【Zila】

The crisp sound, if it were in normal times, Alice might have thought that it was the sound of the black rabbit biting something that should not be bitten, but now that she has been staring at the movements of her hands, what the black rabbit is doing is clearly something that she, or magicians, cannot do.

She's tearing up books!

It should be the same as life, or even more important than life. Why, if that's what you use to make magic work, to bring yourself back in time......

"Don't move, if you don't want to waste your efforts!"

The Black Rabbit's angry reprimand made Alice stop again, and Goni next to her also turned a blind eye to the Black Rabbit's behavior. Goni lowered her head and recited the words on the book with difficulty, cumbersome, jerky, this is magic with no chance of "starting over", and no one can imagine the result of a mistake. She is just an ordinary witch, and she is not a magician who is already familiar with time, and the Hatter and Scarlett, who can play with time, have been affected by time, so if she fails, who is not proficient in the first place......

"You guys, hurry back to the book for me!" After a pause, the black rabbit roared at the gentlemen who were reluctant to go back. Despite this, the movement in her hands did not stop, and the delicate pages were scattered on the ground one by one, shaking her body slightly around her. There weren't any dazzling special effects, and the power didn't seem so obvious, but if this was a magician, a witch's once-in-a-lifetime magic, then it would be too flashy.

After all...... This is a magic that only this black rabbit, only "himself" dares to make, and can be used.

"I'm not kidding! ”

"Alice ......"

"Hey, you didn't say you had to do this to go back to meow!" a bewildered Cheshire cat rubbed its paws, but was quickly dragged back into Alice's book by the March Hare.

Moment. Her Majesty also stepped out of the thinning pages of the black rabbit, and carried her by her by the Duchess's ears. The Duchess's skirt was also covered with a gray "creature...... Ah, is the dormouse still sleeping at this time?

"Gone? Rabbit. ”

"Ah, I feel that it's almost time, and I've been running in front of her. There was never a way to wake her up. ”

The black rabbit glanced at Alice, and then said to Her Majesty in a friendly tone, "Then Klin, I'll see you later." ”

“...... Whew, I will be waiting for you on the throne. ”

The bright, dizzying light quickly faded away, and before she could even say goodbye to the Duchess and the Black Rabbit, Colin dragged the two "troublesome" guys into Alice's book, as if ...... It's like moving.

"Ahh I originally wanted to have a grand farewell party, but now the situation is really shabby. ”

After sending away all the "partners", the movements of the black rabbit's hands sped up a lot, and one by one the stories disappeared, turning into broken pieces of paper and falling to the ground. Fragments that can't be stitched together can never form a complete story again.

"Now, Alice, haven't you always wanted to know who I am?"

At last. The black rabbit set his eyes on Alice, doing what mostly belonged to the two of them. Finally say goodbye, "Why am I the same as you, why are our books the same, why am I better than you, why I don't like you at all." ”

"Because ......"

Already, it can be explained. Even if it's just a bold guess, it's bound to be infinitely close to the truth.

"Because...... You are me...... I don't know from which time ...... Come back to me. ”

"Bingo, though there are no rewards. You are living in the present, my word...... Whether it's living in the past or the future, I can't tell why. Because...... If you tell the reason, not only will you not be able to avoid it, but you will inevitably go to that end. I...... I don't want to make another mistake. ”

The black rabbit tore all the paper on the page, and then hugged the book cover that had no story in his arms tightly, "Time is such a thing, it is impossible to allow two things at the same time to appear, and because of this, you and my book cannot be taken out at the same time, of course, this is a special case now." I can be a little bit 'ahead' or 'behind' of you, but I can't stand with you completely. There's a way to live in the 'now', and I've done it many times, but this time...... Suddenly I don't plan to do it, and instead of asking me to replace 'you' every time, this time I want you to go back as your 'self'. ”

“......”

"Maybe, from the first failure, I'll always end up like that? maybe...... Bringing a 'self' back to you really makes a difference. ”

Muttering in a low voice, the black rabbit took a deep breath, "Alice, take this name I spare you, and all the life I have given you." ”

In front of her, the blue light flickered, giving Alice a glimpse of what seemed to be a "long river of time", in which there were too many fragments, each of which connected a complete piece of history. Dizzying, yet ...... There is no way to stand still.

Teacher Goni ...... The magic of Goni and the Black Rabbit has worked!

"Alice, come on. At that time, I was also waiting for you. ”

"Teacher Gonnie......"

"Break the cycle well, Alice. This time......"

The black rabbit took a sharp step forward and pushed the unsuspecting Alice into the "hollow" like a floor-to-ceiling mirror, watching her fall little by little.

"This time...... Don't lose to that guy. ”

The hollow, not long after Alice fell in, quickly shrank and disappeared as a point of light. And Goni leaned against the wall exhausted, the "book" in her hand was already tattered, and this mere "replica" seemed to be able to withstand a huge amount of time magic at most.

"Are you leaving?"

Goni gasped and looked up, "Whew...... It depends on the situation, and we don't even have time to drink a cup of tea quietly. ”

"Well, almost, hopefully something different will happen this time. After all...... I don't want to repeat it every time, it's a bit disgusting to feel like I'm 'killing' myself. ”

"Sure enough, you're not fit to be a witch. Waving her hand, Goni seemed to say goodbye to the black rabbit, "Finally, don't you go to see the child? ”

"Don't ...... Well, no need, and...... Didn't I write it down properly?"

The black rabbit ostentatiously shook the book, which no longer had pages, towards Gonie. Ah, on the title page, there are still a few lines of small print, which are Letty hidden in the Black Rabbit's book, and that is also the magic that the Black Rabbit will always carry.

Rather indecently sitting cross-legged in the middle of the scattered pages, even if there is more reluctance here, it seems that it is time to part.

"So, it's almost, goodbye, old classmates who have met hundreds of times. ”

"Hundreds...... You...... Obviously, I said it dozens of times before!"

"Haha, rabbits, they all like to deceive people. But...... I hope this time will be our farewell. No...... It must be our farewell, I believe that you will also help me at that time, after all, you and teachers are such stupid people. ”

The pages of the book began to dissipate little by little, and the figure of the black rabbit enveloped in it gradually blurred, but if you looked closely, Goni still saw her waving goodbye in a proper manner.

Call...... Obviously he usually looks bohemian, but at this time, will he still say goodbye honestly?

"Goodbye ......"

After a pause, Goni, who was leaning against the wall, muttered to herself. believes that she is not alone, she is also Alice, and she is also the kind of "witch" who is still in fairy tales, and even ...... It's going to be the promise that Vierde's radical guy would make.

After all, this is a vow that everyone made in front of the teachers, and at the same time as becoming a "witch", they also have to make a vow.

"Everything...... All for a better fairy tale ......"

(Don't say why you want to die girl, this is not called death, this is called eternal life.) ）

(Ahem, let's talk a little bit about Act 8.) Act 8 is obviously a volume that goes back to the past, and it can be regarded as a necessary part of my side. What you have seen after returning to the past must have been clear, but the most important thing in the next volume is to take back most of the foreshadowing from the past, and the results of what happened decades ago will be fully explained. ）

(I'm not a person who digs a pit and doesn't fill it, nor does it remember to fill it, I remember all the pits I dug well, and I will naturally make up for it when it's time to foreshadow.) (To be continued.) )