Well....

　Inside the academy. I was organizing my lab in it.

　Two weeks had just passed since I rescued Alice. The kingdom was beginning to regain its original form. However, it had only been two weeks, so it wasn't going to recover immediately.

　Fortunately, the academy has not been affected by the commotion to that extent.

　The homunculus that had been evacuated are safe, but as expected, they have not been brought here yet. Currently, they were in the middle of reconstructing the academy with Fee and the other staff members, as they were in the process of reconstructing the academy, as various things had been rebuilt.

　The bookshelves had collapsed and books were scattered in pieces on the floor. And the files that had been used to compile the papers have been unraveled. Gathering them together, I put them together in one place.

　The bookshelves were alchemy, and I put them up in their place. As far as this reconstruction is concerned, the help of alchemists is needed, and as a matter of fact, high-ranking alchemists have been driven out quite a bit.

　In fact, I wanted to come to the academy as soon as possible, but I was occupied with the reconstruction of the city rather than that, which was the priority.

　And as for Alice, she seems to have completely recovered from her physical condition. She's still in the middle of her hospital stay, but they say she'll be able to leave soon. Lately, she's been saying things like, "I'll miss you and die if you don't come here every day..." so I try to visit her often.

　He said that in a slightly playful way, but I guess he really misses me. He was caught up in a lot of things without knowing what was going on, and he was being set up as the ringleader.

　He, of course, had no idea of such things, so the interview was soon over. Among other things, it seems that Prince Oscar is still missing.

''Ellew!　What do you think?　Are you done?
Hmm?　Well ... it's blah blah blah.
Surprisingly enough, I thought I'd never get anywhere with it, but you're getting there.
I'm not a kid anymore, you know. Well, I'm not quite old enough for that.
'Hmm. Knowing the old Elle, it's really impressive...

　After that, Fee and I organized my lab. As expected of the two of us, it didn't take long for the two of us to get things done. We were told that in a little while, the institute would be able to reopen safely.

''Good. I hope this is enough.
Yeah. Thank God. You done with the Fee?
'I'm pretty good at cleaning up and stuff. That didn't take long.
Well, I'm here. Of course.
So, are you going again today?


　He stared up at me with half-lidded eyes. It was obvious that it contained a protest. Fee complains about something and follows me to Alice's place, where we always get into a fight.

　I can't help it now, though, since I've decided to go again today.

Well, don't go. Are you following me?
'....Huh. I don't want to go, but I don't want to be left alone with that princess.

　We left the academy and headed for the hospital.