“Err, I guess it should stay a secret for now.” “What’s up with that!?” The two of them dried off their heads and then returned to the main house through the back door. Her mother Midori always worked in the mornings, so Suguha and Kazuto took turns in preparing breakfast. “I’m going to take a shower, Onii-chan do you have any plans for today?” “Ah...today, I’m... I’m going to the hospital...” “...” Suguha’s high spirits suddenly sank as she heard his quiet response. “I see, you’re going to visit that person.” “Ah... that’s the only thing I can do at this point.” That person was the most important one to him in that other world, and Suguha heard this directly from him a month ago. At the time, Suguha was in Kazuto’s room; the two sat next to each other, and Kazuto was nursing a cup of coffee as he explained all the details. The Suguha from before would never have believed it possible that someone could fall in love in a virtual world. But now, she could somehow understand. Besides— whenever Kazuto spoke of that person, tears would always well up in his eyes. Kazuto said that they were together until the very last moment. The two of them were definitely going to return to the real world together. But while Kazuto’s consciousness awoke, that person only