Forest House.
When the door was opened again, it was not only Rozen and Yasna who returned, there was also a little girl lying on Rozen's back, sleeping as if she was dead.
"Gu!"
"Wu!"
Saichou and Hanachou flew in front, as if leading the way, taking the lead into the living room, then directly came to a door, stopped there, and urged Rozen and Yasna who entered the door.
Yasna took the lead and opened the door.
Although the right to use this small wooden house was with Rozen, Rozen had already registered Yasna as a user, so she could freely use all the rooms and equipment here, so naturally Yasna could freely open any door.
"Rozen."
Yasna opened the door and called out to Rozen.
"En."
Rozen nodded, carried the girl on his back, and entered the room.
The room was very simple, there was only a bed and a wardrobe, at a glance it was obvious that no one lived here.
This was indeed the only empty room in the small wooden house.
There were a total of three rooms in the Forest House, one belonged to Rozen, one belonged to Yasna, and the last one was here, which was used by Rozen as a guest room. If Kirito came to stay here, he would give this room to him.
Right now, this room could be used for emergency purposes.
Rozen let the girl on his back lie on the bed, pulled the quilt over her body, and only exposed her head.
Until now, the girl's full appearance was revealed in front of everyone.
The girl's appearance was the same as her appearance, very young and tender, younger than Celica, probably not more than ten years old.
However, those regular facial features and the perfect amount of water on her cheeks told others that she was a hundred percent a beauty in the making. She was extremely adorable.
However, such a cute girl gave people a surreal feeling.
At the very least, instead of calling her a little human girl, it would be more accurate to call her a young fairy that had lived for untold years. Her skin was a delicate and pure white that bordered on alabaster, and her long black hair flashed with a gorgeous radiance. Her facial features had an exotic flavor, and her silhouette was rather distinct.
"Gu …"
"Wu …"
Cai Die and Hua Die seemed to like this girl's inconceivable atmosphere, as if they saw her as one of their own, one on the left and one on the right side of her bed, making worried sounds towards her.
Rozen and Yasna also stared at the girl, not speaking for a long time.
Until not long after …
"This child …" Yasna whispered with uncertainty. "He should be a Player, right?"
Yasna was hesitating over such a matter.
This was Rozen's answer.
"At least he can't be an NPC."
If it was an NPC, it wouldn't leave its designated area of activity, and players couldn't move it as they pleased. If players tried to touch an NPC with their hands, a harassment warning window would pop up within a few seconds, and they would be sent flying by an unpleasant impact.
This was a rule made to prevent male Players from doing rude things to female NPCs.
Rozen, on the other hand, easily carried her back to his house, which was obviously not allowed to be done.
Therefore, Rozen could conclude that the girl was not an NPC.
Yasna was a little skeptical.
"Isn't she some special NPC? Like the type of mission assigned to her? "
In SAO, there were some special NPCs that were given special settings for special reasons, and thus had a behavior beyond that of ordinary NPCs.
For example, some Players triggered a mission that allowed them to ask for help from a powerful NPC, and they could bring the NPC with them. Before the mission was completed, the NPC would assist the Player in battle until the mission was completed, and then the NPC would leave the party.
Yasna thought that the girl was most likely this type of NPC. The fact that she fainted in the forest was most likely a fixed event that triggered a certain mission. The Players could bring the unconscious girl back to their residence, wake her up, and then continue with the mission.
In that case, due to the settings, the Players could bring the NPC away and even bring him back to their residence.
But …
"If that's the case, then our mission window would have been updated when we found the unconscious girl." Rozen shook his head and said, "For example, we found a mysterious girl in a coma in the forest, there seems to be a story behind it." That kind of content will appear in the quest window when we come into contact with her, as a hint that we have triggered a quest. "
This was the normal mission flow.
However, Rozen and Yasna's mission window didn't have any updates, which proved that the girl wasn't the key to triggering a certain mission.
It was impossible for Asuna not to know that.
However, the rapier user still didn't want to believe that the girl was a Player.
The reason was simple.
"She looks like she's less than ten years old, probably around eight years old?" Yasna couldn't believe it: "How could there be such a young Player?"
That was because the NERvGear, as a gaming helmet, had an age restriction. Unless the player was a legal citizen at least 13 years old, no manufacturer would sell the helmet.
Of course, that was only one of the reasons.
If it was just a matter of the helmet, the Players could lie about their age or other means to get the right to use the helmet.
The real problem was that an eight-year-old Player couldn't possibly appear in the forest outside the 22nd Floor.
That was too dangerous.
"Even if there is such a young Player, she should stay in the Town of Beginnings on the 1st Floor."
Yasna had such an idea.
This time, Rozen nodded in agreement.
"Even if she came to the 22nd Floor through the teleportation door, she won't be able to survive if she encounters a monster outside the forest."
From this point of view, it was doubtful that the girl was a Player.
In summary, Yasna couldn't determine whether the girl was an NPC or a Player.
Even Rozen couldn't be sure.
The reason was simple.
"Did you notice?" So Rozen stared at the sleeping girl's head and said: "There's no cursor on her head."
"Huh?" Asuna was taken aback for a moment before she finally realized what was going on.
That's right.
There was no cursor on the girl's head like an arrow.
"Whether it's a player, an NPC, or a monster, there should be a cursor above their head, but the color is different. Normal players have a green cursor, criminal players have an orange cursor, NPCs have a yellow cursor, and monsters have a red cursor. There's no exception."
That's what Rozen said.
"But this child doesn't have a cursor at all."
What did that mean?
"She's neither a player, nor an NPC, nor even a monster. She's some kind of existence that we don't even know."
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