The Age of Heroic Spirits in the Eyes of the Reincarnated.

Chapter 46: Aftermath! Cardboard Girl! (Please read on!)
The four of them withdrew from this trial copy first.

The maximum time they are allowed is 6 o'clock tonight.

Therefore, all they could do in the remaining time was to get together for the last time in this world and have a happy meal together.

Li Xiaze can stay for one more day.

He also chose to stay a little longer.

The moment 6 o'clock arrived, the four seats on the dining table suddenly became empty. Looking at the bowl and chopsticks dropped on the ground, he silently put down his chopsticks.

"I am only separated from you temporarily.

But I bid them farewell forever."

After taking a shower.

Open the door.

Go out.

Then went straight to the station.

He still has some things to deal with.

For example, based on what he had found out, he went to the hospital where Greenseru was staying in the outside world.

Not far away, also located in Tokyo.

Greenseru is the housekeeper of the Liberator Guild he founded in the SAO game world.

The young lady was a very nice person, very outstanding, and had been helping him manage the finances and logistics of the guild, providing him with a very secure rear. Unfortunately, she had a mad husband who wanted to kill her. For this reason, he, as the leader, naturally could not sit idly by.

Arrived at the hospital.

Carrying a basket of fruits and other small gifts, he saw Grintheru, who looked haggard and dazed, lying on the hospital bed.

"you are?"

The woman turned her head and looked at the young man at the door of the ward and asked in confusion.

Li Xia's face had been disguised by transformation before he came, and he maintained this vigilance even in the last moment. Therefore, the woman did not recognize him at first sight.

"It's only been one day since we last met. How come you don't even recognize your leader?"

Li Xia placed the fruits and other small gifts on the bedside table, then pulled over a chair and sat down with a smile.

"Captain?"

Glinseru's pupils gradually dilated:

"Are you Captain Li Xia?
How can it be?

How is your physical condition?

"Nothing is impossible."

The smile on Li Xia's face became even more intense.

Then, he chatted with the young lady about the happy times in SAO, which made this outstanding woman with a pale and haggard face burst into many touching laughs.

However, what is coming will come.

When he wanted to say something, he looked at the other person steadily, until the young lady blushed. He then bit his lower lip with his teeth and revealed the real purpose of his visit:
"I'm sorry for taking care of your husband without your consent."

After saying this, Li Xia felt a lot more relaxed.

"Eh? To deal with my husband? Are you talking about Grimlok?"

Glinther was stunned.

"Correct."

"Is it because of you, Captain, that he hasn't woken up yet?"

"yes.

And you don't have to keep waiting for him, he will never wake up, I won't give him this chance."

When their eyes met, Li Xia's gaze was gentle yet also somewhat resolute:
"So, while you are still young and capable, get rid of your mediocre housewife status and create your own brilliance. There is no need to be dragged down by a man who always wants you to go back to the past, return to mediocrity, or even kill you.

Twenty-seven is still very young."

"I have to go now.

You can hate me, but don't come looking for revenge or anything like that, you won't find me."

After saying these words, Li Xia stood up, put the freshly peeled fruit in the woman's hand, and then walked towards the door of the ward.

Glinseru looked at the back of the boy who was about to leave, his lips moved a few times, wanting to say something, but he didn't know how to start.

It was not until Li Xia had left for a while that she lay on the pillow and looked at the ceiling:
'I know, I know it all...

I know you have done a lot for me...

I also heard from Argo from the intelligence team that you helped me prevent Grimlo from plotting against me twice...

Because I myself was aware of his depravity and his malice, and even tolerated his harm several times...'

“I hoped he could change for the better and tried many times to persuade him not to give up on himself, but I couldn’t change him.

My feelings for him disappeared completely when he repeatedly plotted against me.

So you don’t have to say things that would make me hate you, there’s no need…”

A pair of pale hands covered his face.

'Captain, why are you so nice to me?

You made me realize that I might have fallen in love with a little brother who is much younger than me.

But I didn't dare to get close to him.'

There are bits of crystal between the fingers.

There was also a slight sobbing.

...

Silica, Liz, Yuna, Argo, Usagi, Yuki...

He met many girls in the SAO game world who were familiar to him, bringing small gifts with him.

It is worth mentioning that in the past year and a half, he had earned three to four million US dollars from scratch tickets and the gambling industry through the use of transformation techniques. He distributed all of these personal possessions that he could not take away in some way to those in the guild whose family conditions were not very good and their closest family members.

The office workers who work for him with their lives in the game world also enjoy a salary in the outside world.

