Hmm.....

　I wake up.

　The first sensation I felt was cold........

"Is this...?

　I looked around at the hit, stunned. And I immediately understood.

　This is a prison in the basement of the royal castle. It's not used now, but I had heard that it was often used in the past.

　In front of me was an iron grate. Moonlight pouring down from overhead.

　My clothes were the same as they were before I lost consciousness.

　But why am I here?

　I don't know. As I recall, I met Brother Oscar and all the memories from that encounter had fallen clean off.

　And then I heard a distant ... a knocking sound of shoes.

'Hi. Alice. I thought it was about time you woke up.
"...Brother Oscar. What is this........

　I shoot him a sharp look.

　But he smiles, as if he doesn't care about my gaze.

'Just in time. Elwydd Ulysses is gone. And there were infinitely fewer people to interfere with in the current kingdom.
You're not going to rebel, are you?

　The last time I saw him, it was all an act.

　Gili, I grit my teeth.

　I wasn't particularly aware of it at the time, being someone I wasn't interested in to begin with. Perhaps the fact that he was going around apologizing was part of the investigation.

''Huh.......I'm receiving a revelation from God.
What are you talking about?
You don't. It's not something you can understand.
Do you really think there's a God...?

　I raise my voice in protest and he glares at me with a snap.

'You better be careful what you say. There is a God. I've witnessed it with my own eyes.
....

　I did not say another word.

　And so Brother Oscar left.

　The days after that were just spent in a daze. The food and minimal grooming was already prepared for me.

　I was relieved to know that I wasn't going to let him starve to death here, but I was still concerned about the current situation in the kingdom.

　How much time had already passed?

　Even that is already scarce.

　I just spent my days and spent more and more time in a daze.

　In those moments, he still remembered his teacher.

　What is he doing now? He couldn't help but think about such things.

　And then the time came.

''Hmm........hmm?　What's that noise?

　I wake up.

　That's because there was some kind of explosion sound in the castle. It was not something that could be ignored, as it was a stone.

　After a while, many footsteps could be heard.

　And so it was none other than the one who came. It was him.

''Alice!　I wish you were safe!
Doctor...?

　I was truly relieved to see him for the first time in a long time.