Akasaka's side.
After dealing with Kayaba Akihiko, he turned and left, returning to his little family of four with Asuna, where he found Yui hiding in a corner and crying.
Akasaka had not forgotten this daughter of his. He had been thinking about her all along.
Akasaka walked up to his daughter and crouched down.
Yui had her arms wrapped around her knees and her head buried between them. The moment she heard someone approaching, she immediately looked up. When she saw that her father had returned, her eyes instantly reddened. With a plop, she threw herself into his arms and burst into loud sobs.
"Dad, you're going to leave me too, right?!"
"Just like Mom did!"
Akasaka held Yui in his arms, patting her back as he comforted her like a child, coaxing her to stop crying while promising that he would not leave her.
Only then did Yui stop crying. She stood up from her father's arms and wiped away her tears with the back of her hand.
"Dad, you really won't leave?"
At that moment, Akasaka still wanted to tease his daughter. "Leave? Of course I'm leaving. Who would want to stay in this damned place?"
With a wail, Yui started crying again.
Akasaka knew he had overdone it and hurriedly added, "If I leave, I'll take you with me too. So don't cry anymore, my good daughter."
Akasaka picked Yui up and did his utmost to comfort her.
But after being tricked by her father once, how could Yui be so easily placated?
This time, Yui did not quite believe her father's nonsense.
Akasaka knew full well that his credibility had plummeted because of that joke. Yui no longer trusted him.
With no other options left—
Akasaka pulled a glittering golden Holy Grail from his chest