Ruru

Ruru (ルル) is a supporting character in The Progressers side story during the Aincrad Arc. She is a Level 1 Non-Player Character (NPC) in the village of Pani on the 56th Floor of Aincrad, where she offers the Clearers a hint to defeating the GeoCrawler boss when a player stays alone outdoors in the village for a certain amount of time at night.

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On March 6, 2024, Ruru urged Kirito and Klein to retreat behind the safety of Pani's gate as they were chased by the GeoCrawler after the failure of their latest strategy to defeat the Field Boss. That night, following Asuna's loss in a duel against Kirito, the NPC's special conversation pattern was triggered due to the girl staying outside of a house inside the village for a certain amount of time. Upon approaching the player and assuming that she had trouble sleeping, the child began singing a lullaby, which described a musician playing a lute to cause all the other characters in the song to fall asleep, including an iron-armored serpent. After her lullaby was successfully used to vanquish the GeoCrawler the next day on March 7, Ruru was lifted into the air by Kirito during the subsequent victory celebration, which prompted an NPC harassment warning for the latter.

Ruru's Lullaby
English = The travelling musician from the south With a lute in his hand

With a brush of a silver thread Strum-droppy, he calls to sleep Even the long-bearded village chief And the greedy uncle from the weapon shop,

And the children running around the plaza The black cat atop the roof, And the robin chirping atop a twig, And even the iron-armoured serpent Drowsy-sleepy They all fall asleep Romaji = Minami kara kita tabigeinin Ryūto katate no tabigeinin

Gin no ito o hitonade sureba Poron-pororin nemuri ni izanau Nagai o-hige no sonchō-san mo Gametsui bukiya no oji-san mo

Hiroba de kakeru kodomora mo Yane ni nobotta kuroneko mo Koeda de utau komatori mo Tetsu no yoroi no orochi mo Toron-tororin minna nemuru Kanji = 南からきた旅芸人 リュート片手の旅芸人

銀のいとをひと撫ですれば ぽろんぽろりん眠りに誘う 長いおひげの村長さんも がめつい武器屋のおじさんも

広場で駆ける子供らも 屋根に登った黒猫も 小枝で唄うこま鳥も 鉄の鎧の大蛇も とろんとろりん皆眠る

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