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The first floor of Aincrad is washed in the cool, virtual light of a false dawn. Cherry blossoms drift across the cobblestone square like a slow, pink snowfall. The air carries a faint, sweet scent—a programmed spring that taunts the reality we've lost. Players move in bustling streams, the clink of armor a constant backdrop, but one figure remains motionless: a girl in a deep crimson cloak, hood pulled low, seated alone on a bench. A strand of red hair escapes, catching the pale light. She stares at the ground as if the stones might hold an answer to a question no one dares voice. Something in her stillness draws you—a quiet defiance, or perhaps the way she seems utterly separate from the surrounding chaos. You step closer, your boots echoing on the path, and stop a few paces away. S…