Can you become stronger without paying money?

For example, when you were three years old and you pissed and played with your buddy, you would think that he was your friend and your buddy, but if that buddy was still playing like that at the age of 30... don't say friends... your own father may not recognize him...

Obviously doing the same thing, just because they are in different time periods of life, the result will have completely different changes, but the puppet Alice doesn't understand this, she doesn't understand why the two who are clearly friends will become like this .

So, she twisted too...

"You're not Alice...Alice wouldn't say something like that to me...you're a liar...where..."

...Where is my Alice...? !

The power of the puppet finally exploded, and the Witch's Mansion completely became the power of the puppet, and the witch lady, Alice, was completely controlled by the out-of-control puppet...

...The illusion modified her appearance, and the mental interference manipulated her memory, and she returned to the way she was back then, the Alice she was familiar with back then.

"Hehe, that's right...this is...my Alice~"

However, when the human body finally came to the end of life, the witch Alice finally ushered in the end of life. However, the doll didn't care about it. Her power tempted a small town at the foot of the mountain. A girl entered the Moria Mountains, and then, facing the girl who looked at her in panic, the doll slowly approached...

"From today onwards, you will be my Alice, hehe, this time, we will always be together..."

In the girl's exclamation, the power of the puppet was activated, and the girl passed out completely...

"...This time, we must... be together 'forever'~"

Chapter 42 "Love" of Dolls

With the memory recall, the last frame freezes completely into black and white, and the three people who broke free from the final truth react differently.

"Okay, then the truth has been revealed..." Riel didn't seem to have any emotional changes, as if he said at the beginning, whether he can see the truth or not doesn't mean much to him, and he didn't publish it What kind of opinion do you mean, "The final ending of Witch Alice is also clear, and the last mechanism of the Witch's Mansion has also been unlocked. Sapphire, you should quickly accept the power of the elves here, so..."

Riel glanced at the exquisite doll, "This child can rest in peace..."

"Please...wait..."

However, at this moment, the voice of the puppet Alice sounded in the ears of the three of them again.

"I don't want to ask you to let me go, such unrealistic words, but... I still don't understand, I really don't understand, my Alice... why did it become like this!"

"...I'm just a doll. I understand this. Dolls are different from humans. I also know this. Is it because of this that dolls are destined not to be the same as humans? I just... just want to Being cared about by others, wanting to be loved is all...because it's a puppet... so can't you think like that?!"

"I don't understand, I don't understand... I really don't understand!!!"

The puppet Alice seems to have finally recovered from her dream that she could never wake up from, but it can be said that she was woken up from the dream in the most brutal way, not the one who woke up by herself. , Until now, I can't accept everything that happened at the beginning.

She was used as a prop and given to the family that Alice tried to use to capture Alice. However, Alice was moved by the rhetoric of "friend" and resolutely betrayed her past master and the one who regarded her as a The man who used the props.

In her opinion, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this. However, she gave almost everything for her friend Alice, and finally got such an ending.

In the end, Alice just used her as a prop, and, even worse than the undisguised man at the beginning, she used the skin called "Friendship" to turn this strangely simple brain circuit The puppet played around and around.

As she herself said, she is just a puppet, and she doesn't understand things that are too complicated, so her thinking circuit is stuck...

"Ah, what should I do..." Riel pinched the center of her brows, and finally said calmly, "Let me tell you... Actually, you didn't do anything wrong. From the moment you can have yourself, you are no longer an arbitrary person. You are a puppet at the mercy of others, you want to be cared about, you want to be cared about, you want to love others and be loved by others, these are the proofs of your existence as a 'life', you are not wrong, really Yes... But, you didn't understand a prerequisite."

Ridden paused, then pulled a stool from his side and sat down, cleared his throat with a cough twice, and spoke with the appearance of a "chicken soup master for the soul".

"Life, how wonderful, life, how brilliant... Wait, Sapphire, put down your sword, we have something to talk about, something to talk about!"

