Chapter 542: I Want to Hold the Observer Forever
Although Ashe didn’t see his teammates after entering the virtual realm, he wasn’t worried. After all, he had already selected all of his team members for the “virtual realm exploration,” and more importantly, he had the virtual realm map to check their locations. However, when he opened the map, his attention was immediately drawn to a newly appeared special mechanism.
While he studied the mechanism, he suddenly heard someone calling him.
“Observer!”
“Here!” Ashe instinctively responded, raising his hand and looking around. He immediately spotted that touch of crimson in the crowd.
Seeing her quickly approaching, pushing through the crowd with her lips pressed tight and eyes fixed on him, the Cult Leader found it amusing. It had only been about ten days since they last met, yet it seemed like years. He wasn’t going to disappear; there was no need to be so excited.
Despite these thoughts, he couldn’t suppress the smile that crept onto his face. He lowered his head and used his fingers to tidy his bangs, and all the frustrations in reality suddenly vanished at that moment.
Ashe walked briskly, pondering over what his first words should be. Before entering the virtual realm, he had specifically consulted with Igor on how to quickly reconnect with a friend after a long separation. Should he use a light-hearted “hee hee hee,” a calm “let’s go find the Witch,” a teasing “did you miss me all these days,” taking the lead with “how was your Meteor Trial result,” or a flattering “you look so pretty I almost didn’t recognize you,” or maybe something else? But as he got closer, Ashe realized he didn’t need Igor’s suggestions. His inexplicable quickened heartbeat seemed to compress his thinking, leaving his focus only on the figure before him.
When there were no more bystanders between them, and noticing that the sword Princess didn’t show any sign of stopping, Ashe instinctively extended his hand in preparation to receive her.
It was then-