Alice said that she built the house in just one night. I was surprised at first, but after settling down a bit...well, I was also able to convince myself that Alice would be able to do it.
　It was completed at a stage where we hadn't communicated any of our requests, but, well, I guess that's okay too.

''Well then, let's get on with it.
'Yes, yes, let's move on then. This way.
Don't you use transference magic or something?
No, it's just around the corner.

　I follow Alice out of the room as she starts to walk away. The reason why I am so calm now, let alone at first, is because of my trust in Alice.
　If it had been White's or Eden's creation, I would have been filled with anxiety in my heart. But with Alice, I'm not worried.

　Alice has a lot of mischief to do, and for a smart person, the word "dumb" is a pretty good description of her, but she has a really good balance between these aspects of her life.
　I'm sure I'll be surprised at how much the house I'm being introduced to is beyond my imagination, but somehow I think I'll be convinced that this is the right house for me at the end of the day.
　I'm not an idiot either. I understand that there's no way I'm going to be able to come up with a normal house I envision, or a house like that.

　Many of my lovers and acquaintances are kings or gods or something like that, so my house, which I'm sure will have the opportunity to come visit, will have to have a certain amount of class.
　Perhaps Alice is preparing a house on the edge of that line. As much as I can compromise, it's also luxurious enough that it wouldn't be a problem if Black and the others visited. I think they've prepared a house like that for us.

''........I wonder. I can feel a look of hot trust from Kite-san. I'm a little embarrassed, and there's a part of me that's glad I didn't adopt the goofball idea or something.
'I trust you Alice. Well, I joke around a lot but I rely on you with all my heart.
''Well, let's not do that. Alice-chan, I have a weakness for straightforward compliments like that. Just so you know, I'll turn into a choloine as fast as I can if Kite-san favors me with a pimply face!
...Was that the kind of thing you would declare forcefully to yourself?

　As I was walking down the corridor, smiling at Alice, who was walking a little faster, perhaps because she was embarrassed, I suddenly noticed something strange....

"Hey, Alice?
What's up?
You're headed to my house, right?
Yeah, you do?
... "The front door is backwards"?
Yeah.
Yeah?

　As Alice says she's heading to my house, but goes in the opposite direction from the front door, I follow with a nod of my head.
　Then, as I was about to say the questions that were bubbling up, I realized that I saw something strange out of the corner of my eye.

''........Eh?　Huh?

　There was what looked like a corridor in the direction we were going. But it's strange. I've been living in Lilia-san's mansion for a year, and I've never seen anything like that before.
　While I'm confused about what's going on, Alice stops in front of the crosswalk and looks back.

'We're here!　At the end of this crosswalk - from the middle to be exact - is Kite's house.
...Uh-huh?
'Oh?　He's puzzled. Well, it might be hard to tell from the inside... Well, let's see it from the outside!

　If it's too early to tell, Alice opens a nearby window and flips her fingers to levitate my body with a snap. Then I went straight out of the window and rose to a position where I could see the whole thing.
　Then the scene that came into view was.......yeah. How could it be, it was still unexpected.

''........Hey, Alice. Lilia-san's mansion is about twice as big.......or rather, it seems like a similar mansion is growing next to it......
'To be correct, to the right is Lilia's house on the right and the one on the left, which is connected by a corridor, is Kite's house.
'....Yeah.
It's okay. I've got Mr. Lilia's permission.
'What?　Really!

　As for remodeling Lilia-san's house without permission, such as adding a crossover corridor.......When I asked while worrying about Lilia-san's stomach, Alice took out something like a document out of nowhere.

''To summarize, it's a document that says you can remodel the mansion at will. I got Lilia-san's autograph here, and I also got her seal.


　Of course I'm surprised and confused. But yeah.....After thinking about it, I wonder if this isn't a bad thing.
　There are many people in Lilia-san's mansion who are good friends with her and others, and it would be a lie to say that I don't feel lonely living apart from them, so I even feel a bit happy to have an environment where I can come and go freely rather than really feel free to ask them.
　The two mansions have separate gates, but the gardens seem to be connected as well, so Belle seems to be happy because she has more scope to move around.

''....Yeah. I was surprised at first, but it's not bad.''
Right?
Do you have the inside with you, by the way?
''........No, it's quite different. Well, I'll show you that part from now on and explain it to you.

　The outside of the house really looks exactly like Lilia-san's mansion as if it were copy-pasted, but the inside is different, apparently.

Oh, by the way, it looks the same but the materials are different. Well, it's not like the durability is a punch for Black-san. I'm using materials that are normally available in this world.
'Don't treat Black as a standard of endurance, as if it were obvious... well, aside from that, it's a bit surprising.

　I thought they made a house with an uncommonly strong house, like the castle in the sky one day, but it seems they used ordinary materials to build it.
　Well, that material is probably a great guy.


Nah, I see...
Now then, let's get back on track and go inside!
''Oh, oh, and by the way, totally off topic, it's a pretty rare sight to see Alice flying.
That's true. Well, there's no advantage to traveling by flying. If it's a short trip, it's faster to run normally, and if it's a long distance, you can transfer.
So, come to think of it, what do you do when you need a wider view?
Hmmm. I've got a good idea of the structures in the world and I know the structural blind spots in the world, so I can use my farsightedness magic. Well, when you need it, all you have to do is lightly jump.
".........you're really so smart I don't know why. You're so stupid and yet...
'I don't know, it's hard to decide if I'm being praised or put down. As I've said many times before, Alice, you grow up on love!　They're spoiling me more!
'You spoil me and you get embarrassed when I spoil you but thank you for everything, Alice. I love you.
Uh-huh.

　We made our way into the brand new house with such other small talk.