Sword Art Online Episode 07

Warmth of the Heart (心の温度) is the seventh episode of the Sword Art Online anime adaptation. It aired on August 18, 2012.

Plot
On June 24th of 2024; there is a player blacksmith name «Lisbeth», who has her own custom shop on the 48th floor: «Lindus». One day by Asuna’s recommendation, Kirito enters the smith shop to order a custom «Player-Made» sword.

While Lisbeth was concerned about the swordsman’s wealth; wondering if he is capable of paying the costly fee due his unimpressive appearance, Kirito asked if he could perform a trail run with her swords first. Ignoring her protests, Lisbeth watches as Kirito tests her best made weapon against his «Monster-Drop» weapon: «Elucidator». To her dismay, her weapon broke upon impact.

After witnessing the demise of her best weapon, Lisbeth’s pride as a blacksmith is enraged. So she challenges the trouble-maker, claiming that she will make a better sword that will beat the Elucidator. To make up for what he have done, Kirito partners with Lisbeth to obtain the necessary material, including the very difficult to get «Crystallite Ingot». Travelling on the west mountain of the 55th floor, Kirito and Lisbeth encounters the ice dragon; the monster that is rumored to contain the material inside it's body, although no player has yet to get the material despite how often they slay this difficult creature.

While having Lisbeth take cover for safety, Kirito faces the monster head on. However, due to one of the monster’s large scale attacks, Lisbeth is blown away, causing Kirito to protect her from fall damage into a deep hole away from the monster. After resting for the night, they later realize that they were at the monster’s nest, and finally understood the reason why the material was difficult to obtain; apparently the «Crystallite Ingot» they seek is the material that the dragon leaves behind after eating the surrounding crystals in the environment.

Now that the mystery is solved, the two face the white dragon as it return to its nest. Kirito grabs Lisbeth and with agile movement, he rides the dragon out of the hole and then free falls with Lisbeth, while falling Lisbeth confess he feelings but Kirito doesn't hear her. Afterwards, Kirito plans on announcing the material information to the public. When they finally return to Lisbeth’s shop from their quest, Lisbeth receives the material from Kirito and starts the «Smithing» process with her trusted hammer. When the time duration for the process ends, Lisbeth manages to reform the «Crystallite Ingot» into the impressive white sword: «Dark Repulser». Just when Kirito was planning on paying for the sword, Lisbeth instead let him have it for free and became Kirito’s personal blacksmith in this virtual world.

Just as she was about to confess, Asuna runs into the shop. She is heart-broken when she learns that her best friend Asuna has also fallen for Kirito, with Asuna being the reason why Kirito visited her shop in the first place. After leaving the two to look after her shop, Lisbeth goes to console her hurt feelings. Kirito finds her after searching through the town and promises her that they will win this game and free themselves from this world.

New Characters

 * Lisbeth

Inventory

 * Kirito
 * Elucidator
 * Dark Repulsor

Locations

 * Aincrad Floor 48 Lindus: Lisbeth's Smith Shop
 * Aincrad Floor 55: Western Mountain

Adaptation Notes

 * Adapted from Sword Art Online Light Novel Volume 02.


 * Kirito doesn't show Lisbeth his Dual Blades Skill
 * ​When Kirito chases after Lisbeth from the shop, he doesn't mention about his guilt experience with his former guild while comforting her with gratitude.

Quotes

 * "I've honestly always thought it would be better to die than to survive alone. But when we fell into that hole, I was glad we both made it out. I was able to think that everyone and I are living as best as we can. So, thank you, Liz." - Kirito