Early the next morning, Asuna changed into her clothes and arrived beside the agreed-upon Teleport Crystal.
What surprised Asuna, however, was that besides Eriri and Fang Zheng, there was a third person standing by the Teleport Crystal. That person was...
"Asuna...!"
When she saw Asuna approaching, Yui happily waved her hand. Looking at the girl before her, Asuna's originally nervous mood relaxed considerably. A faint smile appeared on her face, and she hurried over.
"Hello, Yui."
Asuna softly greeted Yui, then looked up at Fang Zheng in confusion.
"Mr. Fang Zheng, is Yui coming too?"
"Of course."
Facing Asuna's question, Fang Zheng nodded. These days, he could basically be considered Yui's "acting father." Aside from daily training, Dungeon raids, and certain times when they could not be seen by outsiders, Fang Zheng spent most of his remaining time with Yui. Yui was especially close to him as well, so Asuna was not surprised that he had brought Yui along this time.
What Asuna did not know was that Fang Zheng had brought Yui specifically to guard against her.
Eriri had already told Fang Zheng about the source of Asuna's stress. Frankly, he did not have any particularly good solution for the moment, but at the very least, he could not allow Asuna's condition to keep worsening.
Fang Zheng was certain that if he took only Eriri and Asuna out shopping, who knew whether Asuna might start thinking about all sorts of unnecessary things. So he simply brought Yui along as insurance. Eriri had never drawn lolicon doujinshi; no matter how desperate Asuna was, she would not go after Yui too, would she?
If she did, Fang Zheng would have to consider mentally reconstructing Asuna.
Fortunately, Asuna's reaction seemed normal for now. In fact, she had let out an almost imperceptible