Well, a lot of things have happened since then, and I've gotten to know the doctor's family well enough to get a copy of the key.

　

　I'm elated, but today I'm more than happy to see it.

　It's that the teacher is finally coming back from the labyrinth!

　So I am already waiting at the doctor's house. And after a while, that door was opened.........!


'Firstborn!　Welcome home!　Congrats on the labyrinth!

　What needed to be said had been decided from the beginning. What a surprise, Sensei had become the second person to tread the labyrinth in this world. He is touted as the greatest genius alchemist of all time, but he has once again created an achievement that lives up to that name.

　So of course I send words of support to my teacher.

　As I was waiting for my teacher's words, I was suddenly hugged with all my might.

''What!　Huh!　What's the matter with you?　Did you hit your head in the labyrinth!
'No I'm ... I'm feeling very blessed ... thank you, Alice ...'
'No that's fine but, well yes...'

　There was no doubt that something had happened in the labyrinth.

　But I wasn't about to step into it with my feet of clay. I thought at that moment. The teacher is a human being just like us and has weaknesses too.

　The greatest genius alchemist of all time.

　From his title, he is a genius and seems to have no weaknesses. But no one is that perfect. People have always been creatures that cannot exist without someone else. It's impossible to live a solitary life.

　I now understand that this is a matter of course.

　So I didn't ask any questions.

"Sir, the bath is boiling again today.
Oh thank you.

　After the doctor took a bath, we had dinner together. We really talked about other things at that time. I tried to talk as cheerfully as I could about how I had gotten to know Rita, what I had noticed in taking care of Proto and the others.

　Then the teacher suddenly looked prepared and said

'Hey ... Alice, will you listen to me?'
What do you mean?
It's about the great adventure in the Sixth Labyrinth.
Yes!

　Of course I listened to the story in silence. The teacher told the whole story with an occasional painful look on his face. At the same time, I stood up from the spot and stood in front of the teacher.

'Sir,'
Alice...
There are days when it's okay to cry.
....
I'll give you my tits.
I'm sorry...

　The doctor hugged me tightly and just cried quietly. It wasn't a sobbing, wailing cry. He was just crying.......quietly.

　I knew.

　That the teacher is also a weak person.

　But at the same time, I loved him more.

　I was once again aware that I loved him.