Forest House.
When the door here was opened again, it was not only Luo Zhen and Asuna who came back, but also a little girl lying on Luo Zhen's back, sleeping as if dead.
"Goo!"
"Woo!"
Colorful butterflies and flower butterflies flew ahead, as if leading the way, and took the lead in rushing into the living room. Then they came directly to a door, stopped there, and urged Luo Zhen and Asuna who entered. scream.
Asuna stepped forward immediately and opened the door.
Although the right to use this cabin belongs to Luo Zhen, Luo Zhen has already registered Asuna as a user and can freely use all the rooms and equipment here. Asuna can naturally open any room freely. Door.
"Luo Zhen."
Asuna opened the door and spoke to Luo Zhen.
"Um."
Luo Zhen nodded, carrying the girl on his back, and entered the room.
The room was very simple, with only a bed and a wardrobe. It was obvious at first glance that no one was living there.
This was indeed the only vacant room in the cabin.
There are three rooms in the forest house, one belongs to Luo Zhen, one belongs to Asuna, and the remaining one is here, which Luo Zhen uses as a guest room. If Kirito comes to stay here, he will use it as a guest room. Give this room to him.
Now, this room is just for emergency use.
Luo Zhen let the girl on his back lie on the bed and pulled the quilt over her body, leaving only one head exposed.
It was only now that the girl's full face was revealed to everyone.
The girl's appearance is consistent with her appearance. She is very young and immature, even younger than Silica. She is probably not more than ten years old.
However, the regular facial features and the right tender cheeks tell others that this is a perfect beauty, and she is really cute.
However, such a cute girl gives people an unreal feeling.
At least, the way she lay quietly on the bed, sleeping, was not so much a human little girl as a goblin who looked young but had actually been alive for who knows how many years. The color of her skin was close to that of alabaster. The kind is delicate and pure white, the long black hair is shining brightly, the face also has an exotic flavor, and the outline is quite clear.
"Gu..."
"Woo..."
Cai Die and Hua Die seemed to like the mysterious atmosphere of the girl. As if they regarded her as a kindred spirit, they landed on her bedside one on the left and one on the right, making worried sounds to each other.
Luo Zhen and Asuna also stared at the girl and didn't speak for a long time.
Until not long after…
"This child..." Asuna whispered uncertainly, "It should be a player, right?"
Asuna was hesitating about such a thing.
In this regard, Luo Zhen’s answer was this.
"At least it won't be an NPC."
If it is an NPC, it will not leave the set range of activities, and it cannot be moved arbitrarily by the player. If the player touches the NPC with his hand, a harassment warning window will pop up within a few seconds, and he will be given a series of commands. The person was knocked away by the unpleasant impact.
This is a rule made to prevent male players from doing rude things to some female NPCs.
But Luo Zhen easily carried the other party to his home, which was obviously not an allowed behavior.
Therefore, Luo Zhen can conclude that this girl is not an NPC.
Asuna was a little skeptical.
"Isn't it a special NPC? For example, a type with responsibilities assigned to tasks?"
There are also some special NPC characters in SAO. They are given special settings for special reasons, and thus have behavioral specifications that exceed those of ordinary NPCs.
For example, some players have triggered a task that allows them to seek help from a powerful NPC, and they can take this NPC with them. Until the task is completed, the NPC will assist the player in fighting, and will not announce his departure from the team until the task is over.
Asuna believed that the girl was likely to be this type of NPC. The incident of her falling in the forest was likely to be a fixed event that triggered a certain mission. Players could take her unconscious back to her residence and revive her. , and then continue the task.
In this case, because the settings allow it, players can take the NPC away or even take it back to their own residence.
only…
"If that's the case, then when we find her unconscious, our task list window will be updated." Luo Zhen shook his head and denied: "For example, if we find a mysterious girl unconscious in the forest, among them It seems that there is something like a story that will definitely appear in the task list window when we come into contact with her, as a reminder that we have triggered the task.”
This is the normal task process.
However, there was no update in the task list windows of Luo Zhen and Asuna, proving that this girl was not the key to triggering a certain task.
There was no way Asuna didn't know this.
However, the rapier user still didn't want to believe that this girl was a player.
the reason is simple.
"She doesn't even look ten years old, maybe only about eight years old?" Asuna said in disbelief: "How could there be such a young player?"
This is because the , as a game console helmet, has an age limit in principle for its equipment. Unless you are a legal citizen over the age of thirteen, no manufacturer will sell the helmet at all.
Of course, this is only one of the reasons.
If it's just a helmet problem, you can still lie about your age or use other means to get past the problem and get the right to use the helmet.
The real serious problem is that a player who is only eight years old will never appear in the forest outside the circle on the 22nd floor.
That is really too dangerous.
"Even if there are such small players, they should always stay in the starting town on the first level."
Asuna had this idea.
This time, Luo Zhen nodded in agreement.
"Even if you reach the 22nd floor through the transfer door, once you step out of the circle, you will definitely not survive if you encounter a monster."
From this point of view, it is doubtful to say that the other party is a player.
To sum up, Asuna couldn't determine whether the girl was an NPC or a player.
Even Luo Zhen couldn't be sure.
The reason is simple.
"Have you noticed?" Luo Zhen stared closely at the head of the sleeping girl on the bed and said, "There is no cursor on her head."
"Huh?" Asuna was stunned for a moment, and then finally discovered this.
Yes.
There is no arrow-like cursor on the girl's head.
"Whether it is a player, an NPC or a monster, there should be a cursor above their heads. The colors are just different. Generally, players have a green cursor, criminal players have an orange cursor, NPCs have a yellow cursor, and monsters have a red cursor. There are no exceptions."
Luo Zhen said this.
"But this kid doesn't have a cursor at all."
This shows what
"She is not a player, nor an NPC, nor even a monster, but some kind of existence that we don't know about at all."
Luo Zhen's calm words made the air feel a little cold.