"No, we haven't been here for long. ”

Levi wasn't polite, he had an interesting conversation with Hei Tonggan just now, and he really didn't think how much time had passed. Even Alice, who didn't say much on the side, listened to the conversation between the two with great interest. After all, Lévy had been 'cohabiting' with her for almost a year, and he knew very well what Alice would be like when she was not interested in something and felt bored.

"That's good, I just said it, but I didn't expect the unexpected trouble, and it was delayed for a while...... Who is this?"

The dusty Aozaki Orange hung the long trench coat on the coat rack in the room, turned to look at Alice standing beside Lévy, and turned her questioning gaze to Lévy again.

"This is Alice Margot Royd. It's a magician, but it's a little different from what you define it. ”

When she heard the word 'magician', the pupils of Aosaki's eyes shrank suddenly. Even though she was only back to normal in an instant, even Alice probably didn't notice it because she wasn't good at reading words. But Levi had long been looking forward to what kind of reaction Aozaki Orange would have, so he naturally caught it, and secretly shook his head and sighed that although the relationship between this woman and her sister has eased a lot, there are still many problems.

It's not that Levi has any bad taste, deliberately saying words that will make Aozaki orange care to irritate her. It's just that Levi has always contributed some strength to the matter between Aozaki Orange and her sister, so she naturally hopes to see her efforts in exchange for some effect, right?

"Is it called a 'magician'? I can really feel that it is a different being from humans...... So, hello this Miss Alice-Margotroyd, my name is Orange Aosaki, and as you can see, here it is...... Well, boss?"

Orange Aozaki looked at Alice with interest. After all, she is also a woman, and she doesn't care as much about Alice's appearance as a man. She actually knew early on that there was a 'non-human' visit to her office. The enchantment she arranged herself also had the function that allowed her to know the general situation inside the enchantment as soon as she stepped into the enchantment. As soon as Aozaki Orange stepped into the enchantment, he learned that there were two people with strange abilities in his office in his office, and one of them was very familiar and knew that it was Levi, who had made an appointment to meet. But the other one is identified by the enchantment as 'outside the person', that is, although I don't know what kind of existence it is, it's not a 'person' anyway.

"Hello. ”

Alice simply greeted the owner of the place, who had always been a little curious. And then like Aozaki Orange, he looked carefully at this woman who was much older than him on the outside, but in fact he was definitely much younger than himself. And Alice's reasons for caring about the other party are not the same as Aozaki Orange. Aozaki Orange said that Alice was a different existence from humans, but Lovely Lisi felt some 'kind' in Aozaki Orange. However, this 'kind' aura naturally does not mean that Aozaki Orange is also a magician, or a person with magical powers.

There are many, many people in this world who possess and can manipulate and use magical power. Even though Alice rarely goes out after returning home with Levy, she hardly goes out on her own. But in addition to the other tenants in the house, she had seen several people with magical powers, and she didn't find it strange. On the contrary, in Alice's impression, it also caused a lot of common illusions about the existence of magicians in this world.

In fact, although there are many magicians and magicians in this world, they are only a drop in the ocean among billions of people. The vast majority of people with supernatural abilities, especially magicians and magicians who have magician associations and various religious church systems to control and supervise, tend to be cautious and secretive. Ordinary people don't want to see magic with their own eyes, even if they don't know it, the opportunity to pass by a magician may not be met once in a lifetime. But overall, they're really not that scarce, and they're definitely not on the same level as someone like Alice who can already be classified as a youkai in Gensokyo.

However, among the many magicians, Aozaki Orange is indeed one of the few people who has something in common with Alice. This point was sensed by Alice for the first time from the flow 'form' of the magic in Aozaki Orange's body.

"Orange is a very good puppeteer, maybe the two of you have a common language, and you can exchange ideas with each other when you have the opportunity. ”

I don't know if Levi saw through Alice's thoughts, or if he had intended it that way in the first place. Aozaki is a puppeteer, and although it is a little different from the absolute definition, she has the ability to infuse the puppet with a 'soul' to some extent. To know how to make a puppet with a soul and a self, this is something that Alice has been working on tirelessly. Aside from the Magic Book, which Levy still doesn't know what it contains, this is probably what Alice hopes for the most.

Although...... Although Levi couldn't figure out if it was Alice herself, or if it was something like Gensokyo's Gensokyo, where any creature becomes a youkai, the laws of the world came into play. Of Alice's dolls, at least two of them were self-aware. One of them has also reached the level of intelligence that is no different from normal people, and can be used as an ordinary person to communicate.

It's just that the puppet named Shanghai 'threatened' Levi against telling Alice about her possession of a soul. Although he didn't know why the puppet was afraid to let Alice know that she had awakened her soul, Levi felt that since she was already a puppet with a soul, she should be treated as a normal person. A normal person has his own privacy, even if Alice is definitely the owner of Shanghai, as long as it is not something that will hurt Alice, it is not a big deal for the little puppet to want a little secret.

"Sure enough, Miss Alice is also a person who likes to make dolls? It's just that I think the dolls we make may be a little different. And with Miss Alice's ability, she probably won't need to learn anything from me. ”

Aozaki Orange said that, but the tone revealed the fact that she was actually very interested. Even if she claims that she is inferior to Alice, that statement is not modest.