.
\"Shinono!!\"
After walking a few steps from the supermarket entrance, the girl stopped, and the voice seemed to reach her ears. Asuna immediately ran out, walked across the parking lot, and walked towards the girl. When Asuna approached, she found that the girl's appearance matched the person she was looking for, and she felt relieved. It seems that he can go out normally.
\"Shino, nice to meet you. I'm worried about you.\"
Shino, who was finally able to see him, just lowered his head and said nothing. Whether she didn't want to see her face or didn't want to show her face - she seemed to be able to feel her emotions, but Asuna put aside this idea and shouted to Shino again.
\"Shino, are you okay? I'm worried about Shino\"
When I asked this question, Shino's face finally slowly appeared, but as soon as it caught her eyes, Asuna was at a loss. There was no light in Shino's eyes, and it was as dark as the bottom of darkness. And there are dark circles under the eyes.
Shino's face was right there, a face we had never seen since we were together.
\"Shinon, non\"
"...tomorrow"
Asuna's name came out of Shino's dark eyes. Asuna could only look at her best friend's face, which had completely changed within three days.
"sorry that I had you worried"
After meeting Shino at the entrance of the supermarket, Asuna went to the apartment where the SAo survivors lived and entered Shino's room. There was still some distance from the supermarket, so Shino and I walked all the way here, but perhaps because Shino's atmosphere was too strong, Asuna didn't say anything. In the end, they failed to open it, and both of them walked towards the apartment without speaking.
In front of Shino's room in the apartment, you couldn't hear the sounds of daily life at all, maybe because of the soundproofing equipment. After arriving there, Asuna felt that the place might have been wild. It was very tidy inside, without too many things placed or scattered.
Despite Shino's own problems, her room was clean. When I was stunned by the sight in front of me, Sinon said: "Come up." After hearing this, Asuna finally went upstairs to Shino's room.
Once in the room, Shino feebly placed her handbag in front of the refrigerator, then stumbled over to the table and sat down, with Asuna sitting in front of her.
At this time, I turned my eyes to Shino in front of me, but Shino still lowered his head and did not raise it. Shino's hair was a little messy and lacked its usual luster. It was obvious that she no longer took care of her hair.
\"Yes, Shino.\"
"Um"
"Are you okay? The dark circles under my eyes are so bad."
"It's okay, I only slept a little in three days."
"Hey, this is not okay! Why are you doing this? You didn't come to school at all."
Then Shino turned her face to the window. Asuna subconsciously understood that although Shino's eyes were reflected outside the window, the scenery outside the window would not necessarily unfold in Shino's eyes.
"I didn't want to do anything. Go to school, study, play games, I didn't want to do anything. I didn't want to eat at all. I had no appetite."
"Then why don't you sleep? If you can sleep, you can do it."
"I can't sleep because when I sleep, I have nightmares. That's why I don't want to sleep anymore."
"never..."
"This is far from an unhealthy lifestyle." Not eating much, not moving much, and coupled with insomnia, Shino's body was weak just thinking normally. If she continues to live like this, Shino's body will quickly weaken. Shino kept repeating things that she couldn't think of before.
\"Why are you doing this? Shino, you will die if you continue like this!\"
"Because I don't want to do anything. No one is checking on me anymore."
\"So far, even if something happens to Sinon, I can say that she is fine.\" The reason is that Sinon has an excellent dedicated psychiatrist named Alice. If Shino goes to see her, she can immediately solve Shino's troubles, but now Alice has quit her job as a psychiatrist and gone to a place she doesn't know.
Normally, even then, they could talk to each other on the phone, but maybe Alice was too busy to answer the phone. I heard Suguha say that before that, when Kazuto couldn't recover from the shock of Shino saying goodbye, he tried to call Airi, but Airi didn't answer at all. It is no exaggeration to say that love is unreliable.
However, if Alice examines Shino now, she will be able to find out the reason immediately, and Asuna also feels that she understands why Shino became like this.
\"Shino must be Kazuto-kun's business.
At this moment, Shino's body started to twitch. It's a star - thinking of this, Asuna seemed to have caught the light and continued to talk to Shino.
\"As I said, Shino, I have something to talk to you about. No one is listening here, so I'll just say it.\"
Xiao Fei. Why did you break up with He Renjun? Kazuto wasn't the one who knew Shino better than anyone else. but why-"
"Don't mention that name!!!"
Shino, who had remained silent, suddenly shouted, causing Asuna to tremble and shut her mouth. Immediately afterwards, Shino's body trembled slightly and she spoke again.
"I'm an idiot. Falling in love with that guy and being with that guy is all a mistake. Like an idiot, let a girl come near you and fall in love with him. Even though there are many people like this, they only look at me, Doing things I didn’t ask them to do. It’s so disgusting to see through!!”
Asuna is attracted to Shino, who talks so fast and insults Kazuto that it's hard to believe that she is the same Shino. Sinon seemed to have forgotten that Asuna was nearby and continued to move her mouth.
"On top of that, you've been keeping a lot of secrets from me. That's certainly refreshing."
