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Elena smiled softly as she watched them happy together.
Despite how much everything had changed in the last year; she was happy that her girlfriend had her mother to be with.
"..."
But then loneliness crept in.
She looked down in silence.
Elena felt Elisa and Monica's hands rest gently on her shoulders and saw them nod reassuringly.
"It's okay. We're going to find her."
"Yeah…!"
"T-Thanks…" Elena sighed. "It has been a year, though. Can we even do anything? Mom's… she's gone… I don't know what to do anymore…"
"Hm…" Olivia sighed. "The Undead invasion from the Netherworld has intensified over the last year since your mother disappeared. The revelation that the game connected to another world spread everywhere, and the servers shut down, leaving countless players in the dark. And now that mysterious world you were connected to… you can no longer reach it?"
