Teacher Xia Lai is also teaching in Kivotos today

"Exactly."

Midori nodded, slightly closed her eyes and continued speaking as if thinking about something.

"If Alice continues to talk like this, then if something like this happens..."

Having said that, Midori opened her eyes and asked Alice.

"Alice, are you a member of the game development department?"

"Affirmative. Alice will answer your question. I am a member of the game development department."

"As expected, it will turn out like this! Yuuka-senpai will definitely be suspicious, right?!"

Hearing Alice's matter-of-fact answer, Midori fell to the ground in an Orz position under her puzzled gaze.

"Hmm... In that case, the task of teaching Alice to speak will be handed over to Midorikazu-sensei! I'm going to go find the seniors from the Ministry of Truth!"

"Wait--"

Before Midori could finish her words, Taoi rushed out of the activity room in a hurry.

But to some extent, it would be more accurate to describe it as "escape".

"Really..."

After sighing a little tiredly, Midori looked at Alice who was sitting in Lin's arms.

"But... even if we know this is the case, how can we change the way Alice speaks?"

"This is indeed a problem..."

Just as Lynn was frowning and thinking about this question, Alice's eyes suddenly focused on something in the room.

"Unidentified object confirmed, execution begins."

After saying that, Alice stood up from Lin En's arms and walked in a certain direction under the gaze of the two.

"Wait a minute! Alice, remember to take off your shoes before you go up there!"

Seeing that Alice was about to step on the cushion laid by the game development department, Lin En quickly reached out and grabbed Alice's arm, and helped her take off the shoes that Taoi and the others had put on her feet while she looked a little puzzled.

"This unit has received instructions... You need to take off your shoes before entering this territory."

"Uh...Is it okay if you understand it this way..."

Looking at Alice who was standing on the cushion and nodding to him seriously, Lin En couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand.

After seeing Lynn put Alice's shoes and Midori's shoes neatly aside, Midori couldn't help but smile and tease.

"Hmm... the teacher really looks like Alice's mother."

At this point, Lynn, who no longer cared about the title as much as before, chuckled and replied.

"Compared to the word mom, I would rather you call me dad..."

However, at this moment, Lin En and Lu, who were just jokingly talking to each other, heard a familiar voice at the same time.

"This machine has received instructions...Change the address from teacher to father...Adjusting..."

When they all looked at Alice at the same time, the girl who had her eyes slightly closed had already opened her eyes and rushed towards Lynn with a bright smile on her face.

"Father!"

"Fuck!"

Chapter 14: Legends, Legends, and Chronicles

"Huh... After all, it would be better to change the address back to teacher..."

After re-correcting himself, Lynn couldn't help wiping the sweat off his forehead as he looked at Alice who was standing in front of him and nodding seriously.

He had a premonition that if Alice really called him by that name in the future... he would probably face a situation more horrible than hell in the near future.

"But it's really surprising..."

Looking at Alice who was rummaging through the pile of things on the cushion, Midori couldn't help but smile bitterly in embarrassment.

"I didn't expect Alice to call me that directly..."

Just as the two were complaining like this, Alice, who had finally successfully conquered the "pile of junk", held up the treasure she had found and showed it to Lynn and Midori.

"Alice, found this object. Question, what is this?"

Looking at what Alice was holding in her hand, Green was stunned at first, then showed an embarrassed expression.

"That's... a game we made ourselves, even though it was criticized a lot online..."

"Hmm? Was this originally made by your club?"

Looking at the CD box in Alice's hand with the title "Legend·Legend·Chronicle" printed on it, Lynn couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

"This tone... Teacher, have you ever played with our works?!"

Hearing the voice coming from behind, Lynn shook her head slightly.

"No, I just saw this game in the annual garbage game list, but I haven't played it yet..."

At this point, Lin En finally noticed something and turned his head to look at Taoi who was taking off her shoes.

"Come to think of it, Tao Jing, didn't you say you wanted to go get a student ID?"

"Oh, I don't know if it's too late or for some other reason, but there's no one at the Ministry of Truth, so I came back!"

Having said this, Taoi sat cross-legged next to Alice and said with a smile.

"Besides, this place is quite interesting! Alice, do you want to try the game we made? And I think... playing games should be considered a form of learning, right?"

"But the result of learning like this will definitely be very wrong..."

Ignoring Green's complaints, Alice turned to Lynn while holding the CD case in her hands.

