At this moment, Kaede's eyes widened, and besides shock, they were full of pleasant surprise.
"Would the player like to accept the summon? Summoner: Yuuki Asuna."
Thinking of the call she had just heard, Kaede wore a smile; it seemed her sister was also missing her. Then, Kaede tapped "Accept."
Yes, how could she refuse her sister's summon?
Thus, light flashed, and Kaede disappeared from this world once again.
Thus, she once again became her.
Without needing to open her eyes, Kaede sensed the difference in her body. What was frustrating was that she seemed more accustomed to this body; she really didn't know what to say.
Opening her eyes, Kaede saw Asuna looking shocked. However, there was no happy expression on Kaede's face; instead, it was a look of repression, as if she were about to explode.
Because, her sister was currently in a cage.
What was this? A girl in a birdcage?
Who was it? Who dared to lock up her sister?
Killing intent flowed from Kaede's eyes, completely unhidden.
"Little Kaede..." Asuna also noticed Kaede's expression and didn't care about the surprise of Kaede's sudden appearance. She vaguely understood that Kaede's appearance must be related to her painting, but the most important thing right now was to calm Kaede down.
"Little Kaede, don't be like this; it's not what you think," Asuna said.
"Mommy!!" At this moment, Kaede felt a weight on her body; Yui had actually materialized directly beside Kaede and hung onto her.
"Yui." Kaede stroked Yui's hair and looked at Asuna, wanting to hear Asuna's explanation.
Asuna didn't intend to hide anything; she walked out of the cage, sat down with Kaede, and told her about her family's situation.
"So, that Sugou Nobuyuki is the one who locked Sister here!" Hidden beneath Kaede's somewhat flat tone was an absolutely turbulent emotion.
Just thinking about it, that was her sister! For the sake of her sister, she was someone who could do anything!
"Yes, but you also know that Akihiko Kayaba gave the management authority of SAO to Yui, so he can't do anything to me at all, and I can actually log out at any time," Asuna said with a smile.
"Hmm?"
"I've had Yui record some of Sugou Nobuyuki's actions, and every single one of these actions is truly illegal. You could say that the day I log out is the day Sugou Nobuyuki goes to prison," Asuna said. She had stayed until now precisely because of this matter. It was laughable that Sugou Nobuyuki still thought there was some other reason he couldn't touch Asuna, and was currently still working hard to try to overcome what he imagined was the final hurdle.
"Mama, I've finished copying everything~" Yui said with a smile at this moment.
"Prison, huh." Kaede nodded, but it seemed too easy for him. To dare to have designs on her sister—Kaede didn't want to care about his other crimes, but this one was unforgivable in her eyes!
"Little Kaede, can you log out?" Suddenly, Asuna asked. She vaguely understood a little and knew that Kaede couldn't express these things, so she could only ask like this.
"Uh." Kaede was stunned, her expression changed, and she frowned tightly.
Suddenly, Kaede felt a soft little hand caress her cheek.
Asuna smoothed out Kaede's furrowed brow and smiled in front of Kaede, saying slowly, "Don't worry, Little Kaede. Even if you can't log out, I will summon you over again."
Looking at the gentleness on her sister's face and listening to her sister's firm words, Kaede suddenly felt her eyes sting. In the end, she fought back the tears and nodded vigorously.
"Yeah!!"
However, although they said that, both of them still really hoped to meet in reality. Moreover, Kaede looked at the stat bar, and there was indeed a log-out option at the end.
Finally, holding onto a glimmer of hope, Kaede tapped the log-out button.
Immediately, a flash of log-out light passed.
"Yui, I have to leave you alone for a while," Asuna said.
"No problem, Mama, I've already transferred all the data to Mama's game device," Yui said with a smile, but the disappointment in the depths of her eyes could not escape Asuna.
However, Asuna didn't say anything; she hugged Yui and also chose to log out.
When Asuna opened her eyes again, what she saw was her own appearance; she saw herself smiling.
"Hallucination?" Asuna thought.
"Sister!!"
Upon hearing the person in front of her address her like that, Asuna's eyes widened. It was, it was actually her sister, who had actually logged out and was right beside her. She wanted to sit up and talk to Kaede, but Asuna felt she had almost no strength at all; she could barely even open her mouth.
As for Kaede, looking at the emaciated Asuna before her, her eyes revealed deep pity.
At first, she had actually successfully logged out. Looking at the surrounding environment, she was incredibly surprised. Finally, Kaede saw the person lying on the hospital bed.
Just as Kaede had thought, it was her sister, Asuna, but Asuna was currently in an emaciated state.
At this moment, a flash of fear crossed Kaede's heart. If she had stayed in SAO all this time, Asuna probably wouldn't have lasted much longer.
It was only now that Kaede felt fortunate for having cleared SAO early.
Before long, Kaede saw Asuna open her eyes. Indeed, just as she had imagined, she was very beautiful and gentle, with a hint of confusion mixed in, reflecting her own image.
Kaede saw the eagerness in Asuna's eyes, seemingly pleasant surprise.
Kaede knew what her sister was pleasantly surprised about; she was surprised to see her.
However, looking at Asuna's state, Kaede also understood that Asuna seemed unable to stand up now; even moving might be a bit troublesome.
"Little Kaede... water." Finally, Asuna said a sentence, using a voice that was hoarse beyond recognition.
"Yeah, yeah!!" Kaede nodded hurriedly, drew a glass of water from the side, tested the water temperature herself, and then came to the front of Asuna's hospital bed.
Next, Kaede was stunned. How could she get Asuna to drink it?
Kaede thought for a moment, set the water glass aside, and unplugged the game device for Asuna.
Then, with one hand, she cradled Asuna, and with the other, she held the water glass and slowly fed her. She had no experience in taking care of people; how would she know that there was actually a spoon nearby?
Asuna felt all this, felt Kaede's cautious manner, afraid of hurting her, and her heart felt warm. She opened her slightly dry, pale mouth.
But, as expected, Kaede had no experience taking care of people, and combined with Asuna's own issues, only ten percent of the water was drunk, while ninety percent spilled.
Then Kaede stopped, looked at Asuna, and finally, her face flushed red. She took a sip herself and held it in her mouth.
Asuna seemed to understand what Kaede was going to do, and a blush appeared on her pale face, but she didn't refuse; she just slowly closed her eyes.
Finally, in reality, the figures of the two merged together.
Kaede cautiously transferred the liquid from her mouth to Asuna.
And Asuna was there, accepting everything from Kaede, as if it were nectar.
Both of them were blushing profusely.
At this moment, the atmosphere was exceptionally wonderful, and the scent was exceptionally sweet~
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