Yui, now possessing a body no different from a human's, held a dry towel as she wiped the face of Asuna's mother, who lay on the hospital bed looking somewhat haggard, a game helmet still on her head.
The child was very sensible. She knew she could not be of much help, and this was all she could do.
She took Asuna's mother's hand and waited quietly at her side.
Meanwhile, Asuna's parents watched the scene with extremely complicated expressions.
They had somehow become grandparents.
But how old were they?
They did not seem to be over forty...
And their daughter Asuna was still so young. There was no way she could have given birth to such a big child.
After all, the child clearly looked older than ten.
So she might have been adopted...
Coupled with the child's bizarre appearance, she definitely was not human.
Asuna's parents truly found it difficult to face this child.
At least, they could not accept her right away.
Akasaka sat on a stool, looking at Asuna lying in the hospital bed. He knew where Asuna had gone, and his fists unconsciously clenched tighter.
I wonder whether the contingency I left on Asuna has activated?
At that moment, Sugou Nobuyuki—the real-world identity of the fairy king Oberon—opened the door to Asuna's hospital room and entered.
He had seriously been cursed today. He had been just a tiny step away from obtaining Asuna's body in the game world.
Yet an unexpected incident had caused him to lose his strength, and he had even suffered a mental shock. His head still hurt, and he kept kneading it with his hand.
But when he entered Asuna's hospital room, especially after seeing Asuna's parents, he immediately put on a harmless expression and fawned over them.
"Father-in-law, Mother-in-law, hello.