"No One But Me."
"W-what did you say...?"
At that moment, both Yuuki Shozo and Sugou Nobuyuki had already forgotten their earlier unease and stood there in stunned silence.
But Luo Zhen still wore that same expressionless look as he repeated himself to them.
"I said, since you're worried that Asuna might suddenly pass away in the future, and you don't know when she'll wake up, you want to hurry and marry her to make up for one of life's regrets—then let me marry her."
Although Luo Zhen's tone remained as calm and composed as ever when he said this, the unquestionable force behind his words was unmistakable.
This left Yuuki Shozo speechless.
As Asuna's father, Yuuki Shozo clearly never could have imagined that someone would suddenly claim he wanted to marry his daughter in her hospital room.
Moreover, that person was not Sugou Nobuyuki, but a boy he had only met today—someone the same age as his daughter, and possibly even younger.
If Yuuki Shozo had not expected this, Sugou Nobuyuki had expected it even less.
However, Sugou Nobuyuki did not become as speechless as Yuuki Shozo. He merely laughed.
It was a laugh filled with utter disdain.
On closer inspection, there was even a hint of mockery in Sugou Nobuyuki's narrowed eyes.
"How surprising." Sugou Nobuyuki's words were faintly edged. "I never thought little brother Kirigaya would suddenly say something so unrealistic."
It seemed that Sugou Nobuyuki had not taken Luo Zhen's words seriously at all.
But Luo Zhen did not even look at Sugou Nobuyuki. He only watched Yuuki Shozo.
"Mr. Yuuki, since you've heard about me and know quite a bit about your daughter's situation in SAO, you should also know that my relationship with your daughter in SAO wasn't an ordinary one, right?"
Luo Zhen