Chapter 46

Currently Zen is in a hospital room that he frequently visits. At this moment Zen was watching the woman in front of him who was still lying weakly with medical equipment around.

"Wait Asuna, I will save you" said Zen.

However, it wasn't long before Asuna's door opened and two men in suits entered. The two men were middle-aged men who were carrying flowers for his daughter, Asuna's father, and one of them was an employee.

"Oh.. Zen-kun, apparently you're here" said the middle-aged man.

"Good morning Yuuki-san, I just got here" Zen replied.

Then they started small talk until a man who entered with Asuna's father interrupted them.

"Ah.. this may be the first time you two meet, he is one of the heads of laboratory research in my company." Asuna's father said.

"Introducing, my name is Nobuyuki Sugou" said the man.

"Uchiha Zen" Zen replied with a smile.

Then the man started trying to act happily meeting Zen who is the hero of the game.

Actually the truth in this game is only known by the government and some of the victims' families. So it was very strange that the employee knew the truth about Zen.

But Asuna's father apologized for leaking this information to Zen. Because Asuna's father considered that man like his own family. Zen himself was silent and listened to Asuna's father's words.

"Sorry, sir. It seems the news of my and Asuna's engagement, I want to announce it publicly" said the man.

"Is that so?" asked Asuna's father who was very surprised by the man's words.

"Yeah, I decided long ago and I can't wait to see Asuna wearing a beautiful wedding dress to show off her hidden beauty here" said the man while trying to provoke Zen.

"Alright then" Asuna's father said.

On the other hand, the man actually intended to bring Zen down, but his hopes were not achieved after he saw Zen's expression which was still smiling as if nothing had happened before.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I think I'll say goodbye first because I have a meeting I need to attend" Asuna's father said as he left the place.

"Irene, what is the highest status of people in this world?" Zen asked after seeing Asuna's father about to leave.

[G, zen] Irene replied.

"Can you change my STR status to G" asked Zen.

[Okay] Irene replied then.

Status Points: [310] > [230]

STR: I [4/25] > G [0/100]

[Done Zen] Irene said after changing Zen status.

After Asuna's father left the room, the man who was still with Zen began to show his true nature. He tried to go across Asuna's bed.

"So you spent time with Asuna in that game, huh?" said the man with his evil smile.

Hearing this Zen just smiled and continued to stare at the person regardless of his words. But the man thought that Zen was now being devoured by his provocation so he fell silent.

"In that case, it will be a hindrance to our relationship" The man said as he grabbed Asuna's hair.

But before the man grabbed Asuna's hair, Zen's hand immediately grabbed his and started squeezing it tightly. Then Zen started to clench his fists then hit him so many times that his face was almost unrecognizable.

Zen then let go of the man's hand until the man fell down and started kicking his private parts until blood came out of his crotch. Seeing that Zen just smiled and started spitting at the man.

Then Zen woke up from his daydream when the man tried to hold Asuna's lips after he finished his long babble. Zen then grabbed the man's hand preventing him from touching Asuna's lips.

The man started to smile because he managed to anger Zen, but when he was about to let go of his hand, Zen's strength was so strong that he couldn't let go of his hand.

"Yo, dreamer-san, have you finished telling your fantasies from earlier?" Zen asked.

"W-What are you doing Z-Zen-san, are you going to attack me?" he asked.

"Of course not daydreaming-san, I'm just saying keep dreaming while you can, dreamer-san" said Zen then threw his hands until the man almost fell.

The man was very surprised by Zen's power, so he started to stand up and straighten his clothes as if nothing had happened before.

"You may be with him in the game Zen-san, but he will be with me" the man said boldly.

"Okay dreamer-san, I'll remember what you said" Zen replied with a smile to the man.

"Okay, then come on our wedding day next week in this room Zen-san" said the man starting to leave the place.

"You just wake up a delusional sleeping Beast-san" Zen said after seeing that the man was gone.

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Right now Zen was at the door of a bar after coming home from visiting Asuna. Zen then entered the venue and saw a muscular man behind the bar counter.

"Yo, Zen," said the man.

"Looks like your business here isn't as advanced as your business in the game Agil-san" said Zen while sitting on a stool at the bar counter.

"Hahahahaha, now it's quiet, try to come at night Zen" said Agil denying Zen's previous words.

"Okay - okay, you know the purpose of my coming here" asked Zen.

Then Agil took something from behind the table behind him and showed it to Zen.

"Alfheim is online" Zen muttered.

Then Agil started to explain where he got the blurry photo like Asuna's that he sent to Zen. The photo is from the game Alfheim Online, a game created by the makers of Amusphere, a console successor to Nerve gear.

After several players tried to fly up the tree called the World Tree shoulder to shoulder due to the limited flight duration, and a top player managed to take a picture of the top of the tree before the flight time ran out.

"So are you going there?" asked Agil who had finished explaining to Zen.

"Sure, but can you help me with something Agil-san?" Zen asked then.

"What is Zen?" asked Agil.

"Please keep this a secret from Lisbeth and Silica" he replied.