"What? There's such a thing? "
Fangzheng was shocked to receive Mei Cheng's call.
"Yeah, Big Brother. What should we do now? Eve is grabbing her … "
"… Tie her up and wait for me to deal with it."
Fangzheng pondered for a moment and made a decision.
"We'll head back immediately."
"What's wrong?"
Hearing Fangzheng's call, Zhen Hong gazed at him curiously while Fangzheng shook his head.
"A puppet named Mercury Lantern came to our house to cause trouble when we weren't around and was caught by Eve."
"Eh? Mercury Lantern? "
Hearing this name, Zhen Hong couldn't remain calm.
"That's why we have to head back … I wanted to walk around nearby … Do you have a way to send us home directly? I remember that you can teleport through the mirror, right? "
"No problem."
Zhen Hong also knew that the situation was serious, so she nodded. Then, she immediately went to the mirror in the bathroom, extended her hand, and tapped on it lightly. Then, the mirror began to shake like ripples and quickly changed its image. Then, Fangzheng carried his suitcase and entered the mirror with Zhen Hong and Hindberry. After a few minutes, when Fangzheng stepped out of the mirror again, he was already in his bedroom.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. With this thing, it'll be much more convenient to go home in the future."
Looking at the room in front of him, Fangzheng couldn't help but sigh. Rosette's Return City Stone was really useful. But …
"Why is the floor full of chicken feathers?"
Looking at the black feathers in the room, Fangzheng felt extremely depressed. He hurriedly opened the door and went downstairs. Following that, he saw Mei Cheng, who was busy sweeping the corridor.
"Ah, Big Brother, you're back!"
Upon hearing the footsteps, Mei Cheng turned her head. When she saw Fangzheng return, she hurriedly greeted him and could not help but ask out of curiosity.
"When did you come back?"
"Just now. Actually, I was already on my way when I received your call. I wanted to give you a surprise … What's going on? Crows fighting? "
"It's that Miss Mercury Lamp. She made the whole house full of feathers …"
At this moment, Mei Cheng started complaining. After all, she was the one who had to clean up the feathers. She did not know what the mercury lamp was doing, but the entire room was filled with feathers. This made Mei Cheng extremely depressed. She had just spent a lot of effort to clean up the feathers in the hallway and living room, and now there was still the second floor waiting for her.
Not only that, when the mercury lamp fought with Eve, the window was broken, and the corridor was a mess. There were too many things to clean up …
Oh, you dare to come to my territory to cause trouble? You have guts.
Hearing Mei Cheng's complaints, Fangzheng raised his eyebrows.
"Where is the mannequin?"
"In the living room. Eve caught her."
"Very good."
Fangzheng nodded and walked into the living room. Then, he saw Eve sitting at the dining table. Her blonde hair transformed into a pair of big hands that held onto the mercury lamp tightly. The latter glared at her fiercely, but Eve completely ignored the mercury lamp's glare. She was completely focused on the TV program. Seeing Fangzheng coming in, Eve immediately stood up and greeted Fangzheng.
"Big Brother."
"Yes, I'm back. Thank you for your hard work, Eve."
Fangzheng walked in front of Eve and reached out his hand to stroke her tiny head before looking at the mercury lamp.
"That's her?"
"Yes, she came to our house for no reason and wanted to take us away. That's why I fought with her."
Oh, you're really daring. You even dare to kidnap people?
At this moment, Maki and Hinata put away their suitcases and walked down. Seeing the mercury lamp, Hinata was frightened and hid behind Maki. The mercury lamp also shifted its gaze and stared at Maki.
"586920 hours and 37 minutes gone, Maki Hong."
"You're awake as well, mercury lamp."
Staring at the mercury lamp, Masakane's expression was obviously not very good. Mercury Lamp snorted coldly and shifted its gaze to Starberry.
"By the way, why is the loser of the game here? Hinata? "
"Eh?!"
Hearing the mercury lamp call her name, Hinata was frightened and shrunk her body. The Mercury Lamp looked at her unhappily and said, "Don't worry.
"The losing mannequin has to give 'Holy Rose Mother' to the winning mannequin and become her food. This is the rule of Alice's game. What you're doing is tarnishing the sacred game. "
"I don't need you to be a busybody. I have my own way of doing things."
Maki was obviously unhappy with the mercury lamp. Her tone became impolite, which was completely different from her usual mature adult self. Hearing Maki's answer, the mercury lamp chuckled.
"It doesn't matter even if you make Father angry?"
"You …"
"Sorry to disturb you."
Seeing that the smell of gunpowder was getting stronger, Fangzheng coughed and interrupted the war of words between Maki and the mercury lamp.
"I'm sorry, but I still don't understand the rules of Alice's game, so … I hope you don't mind if I ask."
