501-It’s Alice and it’s okay.






 After a ruckus in Noin's diary, we arrived at the monster racing venue.
 The monster race track was filled with tremendous heat, and even in a fairly large venue, it was going to be hard to find an empty seat, or so I thought....

''You must be Miyama-sama. Welcome to your home, let me show you to your VIP seat.
Oh, yes ... nice to meet you.

 I didn't expect a face pass here either.......apparently restaurants weren't the only places that had VIP seats available. I really feel like my reputation is getting stranger and stranger during this Sixth King Festival.
 Even though only a certain level of authority is participating in this festival, I still feel uneasy about my future.

 Well, putting aside the fact that my reputation is getting stranger and stranger, the VIP seats we were shown were nice. It was big enough to fit Bell, so we could watch together.
 For what it's worth, I'm grateful for Kuro and the others' concern for me, and maybe I'll thank them again after the Sixth King Festival is over.

 And apparently we weren't the only ones being ushered into the VIP section, and we could see three figures near the large glass window.......

'Go! There--whoosh!
Come on! Number two--meeeeeeeeeee!
The only thing that matters is this--oh, my God!

 There was a 'black and white brown stuffed horse', so I punched him in turn.

'Dr. Fea, Mr. Noin, I can see you well here.
"'Treat me like that?
Shut up, you idiot.

 What the hell is this guy really doing........I mean, I've run into him every day at some point, to the point where I think he's a mascot for the Sixth King Festival or something.
 I let out a big sigh, put the three horses' stuffed animals away and started watching the game with Fea-sensei and the others as if nothing had happened.

"...Um...um, Miyama-kun?
What is it?

Think of it as a depressing object.

 To Fea-sensei, who spoke to me while glancing at the idiot trifecta sitting upright at the edge of the room, I reply briefly.

''...Um, Fear? Is it okay........to treat the Phantom King like that......
Okay, Noin? Remember........only Miyama-kun is allowed to do that. If we do the same thing, he'll take our heads off the next moment.
But, you know...

 It's easy to forget, but Alice is the Phantom King in a way, and she's completely superior to Fea-sensei and the others. And it's a rather feared category.
  After all, he is the Sixth King........

''........Kite, Kite! Look at the next list of contestants...............and point to any of them at random.
....
This is it! Okay! "Gambling alter egos" Alice-chan #23, #24 and #26! All-in on this number--Geez!
You'll have to pull yourself together...

 I take back my previous statement. Is this guy really the Sixth King...........................or is this idiot really the Sixth King? Also, where's 25?

...Um, Fear? Seeing Master No-Face like this, will we........be killed later?
Yeah, I think it's safe. Because Lady Chartier isn't even remotely interested in our lives...
Oh, and by the way, if you go around telling the rest of the world what you saw here I'll kill you.
Hee?

 Fea-sensei and Noin-san were having a sneaky conversation, but before long, Alice had moved in front of them and told them in a cold tone of voice.
 And the two of them who are understandably frightened............This is, yes. That's it..............................educational guidance.

''........eh? Wait, Mr. Kite? Oh, no, I'm just kidding. Alice, it's a joke! Ah, haha, surprise success.......or is that not good?
No.
"...Oops! Alice was busy preparing for the Sixth King Festival tomorrow! This is not right! I have to go now--ggh!
Do you want to have a little chat over there?
The first priority is Kite, of course, and I'd love to talk to you as much as I can, but.......is it my imagination? I think I just heard an extremely disturbing secondary voice that said, 'You're kidding me too much, I'm going to have to beat your guts back a little'?
....
''Wow........smile, super scary.......''

 I smile back at Alice, who tells me while sweating profusely, and catches her by the neck and drags her to the corner of the room.
 But hmmm, what's going on? Even if the sermon is confirmed, that's not enough to teach me a lesson... oh, yeah.
 I have an idea, and I speak to the black necklace on my chest.

'Black, help Alice with her sermon.
Hey! Where are you talking to? Demon! Devil!
Of course you can.
'Geez! Black-san!

 ........Well, I don't mind at this point that Black sounds like a natural for talking to the necklace. But, that? You seem a little upset, Black. There's black smoke coming from my body........

''........By the way, Chartier? I just heard something like, 'I'm going to kill my family'?
'No, no, I'm just kidding... really, seriously! I swear to God! Don't, don't..............................no goopan. Black-san's goopan or something seriously life-threatening........! There's some kind of black vortex set up behind you!
....
Oh, Black-san! You look prettier than usual today! You know, you don't look like you're mad at me, Black. I like the smiling Black-san!
....
I'm ... well ... uh ... sorry.
Hmph!
Geez!

 Dear Mom, Dad - well, I guess Black knows that Alice's statement was a joke, too. What the hell, he's holding back on the punches too... right? I'm going to go easy on you, aren't I? I hope I'm taking it easy on her. Well - it's Alice, I think she'll be all right.