*"You must know that life passes like an arrow; the rest are lies; flowers bloom for a while, but their failure is forever..."*

Humming a tuneless tune softly in his mouth, Leonard Mitchell took advantage of his lunch break and walked out of the door of Blackthorn Security Company.

As he strolled, he turned to the neighboring street of Halls Street, feeling quite beautiful and lively.

If only every day was Wednesday, then he could spend the whole day in the cafe without any worries!

Why didn’t you realize coffee could taste so good before?

"Ahem...Boy, I have to remind you that you have been indulging in some unnecessary entertainment for several days...and tipping, you tipped the maid in that cafe too much!"

A slightly aged voice sounded in Leonard's mind, and one could vaguely hear a certain emotion of hating iron for not being able to become steel.

"Just relax, old man, don't make it sound like I've contracted some bad habit...and I save my salary and don't have much to spend money on. What's wrong with me using it to give others tips? This is the process of falling in love.

necessary expenses!”

Like every young man who doesn't want to be judged by his elders, Leonard didn't take the preaching of the voice in his head seriously at all.

"Love? You call this love?" The slightly aged voice seemed to sneer, "Is Miss Alice, the one you fell in love with at first sight, agreeing to establish a relationship with you, or is she willing to let you hold hands?

?You don’t even know his last name, how dare you say that you are in love?"

Moreover, the owner of the vicissitudes of voice had an intuition that the name Alice was probably fake...

But there is no need to speak out about this kind of thing, as it will damage the confidence of young people.

Leonard still had an indifferent attitude.

"It doesn't matter what her last name is, even if she is actually a member of the Augustus family, it doesn't affect my liking for her..."

——Augustus, the current royal family of Loen, Leonard, this silly boy, is really thoughtful.

The somewhat old voice was almost speechless by this seriously mentally ill boy, but unexpectedly, he suddenly heard him say this again:

"Hey, old man, don't you think that my progress is so slow because you are always watching, which makes it difficult for me to do my best? Can you... can you find a place to hide when I meet her in the future?

Get up, don't stay on me. And then you'll come back when I finish the date?"

"You rude little boy! Who do you think I am? A wet nurse that you can call with a wave of your hand and send away with a wave of a hand when you don't want to see her?"

The owner of the vicissitudes of voice almost laughed out of anger.

"I'll just tell you...if it doesn't work, forget it." Leonard knew that he was in the wrong, so he gave in decisively and did not dwell on this proposition for too long.

The old voice in my mind was silent for a while, then suddenly slowed down and said:

"Little guy, although I don't want to throw cold water on you...but haven't you noticed that your liking comes too quickly and suddenly? When you look at Miss Alice, don't you think she looks a bit familiar?"

"Before I actually met her, I never thought that love would come so suddenly." Leonard hummed a tune briskly with a smile on his lips, "As for familiarity, I don't deny it. Maybe, she will come to visit me every night

dreamland."

...I have nothing to say, I really have nothing to say. This stupid boy still hasn’t remembered the "Happy Witch" on the wanted notice, nor what she looks like!

"Besides, old man, didn't you confirm it before? She is not a witch, or even an extraordinary person."

The vicissitudes of voice took several seconds before replying: "Yes, she is not an extraordinary person, she is an ordinary human being through and through."

"Then what's there to worry about?"

"No, she is an ordinary person, but there are some not very good force fields around her, which may be the effect of some extraordinary items. Hehe, you are more accustomed to calling this kind of thing 'sealed object'... But although I help

You have eliminated that negative impact, but you should also pay more attention to yourself and not be deceived by others."

It's a pity that the voice that sounded directly in Leonard's head was so painstaking in admonishing, but was not taken seriously by the young Nighthawk.

"It's very dangerous for a cute girl like her to go out alone. It's normal to take a sealed item for protection before leaving home... Well, thinking about it, she is more likely to come from a big family. I don't know about her.

Will my parents be wealthy entrepreneurs or old-school aristocrats? I personally prefer the latter..."

Leonard muttered to himself and walked forward, the cafe sign dozens of meters away was clearly visible.

"After all, I am the protagonist of the era. How can the protagonist not have a heroine with extraordinary beauty, elegance and noble birth... Of course, it would be even more perfect if she could also become an extraordinary person——"

Hearing this silly boy's increasingly outrageous delusions, the voice with a sense of vicissitudes of life finally couldn't bear it any longer and rebuked him loudly in his mind:

"I told you to read less classical romance novels! If you have time to read these, you might as well buy two more poetry books and digest the potion as soon as possible to advance to Sequence 7!"

Leonard couldn't help but pause, and quickly retorted:

"It was you who asked me to control the speed of my promotion. Don't let the superiors discover me because I mastered the potion too quickly, causing trouble..."

"I'm just giving suggestions, and you can choose to face or solve these troubles." A slightly aged voice hummed angrily.

"Oh, I'm not..."

