Chapter 16 (2/2)
After finishi+ng her last sandwich, Ferris quickly jumped from the bench
Alicia took out a practice staff fro and lined up beside Ferris
“And then… how I should do it?”
“First act like soreat one”
“…like this?”
Following Ferris who puffed out her nonexistence chest, Alicia also puffed out her chest [TN: Fozen-sama, please make a better sentence for it](Ed: I can’t er…)
“More! Like soreat! Like the queen!”
“Like the queen?”
She put her hands on her waist and looked down the ground
“And then, chant aria like ordering sohtly mistaken,of an aria and feel it”
“Feel it… hn, I understand, I’ll try it”
Alicia prepared her staff and looked at a stone on the road side
Just like Ferris said, she chanted the aria as if giving an order to someone
A basic attack ician
With Alicia ic could only create fist-sized fireball
“Oh fire,burning ht… obey my will, strike my foe… Flame Bullet!”
The fire broke out from the staff
Overflowing fire rushed towards the stone and burned it The burning stone melted and lost its shape
Alicia panicked and lowered her staff
The one
“Ho, how about it…? arethere any changes in your ic power?”
Ferris asked orry
“It’sbefore… for …”
Aliciathe staff
“That’s great! It’s convenient since it should work on other ic!”
Ferrissmile on her face
This innocent girl must have not realized it
That ed to top class elites That mean in just a few minutes, she revived Alicia’s dream
No, not only will she be capable of entering the uard with that, or ic division
Alicia suddenly felt like the world idely opened
She touched the drop that slid down her cheek with her finger
Then she realized
How painful it was to gave up her own drea it was to hold down her own frustration
“Ahahaha… I… I really was a child…”
Ferris titled her head when she saw Alicia laugh and
That girl was always more childlike than Alicia
In a ed
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The night
After co preparation for sleep, they were entered their own beds
The weather started to deteriorating since evening, there was a storm outside now
As the heavy rain hit the s, and the roof howled, the atmosphere became eerie
In a day like this, sleeping quickly was the best
When Alicia have such thought and put her head on the pillow, a flash of lightning was brightening the room
Followed by thunderous roar A loud voice attacked Alicia’s ears
“That was close!”
Alicia was shocked and looked at Ferris’ bed
She thought that the blanket was shaped like dango,
Butthat was not it That dango was Ferris curling her body, stiffening and covered by the blanket
“Ferris…”
Alicia came to Ferris’ bed and peeked into the blanket
“A, Alicia-san…”
Ferris was tre and her eyes were full of tears
“…maybe, are you afraid thunder?”
“I, I think there is no one ho doesn’t fear thunder…”
She had difficulty to speaking
She grasped Alicia’s pajahtly
“A child like you…”
Alicia was laughed since it was funny for her
“Uuu… why are you laughing…?”
Ferris weakly protested
“Coic is obviously far ht?”
“But… but…” [TN: Scary things are scary][Ed: well thunder is shocking~hehe Yeah io away now]
“Fine then, coether”
“Yes!!”
Ferris gave a big nod, and ran with pitter-patter, and slipped into Alicia’s bed
Alicia returned to her bed and e down
When she watched over Ferris each time there was thunder, somehow Alicia understood what she wanted to do
Surely, this child is strong
But, she need someone to protect her
Having such thought, Alicia felt sohtness like never before