Then Shino raised her head slightly. The corners of his mouth raised slightly, and his smile was a little distorted, but it quickly returned to normal, and his dull eyes slowly turned to Asuna's chestnut eyes.
"Then what is he doing now? Has he come to school?"
\"Yeah. You haven't been here for a long time. You and Shino are in the same situation.\"
"Yes.
At this moment, Asuna coughed lightly. Shino's words just now were full of Kazuto's curses, but they didn't have the same feeling as usual. I don’t feel the same way I feel when I’m just telling the truth, it feels like I’m listening to someone lie all the time. I don't know if what Shino is saying now is true. It could also be Xiao...
Thinking of this, Shino suddenly raised his arms and stretched.
"Well, I haven't talked to you for a long time. Somehow, I feel better. After all, it's best to let others listen to your complaints."
""
"I don't know if it's time to go back to school. He's gone. Ah, but before that, I have to do something about this dark circle, but I don't know how long it will take to heal."
""
Shino's mood suddenly brightened. It looks like spitting out the accumulated things, but not a single word is empty and does not carry any truth. I've been feeling this way for a while but it's like I'm trying to convince myself otherwise by making it look like I'm telling someone else.
\"By the way, Liz, Silica, and Keiko will come to school as usual, right?\"
\"Yeah. We are all worried about Shinono. So, if possible, I hope you can come to school\"
"I see, I did something bad to the two of them. I have to go to school quickly. I can't lie to the teacher forever."
""
At this time, Shino suddenly yawned greatly. Just when Asuna was surprised by this sudden incident, Shino rubbed her eyes and whispered.
\"I'm sorry, Asuna. I'm a little sleepy for some reason.\"
\"Are you resting? Shino.\"
"Yes.
\"Okay, Shino, eat well, sleep well, and then come to school early.\"
"Yeah, I understand."
After saying that, Asuna stood up, said goodbye to Sinon, walked to the front door, opened the slightly heavy door, and left Sinon's room. When I took my smartphone out of my bag and checked the time, it read 2:20 p.m. The time I entered Sinon's room was around 2:00 pm. It seemed that I couldn't stay in Sinon's room for too long, and I couldn't talk to Shino.
"Shino"
Asuna stood there and lowered her head. In terms of Shino's state just now, it's hard to say that she was obviously normal, and she also said that she lived an unhealthy life. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't be so dizzy and have such horrible dark circles.
not only. Although she has been watching for a long time, Shino's heart is now under a lot of pressure and she is quite tired. If Shinon's already fragile and fleeting mind continues to be exposed to such situations, Shinon's spirit will completely collapse in the near future. Moreover, Shino's body had already weakened so much in three days, and he would probably die from fatigue in about two weeks.
If this continues, Shino will die mentally and physically.
"I have to do something soon."
""
If possible, I would like to discuss countermeasures with Alice, who I just thought of. However, I haven't heard from Alice so far, and I rarely log into ALo, so trying to talk to her is useless. In this case, I thought about discussing it with my daughter Lilan, but Lilan himself seemed to feel that the situation was out of control, and he seemed to be in trouble even at school. Even if you consult them, they won't give you a good answer.
"Then..."
Asuna operated her smartphone, activated the phone book, and added the operation to display a certain name as she walked. Jupiter is the same being as Rui Ran, who I met during SAo and became my beloved son.
Although Jupiter is younger than Liran, he has the power to heal people's hearts because he is an advanced type of mental health counseling program that Yui and Strea belong to, and he also has the same counseling function as them. And Jupiter is not stuck in the current situation like Lelan.
"I'm sure Jupiter will come up with some kind of countermeasure." Even though he and Lilan are on the same program, he doesn't have the same thinking circuit as Lilan.
With that in mind, Asuna pressed the call start button and put the smartphone to her ear. As soon as the communication tone sounded, a voice came over.
"Hello mother"
"Jupiter, yes, this is my mother."
"Mom, what happened?"
"Jupiter, can we talk now? I have something I want to talk to you about."
\"What do you want to discuss? What happened?
"Yeah actually."
Asuna walked around the apartment and walked down the stairs, talking to her beloved son about Shino's condition on her smartphone. By the time it was over, Asuna had already walked out of the apartment.
"That's it, Shino-sama, is that true?"
"Yes.
"This is not okay! Sister Shino, you will die if you continue like this! I can't do this!\"
At first, Jupiter didn't even know the concept of death, but now he understands various concepts. So when Jupiter heard that someone might die, his reaction was almost human. Although he was born later than Lilan, Jupiter was a "human" born in the computer world and was on the same level as Lilan.
"I think so.
\"Shino-san and Kirito-san have a very good relationship. But why are they together with Kirito-san\"
"That is..."
Asuna then told Jupiter everything. What Lilan said, what happened to Kazuto now, and what Kazuto became now, all left no trace. Jupiter listened quietly, and after Asuna finished speaking, he finally began to speak.
"Yes. The current Kirito Ni-chan\"
\"Yes. So, Zi Nai seems to hate what others tell me and Renjun the most.\"
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"But you know, it's kind of weird."
