"Master Alec, what are you thinking about?

　The living room of the mansion.
　As I was lost in thought looking out the window, Angel asked me about it, curious.

Yes, I'm thinking about the prize for winning the Alec Cup.
"Huh?

　Angier looks blank for a moment, as if he's been struck dumb.
　I smile and reassure him.

I know, Angel is wondering. Angel proposed that the winner has the right to marry me.
"Yes ...... it's still bad, isn't it ......?
No, it's not, it's just that it's a given that the winner could be a man.
"............ Ah!

　Angel, who only realized the possibility of it after being told.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry!　I forgot all about it.
"It's okay.

　Smiling again, I tried to reassure Angier.

　Yes, the Alec Cup is not a women-only event.
　Men normally participate, and the last two times it was normally a man who won.

No matter what your father or Angel says, this is one thing that is non-negotiable, but ...... if it's a man, there is no way I would ever marry him or anything like that.
"Yes, yes!　I know!
"Yeah, I'm glad.

　I'm seriously a little relieved .
　I'd like to think it's unlikely, but I've heard of your father, your father-in-law, Hossen, ...... and Eliza.
　I'm surrounded by people who behave in unexpected ways.

　I'm sure it won't happen again, but if I am forced to marry a man, I will resist, even if I am using my full SSS magic power.

Besides, if a woman wins, she may not want to marry you.
It's absolutely impossible!　Absolutely!

　Ange insisted, saying "never" twice.

"How could anyone say no to a chance to marry Master Alec when he has a chance to do so!
...... I see, yeah, thanks. So I just think about what it would be like if the winner was a man. I was just thinking about what a man would be happy to receive.
"Ettore ...... Ettore ......

　Angier thinks hard, but can't seem to come up with anything now.

Oh, that's right!　Master Alec, please wait a minute.
"Hmm?　Yeah, okay.

　Nodding to Angier, she ran out of the living room.
　A short time later, she returned with a maid.
　The maid is young, but it's Amelia, an old-timer of the mansion.

　Amelia has a confused look on her face.
　I'm here out of the blue and I don't know what's going on.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Miss Alec.
What's up Angel, why don't you bring Amelia or something?
Miss Amelia, you are very knowledgeable. When Master Alec isn't around, he teaches me things.
"Oh, yeah.
"Mr. Amelia, please listen to Mr. Alec.
"Hello ...... How are you doing, Mr. Alec?

　Amelia still has the look of being pinched by a fox.
　I explained to her what had happened.

"So I was wondering what would be good for you.
It's hard to say. For a grown man, I think it would be money, land, and women.
That's it.

　In fact, my sense that I was an ordinary man in a previous life gave such an answer.

　If you summarize it more, it could be summed up in one word: money, but if you broaden the scope, or rather the interpretation, land and women are also candidates.

But that doesn't make much difference. Originally, your father has given you enough money to eat for the rest of your life.
"If
"Yes.
"Like a Sumitsukusu of Alec.
"Endorsement?
For example, if a farmer is the winner, he can name his crops after Master Alec. The Seal of Alec, or the Seal of Alec. Just like that, the same product will be worth more than an eel.
"I see.
Or, to begin with, farmland--naming the address after Mr. Alec.
"My name on the land or ...... land or ......

　I thought a little in that direction.
　Suddenly, a good idea hits me in my head.

　My eyes widen, and Amelia notices it.

"What is it, Alec?
I came up with a good idea. Thanks, Amelia.
No, you're welcome.
"What did you come up with, Mr. Alec?


"Proof over argument, let's go out to the garden for a moment.

　I took Angel and Amelia out of the living room and into the garden of the mansion.

　I brought out a magic ball of clay. The earth magic ball that I used to dig an underground passage when I put down the rebellion at Eliza's request.
　In the middle of the lawn of a fairly large garden, I carved out a one-meter-square space with the earth magic ball.

　Stand in the center of the space and close your eyes.
　Ask the philosopher's stone. Increase your magic and cast a spell over the one-meter square space.

...... Okay.
"Mr. Alec?　What did you do?

　From out of space, Angel asked curiously, "You'll know when you come near me, Angel.

'I'll know when you're around me, Angel.
"Yes ...... eeeeeeee!

　Ange came into the one-meter square space and shouted in astonishment.

"Mr. Angel?
"Come on in, Amelia.
I'll get right to it. ......

　Even Amelia's eyes widened in surprise.

　The one-meter square space where they entered, it was no longer a one-meter square.
　The space is now a hundred meters square, where the ground was scraped away by the earth magic ball.

"It's bigger!
"Try to go outside.
"Yes ......, and the original is intact.
From the outside it's small, and when you get inside it's big ...... wow!　That's great, Mr. Alec!　What's wrong with this!

　Amelia excitedly summed up the situation in simple words and asked me.

"It's a kind of spatial magic. Ah, there's a more obvious one right there.

　I found the gardener's tool shed a short distance away.
　I went ahead and went inside and used the same spatial magic and then invited them in.

Wow!　Now the cabin is like a gym!
I can't believe it: "I've never heard of this ....... Is this also the magic of Master Alec?

　It's a spell that looks the same from the outside as it did before the spell was cast, but only gets wider on the inside.

Yes, it is.
"That's great, Mr. Alec!
"I don't know about this.

　Angier went in and out of the room.
　From the outside it was just a tool shed, and inside it was a space as big as a gymnasium.
　He repeated it several times.

It's so exciting!

　Angier looked at me excitedly, as he said.

　Angel expressed his feelings honestly, but Amelia, on the other hand, remembered exactly where she came from.

That's great of you, Alec. This is a wonderful move that not only opens up more land and space, but also effectively gives you Alec's seal of approval for farmland, killing two birds with one stone.

　And raved about it.

　If you're that complimentary, you'll be fine with this as a prize if the winner is a man.