I really don't want to have a girlfriend.

"I...I haven't forgotten!" She quickly lowered her arm, put one hand on her hip, and puffed out her chest as if to show her strength. "It's just that your expression just now was a bit scary. Your eyes were like those of a wolf, fixed on me..."

"I'm logging off now, goodbye."

Too lazy to listen to her nonsense, Yuu Tenkuji simply pressed the logout button, and his virtual body quickly disappeared from the spot.

"what……"

Left without a second thought in the empty room, Asuna opened her mouth toward the spot where he had disappeared, but her voice vanished as if she had been choked.

Soon, she stomped her foot on the floor, wrinkled her nose, and snorted angrily.

"That jerk! Next time I challenge him to a duel, I'm going to poke several holes in him!"

After calming her anger, Asuna plopped down on the bed, opened the equipment doll, and found that she could take off her underwear, but she couldn't remove the "Ring of Beloved".

That's true. If they could have removed it, they could have simply unequipped and logged out earlier, instead of going through all that trouble.

With some time still remaining and no one else around, Asuna wasn't in a hurry to log off.

She leaned against the headboard, gazing out the window at the quiet, starless night.

"The virtual sky looks even better than the real sky..."

Her long hair cascaded down her shoulders, gently brushing against her face in the breeze.

While reminiscing, Asuna couldn't help but laugh, and subconsciously swung her fair legs.

To be honest, I think I only really got to play the game today.

A man hunted a wild boar, wandered aimlessly through the city, met a nun who looked a lot like his grandmother, received a strange mission, and even started wearing a ring on his ring finger beforehand...

These are all things that have nothing to do with "Asuna Yuuki," but "Asuna" in the game can do whatever she wants; she doesn't have to care about other people's opinions or follow the path that others have chosen.

At most, it's just reaping what you sow; you're forced to marry someone who's not even a friend.

In just two short hours, such wonderful, enriching, and unforgettable memories were created...

Is this the charm of games?

Even so, we can't escape reality.

Thinking of this, the pleasant smile turned bitter and finally turned into a sigh.

Asuna Yuuki lay flat on the bed, pulled the blanket over her body, and, according to her habit, took off her clothes until she was only in her underwear before pressing the logout button.

In her final moments before leaving this world, she whispered these words of farewell to Asuna:

"I hope I can be just as happy tomorrow as I am today..."

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Back in reality, the first thing Yuu Tenkuji did was send a message to Koichiro Yuuki.

As a healthy college student, he was definitely still online at this time—and sure enough, the message he sent was quickly read.

Ayou: "Brother Hao, wanna come for an offline real-person PK?"

Hao: "Huh? Who's there?"

Ayou: "Me and you."

Hao: "...What did I do to offend you? Please tell me so I can die knowing why."

Ayou: "I encountered some unreasonable things in the game, and since I couldn't find the game designer, I had to vent my frustration on you."

Hao Ge: "Oh, is that so? What's wrong with it? I'll go and give the suggestion to the game department and ask them to help me fix it."

Ayou: "Forget it, go ask your sister. And give me her LINE number while you're at it."

Hao Ge: "!!!"

Hao: "(Excited expression) Are you finally going to make your move on her? Quick, call me brother-in-law, and I'll guarantee your secret rendezvous won't be discovered by my mom!"

Ayou: "Get lost. I need to do a team quest with her. It'll be easier to contact her if something comes up and I can't go online. Your family isn't as free as mine."

Hao: "Okay. If you guys make any breakthroughs, remember to let me know."

"I'm already married to your sister, and you're talking about a breakthrough?" With a slightly amused smile, Yuu Tenkuji added Yuuki Asuna as a friend after receiving her contact information from Yuuki Koichiro, and then sent her a message.

Yu: "Your brother sold me your contact information."

Asuna: "...What a pity, I can't buy a rapier in real life."

Yu: "I'll be online at 8 AM sharp tomorrow. If you need anything, please let me know in advance, okay?"

Asuna: "Okay."

Yu: "Well then, goodnight, sweet dreams."

It took about ten seconds for the other party to send the message.

Asuna: "Okay, goodnight."

"Congratulations, host, you have received a reward of 500 yen."

"Congratulations, host, you have received the reward: Sleep Aid (Proficient Level) (once)."

"Ugh……"

Yuu Tenkuji put his phone down beside him and leaned back.

He put his hands behind his head and sighed at the ceiling with a complicated expression.

"System... saying goodnight gives you a reward, it makes me think that girls are actually easy to handle..."

"..."

