Asuna crouched down and smoothed out the wrinkles in Yui's clothes, just like a mother would.
It looked like she had already settled nicely into the role.
Asuna noticed Akasaka spacing out beside them and quickly called out to him.
"What are you thinking about? We should get going."
"Oh." Akasaka quickly pulled himself from his thoughts and followed Asuna and Yui as the family of three left the rather dangerous forest in the wilderness.
Time flew by...
Akasaka, Asuna, and Yui wandered through the wilderness while searching for Yui's family.
After all, Asuna had strong moral values and still wanted to return the child to her biological parents.
Though she did really like the child.
And since Akasaka couldn't exactly tell her that the child was an intelligent AI, he could only go along with Asuna's wishes.
In any case, Akasaka knew that Asuna definitely wouldn't be able to find the child's parents...
Because this child didn't have any parents at all...
Yui held Asuna's hand, calling out "Mommy, Mommy," with a delighted smile all over her face.
She even turned back to call out to Akasaka's dad, who was following behind, telling her dad to hurry up!
Akasaka, who had been lagging behind, quickly picked up his pace and caught up.
Asuna felt a little awkward at being called mom and dad.
She had wanted Yui to change how she addressed them, but when she looked into Yui's adorable, lively black eyes, Asuna ultimately couldn't bring herself to say it and simply let the child be.
That had been Akasaka's intention as well—to use the child as a bond to grow closer to Asuna.
Akasaka walked over to Asuna's side and extended a hand, taking Yui's other hand.
As for Yui's remaining hand, it was naturally being held