Unable to fight back the pain in her chest born from these surprising comments, Lyfa could only ineffectually clench her fists. Lyfa was uncertain why these words hurt her so deeply, but her mouth moved instinctively and roughly spat out words. “...I’m not doing this just for you.” “Eh?” Kirito raised his face. Lyfa avoided eye contact with him and continued in a hard voice. “I... I wanted to come, that’s how I ended up here. I hope you understand that at least. What is this about forced journey? Do you think I hated coming all this way with you?” Her welling of emotion was detected by the AmuSphere, and it tried to make a film of tears cover her eyes—she was forced to blink rapidly to clear them. To escape from Yui’s panicked looks between her and Kirito, Lyfa turned toward the shrine’s entrance and stood up. “I... think today’s adventure was the best I have had in ALO. There were a lot of exciting things. Finally, I too began to think that this world is another reality, I was starting to believe!” Lyfa wiped her eyes with her right hand, and was about to go outside when suddenly— A huge, strange sound that was neither thunder nor earthquake came from a short distance away. “BORURURU!” That roar, was no doubt from the mouth of a huge monster. Subsequently, the ground began to shake, and there was a roaring sound of footsteps.