The Sealer of the Sword

　"ensure?"

"..."

"Ah, sorry, this is really not guaranteed."

Very true protector, this girl Sakuya.

Because I heard my own evaluation of Remilia, and she didn't know herself well, so in order to avoid any situation that might be unfavorable to Remilia, do you want to avoid anything?

Among these things, including the unknown number of Yan Ye-.

But Yan Ye's meaning is just like what he said, it can't be guaranteed.

But looking at Sakuya's current expression, Yan Ye sighed in disbelief, and said again: "Don't look at me like that, I'm just stating the facts, I just said, your eldest lady She's very cute, no matter how I say it, I'm an old friend of her, so even if we don't get along now, in a few years, decades or hundreds of years, the views will probably be different, and - your eldest lady's You must know the character the most, if one day she runs over and pushes me back, will I throw her out?"

What Yan Ye said was the truth, so no matter how unacceptable the expression on Sakuya's face was now, in the end, she could only pursed her lips and nodded as she admitted Yan Ye's words.

At this time, they also passed through the forest of magic and came to the world.

As soon as he walked out of the forest, it became lively in an instant.

Because the red fog dissipated, the people who came out of the house began to move in a bustling manner.

The originally empty market was once again crowded with people. At this time, I had to sigh about the number of humans.

Although Sakuya still cares about Yan Ye and Remilia, she still hasn't forgotten her job.

Without any laziness, Sakuya walked straight to the food stall in the market when she came out of the forest.

It's still very close to Yan Ye's house here, but let's accompany Sakuya again. With this kind of thought, Yan Ye also followed.

The ingredients were already sold out, so when Sakuya was buying ingredients, he casually looked at the goods sold at other stalls.

Snacks, tools, small furniture, and small toys are all available.

It is hard to imagine that this is something that can be possessed in a place that is isolated from the world. There are many kinds of snacks, a complete range of tools, and many familiar things can be seen in small toys, such as rattles, small tops, Kongming locks, dolls—

Doll?

Yan Ye's gaze, which was still turning at will, stopped instantly, and turned to look at the puppet at the booth closest to him.

It was a general image of a very petite loli figure, almost like a normal doll-sized doll.

He has golden shawl long hair, a big red bow tie on his head, sky blue eyes, wearing a long dress similar to a maid's outfit, dark blue in color, and a red bow tie on his chest.

Because it is so delicate that if you can ignore the ball at the joint, you will even mistake it for a living existence, such as a goblin or the like.

but--

"Shanghai?"

Yan Ye subconsciously called out the name of the puppet.

Because he was a little surprised, he didn't lower his voice, so that the people around turned their heads to look at Yan Ye.

There should be no mistake.

No matter how you look at the doll, it belongs to Alice in Shanghai, because only Alice can make such a delicate doll.

But why is it here?

And I don't know if it was an illusion, Yan Ye always felt that Shanghai was watching him.

Then, when Yan Ye was puzzled, Yan Ye saw that Shanghai, who was sitting quietly on the shop floor, stood up straight.

The puppet is alive.

It might be such a scene for humans, but for "I've seen a ghost", it's better to use "that doll is a youkai" as an explanation.

So there is no need for Yan Ye to say anything. The moment he stood up in Shanghai, there was no one within ten meters around Yan Ye.

But unfortunately -

In the setting, Alice's dolls are all dead objects, and all the activities of the dolls are controlled by Alice herself using magic threads from a distance, just like a puppet master.

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So that means-

Alice is nearby?

But Yan Ye turned his head to look around, released his perception, and didn't see anyone from Alice.

When he turned around, Yan Ye saw Huan standing on the wooden board where the small toys were placed, raised his little hand as if to say hello to him, and opened his mouth as if he was trying to say something.

But there was no sound.

So apart from "Shanghai is greeting me", Yan Ye doesn't know what Shanghai wants to do.

Then Yan Ye saw Shanghai put down her little hand, lowered her head and made a thoughtful gesture.

one . ...

Is this Shanghai thinking, or is Alice in control?

When thinking like this in his heart, Yan Ye saw Shanghai jumping up from his side when he raised his head.

Because it's too small, you can't find it if you're not careful.

Then, Yan Ye felt the sight again when he was in the Forest of Magic.