Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, the Miyasaka Yuuki Family home.
After logging out of ALO, Asuna immediately got herself ready as quickly as possible and changed into casual clothes suitable for going out.
Shozo and Koichiro had already gone abroad for work. The Yuuki Family home now held only Asuna and Kyoko, but Kyoko had gone to the university's research institute. With only Asuna, who had just returned from school not long ago, left at home, she walked out under the servants' farewell.
"Fortunately, Mom isn't here..."
Muttering this, Asuna arrived at the main street.
If Kyoko had been there, she definitely wouldn't have been able to leave so smoothly, right?
That was what Asuna thought.
Then Asuna waited anxiously on the street. After an unknown amount of time, a car finally drove over.
"Huh?"
When Asuna saw the people inside through the car window, she couldn't help crying out in surprise.
Because besides Luo Zhen, who was sitting in the back, the driver was also someone Asuna knew.
"Long time no see, Miss Yuuki."
The bespectacled young man greeted Asuna with a smile.
"Ki... Kikuoka?"
Asuna had never expected the person before her to show up.
The driver was none other than Kikuoka Seijiro.
"Why is Kikuoka here?"
Asuna couldn't quite process it.
"Me?" Kikuoka Seijiro said helplessly. "Your husband dragged me here to serve as his driver and laborer."
Clearly, Luo Zhen had called Kikuoka Seijiro over.
But there was nothing he could do.
"The place we're going next is a little special. If we went there without special permission, we probably wouldn't be allowed inside. With this guy around, we can save ourselves a lot of trouble."
Luo Zhen showed no guilt whatsoever, speaking as though it were only natural.
"Besides, this guy still owes me a favor from