Fangzheng held Maki down with one hand and gestured for her to calm down, while looking at the mercury lamp.
"From what you said, the rule of Alice's game is that both sides fight, and the losing side has to give 'Holy Rose Mother' to the winning side to become her food, right?"
"That's right."
Although he didn't know why Fangzheng would ask him such a question out of the blue, Mercury Lamp still nodded.
"What about the end? What will happen after all the Holy Rose Mothers fuse? "
"You will become Alice …"
Saying until here, the mercury lamp's eyes revealed a longing look.
"You will become the most perfect girl that Father longed for. As long as you can become Alice, you will be able to see Father again! "
"… Explain yourself?"
Fangzheng turned his head and looked at Zhen Hong, indicating for her to explain. As for Zhen Hong, she remained silent and only shook her head slightly. Fangzheng looked at Maki's reaction and shrugged. Then, he looked at the mercury lamp again.
"That's why you want to participate in this Holy Grail War … Erm, Alice's Game. But I still don't understand. Becoming Alice and meeting your father … You're talking about your creator, right? What's the connection between these two?"
"Because Father abandoned us!"
Saying until here, the mercury lamp's emotions began to become unstable.
"He longed for the perfect Alice, but I, we couldn't become the perfect Alice, so Father was disappointed in us and abandoned us … So … So as long as we can complete the game and become the perfect Alice, we will be able to meet Father again!"
"…?"
Fangzheng and Eve looked at each other dubiously.
"Big Brother, what is she saying?"
"Oh, she's probably saying that the creator is a pervert."
"Don't speak ill of Father!"
Hearing until here, the mercury lamp instantly struggled and stared fiercely at Fangzheng as though she couldn't wait to tear his flesh apart. At this moment, even Maki revealed a dissatisfied expression and stared at him. As for Fangzheng, he did not seem to take their displeasure to heart. All he did was shrug.
"Is it wrong? From what you said, that guy is basically a cold-blooded pervert, right? Otherwise, why would he think of such a strange thing as making the puppets he created kill each other? According to what you said, the Holy Mother of Rosette should be the core of Rosette Maiden, and this thing should be given to you by that guy. So, if he wants to control Alice, he can just take the core from your body, can't he? Why did he have to beat around the bush like this? If this isn't a pervert, then what is? "
"… Huh?"
Upon hearing Fangzheng's words, the mercury lamp and Maki were taken aback.
"Father, Father is very gentle!"
The mercury lamp retorted once again.
"He has always been very gentle to us. We have disappointed him, so he abandoned us!"
"Then, you still haven't answered my question. If you two really disappointed him, wouldn't it be fine if he dismantled you and took away the core to create another Alice? Besides, didn't he tell you the rules of this Alice game himself? "
"…"
This time, facing Fangzheng's question, the mercury lamp and Maki remained silent.
"Big Brother, what do you mean?"
This time, it was Eve's turn to ask. Fangzheng shook his head.
"What I mean is that either there is a problem with the creator, or there is a problem with them. I feel that this Alice game doesn't make sense logically."
"Doesn't make sense?"
"That's right. Either the creator is a pervert who enjoys watching his creations suffer, or this group of girls got the meaning of the Alice game wrong."
At this point, Fangzheng couldn't help but recall the Holy Grail War. The Holy Grail War ritual was originally used to connect with the source to achieve the third spell. But later on, it became a wish fulfillment. After listening to the mercury lamp's words, Fangzheng felt that it was self-contradictory.
"Argh …"
Facing Fangzheng's words, the mercury lamp gnashed her teeth in anger, but didn't know how to refute. She wanted to tell Fangzheng that her father loved them dearly, but if she did that, her father would become the pervert that Fangzheng described as someone who enjoyed watching his creations suffer.
But if she were to deny it, she would have to admit that she got it wrong …
How infuriating!
But at this moment, a thought flashed across the mercury lamp's mind …
Could it be that I got it wrong?
Indeed, from what she knew about her father, he did love the rose girls dearly. But if she were to say that her father was a pervert who enjoyed watching his creations kill each other, the mercury lamp would never agree. In fact, they weren't too sure why they held the Alice game. Her father was disappointed in them, which was why he held the Alice game. It was only the mercury lamp's idea to create the perfect Alice.
In fact, Zhen Hong didn't agree with the mercury lamp's inference back then. But now, it seemed that she had her own views on the Alice game …
"Alright, let her go."
Seeing that the mercury lamp had stopped making a fuss, Fangzheng gestured for Eve to release the mercury lamp. Then, he stared at the doll before him.
"You can go now."
"Go?"
"That's right. But there's something else I need you to do."
"… What is it?"
"Clean this up for me."
Fangzheng pointed to the ground with a sullen expression.
"If you don't clean this up for me, I will roast your wings to New Orleans the next time I see you!"
(End of Chapter)
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