in the middle of an evaluation at a second-hand shop. Or maybe, facing a dreadful monster, he could be boldly crossing swords with it. She gently reached out both of her hands, and wrapped them around his thin, white right hand again. Kazuto’s true sense of touch was totally canceled by Nerve Gear at the medulla oblongata, before it reached the brain. However, looking at the skin that Suguha made contact with, she believed that her encouragement would have surely reached him. This was because Suguha could feel it once again. This young man’s, her brother’s, who, to be accurate, is her cousin, soul is emitting intense temperature. He had the firm intention and would definitely survive and return to the real world. Over the other side of the white curtain, the flickering golden light soon changed into vermilion and again into purple; although it was that time when the hospital room was wrapped in dim light, Suguha continued to stay there. Without moving, she listened attentively to her brother’s modest breathing. The urgent message, of Kazuto awakening, was reported from the hospital. That was a month later, the 7th November, 2024.