Arc 1 - Hollow
With only 25 floors remaining in the floating castle of Aincrad, Wilhelm, also known as Will, suddenly finds himself in an unknown area normally sealed off to players known as the Hollow Area. In doing so, he meets a girl named Philia...
Hello! I hope you're all having a good day, and perhaps by chance, you've come across this story while scrolling around on your phone or computer or whatever you use. Anyways, allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Yasuhiko Nozomi, but my friends call me Yasu. Born November 23, 2007, I am a handsome young man standing at 180 cm and weighing 56 kg. (That's 5'11" and 123 lb respectively for the Imperial folk)
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This is what I look like IRL, and as you can see, I've got long hair, and it's very stylish indeed.
However, I'm known as Wilhelm in the virtual world, but my friends call me Will. You see, I was trapped in a game known as Sword Art Online or SAO for short.
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I was one of the strongest players in the game, even rivalling Heathcliff and the Black Swordsman (who you may know as Kirito). However, about a month after Heathcliff's defeat, I was warped off to an unknown area, which I would later learn is known as the Hollow Area, and it was there that I met a beautiful blonde-haired girl that would become the love of my life.
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And there she is. This is Philia, known IRL as Kotone Takemiya. She is a sweet girl who won't hesitate to help out her friends, and she also has a deep love for treasure and exploration. She's also very beautiful. I found her in the Hollow Area, having been trapped there for a while, and thanks to my efforts, I was able to get her back to Aincrad proper and allow her to live a normal life again. During this adventure, we fell in love, and after SAO, we started dating IRL.
(A/N) As you may be able to infer from that last passage, we're doing the gameverse timeline, which is superior to the anime timeline in more ways than one.
After our endeavours, we both decided to conquer the Hollow Area, which has led to me acquiring a new title: The Hollow Swordsman, a title I like very much. However, I better not get too far ahead of myself, lest I spoil too much of the story.
I will also mention that I will also acquire a small harem (of roughly 3, 4, maybe 5 members), but aside from Philia, I'm keeping its constituents a secret ('cause spoilers, and I want it to be a surprise).
This story will be told from my perspective unless otherwise stated. Here's a quick guide to speech and whatnot to not alienate anyone. Me - Normal speech Me - (Thoughts) *Slash* - Sound effects
And if you see this: ⚠️LEMON WARNING⚠️
It means that we're entering lemon territory (some sexy time, if you will). It means that if you're not a fan of sexual content or anything yellow and citrusy, you should keep scrolling until you see the next line of bold text, like so: ⚠️END OF LEMON⚠️
That's all I'm gonna say, and without further ado, here's the story. This is Yasu, signing off.
