Alice Margot Royd has been agitated lately.

Yes, she was upset, she was resentful.

"Can you understand that feeling?"

She questioned the man in front of her.

To be honest, Fei Li didn't understand anything at all--he didn't understand anything about it.

Suddenly called by his niece, he didn't know anything and was asked with a face. He couldn't help but wonder if he had done something wrong recently.

Judging by Alice's reaction, this is not impossible. This girl's personality is quite cold, and although she calls herself uncle, she is just a nod to the level of friendship that meets and nods.

He would be called to his home in the Forest of Magic by this girl, something Feili had never thought about. After all, this girl was different from most of the women he had met in Gensokyo, and that strong feminine personality was a rarity here.

Because of this, when he received the invitation from Alice, he was a little difficult to accept for a while. Compared with the girl's sudden change, Fei Li still thinks that the other party has something to find him is a more reasonable explanation.

Sure enough, Alice didn't come to him for affection. Feili, who had expected this, was not disappointed, but he was surprised by the questioning as soon as he came up.

can make this doll-like girl reveal such strong emotions...... Did you do something stupid lately that made her angry?

I rearranged what I had done in the past month, and the result was that I didn't get anything of it—and the magic in front of me didn't have much to do with it, and I couldn't find any sign of it.

So, that's what he said.

"Sorry, I don't understand. I don't even know what happened, but if I did something stupid, I'll apologize immediately."

Honesty can go a long way, and it's a great experience in life. However, what happened later proved that he was actually thinking too much.

"Well, by the way, you don't know anything."

The girl who was biting her lower lip anxiously was annoyed by her gaffe. She closed her eyes and calmed down, and when she opened them again, she was the girl she had been with a sense of alienation.

Alice, who had returned to her normal mode of thinking, noticed a strangeness in Feili's words.

"Stupid? What stupid thing have you done?"

"Ah...... No, nothing. It's me who is overly worried, you don't have to worry about it."

-- It turned out that it had nothing to do with him at all.

Finally realizing that he had indeed said something stupid, Feili hurriedly waved his hand, signaling Alice not to care.

Although some people care about what the "stupid thing" in Feili's mouth is, Alice, who has more important things at the moment, does not delve into it.

"Please don't take the gaffe to heart just now, I'm just a little anxious."

There was a hint of coldness in her calm tone, and it sounded like she was no different from her. But the body that moved in the chair in a very small way showed that this was not the case.

With his understanding of this girl, Feili immediately sensed that she was shy.

Yes, shy. Even if her appearance is still so indifferent, there is an atmosphere floating above and below her body that is not very close to people, but she is undoubtedly shy.

The magician, who has always shown a calm attitude, is the first time that he has shown such vivid emotions in front of Feili.

It's amazing.

What was it that made her like this? Fei Li was very interested to know.

"Ah, I know. I can tell from the tone of your voice that you are indeed very agitated---but, why?"

Hearing this, Alice lowered her head slightly, so that people could not see her expression, and it was not difficult to see from the ups and downs of her shoulders that she was engaged in a considerable degree of inner struggle.

"Ma, Marisa...... She'......"

"What's wrong with Marisa?"

Hearing an unexpected name from the girl's mouth, Fei Li couldn't help but feel a tightening in his heart. Could it be that the stupid girl has caused some kind of disaster?

"Marisa, she's been tricked away by a bad woman!"

「…………」

Compared with Alice, who has given up on herself, Feili looks completely inaudible. No, it's not that he didn't hear clearly, but he couldn't understand it for the time being.

Subconsciously took a sip of the black tea in front of him, and when the warm liquid with a refreshing aroma flowed through his throat, Fei Li spoke again.

"You, what did you say? Can you say that again? I think I misheard."

"Marisa, she's been tricked away by a bad woman."

If there is anything different from what I just said, it is more fluent.

「…… Tsk, I heard you right."

Fei Li took another sip of black tea in a depressed manner, and then put the teacup back on the table.

"So, Alice, you said Marisa was tricked by a bad woman, right?"

But who is that bad woman?

Naturally, it is impossible to stump Alice with this question.

"It's the witch from the Red Devil Pavilion! She must have used some kind of trick to trick Marisa!"

It sounds like a woman whose husband has been abducted by a vixen.

Fei Li couldn't help but think so. However, he was not so stupid as to say what was in his heart.

"The Witch of the Red Devil Pavilion...... What's it called? Pache ......"

"Pache Noregi."

"Yes, yes, that's the name. …… So, how can you be sure that Marisa was tricked by her? Alice."

"Ever since she met that dark, inactive otaku girl who only stays at home all day, Marisa has been running to the Red Devil Pavilion regularly. She didn't even listen to my advice—she must have been deceived."

There is no objective basis for the complete assumptions of the supervisors. Moreover, Fei Li noticed that Alice used several negative adjectives for a key person in her speech.

It seems that she has a deep prejudice against the witch named Patchouli Norregui. In this case, she would have thought that this magic had used some kind of method to ** Marisa.

"Okay, I probably understand. So...... What do you want me to do? Tell me these things."

"I'd like to ask you to do me a favor."

"I know."

Fei Li nodded helplessly. Alice couldn't have called him just to talk about what had happened during this time—he would have been glad if that had happened.

"I need an elder who knows Marisa well enough to persuade her to change her mind."

It is naturally self-evident who the elders in the girl's mouth are.

"Me? It's not impossible, but why don't you tell her? You're good friends with Marisa, aren't you?"

"What if she hates me because of it? What if you think of me as a dark guy because of this? -- I will never allow that kind of thing!"

By the end, she was almost gritting her teeth, and her fingertips were already white from clutching the wooden table too hard.

This look really ruined her beauty. Although he had known it for a long time, Fei Li still secretly sighed that a woman's jealousy was really a terrible thing.

He would love to ask Alice what her feelings are for Marisa, but it doesn't seem to be the right time.

"Tap, Alice, you're going to crush this table."

Looking at the wooden table that made a strange noise from being overwhelmed, he had a strong suspicion of the idea that the magicians were all weak creatures.

"Okay, I'll go to the Red Devil Pavilion right now and see what's going on. Wait at home for news from me."

"Thank you, uncle!"

Fei Li didn't really want to care about this kind of emotional entanglement. However, looking at the girl's hopeful gaze, he couldn't say anything to refuse.

After all, Alice Margot Royd is not one of those people who likes to come to him for help when he has nothing to do, and this reserved girl who values women will never trouble others if she can. Besides, she still called her uncle, and he really couldn't find any reason to refuse.

There's no way, although I'm not good at dealing with emotional issues, but I can only bite the bullet.

In this way, Fei Li left Alice's house in the Forest of Magic and headed for the Red Devil Pavilion.