"Strange?\"
"I don't know what to say. I mean, you didn't mean to say bad things about you. I don't know if you think you didn't tell the truth. I feel like I was persuaded." So..."
"Did you tell yourself that?\"
"Yes.
At this point, Jupiter's words suddenly stopped. Normally, he would have responded immediately and continued the conversation, but Jupiter suddenly stopped talking. Could it be that something happened to Jupiter? Asuna said to her smartphone in a panic.
"Jupiter? What's wrong?"
"Mother. I may know the truth
"Uh what did you find?"
"I'll be talking from now on. So I want you to convey it to Kirito-san.\"
\"For Kazuto-kun? So?\"
\"Sister Shino is——\"
"Eight o'clock that night."
Since losing his beloved Shino, Kirito\/Kazuto has become like an empty shell, as if he has lost everything. I couldn't even swallow the food that Suguha and my mother Lu Lu made for me. It's terrible to just hang down like that. Kazuto's current state can only be seen from the side as a useless person.
However, thanks to Suguha and Midori's enthusiastic charity and support, he was able to eat, bathe, and sleep, but even so, he could not only use computers and the Internet, but also activate Amusphere. Even if I regained my will to eat, bathe, and sleep, I couldn't wake up and play with everyone like I normally would.
If you go to the VR world now, you will definitely be able to see everyone, and you can also do tasks and fight monsters as before. Because there is no one left. Sinon already hates herself so much that there is no doubt that she will never appear in the VR world where she is.
I don't care about a VR world without Shino - this is an idea that Kazuto would never have thought of until now. I can't even do anything.
However, that night, I received an email from Asuna. The content is extremely simple, "Waiting at ALo's hotel." When I first understood the text, I thought I would ignore it because I wanted to see if he did a good job, or something like that, but I thought maybe there was something to be said.
The latter thought grew within minutes, and eventually I couldn't help but worry. In order to figure this out, it might be worth diving for the first time in a while - Kazuto, who had been curious from the beginning, as if driven by the idea, raised his heavy hips without touching it at all. Putting Amusphere on his head, he entered the VR world, the world of fairies.
So, after three days, Kazuto became a member of the Spriggan tribe for the first time and headed to the Rhine, the capital of the sky. Although it was only three days, Kirito felt as if he hadn't seen the capital line in the sky in front of him for a long time, and he couldn't move for a while. But Kirito immediately remembered the purpose of coming here, and went to the hotel he had made an appointment with Asuna\/Asuna.
I didn’t know what Asuna had to say—thinking about this, I soon arrived at a hotel. Among them, Kirito spotted a girl with long light blue hair wearing white and blue clothes, and a boy wearing white clothes. Long silver hair and a white hoodie. The people who sent her the email were Asuna and her son Jupiter.
Kirito was a little surprised by Jupiter's appearance because he thought Asuna was the only one waiting for him, but he went to see them anyway. After meeting the two of them, Asuna first expressed her pleasure to meet them and invited them to my room.
I came here to listen to what Asuna said, so Kirito walked into the room without nodding or shaking his head.
\"So Asuna, what are you talking to me about?\"
\"Kirito-kun, well, I heard a lot from Lilan. What happened to Kirito-kun now, and what happened to Sinon when I told her about it?\"
"...I know everything"
"…Yes.
Then Kirito said "Haha" and spoke again. If Asuna knew this story, she would definitely speak up soon. I can tell you everything that happened and how it happened.
\"This is all my fault. Shino is very disappointed with me because she knows that I have been hiding this matter. I am not the kind of person who can take away Shino's memory. I betrayed Shino, and Shino was also I betrayed.\"
"Yeah, so"
\"That's why Shino left me, and it was natural for her to break off the relationship. I was supposed to heal her, but I hurt Sinon's heart, so that's why this happened.\"
"Yes, this is all my fault." The reason why this happened is because I don't deserve it, because I did something to hurt Shino. Because I hurt Shino, she will naturally hate me and reject me. From the beginning, I had no qualifications to get close to Shino.
Kirito ignored Asuna's words and spoke as if he wanted to spit out all the impurities and toxins accumulated in his body. Asuna and Jupiter just listened quietly without saying anything, but when Kirito finally stopped speaking, Jupiter, who had not opened his mouth, walked up to Kirito and opened his tightly closed mouth. mouth.
\"Does Brother Kirito think so too?\"
\"Ah, I think so too. It's all my fault. It's all my fault. I hurt Shino.\"
\"So you think Shino-sama has begun to hate Kirito-sama?\"
"Are you trying to tell me this was a mistake, Jupiter?"
"Yes"
"Jupiter nodded purely." I'm talking about Jupiter from the MHHP, the top exemplar of the MHCP whose mission is to heal people's minds and hearts. However, even if Jupiter cheers him up, this fact cannot be overturned.
\"Don't comfort me. It's over. Shino has severed ties with me. I've lost what I should do, I've lost everything I should protect. Now, it's all over.\"
\"Nothing is over, Kirito-san.\"
\"How can you say that! Shino clearly said that!!\"
\"Listen, Kirito-san!\"
"!"
