"Wake up, Alice!" Beverly seemed to say something. Alice yawned in a daze, raised her head slightly, and tilted her neck to show that she hadn't heard what she had just said.

...... It seems to have changed to a regular pillow under my head.

"The one with your shield replica of—oh yes, Anusen?" Turning back to the knight, Beverly whispered to Alice, "He wanted to ask a little about the shield." ”

Ask me...... Alice sat up a little dazed, pulling the chain off her collar aside. Then, she gestured in sign language and told Beverly what she thought. In the eyes of others, they can only see a few gesture keywords that are not in the right order, and then they need to make up grammatically smooth sentences by themselves. Therefore, if you want to understand sign language, you need to have a certain level of understanding.

These words are: difficult, you, he, no, me, say - you just tell him, I am in this state difficult to communicate.

Charlotte and Beverly, including the master, could understand it—even sign language and handwriting had been taught to her by Nairavos patiently and intermittently for years. Alice hadn't regained her sight and vocal cords for a long time, so the way her master taught her these things was extremely difficult—she had to touch her master's gestures or writing arms to remember what they meant.

In addition to being able to communicate with her master at a certain distance because of the slave contract, Alice couldn't communicate with anyone at first, and she was very stuffy.

Nairavos himself had been learning sign language for a long time, and had never heard of a master who would go out of his way to learn sign language for the sake of a slave. Every night from dinner to the hours before bedtime, Nailavas taught her these ways to express her emotions whenever he had free time, and gave Alice a small magic tablet that could write with her fingers and erase the rewrites at any time.

With a quick gesture, Alice shrank back so that Charlotte, who had come to the bed next to her, would have more room to lie down. As a result, the dragon girl had to inch in and squeezed Alice off the pillow directly.

Woo...... Whimpered and tried to snatch the pillow back, but the dragon girl was also too strong and directly tore the pillow apart. Alice had no choice but to grab the ball that she had just wanted to jump away from when she woke up and put it under her head.

After listening to it for a while, Anusen just wanted to ask why this shield was engraved with magic runes. But in fact, no one knows about this problem - it is a treasure handed down by the Dragoon Regiment, and it was given to Alice, who has made many achievements. That's all.

During their conversation, Alice also heard that the knight couldn't use the replica at all. It seems that the strength of the Black Ice Mage is limited after all, and it will not be as strong as Baiertra in that way.

The old man who has invented many forbidden spells is really terrifying, and one person can easily defeat the Nine Knights of His Majesty.

"What is Lusa doing now?" Beverly asked in a gentle tone after the knight had finished asking: she seemed to like the name Aya. According to her, it is very comfortable to hold.

"Still eating the fruit salad you made...... Slowly, looking anxious. And in a moment, the demon hunter will have to teach her how to control the Eye. If you want me to say, I'm so tired today, this kind of thing should be considered tomorrow. The knight sighed, "Mad Dog is busy drinking, so he wants me to ask you what the magic runes on your sword are." ”

"Well...... Alice seemed to stroke the hilt of the sword, "Actually, they're all a rune." I guess the Black Ice Mage couldn't design it like this, so there were a lot of runes. ”

"Okay. Besides......" Anusen's gaze seemed to drift to the dragon knight's side, "I heard that Alice's arm was wounded by an iron hammer at that time? He was trapped in the lighthouse, and he couldn't come back until the blizzard stopped. ”

Elven Ranger...... Charlotte, who fell asleep in her arms and tucked her body completely into the crook of her arm, was not much surprised: once upon a time, they used to fight on the battlefield as a special class of mercenaries. The main role is to detect and snipe enemy commanders.

As long as the field of vision is not obscured, they have no problem firing their arrows for fifty kilometers. As a result, they almost have to stay high in the air to be useful. So there will also be situations where the rangers stay on the back of the dragon.

"But...... What are you going to do? stay here for a few days?" the knight was silent for a moment, and suddenly gasped with mixed emotions: "Vicol and his house were half blown up, so they also stayed in this hotel. With the addition of the new Witcher, we've all got this place in full swing. ”

"No, we have a camp in the cave. Beverly shook her head in refusal: she was afraid that Alice would feel awkward.

In fact, Alice doesn't feel awkward very much. Although for a long time she lived only with her master, Alice, and Charlotte, she often stayed in hotels and barracks for work. In fact, most of Alice's work for thousands of years has been to travel to other worlds, and the journey is relatively long.

"Okay. The ......" The knight walked to the door with some embarrassment, then stopped a little, turned to Alice and said, "Sorry to stun you, let so many people see it...... Those things in you. ”

...... shook her head, and Alice made a long string of sign words to show that she didn't care.

In order to prevent the chain in her left hand from reaching Charlotte, Alice pressed it under the ball and gently patted the sleeping dragon girl: Charlotte was a child she had brought up since she was a child, and she was no different from her daughter.

She said she hadn't tried to hide it. Pick anyone who has seen Alice and see the scars and shackles, and that's okay. It's just that the history books haven't been written. Smiling lightly, Beverly slowed down: "There's no need to have a psychological burden. ”

History books...... Alice suddenly wanted to laugh: it was funny to see herself in the history books. Especially when it says that he has been killed.

Once upon a time, Alice did her best to hide the shackles and scars, but no matter what, others would see it. It made her so depressed that she locked herself in her home. In the end, it was the master who slowly enlightened her and made Alice dare to face all this. Ever since the day she was able to confront her unbearable past, Alice had been able to face all the most terrifying dark magic illusionists on her own.

They excel at manipulating the fear in people's hearts, inflicting extremely deadly mental bursts on others by revealing those scars that most sting them. However, none of these tricks will do anything for someone like Alice, who is already able to face herself.

This kind of person is surprisingly rare in the entire Sky City, and even few of the Nine Knights under the King can do it. Therefore, Alice, who has indestructible mental powers, is often sent to deal with this kind of illusionist who studies black magic.

"By the way, I vaguely noticed something. Just as the knight was about to leave, Beverly stared into his eyes and said softly, "You seem to have forgotten something important...... It always feels like you're struggling with some very vague memory. If you keep it in your heart, you will get sick. If you don't dislike it, would you like to talk to someone?"