"Teacher, Alice wants to play games!"

What Alice gave at this time was not the same words as before, but an extremely firm affirmation.

This sentence is not a mechanical reply, nor is it an instruction. It is an affirmation given by her own self.

Hoping to get Lin's permission, Alice looked at Lin seriously. Although the girl didn't know the concept of "praying" at this time, her clear blue eyes without a trace of impurities stared at Lin's eyes.

“…This is too foul.”

After muttering to himself helplessly, Lin En smiled and touched the girl's head.

"Well, let's go."

"Great! Wait a moment! I'll arrange it for you right away!"

After getting Lynn's reply, Taoi, who had been "ready for action", took the CD box from Alice's hand, and then skillfully put the CD into the game console.

Following Tao Jing's actions, the game began naturally.

At the same time, this somewhat legendary game began.

However, Alice, who had no idea of ​​the "tragic" future she was about to face, was now holding the handle seriously, talking to herself while staring at the screen seriously.

"Alice, start the game!"

After a series of ambiguous plot narrations, accompanied by background music, Alice finally started the novice tutorial.

[Do you want to accept the tutorial? Please press the B button to equip your weapon. ]

After reading the instructions, Alice carefully pressed the B button on the controller.

"【Game Over】"

"……what?"

Seeing the scene on the screen, not only Alice, but even Lynn who was watching couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Wahaha! It would be boring if the story always unfolded in the predictable way, wouldn't it? You can't just follow the instructions at times like this! You have to press the A button!"

"..."

Unlike Lin who fell into silence, Alice frowned slightly.

"Open again...open again!"

Under Alice's operation, the game started again.

This time, after Alice pressed the A key to equip her weapon, she carefully left the Novice Village.

[Wild slimes appeared! ]

[A Dodge] [B Attack]

"Sure enough, the first thing I encountered was the slime, which often appears in various Western fantasy works and is used to train novices..."

As Lynn sighed, Alice pressed the A button.

[You were shot to death by the Slime]

【Game Over】

For a moment, Alice was stunned when she saw this line of words on the screen.

"Thinking... Thinking has stopped, and the calculation results cannot be followed up..."

"That's not a strange thing."

Unexpectedly, this time Lin En did not show any surprise.

"I once encountered a boss in the tutorial that I thought was a shooting game, but it turned out to require a melee-based attack strategy to defeat, and it was also a boss that could fly in the sky."

"Isn't that too malicious..."

Amid Tao Jing's somewhat embarrassed words, Alice seemed to have adjusted her mindset.

"Confirmed to be normal, Alice has stabilized. Open again..."

Alice, pressing the handle as if she would never give up, started her journey again.

[You died of suffocation due to lack of oxygen caused by the clown performance in the bar.]

Looking at the words in front of her, Alice blinked blankly.

"Alice can't understand... There is a clown in every tavern. In other words, this plot is bound to be triggered... Doesn't this mean that we can't go to the tavern to rest?"

"That's right! This is because the tavern is a feature that cannot be used in the early stages! You need to unlock a certain plot later before you can go there to rest! This makes it more challenging, right?"

Facing Tao Jing's smug words, Lin En twitched the corners of his mouth, but still spoke to comfort her.

"It's okay, Alice. I once saw someone push me down a cliff because I was curious...

"…Confirm that this is a normal phenomenon, and then open it again!"

[You took too long to choose a weapon, which made the owner of the weapon shop unhappy. He stabbed you to death with his sword.]

“Wow?! Alice only thought about it for a little over a minute…”

Facing Alice who was full of confusion, Taoi puffed out her chest and spoke.

"This is an idea to prevent players from spending too much time in the weapon shop! And it is also a design that can increase the challenge! Very novel and interesting, right!"

"Although there are games that kill the character directly due to not going to the designated location for too long, but that's a nuclear explosion..."

Alice frowned slightly when she heard Lynn's words, which sounded more like complaints than comfort.

"…………Confirm that this is a normal phenomenon, then open it again!"

But what Alice had no idea at this time was that this was just the beginning of her "nightmare".

Chapter 15 We've become companions! Bang Bang Ka Bang!

"..."

After two hours of playing, Alice looked at the clearance sign slowly appearing on the screen. After hesitating for a moment and confirming that this was not a new trap, she stopped what she was doing.

"I didn't expect Alice to complete the game in just two hours! And she looks so good. It must be because she discovered the excellence of our game! This game is really interesting, right?!"