As he yelled at the little silver boy, his mother, the light blue girl, grabbed Kirito's shoulders hard and brought his face closer, shouting loudly. Kirito didn't expect that he would be scolded, so he kept his mouth shut.
"Do you know what Shino is doing now?"
"I have no idea"
\"Shino is very embarrassed now. Don't eat too much, don't sleep, you will be very haggard.\"
At this moment, Kirito opened his eyes involuntarily. What's going on? After breaking up with Shino, I felt better, and I didn't do bad things anymore. I must be healthier than before. How come breaking up with you makes you haggard? Just when she was about to say this, Asuna moved her mouth first.
\"Kirito seems to think that Shino-san hates Kirito-san, but Sinon-san does not hate Kirito-san. That is Kirito-san's preconception.\"
"teeth"
\"Sinon is desperately trying to deceive himself and the people around him. He tells himself that he hates Kirito-kun and that Kirito-kun is the worst. He really doesn't think so. However, I desperately try to convince myself that and Kirito-kun Just like you.\"
"like me..."
Then Asuna lowered her head and looked for a moment. When Kirito was stunned by the suddenly silent girl in front of him, the silver-haired boy next to him continued to open his mouth.
\"Sister Lilan said. Brother Kirito's memory of Sister Sinon is corroding Brother Kirito. Brother Kirito, there is no doubt about this.\"
"Oh yeah"
\"Shino-sister, she thinks it's her fault.\"
"Well"
Sinon now thinks it's her fault that Kirito is like this. Moreover, in order to slow down the erosion of Shino's memory of Kirito, even a little bit, she tried not to have contact with Kirito, and continued to curse Kirito and hate Kirito extremely. Even though you said from the beginning you couldn't do this - yes, said Jupiter.
What's going on——When Kirito responded to Jupiter's words, Asuna, who had been resting, lowered her head and spoke again.
\"Shinon is staying away from Kirito-kun to protect him. I think if I'm not here, I can prevent Kirito-kun's heart from breaking. This is all for Kirito. I'm thinking of you.
\"I miss Kirito, so I want to protect him. You are forcing yourself not to like Kirito-kun. If Kirito-kun hates you, you are forcing yourself to do something you can't do.\"
Asuna raised her head. Beautiful light blue eyes, just like her hair, with big tears floating in the corners.
\"However, because it went too far, Sinon's body and mind collapsed in front of Kirito-kun. If this continues, Sinon will die for protecting you Kirito-kun. I will die before you\"! ! "
"The reason why Shino did this was because she wanted to be hated by herself." In order to reduce the burden on her soul and keep her away from death, Shino desperately tried to stay away from her. But as it turns out, Shino is dying. He committed suicide to protect Kazuto's existence - after knowing this fact, Kirito\/Kazuto was completely stiff.
\"Will Shino Shino die?\"
\"Yes, Sinon is in a state of panic now. If I let her go, she will die. But Sinon is trying to leave herself alone. If this continues, Sinon is really going to die.\"I want to die. "
Kirito's mouth was glued to Asuna's frantic pleas, and he sobbed. Shino is about to die, Shino is about to die from exhaustion - the moment I heard these words, my head went numb, and I could only listen to the words coming from my ears. Facing Kirito, Asuna's face was filled with tears.
\"Kirito-kun, no, Kazuto-kun and Hito-kun, what do you think of Shino? Do you hate Shino, or do you still like her\"
Sure enough, thanks to Shino's words, I had lost my appetite and lost my appetite. However, even so, the person named Shino Asada among Kazuto never extinguished the light and flame of his feelings for him, and the emotion of hating Shino never happened. Do you like Shino Asada or don't you like it? ——This question is ridiculous.
"That's it."
"?"
\"It's up to you to like her. I have never hated Shino, nor have I ever thought about it. Indeed, Shino told me at the time that she hated me and wanted to break up with me. But I think I like Shino, for this reason will not change!"
Asuna's eyes widened after hearing Kirito's clear testimony. Then, Jupiter beside him took a step forward and spoke to Kirito.
\"Kirito-sama. Shino-sama is really forcing herself too much. This is completely unnecessary. If she forces herself so much, then I have to stop her. That's what Shino-sama said, but the fact is that Sinon-sama I think Kirito-nii is necessary, so Kirito-nii"
The blue-eyed boy, who usually had a bright and soft expression, had a solemn expression on his face, making it difficult to believe that he was the same person as the ordinary boy.
\"Please tell Kirito Jiro and Shino Jiro one more time. Kirito Jiro, please stop Shino Jiro's unreasonable troubles.\"
Neither Jupiter nor Asuna would lie, so Shino was indeed eager to die. If Sinon encounters such a situation, I must go to her immediately, support her, and stop all unreasonable troubles. Shino tried to protect herself from death, but ended up dying instead. Shino's death shouldn't be a reality.
