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"I don't really understand your thoughts, friends are so important, or is it that you can't survive alone?"

"......" Alice, who said such a thing, somehow made Nibel feel so pitiful for a while.

However, even so, Nibel shook his head: "As a human being, if everything is good, then there will be no contradictions in the world...... And even though there is a dark side to human beings, however, this can be corrected. "Because we are friends, conflicts can be resolved......

And the act of reading minds is a blasphemy for friends......

"So a guy like you is suitable to be the protagonist, and I am not. Alice, who was indifferent by nature, kept a smile on her face and turned her head to look at the sky outside...... The weather is bad today and the sky is overcast.

"Am I not a friend in your eyes?"

"Friends are based on equal status recognition, and you are always a naïve imp in my opinion...... Or a toy to play with?" the silver-haired girl chuckled playfully...... Even now that I'm older, it's the same. "However, you haven't been played badly yet, which is really surprising to me. He said words of surprise, but there was no fluctuation in his heart.

"My answer to your previous request is no. Alice withdrew her gaze from the distant sky and smiled.

"......?" the orange-haired boy, who was troubled by his mind-reading ability, was stunned.

"That ability is now your own, instinct-like thing, and I can't take it back until you're dead. At that time, without Alice's bother, Koniti herself will take it on her own initiative.

...... "Isn't that completely out of the question?"

"Besides, even if I can take it back, I won't help you. The golden chains that were wrapped around her arms jingled, and at this time, Alice stretched her waist comfortably, showing the beautiful curves of her body.

"Huh?!"

"The more you bother, the happier I become, because that's my pleasure. In Nibayr's eyes, the silver-haired girl at this moment was full of spring breeze...... It's not a smirk, the kind that comes from the heart.

How could Alice, who lived by the belief that 'pleasure is based on the pain and troubles of others', help others to relieve their troubles.

"......", I had no choice but to support my forehead, and Nibayr's head hurt so much at this time.

"If you don't have anything else to do, leave, don't disturb me reading. With Nibel in front of her, Alice felt uncomfortable reading.

Whose house is this?!

"There's one more thing. Nibayr was not angry either. "Next week, it's our academy tournament. "Well, since it's an academy, there must be this kind of competition that encourages students to compete with each other.

"Don't worry, you should be fine with playing a grade by yourself now. Having witnessed Nibel's growth, Alice, who picked up the reading material on the coffee table, smiled casually.

"No, I mean, Alice, are you going to check it out?"

"Would it be fun if you were to watch the imps play?" Alice asked rhetorically before flipping through the reading materials in her hand.

Does "......" mean that you won't go?

After sighing so much, Nibel also felt thirsty.

Seeing the empty cups and kettles on the coffee table, without hesitation, Nibayr poured himself a cup of tea.

"Let's start with that. While Nibail was drinking tea, the silver-haired girl laughed inexplicably.

“？”

"I've drunk that teacup of yours. "Indirect kisses.

"Ahem——! sorry......"

Then Nibel choked.

———— memories of a few years ago————

This is the entrance to a cave of a certain horde of monsters.

"Sister, this is—" Xiao Zhengtai, who was huddled behind Alice, asked suspiciously.

"Don't you really want to get stronger quickly? "This cave was recently discovered by Alice.

"Hmm?" Xiao Zhengtai didn't understand.

"If you can stay in there until tomorrow morning, then you're stronger. As she spoke, Alice had come to the entrance of the cave, looked away from the novel in her hand, looked into the dark interior of the cave, and smiled softly.

"But it feels like it's going to be dangerous inside?" At this moment, Xiao Zhengtai's intuition was unexpectedly accurate.

"There is no danger, where does it come to become stronger. "If you don't pay, where will you get it. "Anyway, if you can come out alive, I'll help you heal. "Wait, 'what if'?

"!!," Shota heard ominously from Alice's disapproving words.

"Of course, if you die...... it's too late to think, because Nibel is kicked into the cave by Alice. "I'll collect your body. A transparent seal struck the surface of the cave's entrance.

After doing all this, Alice turned away without nostalgia.

The little one was left alone and 'locked' up in the cave by Alice...... As an incidental question, there is a sleeping bear lying deep inside the cave.

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"......" shuddered, and Nibayr woke up from his nap.

It seems that because I was also affected by the gloomy weather, I fell asleep involuntarily.

Nibel, who got up from the sofa, saw that Alice was still sitting on the balcony as she was before naptime, not knowing what to look at.

Why do you dream of the miserable memories of the past......

Nibel still remembers that the day after the trial, his clothes were torn and his body was covered with claw marks, and he came out of the cave with trembling steps...... For the first time in my life, I felt how beautiful it is to be alive.

"I'll go and see what that ring is going to do. As Nibel reminisced about the unbearable memories of his childhood, the girl with long silver hair chuckled when he noticed Nibail's awakening.

"Huh?" Why did you change your mind?

Could it be ...... Decided to witness your own growth?

"Anyway, there's nothing to see in this month's serialized reading for the time being. Putting down the last book in her hand, Alice thought about how she would spend the next few days.

Review the old and learn the new, take out the old one and watch it again?

Forget it, it's not a classic that you never get tired of watching.

Nibayr: "......" felt like a fool looking forward to something.

"You think I'm going to be a cheerleader for you?" Turning her head slightly, Alice seemed to see what Nibel was thinking.

"No, it can't be. "Nibayr is very self-aware.

"Don't worry, you're trained by me, it's okay to encourage you. Taking the teacup, Alice took a sip of tea. "Moral support. Finally, he chuckled and said this.

“......”→_→

Ghost letter.