Thanks for the praise of the lost white Christmas shoes~――

"I'm not saying there's a problem with the path you're leading, it's just a random place, so of course it's right to walk around. But have you forgotten something?"

Alice raised her arm slightly as she spoke, which made the thick magic book she held in her arms more conspicuous. Anyway, she had put the book away because she had bought too many things and Levi couldn't handle them alone, and after throwing them all into the storage space, she took the book out again.

Lévy had been a little curious for a long time, Alice had always held the book but never opened it in front of Levy. If the book was just about magic, it would have been enough for her to take it out while she was studying magic. And if this book, like the one in the wind, is a kind of magic book with weapon-like functions, then Alice doesn't need to hold it in her hand all the time.

Could it be that she has always been very wary of Levi, so she never wants to leave her weapons? But the dolls that she usually uses as weapons are usually put away and not always put outside. This magic book actually has some magical functions, such as the ability to continuously improve the magic of the contact person as long as you carry it with you. Lévy has only seen such a magical 'equipment' in some novels, but the world is so big that it is precisely because of his extensive knowledge that he will not arbitrarily deny any possibility. Even that possibility sounds unscientific and unmagical.

"What is this?"

Alice blinked again, pointing to the book she was holding.

"This ...... The Magic Book?"

Lévy still didn't understand what Alice was trying to say, and the stupid look of scratching her head made Alice almost laugh, and she finally managed to keep her lips from changing the curvature, so that the corners of her eyes jumped a little.

"The grimoire is a magic book that can be embodied just by imagination, and with its help, there is no magic that cannot be cast. ”

Once again, Alice introduces Lévy to her ever-present magic book. She had introduced Levi in more detail than she did before. It was precisely because Alice said that as long as she had this book, she could cast any magic, which led Levi to compare Alice's magic book to the book of the night sky of the wind.

If Alice is telling the truth, then her book is very similar to the one of the Wind. Although he was not interested in or remembered the complex history and magical knowledge, Levi remembered that the Book of Night Heavens seemed to have the ability to store magical power, and could control and use the stored magical power, cast all kinds of powerful magic, and even possess terrifying power enough to cause dimensional interference.

And the reason why Levi used 'If Alice is telling the truth' is because from his observations over the past year, Alice doesn't seem to have fully grasped how to use her magic book. At least in many battles with Levi, Alice has never been seen to use that magic book, and no matter how far she has fought, Alice still uses her various magics based on her dolls to deal with Levi.

Of course, through many battles, Levi has long discovered that Alice has a special habit. This girl does not like to defeat her opponent with overwhelming strength, but always tends to use slightly stronger strength than her opponent to fight her opponent, regardless of their strength or weakness.

According to Levy's guess, the reason why Alice has such a habit is probably based on the mentality of 'if you lose after fighting with all your might, then there is no way back', so she never easily uses her full strength.

This kind of psychology is not wrong in Levy's opinion. That's right, but Alice's retained fighting style of fighting itself, which gives her a lot of flexibility in her actions. Especially if she encounters a large number of enemies, or has to fight for a long time and many times for some reason, this habit of retaining her strength can prevent her from consuming too much too early and affecting the next battle.

But as for the idea of making Alice develop this habit itself, in Lévy's opinion, it is relatively meaningless. The back road or something, at least it is the strength of the other party that allows people to have enough time and opportunity to think about the back road, so that it can exist? Fighting, if two people of equal strength do not spend a long, long time and fight until one of them is exhausted, it is actually more difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser. Even if one side is stronger, as long as the other side still has enough room to fight back, then as long as the weaker side is not a straight line cell that does not know how to advance and retreat, even if the strength is slightly stronger than him, it is still not so easy to defeat the opponent.

Unless the difference in strength is really a bit big, it will be quite difficult for the weaker side to make up their minds to run, and it will be quite difficult to stop him. Based on this kind of experience that Levi has summed up after countless battles over a long period of time, if he fights with close to full strength and is still defeated by the opponent, then the little strength he retains, even if he is taken out after being defeated, I am afraid that most of them will not play any role. Whether or not you can successfully escape with the little strength you have left is not so much about retaining your strength, but rather about the other party's mood, whether they plan to let you go with a blind eye, or whether they have made up their minds to leave you behind.

However, Alice's habit is not going to be corrected by Levi anytime soon. After all, this is not a teenage girl as she looks like on the outside, and the years she has actually experienced are definitely not short, if they may not be as good as Levy's. Those habits are also the same that Alice has summed up in her long experience, and if she wants to change, it is not something that can be done overnight.

But it is because of this fighting style and habit that Alice has never used that magic book to fight Levi, which is also right and wrong.

If that magic book is the reserve strength that Alice will keep as a backup even if she encounters a strong enemy, then she can probably use that magic book indeed. It is not possible that Alice's ability to retain strength is immeasurably powerful, it is likely that it is just a single hit, or a few kinds of magic that she chooses to use depending on the situation. In short, if she can use the magic book as well as her fingers, then this should not be a final resort after defeat, but a powerful weapon in conventional combat.