"Marisa—"

It wasn't loud, but it reached the ears of everyone present.

"Huh...... Ah Fei?"

As soon as I turned my head, I saw the familiar figure.

"Watch your image! With your feet off the table, what do you look like?"

Flying glared at Marisa.

The girl who has been married for a long time has known her master even earlier. For all sorts of reasons, he didn't want the girl to be like her master—a great fellow, but as a human being, she was very bad.

And the appearance of the girl putting her feet on the table is already a bit of her master's essence.

"Cut, be careful of becoming an old man. Ah Fei."

Although she seemed to be complaining dissatisfied, Marisa obediently removed her leg from the table.

"Marisa, who is this ......?"

The witch, dressed in a strange dress that resembles a nightgown, turns her inquiring gaze to Marisa.

"He? He's flying—"

The Valkyrie of the Eternal Pavilion? The witch narrowed her eyes.

「…… Well, right. Pache you know?"

"There's a record of him in Gensokyo Origins, of course I know."

With no emotion in her eyes at all, Patchouli looked at Fei Li coldly.

Fei Li didn't feel any kindness in his purple eyes, but this was what he meant to define a witch.

"Your Excellency is the witch of the Seven Dawns, Pache Norregi...... It seems that we have a certain understanding of both sides, which is good."

With that, Fei Li pulled out a chair beside Marisa. I sat down on my own.

「……」

「……」

Looking at the silent two, Marisa couldn't help but frown. Is it a delusion?

She always felt that the two of them were watching each other's boxers, always ready to deliver a fatal blow to each other.

Maybe it was just a delusion on her part, but the fact that the atmosphere wasn't very friendly right now was a real thing. To break the deadlock, Marisa spoke.

"That, Ah Fei, what are you doing here?"

This phrase did the trick. Phiri and Pache stopped looking at each other at the same time, and returned their eyes to Marisa.

"Uh, is this one......

It's really hard to explain clearly for a while, do you want to tell Marisa Fiercely: Alice thinks that you have been deceived by the witch Pache Norregi, so let me remind you.

For the sake of the Moon King, although he was upright, he was not so stupid that he couldn't understand the atmosphere.

Thankfully, there was someone who helped him out at this time.

"Please."

The demon girl with wings on her back served a cup of steaming black tea to Feili in time, even if the other party had no intention of relieving herself, but this move undoubtedly won a little respite for Feili.

"Thank you."

With a kind smile to the little devil, he picked up the black tea and took a sip. At the same time, he was also considering what he should say next.

It would be unwise to say Alice's exact words, but it was not what he wanted. In that case, let's be honest.

Putting down the teacup, she turned her head to look at Marisa.

"If you want to say I'm here for something, I'm actually here for you."

"Looking for me? Why?"

Upon hearing this, Marisa suddenly showed a surprised expression. Because she doesn't remember anything out of the ordinary she's done lately.

"Don't worry, it's just that Alice asked me to come to you. You haven't been to her lately, and she's a little worried."

"That's ...... so."

Marisa, who thought she was going to hear a lot of preaching again, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then I'll go see her now."

The decision was made with ease, and for Marisa, she always put her ideas into action immediately.

"Goodbye Pache then, I'll be back in two days."

Standing up from her chair, she waved her hand at the purple-haired witch. Then step on your own broom.

It's a pity that her ass hasn't been touched by the broom pole yet, and the whole person is pulled off by a hand.

"Give me a good walk out of the main gate and fly again! Don't forget that this is someone else's place."

"Why, Patchouli doesn't care. You're right?"

Pache nodded, of course. But Fei Li was unmoved.

"That's not a reason for you to be rude."

"Cut, where are you from?"

In the end, she was defeated in the face of Feili's momentum, and Marisa could only walk out honestly--but before she left, she didn't forget to break her mind about Feili.

"I'm not a young man, girl."

However, this level is not painful for Feili at all. He never thought he was young, but watched Marisa's back fade into his vision.

When the apprentice magician left, the scene fell silent for a moment. The witch who was obsessed with the devil's path didn't talk much, and Feili was thinking about how to speak.

Feeling the dullness of the atmosphere, the little devil consciously picked up a pile of books on the long table. Flapping his wings, he went about his job as a librarian.