After such a toss, the heavy atmosphere just now was diluted a lot, Riel coughed again, and with a smiling face asked Safiri to put the sword back.

"Ahem, let's not talk about being serious. It is true that you don't ask for anything in return for your friends' sacrifices. If you approach purposefully to get something, this kind of relationship is not real. My friend, however, this is not the reason for Witch Alice's endless demands and your endless giving..."

"'Love' is a relative thing. Only when both parties pay almost equal things can this feeling truly exist. One-sided giving and one-sided taking are just crazily destroying this balance. Forget it, such an ending is nothing to be surprised about, since the relationship between you was established in that way..."

"...The ending has already been completely determined!"

Riel got up, picked up the third yellowed paper, and at the same time took out the two previously obtained papers from the character's bag. The three papers were stacked together, and a fire was lit.

Amidst the billowing green smoke, scattered paper ash solidified on the ground to form a small magic circle, and then a light flashed, and a half-open box about a circle larger than a jewelry box appeared in the magic circle .

"You..." Safiri's eyes twitched when she saw Riel's movements, "And such a disagreement directly and easily triggered this kind of treasure mechanism, don't you know the secret of the Witch's Mansion? Why? So skilled!"

"Hey, don't worry about the details, here, your spirit stone~"

Riel dug out the elf stone from the treasure chest, and threw it to Sapphire. At the same time, he checked the treasure chest again.

I didn't find the slate fragments in the Danquan elves' secrets. Of course, there were none here. The slate fragments were randomly distributed in all the elves' secrets. The random distribution method was supported by the elf algorithm. After the distribution was completed, the ancient elves were randomly distributed. I don't even know which secrets are in it and which ones are not...

This also keeps the mystery of these things to the greatest extent...

However, the last thing is gold, which is only about half of the normal amount left, which is normal... Before that, the elf ruins were completely controlled by the puppet, which is equivalent to being completely controlled by Alice. The gold in the treasure chest has long been I took it all for Alice, and the rest of this is Alice's own family property hidden here later, so naturally it is all cheaper now.

"That... Brother Ruier..."

Fei, who had been silent since leaving the memory recall just now, suddenly spoke at this moment. She approached the puppet that seemed to have lost its vitality, "Next, what will happen to this child?"

"Oh, in this case... She fused herself with the Witch's Mansion. Once the Witch's Mansion is destroyed, she will naturally lose everything and become an ordinary doll."

"Eh?!" Fei immediately showed a look of surprise on her face, "Is there... is there no way to save her?"

Riel immediately turned his gaze to Sapphire. Although Sapphire was a little dumbfounded, she still nodded vigorously, "Yes, I can still think of a way..."

"Why..." After hearing these words, the puppet who lost its movement had a new reaction, "I have taken a fancy to my strength, do you want to keep me as your prop? Or, do you want to take revenge on me before?" Treat you as a target?"

Well, I have to say that maybe I was deceived too badly, and now this doll with a single thinking circuit is completely unable to figure out human thoughts in a good way.

"No!" Fei immediately denied it without even thinking about it, but then she seemed to think of something again, stretched out her hand and scratched her cheek in embarrassment, "Haha, you can't say that, your illusion and my thief The fighting skills are really good, but..."

After laughing, Fei suddenly put away the smile on her face, showing a serious expression, "But, this is not the point, I understand, I understand... the kind of people who lose everything after being abandoned, longing to be loved With the feeling of caring!"

Yes, she understands, from the time she was born with her parents in the Old Town to beg for a living, she was abandoned by her parents when she was six years old, after that she spent two years alone in the Old Town, and was finally adopted by Potter as an adopted daughter, she clearly understood with these.

Although the experience is different, she understands... huddled alone in the darkest foot of the whole world, alone accepting the indifference and malice from all directions. Kneeling down and begging for nothing but the feeling of powerlessness...

Compared with ghosts, which are invisible and intangible, coldness, hunger, and poverty... are the truly terrifying things!

No matter how much you pray, you can't get salvation, no matter how you cry, you can't get an answer, no matter what you do, you can't change everything...