"But can I do it?" Originally, she was the one who caused this situation, and Shino, who was about to die, had completely cut off her own contact. Even if I forced myself to see him, I don't think he would listen to me. I think it has reached a point where I can't extricate myself. First of all, wasn't he the one who broke Shino's heart?
\"Brother Kirito\"
"Well"
\"Because I only heard some vague news from my mother and Yui, I don't know how Kirito Jiro and Shino Jiro live. Your injury has healed, right? Well, even this time , Kirito Jiro can also do something.\""
Hearing the blue-eyed boy's request, Kirito purred softly. Alice, the creator of this boy Jupiter, told me, and I was aware of it, but indeed, I kept thinking about supporting Shino's heart and healing her wounds, and I did my best. ta. And it seemed to have the desired effect. Shino's heart was much richer than when they first met, and she no longer felt hurt.
However, those are the scars Shino has endured to this day, and they were not caused by herself. I've been thinking for a long time, can Shino's emotional trauma be healed on her own?
"I don't know if I can do it now it's too late to do something like this"
\"You can do it, Kirito-san.\"
Then Asuna raised her head again. Not too long ago I was in tears, but now I'm sharp.
\"Because Shino loves Kirito very much, wants to talk about him, and even wants to protect him, you know? And now that you have come to this point, only you can do something.\".
\"Tell Shino what you think.\" Shino is waiting for that. "
After saying this, Asuna remained silent, but Kirito made no attempt to look away from her eyes. It's my fault that Shino got hurt. And if Shino died like this, it could be said to be her fault. Now, my beloved Shino Asada is about to die because of me. What I fear most is that Shino will die because of me.
"This is absolutely unacceptable." If Shino died like this, there would be no time to worry anymore. If he had time to do such a thing, he would have to go find Shino now.
\"Let's meet Shino again.\"
"So, again, tell it all."
"If this doesn't work, I'm really going to end it."
But I will definitely save Shino's life.
I will spend my whole life protecting Shino's life and heart.
"This is my mission."
\"Asuna, Jupiter, thank you. Thanks to you, I'm awake.\"
"!"
\"Brother Kirito!\"
Kirito turned to the smiling two people and nodded deeply.
\"I will go see Shino.
\"I won't let Shino die.\"
The music from her smartphone woke up Shino and she raised her upper body. At that time, I looked around gently. The room was as dark as night, and everything was dyed blue-black. No, it wasn't as dark as night, but I knew it was indeed night because the streetlights shone dimly through the cracks in the curtains beside the window.
"That"
Shino gently held her head and recalled the memories until now. If I remember correctly, I met Asuna after I went out to the supermarket to buy some things, and then I brought Asuna into this room. After chatting for a while and letting Asuna go home, I felt really sleepy, so I lay down on the bed and fell asleep. Apparently, he slept until nightfall.
To be able to sleep until this time - thinking about this, Sinon turned her eyes to the smartphone that was playing the music that woke her up, and she was completely awake. I'm sure a timer or alarm went off, but my phone is now receiving calls and there's a name on the display.
"That was my beloved child, Yui, and I thought I would never see him again."
\"Yuyi!?\"
Yui——Thinking this time, Shino picked up the smartphone, pressed the call start button, and put it to her ear. A voice I thought I'd never hear again came from deep within the speakers.
"Mom, can you hear me?"
\"Yui\"
\"Ah, Mom, I'm glad you called.\"
My daughter's voice sounded soothing. Thinking about it, Yui suddenly separated from her, and she must have thought that she would never see her again, let alone hear her voice. I feel relieved that I can hear my own voice in this situation. Thinking of this, my heart throbbed, but I still swallowed it for some reason, Sinon said to the girl on the other end of the smartphone.
\"Yuyi, what's wrong? You called me suddenly\"
"I have something to ask mom. Can I come to ALo now?
"Aro?"
"That's right. I want to talk to mom
"If you want to talk, you can do it over the phone."
"There's no use calling. I want to meet and talk to my mom in person. So mom, please use Amusphere and come over here."
Her voice was quite powerful for Yui. From this, Shino naturally understood that Yui's desire was quite strong. Of course, Yui is also in a situation where she cannot meet even if she suddenly wants to, and is forced to continue. Yui is an unexpectedly patient child, so she must have had a certain level of patience in the beginning, but she's reached her limit. but.
\"I understand. But, Yui, I also have something to ask.\"
"Yes?\"
\"Kirito, isn't dad here? I don't want to see dad.\"
\"Dad is not here. I want to talk to my mother, but Dad is not here.\"
"Then I'll go there too, where will you wait?"
\"This is the inn on the Tianjing Line. I will wait for you there, so please come over, mother.\"
\"With Kirito\/Meeting with Kirito consumes Kazuto's energy, so it's not good, but I can talk to Yui.\" Yui, who has been entrusted with meeting me so far, when she saw me, It will definitely be a pleasure. She could easily imagine Yui's joyful expression at that time. For the first time in a long time, Shino had the motivation to activate Amusphere.
