Everything in the Golden Birdcage had returned to calm.
Having watched Sugou Nobuyuki disappear from this place, Luo Zhen waved his hand and dismissed the windows floating before him. Not only Asuna—even Yui failed to react in time.
"Goo!"
"Woo!"
Cai Die and Flower Die, on the other hand, flew nonstop through the air inside the Golden Birdcage, chirping incredibly sweetly as if celebrating.
Only after hearing the cries of the two Rainbow Flower Butterflies did Asuna and Yui finally come to their senses.
"It's over...?"
Yui looked somewhat uncertain.
"It's over...?"
Asuna was similarly dazed.
Over the past two months, the culprit who had imprisoned her like a demon had actually been dealt with so simply. Asuna and Yui both felt a faint sense of unreality.
But Luo Zhen still wanted to say...
"It's over."
Luo Zhen came before Asuna and Yui, then opened his arms once more and pulled them into his embrace.
"Don't doubt it, and don't think it's unreal. This is what happened to that clown. There's no doubt about it."
To Luo Zhen, Sugou Nobuyuki had truly been nothing more than a minor character.
And minor characters deserved an appropriate exit.
This was Sugou Nobuyuki's exit.
"Consider it the price of overestimating his own abilities."
Luo Zhen spoke to the two girls in his arms with a powerful voice, as if declaring that the nightmare which had befallen them had completely passed.
"Ah..."
"It's finally over..."
Only then did Asuna and Yui relax. They hugged Luo Zhen and nestled against him, as if trying to reclaim the warmth in their hearts and dispel all the cold and fear. Their embrace grew tighter and tighter.
Especially Asuna. The tears she had just stopped could not help flowing again.
This time, however, they were no longer tears