“Tell me more. Who are you meeting?” “Se-secret!” Asuna blushed and avoided my gaze. I crossed my arms, nodded, and then spoke: “Ah~ I thought that you were strangely brighter these days. So you finally got yourself a boyfriend.” “It-it’s not like that!!” Asuna’s cheeks turned to a deeper red. She coughed and then asked me a question while glancing at me slightly: “...Am I, really all that different nowadays...?” “Of course~ When I first met you, you only concentrated on clearing dungeons! I thought you were a little too stiff, but then, starting this spring, you began to change a little; like taking a rest from clearing the game on a weekday —— that’s something you would never have done back then.” “Ri-right ...maybe I really have been affected...” “So, who is it? Someone I know?” “I... don’t think so... most probably.” “Bring him over next time.” “It’s really not like that! It’s still, well... a one way thing...” “Hmm...?” This time I was really surprised. Asuna was the sub-leader of the strongest guild, KoB, and one of the top five best looking girls in Aincrad. There were as many boys who wanted Asuna’s attention as