Thread:Nathanhale1993/@comment-29759785-20161030085049/@comment-29759785-20161109150328

I also don't think it is going to be volume 19. Rather side story what happened in those 200 years. I also read summaries when Alice was at Kirito home ane they embraced each other. Probably this moment:

http://swordartonline.wikia.com/wiki/Sword_Art_Online_Light_Novel_Volume_18?file=Vol_18_-_353.png

And Kirito saying that he wants to protect her he clearly meant not her as a person reall cloes to him, but the fact that she brings together virtual reality and real life.