Sword Art Online Vol. 15 – Alicization Invading Chapter 15 - In Northern Lands 19 | P a g e Chapter 15 In Northern Lands 10th Month of Human World Calendar 380 1 Placing the dishes she finished washing on the dish drainer, Alice Synthesis Thirty wiped her hands on the hem of her apron as she flicked her face up. The treetops visible beyond the small glass window had lost quite a number of leaves, dyed in red and yellow, to the chill of recent days. The arrival of winter was indeed earlier when compared to Central Capital Centoria. Still, the rays of Solus pouring down from the skies, blue for the first time in a while, seemed warm. A pair of Treeclimbing Rabbits huddled together on a thick branch of the tree straight ahead, apparently enjoying their sunbath. Alice smiled as she gazed at them for a while before she turned about and spoke. “Hey, we seem to be having fine weather today, so how about we have lunch all the way at the eastern hills?” No one replied. The log cabin had only two rooms, and this one served as the living room, dining room, and kitchen with a plain wood table placed right in its middle. Seated on one of the chairs, similarly plain, was a black-haired youth. Not even raising his head at Alice’s call, his vacant stare stayed upon a single spot atop the table. He never did have much meat on him, but still, he was obviously more slender than even Alice now. His bony frame was visible even with the loose robe he had on. The empty right sleeve hanging down languidly from the tip of his shoulders only made him look all the more tragic. Light was absent from his eyes, jet-black like his hair. Those two eyes reflected no more than his locked heart.