I will attack in the second dimension as a heroic spirit

"Since there is only one perfect girl, it must be me." Mercury Lamp declared.

The silver-haired puppet attacked the surrounding sisters in strange postures.

"Why are we fighting?" the doll with long curly dark chestnut hair protested loudly.

"Are you kidding? If I don't fight, am I just playing house with you?!"

For some reason, Mercury Lamp doesn't like her sisters very much.

"There can only be one winner in Alice's game!"

Black feathers are flying.

Mercury Lamp tried his best to gather the feathers, but the wings behind him were not eye-catching.

Despite this, her power is still very strong, and other puppets are basically unable to fight against her.

The sisters were scattered amidst the attack of the mercury lamp.

Zhenhong was very angry because Mercury Lamp could always find her inexplicably.

"Ah, you are the only one who can hold on to my sword for so long." Mercury Lamp stroked the rapier and slowly approached Shinku.

"Where are the other sisters?"

"Who knows?" Mercury Lamp shrugged. "At first, I could see a few, but then they all disappeared for some reason."

She raised her rapier. "As for you, I always see your bright red color."

"Are you seducing me, sister?" She smiled proudly, like a queen ruling the country.

"Zhinhong." The red doll briefly introduced itself.

Mercury Lamp was stunned for a moment, and the corners of her mouth became higher and higher. "I am Mercury Lamp, the first Rozen Maiden."

After saying that, the rapier and the cane collided again.

......

In a clothing store, Zhenhong was panting tiredly.

Why, I am getting more and more tired in the battle and I am completely unable to exert my strength.

She stuffed the bread she had collected with great difficulty into her mouth and looked at her shaking hands in horror.

The consumption and recovery of my magic power are totally disproportionate. Why is this happening?

What happens when the magic power is exhausted?

There was no time to think about these things, fear and fatigue had already filled Zhenhong's mind.

He crawled to the box with difficulty.

As soon as her hand touched the box, she realized something was wrong.

"This isn't my suitcase..."

Shinhong suddenly opened it and saw a doll with short golden curly hair sleeping inside.

She frowned tightly and shook her sister's body.

"Hinaberry! Hinaberry!"

Hinamichi didn't react and was still in the dream.

Shinku quickly reached out to check and found that the magic power in Hinami's body had been completely exhausted.

Was it exhausted by the search of the mercury lamp?

It turns out that when the magic power is exhausted, one will fall asleep.

She panted, dragged her exhausted body to find her box, and slowly fell asleep.

......

Feathers and petals collided.

The pitch-black wings found the bright red rose again.

"Shinku, surrender!" Mercury Lamp still had that calm expression. "Give me your magic circuits!"

But Zhenhong keenly discovered that the attack of the mercury lamp was not as fierce as before.

It seems that the frequent searches and attacks have caused her magic power to become insufficient.

"Why, didn't you get the other sisters'?"

"Tsk." Mercury Lamp smacked his lips, his expression becoming somewhat ugly. "I don't know where these cowards have gone. They ran away after being hit twice."

"Mercury Lamp, your magic power is gradually decreasing."

Shinku tried to calm Mercury Lamp down, saying that this was definitely not the time to fight.

If this continues, they will all fall asleep.

She began to persuade, "Don't fight yet. We need a medium to replenish our magic power. If we don't replenish it..."

"As long as I get your magic circuit, I'll definitely have enough magic power."

The Western sword attacked quickly.

It’s really a waste of food and salt!

He quickly crossed his cane across his chest.

The sound of weapons clashing emerged under the night sky.

......

Zhenhong's magic power is almost unable to sustain daily activities.

Yesterday she saw the doll with long curly dark chestnut hair and the doll with short chestnut-brown reddish hair.

Their names are Turquoise Starstone and Blue Starstone, and they are the third and fourth dolls respectively.

Their condition was also very bad, they were hungry, and suffered terribly from the attacks of the mercury lamps.

Zhenhong proposed the idea of ​​forming a group, and Cangxingshi and Cuixingshi readily accepted it.

Thus, the time of peace began.

They made tea for each other and tasted it, and Zhenhong also began to like black tea.

Cui Xingshi shared the scones she made with her.

Unfortunately, the short and wonderful tea party ended when Cuixingshi fell asleep.

Mercury lamp also found them.

With the joint efforts of Shinku and Blue Star Stone, Mercury Lamp was successfully repelled.

During the attack, she discovered that Mercury Lamp had traces of battle on his body and his condition was getting worse.

Is it the sister with dark green spiral curly hair who is fighting with her?

I remember her name seemed to be Canary, and she was the second puppet.

After a while, the mercury lamp attacks stopped completely.

This first, and possibly last, Alice game ended in an unhappy way.

"Is she asleep too?"

Zhenhong sat in the box, her body becoming more and more stiff, gradually looking like a real, lifeless doll.

"I'm almost there too."

After hiding Hinami's box in a safe place, she carried the box and walked aimlessly.

Is this what Father wants?

What a joke!

Zhenhong bit her lips tightly.

If...if I can find him, I will definitely beat him up.

pat-

Zhenhong suddenly tripped over something under her feet and fell into the weeds.

It was a box, the same box as the one in Zhenhong's hand.

As if it heard something outside, the box shook twice and then opened.

A doll with long silver hair suddenly appeared before Shinku's eyes.

"Mercury lamp..."

Mercury Lamp slowly stood up, her slender hands trembling slightly.

"Are you here to laugh at me, Shinku?"

Zhenhong shook her head and raised her hands. "As you can see, I'm not in good shape either."

She put the box down and slowly sat on it.

The two puppets that had been fighting each other finally sat together calmly.

In the silence, Zhenhong spoke first.

"Mercury Lamp, why do you want to win the Alice game so badly?"

"..."

"Have you met Father?"

As if reacting to the word "father", Mercury Lamp's expression suddenly changed, and emotions such as sadness, pain, and anger flashed across her face.

"...No." She spoke slowly, her tone filled with anger.

"Why then?"

"...I want to prove that I am Alice, that I am a perfect being." Mercury Lamp straightened up slowly, "and not some defective, disposable object."

"I want him to regret it. I want him to know that abandoning me halfway through and joining other sisters is absolutely the wrong decision."

"Why...why...why does he treat me like this..."

It seemed that she was too tired, or the sound of the mercury lamp was too quiet, and Zhenhong could not hear what she was saying at all.

Before Shinku could react, Mercury Lamp took out her rapier again.

With trembling hands, he raised the long sword that Zhenhong had seen countless times.

In response, Zhenhong just shook his head and said, "No more fighting."

"...Are you planning to give me the magic circuit?"

"No." Zhenhong slowly took out a teapot, poured the slightly cold black tea into the teacup, and handed it to the mercury lamp opposite.

Mercury Lamp looked at the black tea in front of him, took it hesitantly, and took a sip.

The taste she had never tasted before made her eyes narrow slightly.

"Not bad right."

"You also have something worth praising~"

Looking at Mercury Lamp's reaction, Zhenhong raised the corner of her mouth slightly and said, "This is not the best yet. I'll make you another one next time we meet."

"...Okay." Mercury Lamp finished the black tea in the cup, raised an eyebrow and said, "But don't expect me to let you go."

"Oh, that's your side."

On this weed-covered lawn, the two puppets drank cup after cup of ice-cold black tea.

"This red water must have been drunk in the morning."

"It's called black tea, and are you kidding me? It's definitely for the afternoon!"

"..."