Kirigaya Suguha ran into her room, lay down on the bed, put on her virtual helmet, and entered the game world once more. Transforming into the blonde beautiful girl Leafa, she waited beneath the familiar roots of the World Tree.
Unfortunately, Akasaka never came.
Akasaka had said 8:30 tomorrow morning.
But Leafa had misunderstood it as 8:30 this morning.
By the time Leafa logged out of the game world, it was already 2:30 in the morning, which counted as today rather than tomorrow.
Leafa had misunderstood Akasaka's sense of time and thought he had broken his promise and failed to show up. Depressed, she kicked the little stones at her feet and could only play the game by herself.
Meanwhile, in the real world.
"My Sister has been acting a little strange today..." Kirito noticed that something was off about his sister. He went to her door and knocked, but there was no response. After saying, "Excuse me," he opened the door and walked in.
He found Kirigaya Suguha lying quietly on her bed, playing a virtual game. He walked to her bedside and looked at her, then noticed a game poster resting quietly on the nightstand beside her.
It was an advertisement for ALO.
Kirito picked up the poster and examined it. "A world of elves and forests?"
The poster clearly depicted an elf and a forest.
Kirito put down the poster and muttered to himself.
"So this is where Suguha has been playing?"
"No wonder she's been so absent-minded today. She's gotten addicted to an online game... That won't do! My Sister can't keep indulging in this. She'll get addicted."
Kirito prepared to stop Suguha from continuing like this.
This was simply outrageous. How could she be so obsessed with an online game?
Was she even going to