"So...... Mr. Valkyrie, what are you here for?"

Somewhat unexpectedly, Pache Noreki spoke first.

"Me? As I said, I'm here to find Marisa."

Hearing this, Patchouli didn't say anything, but the words "disbelief" were clearly expressed in her eyes.

"Ah, of course. I heard that Marisa had made a new friend, and I wanted to see what kind of person she was. If it's a bad guy, that's a headache."

"Are you her father? That's all there is to it."

"Hahahaha, I don't have such a bear child."

Pache Teaule's sarcasm didn't make Fei Li angry, but instead made him shake his head and laugh.

"I wouldn't be that lenient, but I'm afraid she'll go down the wrong path because she's with some unscrupulous guys."

「…… Who is the so-called unscrupulous guy?"

At first glance, the witch's voice seemed as flat as ever, but Fei Li was keenly aware of the anger contained in it. It's no wonder that anyone who hears Fei's powerful words will think that he is referring to Sang and scolding Huai.

"Well, don't get me wrong. It's not about you, you're not a good person, but you're not a bad person."

It doesn't sound like it makes any difference. But in fact, "this" and "that" are completely two different concepts, and it is naturally impossible for Pachuali, who is as smart as Pachouli, not to hear the meaning of Feili.

"I'm ashamed to say that I was just in the dark for a while when you were talking to Marisa, and it was clear that you had good intentions for her."

"The dignified martial god also engaged in voyeurism, so that? Are you a gossip reporter from Monster Mountain?"

Patchouli's cheeks flushed, and this was the first time she had expressed a noticeable change of emotion in front of Fei Li, probably because of shame.

But compared to the witch's shame, Fei Li was even more surprised by the gossip reporter in Pache Li's mouth. Let this witch who doesn't seem to have any interest in delving into knowledge and magic know that it's really good enough to be a reporter like Shotimaru Fumi.

"I'm sorry for the trouble. But I have a question for you, witch."

"Say---But I also have the right not to answer."

"After what I just observed, although it was only for a short period of time, my thousands of years of experience still do not let me be mistaken. You're a pure witch."

At least, it used to be.

"I don't know what your past is. But even so, it's not hard for me to imagine that you must have lived a time that humans don't have, and you have wisdom that humans can't have. For people like you, the search for the ultimate truth is your ideal. You shouldn't be tempted by the other scenery along the way, but that's clearly not the case for what I've seen now. Now tell me, what motivates you to change for the sake of others?"

Convinced of his opinion, Feili waited for Patchouli's answer.

There have been too many similar people, who have their own goals and want to achieve them at all costs. Such people have seen too many in their lives.

This type of person is especially common among magicians, and although their actions are not subjectively malicious, they have objectively evil actions because of their pursuit of the devil's path. For the sake of the Demon Dao, anything can be abandoned, and many top magicians are such figures.

They don't become magicians to prolong their lives, they prolong their lives in order to delve into magic. It's a pity that this kind of guy is not a good person in the eyes of normal people.

If you want to say why...... The root of magic is the karma of the gods outside the heavens, and it is only natural that it will invite misfortune.

This witch is also such a character, and she was, and probably is. She may also make some experiments that are very different from human morality, because after all, she must have abandoned such useless things as human nature a long time ago.

"What stupid things are you talking about...... Change is for yourself."

Yes, because she was acting entirely for the desire of her heart.

"Hah...... Hahahahahaha......ha

It should have been cold and affectionate, but Fei Li suddenly burst out laughing after listening to it.

"Hah...... For yourself...... Well said. That's enough."

That's right. With a little realization, he stood up.

That's pretty much the end of the conversation. Fei Li was ready to leave.

However, before leaving, he still left this sentence.

"By the way, I'll still come here to read books in the future. Please include a lot of it."

「…………」

There was no promise, and there was no refusal. This silent answer should be considered a tacit acquiescence.

I had expected this reaction, and Feili smiled without any accident and left silently.

…………

On the way back to the Eternal Pavilion, Fei Li recalled what Patchouli had said.

"For yourself?"

This witch who says it's for herself, and she should realize that this is the so-called "like".

But...... At present, it will take some time to truly realize this.