\"I understand. Well, Yui, I'm going to see you now, please wait a moment.\"
"Yes!\"
After hearing Yui's cheerful answer, Shino temporarily ended the call, put down her smartphone, got out of bed and walked towards the dining table. On the table, which is usually empty, is the Amusphere I threw on the bed three days ago. At that time, Shino felt uneasy for a moment, thinking that it might have been broken because she hit it, but since Yui had predicted it, she had no choice but to go to ALo. I can't stand still.
Please, don't let it break - I thought to myself at the same time, I plugged the tip of the power cord (shaped into two overlapping circles) from the entrance to the fairyland into the socket, pressed the power button and saw that the power light came on, accompanied by a slight Startup sound. Seeing that the entrance to the fairy world was not closed, Shino breathed a sigh of relief, put it on her head, and lay on her back on the bed.
"Although I encountered some troubles, this is the first time I saw my daughter." While enjoying this joy, Shino slowly closed her eyes, then took a deep breath and thought about going to another world. Spell.
"Connection starts link starts"
After reciting the incantation, when I opened my eyes again, what I saw was a large Western-style building that would never appear in Japan, and fairies of various races walking on the streets. Seeing this scene, Sinon\/Sinon confirmed that she had arrived inside Alfheim Online, and her current location was in front of the portal. It's been three days since I've been here, but I can't help but feel like I haven't logged in in over a year.
This world has become so far away from Shino's daily life.
(However)
"If I remember correctly, I think I was in the back alley when I exited earlier." So if you logged in, you were supposed to start in the back alley, but your current location is in front of the transfer gate. The game itself seems to be set up in such a way that if a considerable amount of time passes after exiting, the next starting point will be in front of the portal. Having played ALo for a while, I thought I knew the game's specs, but this is the first time I'm learning about it.
"But it's just right." Since you can go to the hotel immediately, you should be able to meet Yui without waiting. It has been three days since the last time I saw Yui. I wonder if he is doing well - thinking about it and looking forward to Yui's expression when they met, Shino walked towards the hotel.
About two minutes later, Shino arrived at the hotel. There were many players in the foyer, but when I looked around, I spotted a familiar figure. A girl who is shorter than other players and wears a similar skirt, distinguished by long black hair. The person who was about to meet was Yui.
"Depend on!"
"Ah, Mom!!"
When she called, Yui also spotted Shino, ran to her side, jumped into Shino's arms, and hugged her tightly. Shino hugged her daughter's body tightly as she rushed toward her, feeling that she might never see her again.
\"Yui\"
"Mom, I thought I would never see you again."
"That's what I thought too. I'm sorry that things turned out like this."
As Shino spoke, she stroked Yui's head, and at the same time, Yui rubbed her cheek against Shino's chest. When Shino was happy that she could have physical contact with mother and daughter again, something she thought was impossible, Yui moved away from Shino's chest and met Shino's eyes.
"Mom, I want to talk to you."
"Yes, I know, that's why I asked you to come."
"Yes.
"It's not good here."
"Yes.
"It's okay, it's been three days since the last meeting, let's talk about it."
Shi Nai nodded, and Yi also nodded with a smile, saying: \ "." Then "then walked to the behind the hotel. After that, Shi Nai also walked while looking at Yui's back. Although I have said many times, it has been three days since I saw Jieyi, but I saw Jie Yi for the first time three days later. I don't know what kind of story she intends to tell herself. What happened to ALO or similar interesting things recently?
(No)
"Calm down and think about it, there is no way." At that time, I didn't tell her anything, and disappeared from the sight of Yui. I am convinced that Yui would ask me why I happened, and why when we were alone in the room, I wanted to do this. There is no funny story -thinking like this, Shi Nai feels stiff, but then Yu Yi stopped walking in front of her.
Unconsciously, I have come to the front of the room prepared by Jiyi.
\"Depend on\"
"Mom, we are in your room, let's go in."
Ye Xiu's face was still the same smile as before. At first glance, you will think that it will be interesting from now on, but considering the current situation, I think Yui will not speak that. Yiyi is probably wanting to talk about this more severe topic than this. However, she couldn't escape here, and Shi Nai could not allow Jiu to do such a thing.
"I got it"
After saying a few words, Shi Nai walked into the door where Yi Yi opened. The room is exactly the same as the hotel I usually live in, but I found some things that I can't find in the hotel, and I am speechless.
"A!"
In the same room as his usual room, a small elves boy standing black hair, thin face, and black coat -like clothes. Now I can't see him -no, I don't want to see him, it is Tongren.
Although I didn't want to see Kirito, why he was here -just when I thought so, Kirito immediately found Shi Nai who entered the room and opened his mouth and shouted Shi Nai's name.
\"Shino\"
Shi Nai heard the sound for the first time for a long time, and suddenly turned to leave the room, but was shocked again. Jie Yi, the person who did hard to speak to the real world for him, and took him here, but he firmly blocked it outside the door. Her face is no longer smiling as before, but serious.
\"Yui!\"
"I'm sorry, I lie to you."
"Why!"
Yiyi showed a sorry expression for a while, and then turned his face again and turned to Shi Nai. Seeing the majestic face, Shi Nai had nothing to say, and closed his mouth.
