After taking a shower and lying on the bed in his new home, Yusei picked up his tablet and contacted Asuna.
The video connected, showing a steam-filled room and the sound of Yui splashing in the water.
"Yui, Papa's calling," Asuna's gentle voice came, followed by Yui's.
"Papa? I haven't seen Papa for so long. I want Papa to take a bath with me."
The screen briefly showed Yui's cute, smiling face, making Yusei miss her intensely and filling his heart with warmth.
"Cough, maybe next time," Yusei said, slightly embarrassed.
"Hehe, Papa is shy," Asuna giggled, covering her mouth, and turned the camera back to herself.
Asuna was in the bathtub, her lovely face beaded with water and flushed pink from the heat.
Her gaze toward Yusei through the screen was incredibly tender.
Yusei and Asuna were practically an old married couple. After over a year together in SAO, they knew all each other's secrets.
They had shared many intimate moments too.
But that was inside the game.
Asuna didn't mind. She relaxed with her eyes closed, enjoying the bath with Yui.
Although Yui was a spirit, she could materialize through her own willpower.
"How did things go with that matter you and Kaguya took time off to handle in Hokkaido?" Asuna suddenly asked about the previous event.
Yusei hadn't hidden his reason for going beforehand, so there wasn't much to conceal now.
"Yeah, it went fairly smoothly. I just haven't seen you these past few days, Asuna. I missed you."
"You, always knowing just the right sweet things to say to me."
Though Asuna said this, she was secretly very pleased, feeling wonderfully happy.
"Hey, Anata, what would you think about us starting a business together?" Asuna's soft whisper reached Yusei's ears.
"Starting a business?" Yusei was puzzled.
"Mhmm. For Yui's future little brother or sister..." When she said this, Asuna also seemed very shy, her voice dropping considerably.
"I don't want to rely on our families. Let's start a business and build our own home, okay?"
"Okay, I'll listen to you in everything," Yusei said with a smile.
'Yui's little brother or sister... that was something to look forward to.'
Yusei was deeply moved. In his view, Asuna's idea came entirely from her consideration for him.
She knew the situation of the Kazami Family, as Yusei hadn't hidden it.
So Asuna worried that Yusei might feel insecure about it in the future.
To make sure Yusei wouldn't feel inferior to others, Asuna planned to forgo her family's support and start a business from scratch with him, facing their future life together.
Asuna was completely taking into account Yusei's feelings and his rather unnecessary worries.
Although Yusei was immensely grateful for Asuna's consideration, he didn't say things like 'it's not needed' and immediately agreed with a nod.
If Yusei wanted money or status, the power of the Sharingan could grant him the entire world.
But he simply hadn't chosen to do that.
Compared to such dry and boring ambitions, wasn't being with his wife, daughter, and close female friends better?
Moreover, from the beginning, he was only ever interested in power… namely, swordsmanship and the Sharingan.
Or perhaps the chance to travel to other worlds and obtain other powers.
Earthly influence, worldly matters... those things held not the slightest interest for Yusei.
Witnessing the power of countless worlds to obtain eternal life was the true path. This insignificant world held no value for conquest.
In Yusei's inventory right now was the [World Tree] mission. Once that thing was fully formed, he would preside over an entire world.
Eternal life could also be completely realized there.
But here, the order of priority still needed attention.
Because the specifics of other worlds were uncertain, Yusei placed obtaining eternal life before the World Tree mission.
Who knew how long it would take for the so-called World Tree to fully form? What if he died before it matured?
These things were hard to predict.
But for now, these matters were all very distant from him.
Yusei was just an ordinary high school student, somewhat talented in swordsmanship and knowing a bit about Dojutsu.
Next, Asuna talked about her ideas for starting the business, while Yusei mostly listened quietly, occasionally offering some input.
"Using Yui's help to create a game? The core operating programs can all be handled by Yui, but the game's theme, illustrations, and music still need people, right?"
Asuna nodded, "Yes, but don't worry. I've saved up quite a bit of pocket money over the years. It should be enough if we start small."
"I see. But I might have some ideas. Don't forget, I'm a manga author myself. I can handle things like illustrations."
"Also, I already have ideas for the music and the game's theme. It should give us a pretty good starting point."
"That's great! I rarely see you so motivated, Anata," Asuna said, covering her mouth with a light laugh.
"After all, it's for you, and Yui, and Yui's future little brothers and sisters," Yusei said with a smile.
He continued chatting with Asuna for a while longer before ending the video call.
He's originally planning to go to sleep, but now, Yusei brought his laptop to bed, created a new document, and began typing an introduction for the game's plot he had in mind.
This is the story of a sleeping vampire princess and a boy who can see the lines of death on all things.
Its name is [Tsukihime].
In a world where even full-dive VR exists, would this 'old-fashioned' type of interactive novel game, which comprehensively uses text, images, and sound to depict characters and plot information, be considered dull?
Yusei had pondered this question just moments before, but he quickly let it go.
VR technology was still niche and not widely accessible. SAO's existence was due to a unique genius like Kayaba Akihiko.
Originally, Kayaba's technology might have been developed further, but because of the SAO Incident, its proliferation was halted. The complete data and specs existed only with Yui, who preserved all of SAO's data.
Therefore, currently, most gaming enthusiasts still primarily play conventional computer games.
So, this 'old-fashioned' game Yusei was considering wasn't so hopeless after all.