The next day, Klein woke up from the sore muscles in his legs. He felt as if his upper and lower body had been completely cut in half, and he was in unspeakable pain.

If he had known earlier, he should have asked Alice to help him last night...

No, no, he will die in front of her!

Avoid that gaffe at all costs!

After reaffirming his belief in himself, Klein got up from the bed with all his strength, and then took several breaths of cold breath from the pain.

"Today is making up for yesterday's rest. I don't have to go to work. Unfortunately, I still have to get up as scheduled and go to the university to visit my tutor..." Thinking of the long and distant journey, he felt a dull pain in his forehead.

Fortunately, there was no discomfort in his upper body, including his arms and waist, which was so normal that he had the urge to cry. After getting up, he even limped to the corner of the room and took out the dustproof

He looked at his own face in the dressing mirror covered by a cloth.

After comparing several times with his impression of himself, Klein sighed in disappointment and found that he had not grown abdominal muscles and biceps overnight. He could only pull up his shirt again and shook his head with emotion:

"It would be great if I could get into shape quickly... But if I could really get into shape, wouldn't I now look like I have a well-developed upper body and skinny lower limbs... It's strange to think about it. People would treat me like a sperm when I go out.

A curly-haired baboon that has shaved its body hair again, right?”

Amused by his imagination, he shook his head with a smile, gritted his teeth and endured the muscle pain in his legs with a joyful attitude, and slowly moved outside the house.

After going downstairs, having breakfast, and watching Benson and Melissa go to work and school, Klein felt that the terrible pain had slightly eased, and was ready to sit on the sofa and rest for a while before leaving for Hoy University.

But he suddenly realized a problem, a problem that he had deliberately ignored for a long time. It was not until he took a break today that it came to his mind when he had time to think.

Alice has been absent from breakfast at Moretti's house for three days.

One or two days can be said to be accidental, but does the absence of three consecutive days mean something?

With this thought in his mind, Klein glanced at the entrance and noticed that the pair of high heels that clearly belonged to Miss Witch were still placed on the shoe rack.

Because of this, both Benson and Melissa concluded that Alice had changed her job to returning home late and getting up late, so they agreed that her rest should not be disturbed in the early morning hours, along with the brothers and sisters getting up and opening and closing the door.

All have become smaller.

But Klein had a vague intuition that things might not be what they thought.

Otherwise, go upstairs and see her...

After hesitating for a few seconds, he stood up with his sore legs, walked back upstairs with difficulty, and came to the closed door of the guest room. At the same time, he took out a token with the patterns of a flying dragon and a lion fused onto it from his pocket.

gold.

"There is no one in the room in front of me right now..."

With the help of the simplified dream divination method, Klein threw the gold coin and caught it again. Unexpectedly, he saw the seal pattern on the face of the gold coin - as long as it did not clearly point to Alice's question, it probably had something to do with him.

If you contact us, you can successfully get the answer to divination like this.

He originally wanted to be reserved and knock on the door symbolically, or consider the consequences of breaking into the girl's personal room without permission, but recalling her unreasonable "ambush" last night, he suddenly felt that there was no need to be strict with this nasty witch.

He politely and confidently pressed the handle of the guest room door.

Squeak——

The unlocked door was opened by him very easily and gradually opened inside.

Klein took a cautious look and confirmed that he really didn't see anyone, then he walked in with confidence.

Compared to the last time he accidentally broke into it, this guest room seemed cleaner and more tidy.

There was no clutter on the desk, and the seats were pushed under the table in an orderly manner. There were no accessories for women hanging on the sliding door of the closet. The bed was neatly made, and the bed she once used was

Using a magical spell, the quilt transformed into a long robe was also folded into small square pieces and placed in the center of the bed...

etc.

Klein was suddenly stunned.

This room is indeed much tidier, but it seems... it seems to lack a sense of life.

He approached the bed and stared at the flat sheets without any wrinkles or indentations for a long time. He felt that if he had not known in advance that Alice did live here, he would have even felt that this room had never welcomed anyone.

guests.

After thinking for a few seconds, Klein walked to the window, opened the dark gray curtains that were blown by the wind, and looked out from the half-open window. He found that this window happened to be on the back side of the street.

Several residential buildings surround a small garden.

Seeing this, he had a vague guess in his mind.

The witch lady did not sleep in the room last night, but went out through the window... Perhaps she encountered some accident that required urgent treatment?

As for the fact that she didn't sleep in a bed last night, Klein could say with absolute certainty - after all, he had seen how sloppy she was, never folding the quilt... Well, informal.

But after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but feel worried.

...No, he is not worried that Alice will encounter any danger. Really not!

He was just a little worried that he and his family would be involved in incidents related to her and fall into a dangerous situation.