The dog system, which could clearly speak but always remained silent, still did not respond to his remark.

Chapter Thirty-Four: My Online Game Wife is Really a Girl

The following evening, after confirming on LINE that Asuna Yuuki would also be able to log in that day, Yuu Tenkuji logged into the game five minutes early.

He had just regained his sense of touch when he was momentarily stunned.

"This is……"

Yuu Tenkuji, who had logged off standing up, was puzzled as he logged back in lying down. He lifted the blanket and sat up in bed.

Does this mean that as long as you log out of the room, you will automatically log back in using this waking-up posture?

Why does this game have so many inexplicable features...?

He opened the system menu and looked at the equipment doll. The "Ring of Beloved" was still lying quietly in the equipment slot, with a message saying "Cannot be removed before the mission is completed".

The buff he receives is currently grayed out and will only be activated after his partner comes online.

"I hope it's not too troublesome... It's all the fault of this damn system, it makes it impossible for me to even enjoy the game properly, and I have to be careful not to get hurt."

After grumbling for a moment, just as he was about to close the menu, the empty space next to him suddenly lit up.

The quilt, which had been lying on the bed, quickly swelled up and covered a slender and well-proportioned human figure.

She remained asleep, her upper body seemingly naked, revealing delicate collarbones and fair, rounded shoulders, exuding a pure and innocent charm; however, upon closer inspection, one could still discern two bra straps hanging from her body.

As for the area below the collarbone, it was completely covered by the quilt. He could only see the shallow groove created by the side-lying position, and the thought popped into his head, "This person has a pretty good figure."

From the moment the light appeared to the moment the landing was completed, it took less than three seconds.

"Well……"

Seemingly bewildered by the current situation, the girl under the quilt blinked blankly, looked at the bed, and touched the pillow she was pressing down on, before nodding as if she had suddenly remembered something.

"I'm online..."

After realizing what was happening, she lazily propped herself up, covered her mouth with one hand and yawned, letting her chestnut hair fall loosely over her shoulders and on the bed.

Wiping away the blurry vision, the girl caught a glimpse of someone sitting next to her out of the corner of her eye. Yawning, she casually greeted them:

"Hello... Good evening."

Good evening. Did you not sleep well in real life? You look so tired.

Tenkuji Yuu casually got out of bed, blending into the air with perfect acting skills, and slowly retreated to the door.

"No, my sleep schedule is very regular, and I didn't feel sleepy when I logged on." Asuna, still seemingly not fully awake, touched the still-warm bed and said somewhat puzzledly, "Is it because of this bed? It makes me feel like I just woke up after logging on..."

"Ok?"

The sound gradually faded away, and the air slowly solidified as if frozen.

With his back to her, Tenkuji Yu opened the door while silently counting down the seconds.

One, two, three, four, five...

It took five seconds for the girl's hysterical scream to finally erupt, shattering the tranquility of the night sky.

"Ah—! You, me, you... why are you lying in the same bed as me!?"

"Go ask the game's designer. I'd like to ask you, why do you have to take off all your clothes when you log off?!"

After uttering this sarcastic remark, Yuu Tenkuji decisively walked out the door and closed it.

The vibration of the pillow hitting the door came immediately, but the room was well soundproofed, and he didn't hear what she shouted afterward.

"Really..." He shook his head as he walked downstairs. "Young people these days have no sportsmanship and are always giving away freebies."

Although he tried to be a gentleman and didn't stare, as a man, Yuu Tenkuji still glanced at her a few times, memorizing her beautiful and alluring figure.

Even if she isn't as mature and alluring as Yukino Yukinoshita, she possesses a unique, youthful charm—despite being a body made of data, her body temperature and fragrance are genuine, making one involuntarily stir their pants.

The thought that this was a fictional world gave Yuu Tenkuji a bold idea.

For example, invite companies like Yuzusoft, August, and NEKO WORKs to join the virtual world. Forget about fencing games; just create a realistic visual novel to benefit male gamers worldwide...

However, doing so could very likely lead to a sharp decline in the birth rate, thus rapidly leading to the destruction of human civilization. So he put aside this terrible idea, found a seat in the restaurant attached to the hotel, ordered a cup of coffee, and waited for her to come down.

On the ring finger of her left hand, a heart-shaped diamond ring was sparkling with a crystalline light.

"Even though she's just a wife in an online game, when she puts on a ring, it feels like you're actually married."

Unfortunately, Yuu Tenkuji was not distracted by this.

Anyway, they're all things that will disappear sooner or later.

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