Let's turn back time a little...
Because time in the game had been slowed down by a factor of 200, not much time had actually passed between Akasaka's exit and Yui and Asuna's exit.
Meanwhile, Yui, having used the Holy Grail to make a wish, was currently reconstructing her body inside Asuna's hospital room.
Asuna's parents had originally been sitting by her bedside, grieving in secret and lamenting the unfairness of the world. How could something like this happen to their daughter? Then they saw Yui's body forming above them, nearly scaring them out of their wits. They thought they had seen a ghost.
That's right!
The Holy Grail had granted Yui's wish by allowing her to regain a physical body, letting her remain by Asuna's side as a living person.
After all, Yui's wish had been to go to Asuna's side; she had never specified what form she would take.
And since Asuna was alive, if Yui wanted to stay by her side, she naturally needed a physical body.
So, the Holy Grail had fulfilled Yui's wish in this manner.
But there had also been a loophole in that wish.
For instance, she had merely wished to stay by Asuna's side. She had not said whether that meant by Asuna's physical body or by her consciousness.
And Asuna's consciousness had yet to return to her body. She was still unconscious.
Meanwhile, Asuna was trapped in a pitch-black space.
It seemed endless.
Having left the game world, she should have returned to her body and regained consciousness. Yet now, she was confined in this space, with elven ears sprouting from her head and even her clothes changed.
They were rather revealing clothes.
At the end of the darkness, a person slowly emerged.
He was a blond male elf.
He looked