Sword Art Online Silica Edition

The Silica Edition (シリカ・エディション) is a Silica-themed doujin written by Kawahara Reki, under the pen-name "Kunori Fumio", and drawn by Kurusu Tatsuya (ponz.info). The doujin was sold in Comitia 102.

Summary
This publication consists of two side stories:
 * A Spot of Sunshine in the Winter (冬の陽だまり) is a side story about Silica that occurred in ALfheim Online, set on New Year's Eve.
 * The Final Promise (最後の約束) is a short manga-format side-story, which takes place on the last day of Sword Art Online.

The Final Promise
On November 7, 2024, at 14:55 (2:55 PM) Silica is in her home in the city of Floria on the 47th Floor. She is relaxing with Pina as she drinks, when Pina begins to act strangely. Silica believes that Pina wants more food, when all of a sudden, an alarm rings out throughout the world. A System Announcement declares that world has entered "Forced Administration Mode", and that the game has been cleared. Silica is confused, knowing that the front lines should only be at the 75th Floor, and wonders if she can really log out.

She then realizes that logging out would mean she would be forced to abandon Pina. She begins to cry, realizing that Pina was trying to warn her of this. Silica begins to cry, saying that she did not want to leave yet, and that this was too fast, before Pina "dies". Silica cries out, as she "did not even get to say goodbye", before she realizes that Pina's heart remains. She recalled the words of Kirito, that if the "heart" is left behind, she could revive Pina. She promises to become stronger, and go find Pina once again.

Later Keiko is seen in a hospital room, with her cat, named Pina, on her lap. She asks her cat if she would listen to her stories about a friend that she met in another world, with the same name.

A Spot of Sunshine in the Winter


Silica FullDives into ALO after having an argument with her parents because despite they agreed to visit her grandparents for New Year, she wanted to stay in home, so her parents left her.

She logs in and enters Kirito and Asuna's house along with Pina, she checks if there is someone but does not find anyone, until Pina flies off her and lands on Kirito, who's sleeping. He wakes up and she asks why is he logged in, and he answers that he wants to prove the Excaliber he just got against Eugene. Kirito asks Silica why she logged on and she explained that she did not want to go to her grandparent's house because she did not want to talk to her cousins about the Sword Art Online incident as she disliked the way they looked at her when she spoke about it. Silica then says she's scared that their situation might change and one day she may be separated from Kirito and her friends. Silica then takes a deep breath and asks Kirito to a New Year's Eve date at Ikebukuro in the real world and, after some argument, he agrees.