"Mom, I beg you. Please talk to Dad. Before talking to Dad, don't quit. Don't escape, please talk to your dad!"
As soon as she complained, Yui opened the door, left the room instantly, and then closed the door. Even if you put your hand on the door handle and try to rotate it, it does not show signs of movement. From the door and door handle from the clothes, the door was almost locked from the outside.
It seems to be a state. Moreover, this lock seems to be quite locked, no matter how hard I do, I can't open it.
"It seems you are completely trapped."
\"Shino\"
"I heard that voice again." Very familiar voice. As soon as he put it in his ears, Shi Nai gritted his teeth and opened his tightly mouth.
\ "You used Jieyi. Let Yui take me here \"
"Yes"
"You have done terrible things. Use that girl"
Shi Nai didn't look back at Kirito, and still looked at the door, whispered to Kirito.
"I don't want to talk to you, I'm going to quit."
"Jiao let me not quit. And, even if you have nothing to say to me, I have something to say to you, and I want to ask you."
"I don't want to hear, shut up."
"This requires me not to drink"
After speaking, Kirito slowly approached Shi Nai. Immediately, Shi Nai's ears moved, and then opened his mouth.
"Don't approach me, I don't want to talk to you anymore."
"Now, what do you think of me?"
Kirito's sudden question made Shi Nai hold it for a while. At that time, I wanted to turn around habitually, but I still held back and continued to face the door. Immediately afterwards, Kirito's voice came into my ears again.
"I'm asking you what you think about me now."
"How do you think you are? You know most."
"I don't know. I don't know, so I'm listening."
Then Shi Nai clenched her teeth. Although I had passed with her to understand her before, Kirito has always pretended to be unintelligible. Although I don't want to hear any sound anymore, I will not shrink back. Poetry, who was dissatisfied with Kirito, finally turned to look at Tongren and glared at him.
"Then I tell you, I hate you, I hate you than anyone in this world, I hate you to want you to disappear now!"
"Really?"
"Really. You are persistent."
Kirito closed his mouth and stared at Shi Nai's eyes. Shi Nai wants to move away from Kirito now, but Kirito's eyes are rigid than expected, making people unable to look away from Kirito. After a few seconds, Kirito's mouth opened again.
\ "I heard from Asuna.
"...Yes"
"Because you hate me, you start to hate me, so you are glad you left me."
"Well"
"So you haven't come to school yet."
"Well"
"... So why?"
For the sudden problem, Shi Nai frowned. Kirito moved his mouth expressionlessly.
"Then why don't you go to school? Why don't you go to a school you say very fun?
"Not only that, why are you getting more and more tired?" Although there are no more unpleasant things, happy things continue. "
""
"And you didn't even try to repair it. It became more and more dilapidated, and it seemed that you would die at this speed."
"It doesn't matter, you stop dating me anymore, but start to hate me."
Then Kirito's expression changed. It feels a bit stronger.
"Why do you die? You should get the ending you want, why are you so embarrassed?"
"Don't care about me, it has nothing to do with you."
"I can't leave you alone. You are about to die."
Shi Nai listened to a series of words of Kirito, and found that something was swollen in her chest. I have been unable to figure out what it is, but whenever I hear Kirito's voice or talk to Kirito, it will become greater.
"You don't care about me anymore, our relationship is over, we are already separated, so don't come again, don't talk to me anymore."
\"Shino\"
At the moment Shi Nai was called, Shuna's chest suddenly became larger, becoming like a full bag, and finally burst. Aware of this, Shi Nai opened his mouth and screamed.
\ "Let me go!! Don't talk anymore! Don't talk to me! Get out my sight! Don't let me see your face! Cai!!"
Immediately after, Shi Nai suddenly felt that she was pressed on the wall and closed her eyes. The next time I changed my eyes, my back was leaning on the wall, Kirito's face was in front of me, and my hands were pressed by Kirito's hand on the wall. He was confused because of his sudden things, and he wanted to yell at the Kirito in front of him, but Kirito said first.
\ "Shut your mouth!! Poetry!!! \"
"!"
Kirito's anger sounded in his ears, Shi Nai was startled and stopped. His voice was too loud. He was ready to come up again, but this time Kirito's mouth moved slightly.
"Do you think I don't understand anything? Do you think I don't understand anything?"
""
"Indeed, I used to be the same. I knew nothing about you, but I felt that I knew you very well and spent time with you. But now I understand everything. What do you feel now, why?" You? "You?" Is it true, everything. "
As soon as the words fell, Kirito lowered his head and held Shi Nai's hand. Shi Nai just stared at the situation in front of him, and didn't say anything to Kirito. Perhaps this was noticeable, Kirito lowered his head and slowly spoke again.
"You have a habit that you must endure. When you face things you must endure, you have a habit to lie to yourself and tell yourself to persist. After that, this is always the case. This is me. The habit has always been wearing it since I was oppressed. Now you use it again.
"I don't have this habit, please don't have strange delusions!"
\ "I won't let you say you forgot, Poetry. Even if you leave me, I still remember you."
