Asuna sat in front of her desk as her mind went through everything that had been uncovered after Rafael had practically burned the orphanages down and punished everyone for the things that they were doing.
Had she been the same person that woke up in this world she wouldn't be able to stomach everything that they found, She felt Yui move and she couldn't help but smile at her daughter who was sleeping peacefully in her arms.
It was during peaceful moments like these that she was forced to remember the last four years and why she and her family were living in the American Half of Aincrad instead of the Japanese Half.
Everyone blamed the Beta testers because of what had happened, it didn't matter that there was no way of them known about what was going to happen, but everyone wanted, no need someone to blame.
As a result, Kirito and everyone in the scout and guard groups were hated by everyone, it didn't help that the Samurais and Knights had joined the two groups.
It was during a fight when both the guards and scouts had to work together to push back an invading army that everything finally boiled over and both groups chose to leave the East section of Aincrad.
It was before anyone knew that the monsters could leave the mountain if they wanted to.
The enemy army was forcing both groups back each time it took more ground from the defenders until Kirito was forced to call for help.
Her guild along with a few others heard the scouts and guards' calls for aid but they were completely outnumbered.
It didn't matter if the players were stronger and faster than a normal person, because the enemy army could easily wear them down.
Asuna can still remember hearing all of the insults and curses of the other players as they said that the scouts and guards deserved to die because of what they had done and that the world would be better off without them.
She can still remember feeling helpless and fearing for what the other players would do to Yui after she was done.
That was when the American Players showed up and fired upon the enemy catching them completely off guard, it was because of them that they won that fight.
The Americans were largely considered useless because even if they had guns, they needed to aim and fire the things, something that anyone could do with a bow and arrow.
A creak from outside made her turn her head but it was just a guard walking.
She begins to remember the argument that followed after the fight and how Aincrad nearly went to war with itself because of what the other guilds had done.
If she compared those days to what she had seen these last few months she would have said that she was reliving those days again.
None of the people responsible for nearly killing her, Kirito, and everyone else felt like they did anything wrong.
Just like the Monks, priests, and whatever title the person who managed the orphanages had, who believed that they were doing the right thing.
Just like back then, the people who blindly followed the men and women protested and cursed both Rafael and the guards claiming that they had no right to do what they did.
Rafael who had seen the things that were being done to the kids, silenced everyone with a single look and ordered them to leave Aincrad or else he would have them killed.
The crowd left that day, but the protest didn't end until all of the protesters, their families, and everyone who helped them were thrown out with whatever valuables they had.
It was a death sentence because the gap or border between Aincrad, and the other kingdoms was filled with bandits and monsters.
The door to her office opened and Asuna found herself looking at someone whom she had grown to consider a friend, despite the woman in question having once tried to kill her.
The samurai was wearing a dress that showed her curves, Asuna could see the woman's long legs that came out of her dress as she walked towards her.
The woman had cut her long black hair short in protest of something that Rafael had refused to do, but she wasn't the only one, other women in the tea and both houses had done the same.
"How long is he going to stay this time?" the samurai asks her.
Asuna looks into the woman's light brown eyes. "We aren't leaving anytime soon." she answers the samurai.
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"You are good people but our rule has been plagued with insurrections, wars, and betrayals, and yet despite all of that your kingdom has flourished." the woman says to her.
Asuna doesn't bother to say anything, because she knows all of this already.
"It's time for all of you to start ruling and put everything in order before it collapses under its weight." the woman says to her.
"And how do you suppose we do that? Did you already forget what happened when Lugging Coffin fought the Mongolians? Or what happens when anyone that isn't living under one of the guilds tries to take a part of the mountain?"
Asuna asks the woman as she remembers the corpses and abandoned villages that the players found.
She remembers exactly what happened when Lauffing Coffin Humiliated Genghis Khan and took his first wife just to insult him, before unleashing several high-level monsters in the man's army.
Needless to say, no one has dared to even approach that part of Aincrad since then.
Asuna watches as the woman kneels and places her head on the floor. "Please let us deal with those that plot behind your backs, we will not kill anyone innocent." the samurai says to her, but Asuna doesn't answer.