Just as he was about to find some excuse to get rid of the topic, Leonard was suddenly delighted to find that he had arrived at the door of Deville Cafe, and behind the open door, he could see a certain girl who had been obsessed with him.

Alice, who is wearing a black and white dress uniform, is busy working at the front desk with a smile. She has a cute pure white maid hairband tied on her head and ribbons with bows on the sides of her ears. She looks pure and sweet.

"I won't tell you anymore!"

Leonard simply said the next sentence, no longer distracted by listening to the voice in his head, walked up the steps quickly and lightly, waited patiently for the previous customer to pay the bill, then straightened his collar and came with a smile.

Arriving in front of the girl.

"Good afternoon, sir."

To him, the sound was no less than the sound of nature.

"Miss Alice, please bring me a cup of Filmore coffee, a spoonful of milk, and two sugar cubes. And like yesterday, I need takeaway." Leonard said in a soft and gentle tone.

"Okay, please wait a moment."

Alice quickly reported the amount he should pay, then turned around and exchanged a few words with a maid waiter in a low voice, and then someone went to the other side of the bar next to the maid waiters who were making fresh coffee, and asked for

The paper cup began to pour hot and fragrant drinks.

Seeing that there were only himself and Alice in the front desk area at this time, Leonard was in an even better mood. He couldn't help but suppress the urge to hum a song, and greeted her with a smile:

"Does Miss Alice come here to work every day? I seem to have heard you mention before that what you do here is part-time labor."

"My days off are on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays." Alice lowered her head to check the security stamps on the banknotes and answered casually.

Three days off is pretty good...

Leonard quickly filtered through this weekend's entertainment programs and immediately found a suitable entry point.

"Are you interested in a dialogue play, Miss Alice? I know there will be a wonderful play at the Orkney Theater this Saturday night, performed by the Golden Acorn Theater Company. It should be worth seeing."

"Sir, your change." Alice handed a few coins back to him with an embarrassed look on her face, "But I'm sorry, I already have an appointment on Saturday night."

"So, how about Sunday? Let me think about Sunday..." A hit wall did not make Leonard give up, but slightly aroused his fighting spirit. "On Sunday, I remember there was an all-day circus performance. Why?

So, do you want to go shopping together?"

"this……"

Just as Alice was about to reply, her eyes unconsciously shifted behind the poet-like Nighthawk, and her answer seemed to be stuck in her mouth, unable to continue.

So Leonard subconsciously looked sideways and looked back, only to see a young man in black formal clothes coming in from the main entrance of the cafe.

He... no, she has a tall, slender and well-proportioned figure, almost as tall as Leonard, and her half-length dark blond hair was tied up casually, with a low ponytail on the back of her head, and her beautiful and handsome face,

A pair of blue eyes are bright and charming, and they have a unique and unique temperament reflected in the men's clothing.

After taking a quick look, Leonard couldn't help but glance at her chest, confirming that the faint rise and fall there were not an illusion, and then he was sure of her true gender.

...It's really amazing. In terms of height and handsomeness, he was almost defeated by a lady!

Well, if he was as small as Klein, he should have been completely defeated by now.

"As soon as I entered the door, I heard someone trying to kidnap my dear Alice, and this is the sixth case this week... Lord, don't these people have their own lovers or dating partners? It's really disturbing.

People feel sad and sad.”

The heroic and beautiful beauty in men's clothing crossed the front desk without any notice, stopped beside Alice, who was much smaller than her, and put her arms around the girl's shoulders in a very intimate manner.

At the same time, she smoothly took the paper cup containing coffee from another waiter, put it into the bag, and finally carried the paper bag in front of Leonard with one hand.

"Okay, sir, please get your coffee. Ha, since you still barely look good enough, I'll just say one more thing - walk slowly and don't give it away."

The tone of this lady dressed in men's clothing was polite, but there was an inexplicable sharpness in her words that hurt others, which made Leonard feel angry.

"Dani Tully."

Fortunately, there is also the angelic Miss Alice.

She glanced at her nominal employer with a reproachful look, then swatted away Danitaly's hand on her shoulder, took the paper bag from her employer, sealed the opening with tape and folded it out for easy carrying.

shape, then he held it with both hands and handed it to the guest.

"Sir, your Fermo coffee, a spoonful of milk and two sugar cubes. Thank you very much for your patronage. Also... please forgive Ms. Danitaly for her speech. She... she thought you were the same as a few days ago.

The scoundrels belong together."

As she spoke, Alice briefly summarized her bad experience of being harassed by scoundrels, which made Leonard feel so indignant that he almost forgot about the unhappiness he had been provoked before.

"If you encounter this kind of thing again next time, you can contact me directly."

Facing the cafe owner's questioning gaze, Leonard sternly took out his police badge from his non-formal pocket and showed it to the two ladies openly.

"Don't look at me dressed casually, but this is just casual clothes... I am an expert in charge of difficult cases in the police station!"
To be continued...