Chapter 937 - Intermission : Alice ~ ~ The Meeting of the Two Best Friends ~ ~

On her way to her annual training session, Alice had an unusually troubled expression on her face. The reason for this was the person currently together with her on her way to Makina Iris.

For Alice, Iris and Makina were both her irreplaceable best friends, but the two of them had never met directly before, so she thought of properly introducing them to each other, and thus, she brought Iris along but she didnt know how Makina would react.

The reason why she was anxious is that Iris is, of course, not Makinas child, so one would normally think that Makina would be unwelcome to her but it was also hard to believe that Makina would treat Alices best friend so disrespectfully.

In that case, as for how friendly theyd be with each other Since there were no other precedents, it was difficult for even Alice to perfectly foresee the result.

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When Alice actually brought them together, both Makina and Iris looked at each other in silence for a while, before Makina broke the ice.

[Errr, can I also call you Iris? You can call me Makina too, and you dont need to add any honorifics.]

[I dont mind but is it really alright to be that casual with me? Im not your child, right?]

[No, as expected, I wouldnt think about whether someones my child or not if theyre from a time before I was born. Ive heard a lot about you from Alice, and Im glad that I could meet you here.]

It seemed that Alices fears were unfounded, as Makina was very friendly to Iris. Alice was relieved to see that she had responded to Iris close to how she usually was but what she didnt foresee was that this was just the beginning of a disaster for her.

In the beginning, the twos conversation was awkward, but after talking for some time, Makina and Iris became more relaxed, and their conversation became more lively.

[Yes, thats right! Alice is too pushy, dragging me here and there.]

[Yeah, I know. There were times when she just thinks about what to do for later, but then acts on it instantly. Shes a smart girl, so in the end, she settles for the safe result, but its hard for us who were being dragged around by her.]

[I know, right!? Thats right, she certainly does the most outrageous things.]

Looking at her two best friends talking happily, Alice had an indescribably complicated expression on her face. In a way, this was an unavoidable outcome.

The first thing that came to mind for Makina and Iris when they talked about common topics would be Alice, so it would be inevitable that they would talk about her a lot.

[What in the world is this? When I have my two friends meet with each other, where they suddenly talk about me, their common topic, its kinda hard for me to get into the conversation, as they would definitely keep talking about my past, which I dont want to talk about.]

Since she was the one who brought them together, it was hard for her to complain, and seeing as their conversation was already in full swing, Alice hesitated if she should stop their conversation or not.

With such a thought in mind, Alice looked at her two best friends with a complicated expression on her face.

[And you see, Alice had]

[Yeah, shes always been an idiot in the strangest places. While we were traveling once]

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As Alice couldnt calm herself while her past was being talked about, she restlessly cleaned her knives and other tools, her shoulders shaking as if she was trying to hold something back.

[And like that, she got into a scuffle for mere herbs.]

[Ahaha, I guess that really is typical of Alice to do that. You cant always tell when shes joking or not.]

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Alice thought that the conversation would end soon but Iris and Makinas conversation continued to heat up even after half an hour, and one after another, they began talking about the episodes in Alices past that only they knew.

Moreover, in such situations, the stories were usually about her mistakes, and thus, Alice was about to reach the end of her patience.

[She had this crisp look on her face. Well, if it werent for that seaweed on her head, she would have looked cool.]

[She certainly has a helplessly duncy part in her. When we were traveling]

[Cut it out alreaaaaaddddyy!!!]

[ [ Unnn? ] ]

[Its been an hour already! How long are you going to have fun talking about peoples embarra.s.sing episodes!!!? Are you planning to make me listen to this all daaaaaay!!!?]

Alice had put up with them, controlling herself, but as expected, she couldnt stand any more shame play and furiously flared up at the two of them.

Well, even if she stopped them here It would just end up in a situation where theyd pick up this conversation where they left off next time

[Ummm, Alice?]

[What is it?]

[Why are you in such a foul mood?]

[Its not that big of a deal. I was just regretting what I did back then and my carelessness.]

[You sure regret things rather frequently huh Well, I get that youre in a foul mood, but where are you dragging me to?]

As the grumpy Alice pulled his hand, Kaito had an indescribable expression on his face.

[Alice-chan is in grief! Your cute lover is in grief, so Kaito-san has to help in caring for my feelings, right?]

[No, Ill help you but Where are you taking me to care after your feelings?]

[Please accompany me while Im stress eating!!!]

[Caring after your feelings means that huh No, well, if thats okay with you, then alright.]

As Alice asked him to hang out with her while she was feeling despair, dumbfoundedly muttering, Kaito just wryly smiled with an expression that seemed to say that it couldnt be helped.

Incidentally, as a result of being asked to help out, he ended up having to pay for the food she ate, so in a sense, the person who suffered the most from this incident might be Kaito.

Q : What will happen if Alice, who usually eats a lot of food, stress eats?

A : Several white gold coins (worth around 10 million) disappeared from Kaitos purse.