Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-138.130.106.201-20140801110937/@comment-3250527-20150109011225

Kirito asked Kayaba to prevent Asuna from killing herself if Kirito himself were to die.

Also, Kirito and Asuna were spared because Kayaba wanted to speak to them one last time.

(Since there is a Yen Press translation, I can no longer quote from the fans-lations......)