I hope this is just his worry... If he could have more strength than her, maybe he wouldn't be so passive and could take the initiative to understand what she was doing and the problems she encountered, then naturally there would be no problems

Now I am so afraid of the unknown.

"The greater the ability, the greater the risk, and the greater the responsibility..."

Klein sighed and decided to ask Alice about her current situation as much as possible the next time he saw her. He could not allow himself to continue to be ignorant about her.

Of course, it's time for him to get back on track with his life.

Klein put on his top hat, picked up his cane, returned to his normal appearance, walked downstairs, walked out slowly, and got on the public carriage to the university.

…

It’s summer vacation, and the campus of Hoy University is filled with a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere.

Under the instruction and guidance of his mentor, Cohen Quentin's friend and teacher Mr. Azik, Klein borrowed the academic monograph related to the main peak of Honakis.

Since he was already a graduate and could not take out books, he started reading in the familiar yet unfamiliar office of the History Department, often stopping to turn pages and write down key information in his notes.

Seeing that he was looking at him seriously, Azik didn't bother him. He quietly brought coffee and a small plate with milk and sugar. He smiled and waited until he closed the book before sitting down opposite him.

*"How's it going? Did you gain anything?"

"There are quite a few. You see, I took many pages of notes."* Klein flipped through his notes and let the paper full of writing flash past their eyes. (*Note: Chapter 98 of the original text.

)

"I don't know when you started to be interested in this kind of knowledge." Azik sighed and stopped delving into it. Instead, he looked at him carefully.

Klein was looked at a little strangely, and he had already experienced a similar baptism of gaze after entering the door to greet him. At that time, he was worried that his clothes were inappropriate...

But he confirmed that he was wearing the same formal attire as he usually wears when going to work - of course, he did not wear the horrifyingly expensive high-end tuxedo suit, but just took out the tie clip inlaid with gems.

As a decoration, pin it between the fourth and fifth buttons.

This brand new formal suit purchased with reimbursement money is decent enough, and there should be nothing rude about it...

Just as he was thinking this, he looked down and found that it seemed that due to his sitting posture, the gem part of the tie clip was exposed, which made him feel somewhat flamboyant. So he straightened his back and smoothed the wrinkles of his tuxedo jacket.

Seeing this, Azik smiled soothingly:

"Haha, don't worry about it, Klein. I just feel that you have changed a lot since I haven't seen you for a while. If you don't mind my wild guess... I think you are in love?"

Phew. Klein almost choked on his own saliva, coughed twice, and the expression on his face became quite uncomfortable.

"Mr. Azik, you...you are quite good at joking."

"I'm not kidding. If it wasn't for love, why do you only wear one earring? It can only remind me of the romantic agreement of wearing one earring with your lover...and that tie clip, look at you

The attitude of treating it carefully and cherishing it should be your token of love." Azik said with a tolerant smile like an elder, "Besides, isn't your reaction now the best proof?"

...How could this be? Although it is far from the truth, the Breath of the Soul earrings and this tie clip can indeed be regarded as secrets between her...

Did I show it so obviously?

Klein twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment and subconsciously raised his hand to touch the leaf-shaped earrings.

"Isn't it good for young people to have a vigorous love? There is no need to escape like that. I think you can try to face your heart bravely." Azik pointed to his chest, with a calm expression and a look in his eyes.

But he unconsciously revealed a little confusion, "This is probably... the experience of people who have been there? Well, probably, having such an emotional experience can be regarded as a precious treasure in life..."

"But, I think the relationship between me and her has not developed to the point you imagined..." Unable to notice the slight difference in the other party, Klein couldn't help but outline the appearance of the girl in his mind, and at the same time, he

He defended himself, "I don't know what she thinks of me, but my feelings for her... This may be difficult to describe to you correctly, but my feelings for her are affected by many external factors, so that I don't

I'm not sure whether my feelings for her are really between a man and a woman..."

——This is not so much a defense as a confession.

Perhaps it was because he didn’t have to pretend to be a couple like he did in front of Benson and Melissa, and he didn’t have to pretend to be an outsider in his chat with Leonard. It was rare for Klein to take off the baggage related to Miss Witch and face Ah

Zik expressed his worries.

"The influence of external factors? Do you think that without the influence of external factors, you would not have feelings for that girl?" Azik, who had a bronze complexion, touched the inconspicuous black mole under his right ear and asked with a smile.

he.

"...I'm not sure, this is what confuses me the most. In addition, I know too little about her, and I don't know what kind of person she is. Can this good feeling really be called...

Do you like her? Maybe I just care to a certain extent about the side she deliberately showed, rather than really liking her." Klein shook his head.
To be continued...