Forest House.

When the door was opened again, it was not only Luo Zhen and Asuna who returned, but also a little girl lying on Luo Zhen's back, sleeping as if she was dead.

"Goo!"

"Whew!"

The butterflies and butterflies flew in front of them, as if leading the way, and swept into the living room first, and then came directly to a door, where they stopped, and let out a urging cry at Luo Zhen and Asuna who entered the door.

Asuna stepped forward and opened the door.

Although the right to use this cabin is on Luo Zhen, Luo Zhen has long registered Asuna as a user, and she can freely use all the rooms and equipment here, and Asuna can naturally open the door of any room freely.

"Luo Zhen."

Asuna, who opened the door, spoke to Luo Zhen.

"Hmm."

Luo Zhen nodded, carried the girl on his back, and entered the room.

The room was very basic, with only a bed and a wardrobe, and at first glance you knew that no one lived there.

This is indeed the only room in the cabin that is vacant.

There are three rooms in the forest house, one belongs to Rajan, one belongs to Asuna, and the remaining one is here, which is used as a guest room by Rajin, and if Kirito comes here to borrow it, then he will give him this room.

Right now, this room is just right for emergency use.

Luo Zhen let the girl on his back lie on the bed, and pulled the quilt for her, covering her body, leaving only one head exposed.

It is only now that the full picture of the girl is displayed in front of everyone's eyes.

The girl's appearance is the same as her appearance, very young and immature, smaller than Sirika, and it is estimated that she is not more than ten years old.

However, the upright facial features and just the right amount of tender cheeks are telling others that this is a complete beauty embryo, which is very cute.

However, it is such a cute girl, but it gives people a sense of unreality.

At least, she was lying quietly on the bed and sleeping, not so much a little human girl, but a goblin who seemed young but had already survived for an unknown number of years, the color of her skin was also close to the fine and pure white of alabaster, her long black hair was shining brightly, and her face was exotic, and her outline was quite clear.

"Goo..."

"Uhhhhhh

Butterflies and Butterflies seem to like the girl's incredible atmosphere, as if they are their own kind, and they land on the head of their bed one by one, making worried noises.

Luo Zhen and Asuna also looked at the girl, and they didn't speak for a long time.

Until a short time later......

"This kid ......," Asuna whispered with some uncertainty, "It should be a player, right?" ”

Asuna was hesitating about such a thing.

In this regard, Luo Zhen's answer is this.

"At least it won't be an NPC."

If it's an NPC, it won't leave the set range of activity, and the player can't move it at will, and if you touch an NPC with your hand, you'll jump out of the harassment warning window within a few seconds, and be knocked flying by an unpleasant impact.

This is a rule in place 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 allowable behavior.

Therefore, Luo Zhen can conclude that this girl is not an NPC.

Asuna was skeptical.

"Isn't it some special NPC? For example, there is a type of responsibility assigned to the task, etc.? ”

There are also some special NPC characters in SAO, which are given special settings for special reasons, so that they have a code of conduct beyond ordinary NPCs.

For example, some players have triggered a quest that allows them to ask for help from a powerful NPC, and they can take that NPC with them, and the NPC will assist the player in the fight until the quest is completed, and will not announce their departure until the mission is over.

Asuna thinks that the girl is likely to be this type of NPC, and that the incident of falling in the forest is likely to trigger a fixed event of a certain mission, and the player can take her back to her residence in a coma and rescue her before continuing the mission.

In this case, players will be able to take the NPC with them, or even bring them back to their own residence, as the settings allow.

It's just that......

"If that's the case, then our task list window will be updated when we spot her fainting." Luo Zhen shook his head and denied: "For example, the mysterious girl who was found in the coma in the forest, and there seems to be some story in this" will definitely appear in the task list window when we come into contact with her, as a hint that we have triggered the task. ”

That's the normal flow of the task.

However, there are no updates to Rogen and Asuna's quest list window, proving that the girl is not the key to triggering a mission.

There's no way Asuna didn't know this.

However, the cutler still didn't want to believe that the girl was a player.

The reason is simple.

"She doesn't even look like she's even ten years old, probably only about eight years old, right?" Asuna said in disbelief, "How could there be such a small player?" ”

This is because the "NERvGear" as a game console helmet has an age limit in principle, and unless you are a legal citizen who is 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 matter of the helmet, then you can use lying about your age or other means to fool the past, so as to get the right to use the helmet.

The real problem is that a player who is only eight years old will not be able to appear in the 22nd layer of the outer forest.

That's just too dangerous.

"Even if there were that small players, they would have stayed in Layer 1 of the Startup."

That's what Asuna thought.

This time, Luo Zhen nodded in agreement.

"Even if you go to the 22nd floor through the transfer door, once you get out of the circle, as long as you encounter monsters, you will definitely not survive."

From this point of view, it is also doubtful to say that the other party is a player.

To sum up, Asuna can't be sure whether the girl is an NPC or a player at all.

Even Luo Zhen couldn't be sure.

The reason is simple.

"Did you notice?" Luo Zhen stared closely at the top of the sleeping girl's head on the bed, and said, "There is no cursor on her head. ”

"Huh?" Asuna was stunned for a moment, and then finally found out.

Yes.

There is no arrow-like cursor on the girl's head.

"Whether it's a player, an NPC or a monster, there should be a cursor on the head, but the color is different, the general player is a green cursor, the criminal player is an orange cursor, the NPC is a yellow cursor, and the monster is a red cursor, no exceptions."

Luo Zhen said like this.

"But this kid doesn't have a cursor at all."

What does this mean?

"She's not a player, not an NPC, not even a monster, but something we don't even know about."

Luo Zhen's calm words made the air a little cold.