This is a matter of personal principle.

On the other hand, he also went to see Andrew, Xinka, Godfrey, Diaberu, Klein... these men who fought side by side with him on the front line of the strategy team. He went to several major hospitals in Tokyo.

But outside of Tokyo, there is no way.

His time was limited, and the rest of his stay had to be left to another person.

At first, he didn't pay much attention to Asuna and just regarded this girl as an ordinary native of this trial copy.

But after getting to know her, the girl's beauty, bravery, strength, and her unwillingness to admit defeat, as well as her sometimes carefree and sometimes gentle and playful attitude, more and more details that touched him came into his mind.

With such a dazzling girl hanging around in front of him all day long, it would be a lie to say that he wasn't moved at all.

But when he thought that they were destined to be separated forever, he dared not express his feelings.

"I am such a loser, exactly the same loser as in my previous life."

At the door of the ward, Li Xia said to himself with deep contempt.

But when he pushed open the door of the ward where Asuna had lived for more than a year, and found that the room was already empty, his heart felt empty in an instant.

"Have you been taken home?
Yeah.

It’s good to have family to take care of me.”

The night was getting darker and darker. When he visited almost all the major hospitals in Tokyo that housed the victims of the SAO incident and dragged his somewhat tired body back to the downstairs of his rented house, the sky was already dimly light.

"Have a good sleep, and if there is still time and opportunity after waking up, try to meet him.

If there is no chance...

Then just go back directly."

Downstairs, a luxury car was parked in an inconspicuous corner.

I don’t know which rich person would come to experience life in this shabby six or seven-story apartment.

Go upstairs.

Passing by the corner where a young man was squatting.

Remove the key.

Getting ready to open the door.

But I saw a large cardboard box at the door of my house.

'Who is so lacking in public morality?
Do you only throw things at other people's doorsteps?

Li Xia was secretly complaining in her heart.

He walked forward and prepared to drag the broken cardboard box away.

But when he looked through the gap in the cardboard box and saw the outline of a figure curled up inside and sleeping soundly, he felt like he was struck by lightning.

He could guess who the figure belonged to, even though it was just a vague outline.

When he opened the cardboard box, he saw Asuna, whom he had not seen in the hospital, curled up inside.

Fortunately, it is the warm June instead of the freezing December, otherwise my body would not be able to bear sleeping in a broken cardboard box outside a rental house in Tokyo wearing only a thin pair of pajamas for a night.

Not to mention that Asuna's body hasn't moved for over a year.

Living in a vegetative state for more than a year has caused extremely serious damage to the body's functions.

Dragging such a pale and haggard body, he managed to find the rental house he and his four friends shared through some means. The thought of it made him feel heartbroken.

"Why bother? Why did you come here?"

She is the daughter of a wealthy family in Tokyo, but now she looks like an abandoned puppy.

"You guys, are you finally back? You're really busy."

In the side aisle, the young man lit another cigarette and walked out of the darkness.

"Are you Asuna's brother?"

"Asuna? You mean my sister Asuna? Yes, I am his brother."

"With your status, why did you sleep outside all night?"

"What else? My parents happen to be abroad and can't come here. Can I leave my sister alone?"

"So you're just going to let her do whatever she wants?"

Li Xia asked again.

"I know her personality. She is gentle on the outside but tough on the inside. She is very stubborn. If I push her too hard, I'm afraid she will resent me for the rest of her life. It's not easy for me to be her brother."

The young man exhaled a puff of smoke:
"Besides, my sister took the blame for me anyway. She broke into my room, stole my gaming helmet, and got stuck there. Otherwise, I would have been the one to suffer in the SAO virtual world.

With my quick reaction time, it would have been completely frozen by now.

My sister literally saved my life.

Tell me, what reason do I have to stop her from making some decisions?

All I can do is mess around with her."

The young man cursed and took another sip, then waved his hand and said:
“Take her to your rental house and have a good sleep, and you can handle your own affairs.

I'm leaving this precious sister to you.

Don’t hurt her.”

Throwing down the cigarette butt, the young man stepped on it and extinguished it.

There were quite a few cigarette butts like this in that area.

"Do you trust me so much?"

"If you really wanted to do something to her, you would have done it in SAO."

Uh... that makes so much sense, I don't know how to refute it.

The young man left.

The two people were left next to the cardboard box.

The next moment, warm fragrance entered my arms.

A pair of arms tightly hooked around the back of his neck.

This girl seems to have woken up early.

(End of this chapter)