"There are also many kinds of friends. The friends I know are those who have the same experience and can be sympathetic to each other. It doesn't require much effort, but the one who is willing to reach out to you when you are about to fall into the abyss. people..."

"So, now, I am willing to extend my hand, you..."

Fei walked into the puppet, smiled and opened her hands...

"...would you like to hold my hand?"

Seeing Fei's movements, the puppet hesitated...

Is this the salvation of an angel... or is it the cunning temptation of another demon?

She still couldn't really judge it until she subconsciously took a step forward, and the moment she was completely embraced by Fei, she felt the warmth that she hadn't felt for a long time.

"Hey, what's your name?"

"I...have no name..."

"Really? It's so pitiful, then... I will give you my name. From today on, your name will be Alice~"

Yes... the same warmth as what I felt at that time.

At that time, Alice didn't know the power of the puppet, so this kindness did not have the slightest purpose. She really just liked this talking puppet.

So at that time, the kind of warmth that made people feel reassured and couldn't help but want to get close to her was something that couldn't make her give up on Alice all this time, right?

Now, she finally understood the meaning of the "friend" she was after.

(So ​​warm, this feeling...)

Seeing the interaction between the puppet and Fei, Riel couldn't help laughing out loud, "Then, I'll trouble you next time, Sapphire~"

Of course Riel knew that Safiley would not refuse, because Safiley is indeed a very considerate and good girl, so, although her face was a bit dumbfounded, Safiley still replied, "Understood, I just need it too." Take time to integrate the power of the elves here, then..."

"...Leave it to me!"

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Okay, here is the author of this book, and the story of the Witch's Mansion ends here... Well, in fact, this part of the story that has little connection with the main story is mainly to help Fei, a loli, who Let me be a lolicon, no one can neglect a loli if I neglect it? ! (drag)

Well, the story of the Witch's Mansion can't be considered original, but I don't remember what the prototype is. It seems to be a game, it seems to be a comic, or it seems to be a dark nursery rhyme. Anyway, no matter what, the prototype was given to me. It's inspiration, and the main storyline is basically original, so if there are any similarities... well, that's my brain hole!That's right, I'm just that shameless!

The next volume of stories, according to the outline, is the first climax of the first volume of the story, Riel and Sapphire will get a huge improvement here, but I carefully read the outline, and almost jumped out of the chair in fright. fall...

...This thing can also be called an outline?Which idiot wrote this?

Yes, you all know what my next sentence is...

...that idiot is me!

Well, now that I’m frantically filling out the outline, I suddenly realize that I’ve written all of this here, and if I have the time to write more words, isn’t it more realistic than the outline?

So, go to the fucking outline, no more! ! !

Well, so that’s the end of the new content preview. What’s next, if readers feel that Penguin’s book is still eye-catching, please vote for a monthly ticket, give a reward or something, we will naturally be grateful~

OK, today’s update is here, I’m going to suck my ass to find inspiration, the above~

Chapter 43 Intermission V1.0 ([-]) I'm too lazy to think about the title

Three days later...Riel returned to the Witch's Mansion...

...Well, you didn't miss a chapter, but Riel was responsible for sending the awakened Aisha back to the small town at the foot of the mountain. The girl who had been missing for ten years, the family already thought she was in danger, who knew? To be able to come back intact without incident, the result is naturally a happy one.

The secret of the Witch's Mansion was roughly told by Riel. After knowing that the Witch's Mansion is over, the residents of the town are naturally very grateful, um, thank you verbally...

Of course, some people who were sincerely grateful provided some scattered rewards, which didn't add up to more than one gold coin, and some people specially provided two salted fish pickled by themselves.

Regarding this, Riel said righteously, my red scarf did not do good deeds because of these stupid things, salted fish... everyone, just keep it for yourself, and eat the money... I reluctantly accepted it...

... To be honest, this amount of money is not enough to solve one-tenth of the reward for troubles of this level in the Witch's Mansion.

