at the fore of the 50-man group than back when she was the sub-leader of the «Knights of the Blood». After kicking aside the 21st floor’s boss she defeated herself, hurrying to the wooden house and clicking the OK button to confirm the transaction, Asuna couldn’t help but weep with happiness. —That night, after the party ended and all their friends left, while drinking a toast with Kirito and Yui, who had returned to her girl form, she cried again. This incident was kept secret from their friends. Asuna herself wasn’t really sure why she was so devoted to that place. Together with the boy who she seriously fell in love with for the first time, although it was in a virtual world, but having surpassed hardships, this was the place where they finally settled down and spent a brief moment of happiness. It sounded simple, but Asuna felt like it wasn’t just that. That house was perhaps, for Asuna who frequently couldn’t find a place to return in the real world, a place where she could feel at «home». A small, warm place where a pair of birds could rest their wings, snuggle up and sleep. A place for her soul to return. More importantly, after all the hard work, that wooden house had become a place where their companions could get together. They rarely ever had no guests. Asuna devoted herself entirely to the interior design of the small house, attracting everyone up from the surface. Not to mention companions from SAO, new friends from ALO frequently visited to eat Asuna’s handmade dishes. —Once, due to bad timing, they had a tension-filled meal where both the Sylph Lord Sakuya and the Salamander General Eugene were both present. Today— That was January 6th, 2026, a few familiar faces had gathered around the table which «grew out of the house».