Chapter 108 Who the Heck is She? (2/2)

[When you’re being invited by someone to be friends with you…… You don’t have to trust even these people who “would use Recognition Inhibition Magic to hide their soldiers”.]

[……Eh?]

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[They were following us after we passed through the “gate”, weren’t they? Hey, you three….. Get the heck out of here. If you don’t…… Those knives would hit you next time, okay?]

[……………….]

With the words Alice quietly said…… As if to follow his words, the scenery on the walls and the ceiling shook like static, and people dressed in all black appeared.

They were following us all the way from the castle gates? I see, so that’s why Alice was silent ever since we entered the castle……

However, why didn’t I sense them? I should have been able to detect their approach with my Sympathy Magic but……

[It’s not really Kaito-san’s fault. The clothes they are wearing are made of a material that prevents magic power from leaking outside, so it’s no wonder you don’t notice it.]

[……How did you notice them?]

The three black-clad men, whose presence has been discovered, quickly move behind Chris-san, lining up in a row.

Chris-san asks Alice with a look of disbelief on his face, but Alice does answer and pulls on a thin thread.

It was apparently tied to the knives she threw, as the knives on the ceiling and one of the knives on the walls quickly returned to Alice’s hand…… but the other one stuck in the wall didn’t come back, as if it was stuck deep.

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[Arehh? I think I may have used a little bit more force~~ What a failure, this is.]

Seeing that she couldn’t pull it off, Alice scratched her head with a wry smile on her face, before she walked over to the knife stuck in the wall and tried to pull it out.

[Arehh? It’s stuck!? I- I can’t pull it out…… Fugyaaahhh!?]

[………………..]

It seems to have been stuck in the wall deeper than she imagined, as Alice pulled it with all her might…… and fell on her ass.

How should I say this…… She isn’t as tense being in the middle of a crucial situation like this.

The moment I let out a sigh when I looked at Alice, who was acting as she usually does compared to that chill I felt earlier, I heard a quiet mutter.

[……You just let your guard down, didn’t you?]

[ [ [ ! ? ] ] ]

Alice, who should have been down on her buttocks, disappeared, and when I looked back at the direction of the voice…… Before I knew it, Alice was holding a slender sword in her hand, which she held around the necks of the three men clad in black.

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[That’s no good, you should always be careful…… You three would have died by now, you know?]

[ [ [ …………………. ] ] ]

With a voice lower than usual…… Alice, who said those words that even gave me chills, glanced at me.

[……I normally rarely do this~~ Only when the remuneration is good and I’m in a good mood. The job of guarding a person, I mean……]

With a cold voice and her grip still on the sword, Alice slowly moved her gaze to Chris-san and the surrounding knights.

[Well, I’ve earned lots of money from Kaito-san this time, and as a service….. I’ll be guarding Kaito-san while he’s in the Archlesia empire. So, I just want to say a few words before your discussion.]

After muttering that, Alice turned towards the men clad in black.

She usually had a somewhat carefree impression, but now, coupled with her minimalistic opera mask…… She looked like an assassin.

[……If I see you lurking around Kaito-san again…… I’ll kill you, okay?]

[ [ [ ………………… ] ] ]

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It was frightening how she naturally said that uncomfortable line.

Those cold words tell me the obvious, as if she has taken a number of lives until now…… The sound disappears from the surroundings and silence dominates the room.

[Or something like that~~!]

In the cold silence, Alice sounds like she lost interest and lowers the sword she was holding up.

Then, after putting away that sword somewhere…… probably in her magic box, she sits down in the seat beside me and slowly crosses her arms.

[And that’s why….. I hope you would give us a fancy dinner—– Ouch!?]

[…………….]

[Why did you hit me, Kaito-san!?]

[No, it should be me who’s doing the tsukkomi instead…… What’s with the different attitude you had earlier!?]

I reflexively slammed Alice on her Alice’s head as she instantly returned to her usual tone, wondering what it was all about earlier.

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[It can’t be helped! I get goosebumps when I’m in serious mode for long periods of time, so I need to switch it up when needed!]

[……For a long time, you only did that for a few minutes……]

[No, no, I’d easily get tired after doing it for more than a minute. The muscles in my face are going to be a mess. My whole body would break down. So, Kaito-san, please give me a gentle massag—– Gyyaaaahhh!?]

[……………….]

[Eh? Play? We’re having that kind of direction and you wanted that kind of play!? No, well, I can handle a variety of situations, but I don’t like it painf—— You did it again!?]

It’s not really because of what happened earlier, no rather, I slammed my fist on Alice’s head again because she began messing around again after that momentum she had earlier.

However, on second thought, I may not know Alice very well.

She’s an idiot, a miscellaneous store owner with no business acumen, but she knows lots of things, and occasionally, it’s as if she’s a different person, saying sharp words to me.

I don’t know if I’m feeling weirded about it since I’ve lived a life away from carnage…… but in some ways, I feel like she’s different from the people I’ve met before.

Dear Mom, Dad—— I got a glimpse of Alice’s side that’s different than usual. It’s like her presence is as sharp as a cold blade, seriously—— Who the heck is she?

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A partial glimpse of Alice’s abilities as a worker in the underworld.

However, even though she has such an ability…… Her head is usually on the receiving end of Kaito’s knuckles…… I see, she must be an M huh……

T/N: 4/11