After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

Anyway, it's quite pleasing to the eyes, so it's worth it.

Then he nodded:

"No problem, it's perfect, very cute!"

"real!?"

"of course it's true."

"Is that so? That's suitable... cute... hehe..."

After receiving a definite affirmative answer, Alicia lowered her head and looked at the clothes on her body repeatedly, as if trying to engrave them firmly in her memory.

There was an unconcealable silly smile on his face.

Emotionally, I am as simple, direct and deceptive as ever.

Thinking of this, Aize turned his head, picked up the cup on the table and brought it to his mouth.

The brown liquid inside smelled quite pleasant and was still emitting rising heat.

Strange to say.

I had just woken up and was about to continue working when hot coffee was brought to me seamlessly.

Alicia didn't know when she would wake up, how did she do that?

A little curious.

Turning around to look again, the pink-haired girl was still looking at her clothes with a smile on her face, even intoxicated.

...Is it really that exaggerated?

But no matter what, it's rare that she's in such a good mood, so let's not bother her with this issue now.

Thinking of this, Aize brought the cup close to his mouth and took a sip.

Delicious.

Although he actually doesn't like the taste of coffee in general, he only drinks it to keep himself awake.

But after all, she drank a lot, and compared horizontally, Alicia's cooking skills are quite good.

Thinking back to more than a week ago, when she had just put on the maid outfit, the brewed products she made were quite mediocre and even a little hard to swallow.

This progress is too fast.

No, not just coffee.

She can basically learn all the housework at home once she learns it.

Is this another manifestation of her ability to exaggerate and transform herself and imitate?

This ability is really convenient.

Thinking about all these things, Aize slowly sipped the coffee one sip after another.

Turning around, seeing that Alicia had almost recovered from her intoxication, he asked:

"Did anything happen while I was asleep?"

The girl nodded vigorously:

"Constantine came an hour ago and wanted to ask you about your plans for today. Since you were still asleep, I asked him to leave."

"What else? Didn't Violet come?"

"No, there isn't."

"Um……"

He hasn't come all night. Is it because the analysis of the technique has not yet produced any results?

The best magician in the world today, using the top-of-the-line Royal Workshop, worked non-stop all night but was unable to obtain even a single clue.

This technique is really a bit outrageous.

Of course, now Aize is more worried about Villian's physical condition than the technique itself.

Unlike herself, her true form was actually quite weak and she couldn't even stay up all night.

It's not okay to work too hard for yourself and ruin your body.

Thinking of this, Aize casually placed the empty coffee cup on the table and stood up.

If she really worked all night without rest, Aize would have to force her to go to bed.

This is non-negotiable.

"I'm going to check on Vivian. What about you? Do you want to come with me?"

"I'm going!"

The pink-haired girl nodded quickly:

"Sister Villian said that when she's not around, Aize's safety will be left to me. Now that she's gone, of course I have to follow Aize!"

"Well, let's go then."

It's obviously a bit too ostentatious to walk around with a girl in a maid outfit.

But even if she refuses, she will probably catch up in her own way.

It would be better to agree from the beginning, at least I can keep her in my sight.

The two of them left the study like this.

Less than five minutes after they left, the study door was gently pushed open again.

"Good morning, Aize."

Heidi came in.

In her hands was another cup of coffee, along with some exquisite pastries perfect for this occasion.

The pastries were made by the palace chef.

The coffee was the same as last night, brewed by the princess herself.

Last night, the cup was knocked over because of excessive surprise when he saw Charlotte, and it couldn't even be brought to Aize.

So, she prepared another portion when it was almost breakfast time and hurriedly sent it over.

The taste... should be better than last night's cup.

After all, I practiced a few more times.

However, no one responded to her greeting.

What awaited her was only an empty study.

"Where have you been so early?"

The princess was a little discouraged, but she still placed the plate and its contents on the desk.

Thinking of waiting for him to come back before eating.

Then, the cup, which still retained some heat but was empty, came into Heidi's sight.

In an instant, she realized a simple and plain fact.

Then I look at the work that I spent so much effort to create, which doesn’t look very good at first glance.

A strong and inexplicable sense of loss suddenly surged into my heart.

Chapter 63 A lot of doubts

When he was still in the Brave Team, Aize once lived in this palace for a short period of time as a fiancé.

So, I have a pretty good understanding of the layout here.

Taking Alicia with him, he walked through the empty corridors, passed the resettlement area crowded with refugees, and came to an independent building outside the palace.

The three-story building has exterior walls decorated with tiles and looks like a mansion, very high-end.

But there are almost no windows.

In addition to being physically reinforced, the door also has a defensive barrier applied using a considerable number of techniques, which makes it somewhat overprotective.

This is the magic workshop belonging to the royal palace.

As a military and confidential location, even though most of the palace has been occupied by homeless people, it has never been open to the public.

There were even guards patrolling and standing guard at the door, driving away any refugees who tried to approach.

Of course, they knew Aize.

So not only did he not stop him, he also respectfully opened the door for him.

But the moment the door opened, the scene changed completely.

In a dark space, there are all kinds of strange and bizarre objects.

From ordinary props such as crucibles and staffs to glowing crystals, corpses of large monsters, and cores of puppets and other materials, all kinds of materials are available.

When I came here before, it was crowded with magicians and alchemists busy with various research.

Now, all these personnel have been transferred out to carry out defense tasks, and the workshop has become empty.

So, Aize saw Villian at first sight.

She was at the innermost part of this space, facing a round stone slab lying in front of her, shaped like a millstone, engraved with all kinds of strange characters that Aize did not recognize.

The witch picked up the small bottle of blood and carefully dropped a drop of the liquid in the center of the stone slab.

He raised his hand again and injected magic power into it.

In an instant, the stone slab emitted a faint blue light, which shot through the drop of blood and shot towards the ceiling.

Like a projection, a large number of rapidly changing patterns, like words or talismans, were left on the ceiling.

The magic stone is one of the most complex magic items in the world.

Based on unknown principles, it can manifest the composition of the technique in the form of these strange patterns, just like the codes in program development.

Therefore, it plays an irreplaceable role in the research, development, improvement and analysis of surgical procedures.

Villian, on the other hand, was muttering to herself while looking at these patterns.

At the same time, he waved the magic wand, using the light emitted from it to touch and adjust the patterns.

His brows gradually furrowed.

Aize, who knew nothing about magic, couldn't understand this.

But he also knew that Villian was concentrating on her work, so he didn't disturb her for the time being.

Several minutes passed like this.

As the light emitted by the magic-removing stone gradually dimmed, the pattern became blurred and eventually disappeared.

Villian also put down her wand, held the edge of the magic stone and took a long breath.

Seizing this opportunity to strike up a conversation, Aize stepped forward:

"How's the situation?"

"!?"

The witch lady, who was visibly tired, was slightly startled by Aize's sudden voice.

The moment he turned around and saw Aize, he patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

"What? Don't scare me."

Just as Aize had thought before he came, Villian, who had worked intensively all night and consumed a lot of energy and magic, now looked very ugly.

Compared to the usual fair complexion, it has become extremely pale.

The beautiful purple pupils were also covered with bloodshot, which looked quite scary.