Aincrad, Floor 22.
The place where Kirito and Asuna found their daughter in the original story.
Somewhere in a forest.
Akasaka had a little girl on his back. She was barefoot, dressed in a white dress, and it was none other than Yui.
At the moment, the little one was fast asleep, slumbering sweetly.
Akasaka bounced her gently on his back, adjusting his future daughter's sleeping position to make her more comfortable.
Beside him, Kayaba Akihiko spoke at a rather inappropriate moment. "Don't forget what you promised me. When are you going to deal with Laughing Coffin?"
Akasaka replied somewhat impatiently, "At least give me a few days to make arrangements. I need to arrange for this child to meet her future mother."
Kayaba Akihiko shrugged, equally unconcerned. "Whatever. Just let me know when you make your move. I'll open up the system permissions so you can use Blue Potions."
After saying that, Kayaba Akihiko opened the system panel in midair, activated his system permissions, and with a flash, his body vanished as he returned to his own Knights of the Blood base on Floor 55.
Akasaka was rather envious of that permission. At the very least, it made traveling convenient...
With Yui on his back, Akasaka used his own method of rapid travel and directly teleported to Asuna's side with the Flying Thunder God Mark.
Meanwhile, Asuna—
was leaning against a large tree, drinking from a waterskin to quench her thirst.
At that moment, she looked somewhat bedraggled, as though she were surviving out in the wilderness.
Asuna wiped the water from the corner of her mouth with her sleeve, then glanced at the empty surroundings.
[Akasaka has been gone for quite a while... I wonder what he went off to do.]
Asuna swung her legs, clad in white