He quickly stepped forward, speaking respectfully to Yusei, "Yusei-sama, please go upstairs quickly. The Chairman and the others are very worried."
'Huh? I had just gone out to meet someone.'
Yusei sighed helplessly internally, but he still nodded and quickly returned to his hospital room based on memory.
Pushing the door open, he found the room had far fewer people.
Kaguya's parents, after all, had to manage the entire Shinomiya Zaibatsu, so they were very busy with all sorts of affairs, unlike Koken, who was more of a hands-off manager. (T/N: Zaibatsu means conglomerate.)
The Kazami Couple didn't have much to keep them busy and had been staying with Shiro.
Koken stood by the window, looking at the rainy scene outside, lost in thought.
This was all fairly normal. What surprised Yusei was that Kaguya seemed to be chatting quite harmoniously with his stepmother.
This piqued Yusei's interest, and he wondered what they were talking about.
Seeing Yusei enter, Kanako immediately stood up and hurried over to support him.
"Yusei, you just got out of SAO and you're running around already? You need to take care of your health. Lie down quickly."
Seeing Kanako's busy and nervous demeanor, Yusei felt helpless.
Although his body was fine, he still followed her instructions and lay down.
It wasn't for any other reason than the fact that this motherly love resonated with him.
After having Yui, he could truly understand the love parents have for their child. So he didn't want to disregard his stepmother's love for him.
Seeing Yusei lie down, Kanako breathed a sigh of relief and sat down in the chair beside him.
She glanced at Kaguya, then looked at her son, unable to hold back a smile.
"Yusei, Kaguya was just telling me that you saved a lot of people in the game. That's truly amazing."
Her words carried a familiar warmth.
Nothing makes a parent happier than their child accomplishing great things and earning respect.
Yusei gave an awkward laugh and acknowledged it.
He looked at Kaguya, who was watching him calmly. He asked, "Is Asuna doing okay?"
"Mhmm. She's fine. She's awake."
Kaguya nodded, then closed her eyes, seeming to want to sleep, showing no intention of speaking further.
Yusei felt a bit awkward. He had a feeling the atmosphere had suddenly changed after he arrived.
'Wasn't Kanako-san just saying she was chatting happily with Kaguya?'
'The minds of girls... I just don't get it.'
Yusei looked at Kaguya in the hospital bed, planning to have Kanna restore her condition.
But he suddenly remembered, 'I hadn't even introduced Kanna yet! Weren't my parents curious about Kanna's origin?'
However, seeing Kanna standing by the door, peeking in but not entering, he understood.
'Was it because Kanna felt shy around so many people?'
Yusei smiled and beckoned for Kanna to come in.
The adorable Kanna immediately drew everyone's attention the moment she entered the room.
Aunt Kanako looked at Kanna in doubts. Yusei explained, "This is someone we met in SAO. She has no family in this world. She entered SAO alone, so I've taken her in."
His words were completely accurate.
Kanna had no family in this world and was alone... she's a dragon who entered SAO.
Aside from changing her race a bit, it was the complete truth.
Kaguya had, at some point, opened her eyes again, no longer pretending to sleep.
She also nodded and said, "Mhmm, Kanna is someone we met in the game. She's very pitiful. Please, Uncle, Auntie, agree to let Yusei-kun adopt her."
Kanako, seeing Kaguya speak up, immediately smiled, "Of course, that's fine. And she looks about the same age as Shiro. It'll be good for Shiro to have a playmate."
Shiro, over there, showed no reaction. When Kanna saw Shiro, her short little legs quickly carried her over to Shiro.
Shiro's body was still somewhat weak. Seeing this, Kanna immediately cast a healing spell on Shiro, making her much more energetic.
Watching Shiro and Kanna playing together, a trace of affection flashed in Kanako's eyes. She quite liked Kanna.
Perhaps it was because her own children, Shiro and Yusei, and even that somewhat fantastical...
Well, everyone liked Kanna, because of this 'love me, love my dog' effect, she also liked Kanna very much.
Plus, Kanna was indeed very cute. Who wouldn't like her more?
Without further discussion, even though Yusei's body had recovered, he was forcibly kept in the hospital for recovery for at least half a month.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
The government announced compensation for the SAO Incident.
This included establishing special schools to compensate the teenagers who had missed their education due to SAO.
However, those born into higher social circles understood that this was merely an observation of the physical feedback from the consciousness-world experience in SAO.
To put it simply, if you were a strong player in SAO, extremely skilled with a blade, they now wanted to observe if you were similarly skilled with a blade in reality after leaving SAO.
It could probably be called the government's experimental development of 'special learning devices'.
And here, the more outstanding one's performance was in SAO, the higher their value for research and observation.
Among them, Yusei, Shiro, Kaguya, Asuna, Kirigaya Kazuko, etc., were all on the list.
However, as mentioned before, society has class stratification. Those in higher positions ruling over those below is a normal state of affairs.
The Shinomiya Group, as one of Japan's major conglomerates, controls Japan's economic lifelines and has strong political allies.
Moreover, the Shinomiya Family's heritage and history are profoundly deep, something other rising families lack.
Not to mention, the Shinomiya Family's involvement in mastering the arms industry is something other conglomerates cannot compare to.
It could be said that nearly half the guns in the hands of Japan's Self-Defense Forces soldiers are produced by the Shinomiya Group's arms industry.
Furthermore, the Shinomiya Group's businesses span the entire world, and their influence isn't limited to Japan.
With such immense influence, would they dare to touch the Shinomiya Group's heir, Shinomiya Kaguya, the family's only young lady?
Naturally, that was impossible. So Kaguya was simply bypassed.
The remaining individuals were placed on a list for 'discussions'. When they came to talk, they naturally wouldn't explicitly say, 'You are lab rats.'
Instead, they tactfully said they were opening a special school and invited them to attend to make up for the lag in their studies.
Among them, as the representative SAO's players, rumored to have defeated the final boss, with at least half the floors cleared by the sibling duo known as the 'Ice Dragon Siblings', Yusei and Shiro were the top priority.
Yusei and Shiro naturally made it onto the list for a 'polite discussion'.