We were all gathered in a relatively large private room that Eileen had taken for herself that night when everyone finished dinner and bathing at the inn.

Lighting the room is one lamp light.

Though the big private room is small when the five of us come in and get together, and the women are all bathed and the colour is rising, which disturbs my mind, but I try to start the conversation under the guise of calm.

"Well, what I wanted to ask you was," Why aren't you going to ask about the situation today? "

When I look over at the four girls, Irene shakes her neck vertically, especially with a crease.

Check it out and I'll explain why.

"To begin with, in short, the reason for this would be 'because Alice was there'"

"... with Doyuko? Aren't you supposed to bust Alice with you?

When Satsuki said so, Cyril, lying on his side, held his head down all the time.

It's the same Satsuki verse.

"Satsuki put down the idea of busting it first. It could eventually happen, but that's not the way to think first"

Everyone but Satsuki nods yeah to my words.

One satsuki looked like a bum.

There, Mi takes the floor.

"But if Alice is around, I don't know why, either, Mi. Alice is also an important reference person, so shouldn't we listen together?

To that question of Mi, Eileen also agrees with a creepy, longitudinal shake of her neck.

Cyril, it looks like one of us is thinking about it.

I'll give an explanation, mainly to Mi and Irene.

"Sure, Mi's right, I've never been over there to talk to Alice either. But he's not a wooden puppet. If there's anything behind you over there, you're likely to be thinking and exercising some kind of obstruction. This one thinks we should put it in the calculations and move."

"Uh, obstruction means... like, you know, using some kind of magic?

I nod to Irene's words.

"Oh, naturally we should also keep that possibility in view. And Alice is a mentor-class mage with just the strength to graduate from the School of Magic. Alice's ability as a magician is presumed to be no different from mine. At least you should think Alice can use up to 80% of the spells I can use."

When I said that, all the girls on the spot gave me a surprise look.

Satsuki utters words with that expression.

"What... does that mean that the enemy has Will...?

"Oh. Therefore, if it is a direct confrontation in the form of a situation hearing, this hand will be read more or less, and the other hand will be able to use almost the same"

"Uh... I mean, what do you mean?

Eileen tilts her neck.

I'll point it at her and explain it to her a little politely.

"Some of the spells I can use, for example, are called Lie Breaking (Ditectorai). With this spell, I can clearly see if they're lying."

"─ YEAH NO!? So, I lied, and Will finds out everything...?

Eileen starts sweating sloppily from her forehead.

I sigh haha and smack Irene's forehead with my fingertips.

"Is there a reason for that? I wouldn't use a spell like that against my neighbor if it weren't for so much. The magicians we learned at the academy that the morals of the use of such spells are beaten first in the first year. Don't go hand in hand with what's technically possible and what you actually do"

"Oh, yeah, hahahaha...... Phew"

Eileen wipes the sweat off her forehead.

At this point, I'm finding out that this guy was lying a lot to me, but, well, it's natural to lie about one or two of them more than just being human. It's not like I care.

"But from there on ahead is the problem. This spell can be used by any magician of the rank of mentor. Naturally, Alice will also use it. I don't know what happens when I do that."

"Eh... we don't lie to each other?

I nod to Eileen's answer.

That's where Satsuki comes from side to side.

"But nothing wrong with that, huh? There's nothing to be backward about. If I'm being honest with you, it's more this way."

"Oh, Satsuki is right about that. And on that point, 'Alice would think so too'"

"... hmm?

Satsuki tilts her neck.

"I mean, from Alice's side, we know that if we go straight into battle, the loss will be confirmed. If so, what would Alice do?"

"Oh, what...?... uh, uh... haha"

Satsuki sprayed a puff of smoke from his head and flaked.

Cyril, who was beside him, answers instead.

"Uh... running away or refusing to listen to the situation itself?

"Oh, the neighborhood would be a common sense means. And by insane means..."

"... lure the messenger into darkness by launching a pre-emptive attack,"

It was Mi who answered that.

While I nod to her, I make a supplement.

"Well, it's only a matter of speculation, to the extent that if you're in a situation where you can be cornered by any means, you could hit those hands. What Alice is actually going to do is not legible."

To my explanation, we nod together.

Only the satsuki, however, was pounding with smoke sprayed from his head.

I don't care about Satsuki, I keep going.

"But on the other hand, there are certain things I can say. It means," If it wasn't for Alice, it wouldn't matter. "

When I explained that much, Eileen seemed convinced, too, and threw that body out flat on the bed.

"I see. So you want me to visit the Mansion without a court magician named Alice, and deal only with Count Goldart for a start?"

"Oh. It's risky to deal with Alice from the front. We should try to avoid the risks we can avoid."

"So as far as Alice is concerned, we'll deal with Count Goldart separately after we deal with him. Sure, it might be easier to deal with it by destroying each one."

I nod to Cyril's words.

"Oh well...... You could have. Ah, there's Will. If I had moved as a commander, I would have jumped right into the belly of the enemy. Thank you, Will."

Eileen gets up and sits on the bed and smiles at me.

"Yeah, but we're going to. There are many elements of uncertainty, and I don't know what will happen if I don't try to put them into practice. If you have to, you may count on Irene's arms. Then do me a favor."

"Yeah, I'll take care of this one. I'll cut you off every time I tell you what enemy's here."

That's what Eileen wants to do, pound the sword she put by her bed.

Pretty good to be reliable, but it was me who would be a little worried when this guy became a commander in the future.