You run through the castle.

　But there is no sign of Alice at all. It is said that Alice is the mastermind behind this incident, but few on our side believe it.

　Especially us, we know very well what happened to Alice.

　We know that she is not a person who has any thoughts of revolting against the kingdom. At first glance, she appears innocent and ladylike, but in fact, she's a prankster and a black-hearted person.

　Fee and I know that Alice is such a person well.

　That's why I'm absolutely convinced that Alice is not the mastermind behind what's going on here.

　I've been going around the castle with Fee, but there's no sign of him.

　I suspect that she is in the basement. But the problem is that we can't find the entrance to the basement.

''What do we do about Fee?''
"I can't find the entrance to the basement. Hmmm. What should I do?
Shall we open up?
By force...?

　Gulping and clearing her throat, Fee looks at me. She's probably thinking a lot of things, seeing as she doesn't immediately deny it.

　I don't just say that recklessly either.

　The body itself is in a moment. Therefore, I'm only presenting it as a means to pry it open by force.

　And at that moment........I can hear a familiar voice in my brain.

''Teacher........help me. Sensei.........

　I stare down at the bottom of where I am.

'Elle?　What's wrong?
I heard a voice. It's Alice's.
Yeah but I didn't hear it.
I heard it. I heard it. He must be down here.

　It's a hunch.

　Only I would understand that fact. But I was certain of it.

"Fee. We're going to break through this.
What... wait!

　Without listening to Fee's opinion, I used my alchemy to smash through the floor as hard as I could. Then, what spread out below this.......was an underground space.

　As it landed below, I urged Fee, who was above me, to come down as well.

'Fee!　Get down here!
'It's deep!　You're scaring me!
I'll catch it. I'll be fine!
Ugh....I should have lost weight if this was going to happen...
I'll be fine!　I can handle the heaviness!
Shut up!

　Feeling ready, Fee jumps straight down to me. Of course, I'm doing some physical strengthening, so I take her in a firm side hug.

''Wow!''
Okay. It's a little heavy.
Shit!　Shut up!　Hurry up and put me down!
Okay.

　I jittered in my arms, so I let Fee down gently to the spot as it was.

　Looking around, I saw that the expanse was a passageway.

　It was dimly lit, with only a faint glow up ahead. But Alice must be up ahead.

　There was no doubt about it.

'Fee!　Let's go!
Hey!　Wait!

　And so we ran through the underground space.