----"Make Asuna completely forget me and everyone in the 'Sleeping Knights.'"
After those words left Yuuki's mouth, Luo Zhen fell silent.
That was right.
Luo Zhen merely fell silent. He wasn't surprised.
Because he had already anticipated a situation like this.
The problem was...
"You already knew?" Luo Zhen looked at Yuuki. "You knew that I had found out about you?"
At that, Yuuki didn't give any direct response. She merely smiled.
"Why do you think I didn't invite you to temporarily join us and help us defeat the Floor Boss?" Yuuki said with a slightly mischievous look. "It wasn't only because you're the guildmaster of the 'Red Wings,' and it wasn't merely because you're too strong, either. It was also because, during our duel that day, I already noticed the sympathy and pity in your eyes."
Yuuki's intuition was simply that sharp.
She had realized long ago that Luo Zhen had discovered her secret. That was why she hadn't wanted to invite him—or rather, hadn't dared to invite him.
"I see." Luo Zhen chuckled. "Then I suppose I understand why Kirito wasn't invited by you."
During his duel with Yuuki, Kirito had seen through a little of her secret at the end. Because he had let his guard down, he had lost to Yuuki.
But what Yuuki actually wanted wasn't victory or defeat. She wanted to find a player about as strong as herself and have him join them in defeating the Floor Boss.
Considering that goal, even if Kirito had ultimately lost, the strength he had displayed should have been enough to earn Yuuki's invitation.
Yet Yuuki hadn't invited Kirito. She must have known that Kirito had seen through her secret as well.
Yuuki might not have known who Kirito was, but when it came to someone with