Summary
Kawahara Reki under the pen name Kunori Fumio originally self-published nine individual doujin comic/novel side stories of Sword Art Online, that were later compiled into one volume. The individual chapter names are: 1. The Clearers (or The Progressors) 2. Early Characters 3. Ceramic Heart 4. Cold Hands, Warm Heart (Aincrad 50th Floor, September 2024) 5. Salvia (Before the events of Fairy dance; Kawagoe, January 2025) 6. Algade Showdown (Aincrad 22nd floor, October 2024) 7. Continuation: Aria in the Starless Night (Aincrad 2nd Floor, 4 December 2022) 8. Rondo of the Transient Sword – first chapter (Aincrad 2nd Floor, 8 December 2022) 9. Monochrome Concerto – first chapter (Aincrad 3rd Floor, 14 December 2022