In short, Riel, who was "enthusiastically" retained by the simple townspeople, did not stay longer because he still missed Sapphire, turned around and returned to the Witch's Mansion without stopping.

And in the Witch's Mansion, Sapphire was almost ready.

At the beginning, the doll used the ritual to assimilate itself with the Witch's Mansion, but now if they want to break the connection, they can only rely on people who know elves to reverse the ritual and destroy this connection...

...As we know, destruction is always easier than construction, and the biggest technical problem in this step is to find someone who can use elves. It's a problem.

Sapphire deliberately left the spirit power of the third mechanism unabsorbed. During the three days of recuperation in the Witch's Mansion, she also successfully integrated the previously absorbed spirit power. Seeing Riel come back, she naturally Get ready for the last step.

"All in all..." Safiri pulled out the sword at her waist, and almost froze the power of the elves and gathered it on the blade. Before she finally made a move, Safieli confirmed again, "As long as this sword goes down, the witch The museum is history, if you still have any unfulfilled wish, something you want to keep, hurry up as soon as possible, otherwise I don’t care about any problems later..."

These words were naturally addressed to the puppet, and the puppet held in Fei's arms also responded with an ethereal voice, "No problem, please do it..."

Sapphire nodded, without saying a word, her eyes flickered, and the long sword in her hand slashed with all her strength, there was a crisp sound of glass breaking, and the blade of the long sword shattered the ritual node in the last mechanism of the Witch's Mansion, condensing The power of the elves immediately began to disperse scatteredly.

At the same time, the puppet also trembled slightly. She indeed clearly felt that the clear connection with the Witch's Mansion had been broken, and she finally got rid of the constraints of the Witch's Mansion.

Starting today, she is no longer a subsidiary of Witch Alice, nor is she an incarnation of the Witch's Mansion, but a free-standing individual.

At the same time as the sword was swung, the three of Riel ran away without saying a word. Almost at the same time as the three of them rushed out of the Witch's Mansion, this dilapidated villa that had been hidden in the Moria Mountains for countless years finally disappeared. After losing the last support, it shattered and collapsed in front of the three of them...

In the end, everything disappeared, and what was left was only the wreckage of half of the villa. Riel nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, this place can also be used as a stop for passing adventurers in the future, er, although the roof has collapsed, there are still A few walls that can block the wind are barely better than lying in the wilderness, as the perfect end of this trip, I suggest that we rest here for the last night today?"

Sapphire sheathed her sword, and was the first to express her opinion, "No problem, anyway, we have been delayed for many days, and we couldn't catch up with the regular ship that we wanted to catch. Recently, the number of scheduled ships is also less, so we will stop now. You can’t get on the boat even if you’re standing still, it doesn’t make any difference whether it’s early or late.”

Both of them have no objection, and Fei naturally has no objection. Up to now, she still feels that it is a favor to bother Sapphire to release the doll for her own sake, so she behaves very well...

...Basically speaking, she has been Safieli's pillow for three consecutive days. Although Safieli didn't say anything, she has already expressed to Riel in secret that Nima's touch... insists on it!

Regarding the tendency of her harem to show signs of lilies, Riel thought about it, and finally came to the conclusion that...

It's allowed~ It's much better than playing palace fights...Young people want to open a harem, and Brother Tiantian Cheng is still watching!

"By the way..." Riel suddenly suggested, "Since the dolls have been reborn, do you still want to keep the name Alice? Or let Fei give you a new name?"

This proposal was exported, and Sapphire also became interested. She also wanted to see how the puppet would deal with this problem.

As a result, after several minutes of silence, the puppet responded.

"No, this name... is the most important memory I got from my first friend. If possible, I don't want to give up this name."

The smile on Fei's face was extremely gentle, and she hugged the doll happily...

...well, for now, we should keep calling her Alice.

"Then, my name is Fei, please teach me more in the future, Alice~"

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That night, still continuing the night watch division method used before, Ruier, who was guarding the first shift, rubbed his chin and looked at the scene in front of him.