"Mommy..." "Mommy is here." "You're sure?" "I'm certain." "This player ID belongs to Mommy." "The coordinates are right above us!" "Kirito-kun!" "Wait!" "Kirito-kun!" "what's wrong?" "The person at the top of the World Tree is that important to you?" "Kirito-kun!" "You're about to hit the barrier!" "Kirito-kun!" "No!" "Kirito-kun." "It's impossible!" "You can't get any higher from here!" "I must go!" "I have to go... it's me." "Mommy!" "Grand Quest" "Mommy..." "Mommy." "Yui-chan?" "Is that you?" "Mommy!" "Mommy!" "I'm right here." "I'm up here..." "Yui-chan!" "Kirito-kun!" "Anything..." "Is there anything I could drop down there?" "What is this?" "but..." "What's that?" "A card?" "do you know what this is?" "I've never seen an item like that." "huh?" "This..." "This is a System Admin access code." "Then can we use it to access the GM controls?" "No..." "You need the appropriate console to access it from within the game." "Even I can't bring up the system menu." "I see. something like this wouldn't just fall from the sky for no reason." "This is probably..." "Yes!" "Mommy heard us and dropped it." "Asuna... tell me something." "Where is the gate that leads inside the World Tree?" "it's in the dome at the tree's base..." "B-But you can't get in! and even the biggest raids couldn't break through!" "I have to go anyway..." "Thank you so much for everything." "I'll go the rest of the way alone." "Kirito-kun..." "Then let's go." "Yeah." "Wh-What?" "Is this an event?" "do you know the way to this dome?" "just go up those stairs and..." "Daddy?" "The information we've learned so far indicates that breaking in through the gate will be extremely difficult." "Our only choice is to try." "it won't cost our lives." "but... I'm going to go insane." "And you want right?" "Yes." "You who know not the heights of heaven..." "Do you desire passage to the castle of the king?" "Will you attempt the Grand Quest "Guardians of the World Tree"?" "Asuna." "I'm almost there." "Then show that you are worthy of letting your wings take flight." "Yui." "Keep your head down." "Daddy." "Go!" "Out of the way!" "I can do this!" "Down you go." "damn it!" "Asuna!" "Asuna..." "Asuna..." "Asuna..." "Asuna..." "Asuna!" "Asu—" "Just..." "Just a little more..." "Just a little more..." "I..." "I... 646)}Resurrection Timer died? I believed this world was just a game." "Is this my punishment for that?" "My strength is nothing but skills and status effects." "Resurrection Timer" "But I thought I could overcome and do anything." "A game where you can die is too easy." "Asuna..." "No..." "Stay back!" "Kirito-kun!" "Kirito-kun..." "Spirit's Tear Glacial Chunk World Tree Dewdrop Stardust Sand Ancient Fruit" "Kirito-kun..." "Leafa." "I d-didn't..." "But don't do things like that." "I'm fine." "I don't want to cause you any more trouble." "Trouble?" "!" "I..." "Kirito-kun?" "W-Wait!" "You can't do it alone!" "You may be right... so..." "But I have to go." "Stop..." "Just stop this." "Go back to being your normal self." "I..." "I... you're..." "Leafa..." "I'm sorry." "nothing will end." "And nothing will begin." "I have to see her again..." "I have to see Asuna again." "What..." "What did you just say?" "Asuna." "Yuuki Asuna" "That's the name of the person I'm looking for." "But then..." "Then..." "That's..." "Brother?" "Sugu?" "Suguha?" "This is awful." "This isn't fair..." "It isn't..." "S-Sugu?" "Are you sure you want to log out?" "Sugu!" "are you there?" "Don't!" "Don't open the door." "Leave me alone..." "Sugu?" "too." "I apologize." "But I didn't have a choice." "No..." "That isn't it." "That isn't..." "Sugu?" "I..." "I..." "I..." "I betrayed my own heart!" "I betrayed my love for you... to give it up." "To fall in love with Kirito-kun..." "I already had!" "But..." "But..." "L-Love?" "But we're..." "I know." "I already know!" "You and I aren't really siblings!" "I've known for the last two years." "Wasn't the reason you quit kendo and started avoiding me because you knew the whole time?" "Weren't you avoiding me because I'm not your real sister?" "!" "So..." "So why are you being nice to me now?" "!" "I was so happy you came back from SAO. like when we were little." "I thought you were finally giving me a chance." "But..." "If I'd known" "I wish you'd kept being a jerk." "I wouldn't have realized I like you..." "Or been sad to learn about Asuna-san..." "Or tried to fall in love with Kirito-kun instead!" "I'm sorry." "Leave me alone..." "Sugu..." "Next Time:" "Bonds"