"!!"
Hearing Kirito's strong voice, Shi Nai closed his mouth again, and after listening to her, his face became surprised. Kirito continued to talk nonsense.
"And this, my memory about your memory is eroding me every day. When you hear this sentence, you think it is your fault, I died because of your memory. Considering this, you chose to leave Me. In order to protect me from letting me die. "
"That's nonsense. This is your selfish assumption."
\ "The person who teaches me is Arisa and Judley. Jupiter is a child with the mental ability of healing people, just like Li Ran and Yui. You should be familiar. Diagnostic object. \ "
""
Then Shi Nai \/Poetry took some thought. It is likely that Yasna met her, and after confirming her condition, she sought suggestions from Jupiter. Then Jupiter told his conclusion that Kirito -Kirito must say so.
"Although you should live with me after breaking up, this is why you broke up. You don't want the current situation. I tell yourself that the reality is good now."
"Deceptive and deceiving! How can you say this without hesitation!"
"Everyone understands !! Because I have memories about you !!"
Then Shi Nai was surprised again. At this moment, Kirito finally raised his head and paired Shi Nai's blue eyes with his black eyes.
"Moreover, if you continue to live like this, you will definitely be exhausted. I don't want this kind of thing to happen, so I talk to you. What do you want to do to me, I know you are trying to let me die, but if you So if you die, you will die !!! "
"!!"
"If you die, I will not be a person who will be sad. Everyone will be like this.
Yiyi will suddenly become a child who lost her mother. Alice Sang will let her treat the patients. Asuna, Liz, Silika, Lifa, Filia, Strea, and Lilan will suddenly change suddenly It is important. You will lose a friend, and your memory will accompany you throughout your life. I told you this before. Do you want everyone to be sad? "
"This is"
Kirito was speechless for a while, and he lowered his head again, making a weak voice. However, regardless of how Kirito lowered his voice, Shina's ears still had such a sound.
"I did tell you not to hide anything, but I did hide some things. I have been betraying you. No, I haven't told you some things. So let me tell you now."
""
Kirito \/and people raised their head again. Black eyes have not changed from now on, but the warm and beautiful light floating in the eyes. The light that will only show when people tell the truth, and they are now flashing in the eyes of people.
\ "I am poetic. Indeed, sometimes I feel uncomfortable because I am about your memory. I can't tell which one is my memory, I feel that I am lost, I am very scared. When your trauma is trauma. When it appears, it becomes painful. Sometimes I worry that this situation will continue forever.
"But I am also very happy at the same time."
"Happy?"
"When I think of your memory, the pain I feel is all the pain and suffering you have suffered in the past. Because I understand your pain and suffering, I feel closer to you than anyone.
""
The corner of the mouth of the people raised slightly, and a smile appeared on her face. Perhaps it was because of being able to say what they wanted to say, and maybe because they were able to convey what they wanted to say. Shi Nai still stared at the smile and couldn't speak, but continued to talk to people.
\ "So, Poetry Nai. I don't regret what happened. On the contrary, I think you are closer than anyone, so I love you more than anyone. \"
I can do my understanding and pain, so I can support you. So I am glad that this happened. "
""
\ "You want to protect me, so you try to leave me. So I want to borrow your strength, poetry.
"Because you are by my side and support me, I can overcome any difficulties." So I believe that with your strength, I can overcome this pain. "
Shi Nai no longer cares about the movement of people, but concentrates on listening to people's words.
\ "I think I just say something convenient. I understand that you ignore your feelings. But Shi Nai, I want to overcome the current difficulties with you. I want to protect you. I can't throw away your stuff. \" I want I want to support you, don't want you to die, and want to love you.
And people lowered their heads. No matter how many times she has seen, Shi Nai doesn't care.
"I'm really sorry for keeping secrets. This is my fault.
"From now on, I will tell you anything." I can no longer carry anything alone. Whether it is pain or sadness, I will tell Shi Nai without restraint, whether I am happy or happy, I will tell Shi Nai everything. I spend more time with you. Always stay with me, think about how to be happy with you. I want to continue doing this. It's been there for decades. I want to live beside you, share happiness with you, and be happy together. This is why this is why "
Raise his head with people, reflecting Shi Nai's face in the eyes of truth, and said gently.
\ "Let me try again. Let me protect you. Once again, I want you to give me the power around you. I still love you, Poetry. \"
Hearing a declaration with people can be called confession, Shi Nai opened her eyes and made a weak voice. Although I had defeated him, I didn't expect to say this with people -I thought so, and I lowered my head again.
"But this is my selfish requirement. Your feeling is first."
"If you hate me from the bottom of your heart, it doesn't matter." For you, I will disappear from you. I really don't want to talk to you anymore. I will do something to improve my memory by myself. If you are willing, you can even transfer to school.
"However, as a exchange, please don't let yourself crash and die." Don't die, return to your original life, live and live, happy. "
After speaking the last sentence, he took a deep breath with others, and then lowered his head and vomited. After taking a deep breath, he raised his head and looked at Zhi Nai's eyes.
