Although in the early morning and late at night, the steep cold wind still reminds people that winter has just passed, but the high sun at noon does bring a bit of summer heat.

At the top of the astrological tower of Crescent Academy, Claire was sitting in front of the window of the observatory with her hands on her cheeks, looking out at the winding path leading to the academy's gates in the lush forest.

On weekdays, there isn't a carriage passing by the trail all day, but Claire just likes to watch it all quietly, from morning to night, without getting bored.

Although Reiner had written a letter to Crescent Academy, informing him of his safety and telling Claire that he would be back a few days later, Claire was always lucky, thinking that Reiner might be back early.

On this day, she still sits here looking into the distance, the stargazing tower is very high, the top floor is naturally colder, Claire holds a glass of warm ale in her hand, sits on a chair, and there are two books on the side to pass the time, she doesn't drink herself, but somehow, Claire just stubbornly thinks that warm ale can make people warm just by holding it in her hand, and this glass of ale usually gets cold and hot, hot and cold for a day.

Claire let her palm heat up, set it aside, picked it up on the table, flipped it to the place she had seen last time, and continued reading.

The sun is shining, the breeze is gentle, cozy and comfortable.

This is a popular love between young women, the heroine and the male protagonist have been in love for many years, but the male protagonist was forced to set foot on the battlefield because of the war, the two have been separated for many years, relying on correspondence, but they also lost contact after a big battle, the heroine waited for the male protagonist to go home, but who knew that when he was really looking forward to him, the male protagonist actually had a peasant girl who saved his life, which made the heroine stunned.

Claire saw this, as for the back, she didn't have to think that it must be a dispute between the heroine and the peasant girl, and in the end, for some reason, the peasant girl withdrew from the competition, and the hero and heroine ended up together.

"This plot is too cliché, I really don't know what to watch."

Although Claire said this, the speed of turning the page did not slow down at all.

Just when she saw that the male protagonist was hesitant and could not face his long-time lover and his savior, Claire raised her head to relieve the fatigue of her eyes and glanced at the green forest.

"Huh?"

Claire suddenly noticed that a carriage appeared on the winding path that she had become accustomed to.

"He's back?"

Claire immediately rose from her chair, staring at the carriage looming in the woods, and even felt the urge to look through the telescope of the stargazing tower.

Claire's eyes followed the carriage to the gate of Crescent Academy, where she saw the carriage stop and a familiar figure descended from inside.

"Reiner!"

Claire screamed excitedly, but unfortunately no one was present to share her excitement with her, and she was about to pack her things and walk down the stargazing tower, when she saw a girl also get out of the carriage behind Reiner.

Far away, Claire looks down on the other party's appearance, but her intuition as a woman tells Claire that the other party must be a big beauty.

The passage she had just seen flashed through Claire's mind, and she didn't have time to clean up the ale on the table, so she hurriedly lifted the corner of her skirt and rushed down the stargazing tower, and when she came to the college square, she saw Reiner leading the girl towards the dormitory building.

"Reiner, you're back!"

Claire waved from afar, and trotted over.

"Claire?"

As soon as Reiner saw Claire, the girl threw herself into Reiner's arms, and a fruity sweet aroma entered Reiner's nose, which was the smell of Claire's usual shampoo that he was familiar with.

"You're finally back."

Claire was like a clingy kitten who hadn't seen her owner for a long time, rubbing her head against Reiner's chest, causing Reiner to feel a throbbing.

"What is this?"

It took a long time for Claire to let go of Reiner and look at the girl on the side.

This is indeed as Claire had predicted, an extremely beautiful woman, with long pale blonde hair curled up at the back of her head, delicate facial features like a doll, and her black and white clothes, which looked quite like a classical maid outfit.

"It's Hallesen, uh, it's a long story about her, but she'll be part of Crescent Academy in the future."

"Hello."

Halleyson gave Claire a standard maid salute.

"Part of it? Reiner, you've picked up cute girls out there again! ”

Claire said half-jokingly, but Halleyson spoke up.

"No, I wasn't picked up by Master Reiner, to be precise, it was Master Reiner's essence that gave me life."

She explained in all seriousness.

"Reiner's essence in your body?"

Claire smelled something unusual, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she looked at the two of them like a kitten that had found its prey.

"The essence of what she said was magic, I'll explain that to you later."

Reiner sighed, although Halleyson was excellent as a maid, he didn't know when he would be able to get rid of this habit of saying misleading words.

"Sure, Master Reiner gave me the magic powers, he took off my clothes and injected them into me."

"I took off my clothes !?"

Claire's eyes widened again, looking at Reiner.

"No, it's not what you think."

Reiner felt that the more he explained, the more troublesome it became, and while what Halleyson said was basically true, it was a really head-scratching statement.

"Even now, Master Reiner is very close to me, and I have a heart-to-heart connection."

Not knowing whether he understood the situation or enjoyed it, Halleyson continued, making Reiner darker and darker.

"Heart-to-Heart !?"

Claire felt herself hit hard, and her eyes darkened.

For the first time, there is a lover who can be entrusted for life, and for the first time, a warm and beautiful home is obtained, two happy things overlap together, and this happiness gives birth to more happiness, which is obviously a beautiful thing, why is this happening?

"Obviously I came first......"

Claire muttered to herself, her eyes seemingly out of focus.

"Wait, don't be cranky, Claire, this Miss Halleyson is not human, but an alchemical doll made by Master Hohenheim."

Reiner had no choice but to tell the truth.

"Alchemy dolls?"

Claire, who was still depressed, raised her head, looked at Halleyson, who was no different from a human, and tilted her head.