Gorgeous Jewel
Chapter I Chapter 12

Seeing Alice who was silent Ernard felt he had better reverse his decision "You don't have to leave if you don't"

"I'm going to go." Alice answered sure to cut Ernard off.

"Are you serious?"

"Yes dad. After all it's only 1 year." Alice was expelled due to behavioral issues and academic grades. Now he has regained his memories and abilities in his previous two lives. Perhaps he should judge for himself what the general standards of knowledge in this world are and learn even more out there. "At the same time the academy is close to the magic tower. I get to see Iris more often." Her mind was overjoyed when she remembered her sister's cute face.

"Thank God. With recommendations from some of your mentors. It's not hard to go back in and make you catch up with the material left behind. Based on their observations and judgments, it looks like you've made a lot of progress." Clearly Ernard as he occasionally opened several sheets of paper. The paper is a report of the assessment results from the mentor who taught Alice. "That means next week you have to leave." The end said after he closed the report paper in his hand.

"Good dad." Alice turned around and left the room.

At night, by the balcony of his room. Alice leaned against the stone trellis while propping up one of her chin. "There's still so much I don't know about this world. My knowledge is still shallow."

"Miss." Call Mary from behind the curtains and she approaches Alice. "What are you doing out here? The air's pretty cold." A worried look was seen in his eyes.

"I want to enjoy the night sky." Alice replied in a slightly low tone, sounding like she was worried about something.

"Do I have to bring something warm to accompany the lady?"

"thank you. Then please hot chocolate." Pinta Alice was friendly.

After Mary passed, Alice looked back at the stars in the sky. He raised his hand as if he wanted to grab one of them. "So many things have happened in my three lives. I don't know why my soul fused into Alicia's soul, does the sky once again want to play its tricks on me?" Alice looked at the night sky expectantly. "I don't understand what's going to happen in the future. Who's after my family? Is there something I still don't know? At least I hope they're okay as long as I'm at the academy." His mind is hopeful. Although he could visit them on his holidays but being away from the place he called home and always coveted was quite a heavy thing.

"This aura..." Alice suddenly sensed the presence of some people quickly heading towards her house. Alice jumps from the balcony to the roof of the castle using her Qigong. He narrowed his eyes and looked at her towards the gate. "From the symbols on their armor. Looks like they're our knights." Mumbled. Ever since he increased his strength. His senses increased more sharply.

Look at the knights riding on that horse. Alice felt attracted to the person leading the army. A knight with full armor and his helmet at the very front felt completely different from the others.

"I can feel great power from him even though they look the same." His inner self then silently tried to remember who the person who possessed such power was in the Strongfort residence. "I only know one other person besides my father. If it was him, it's possible." He muttered again, then he shrugged his shoulders indifferently and immediately jumped down from the roof onto his balcony. "If that's true of him, I hope I don't see him until the time I leave for the academy.

I felt Mary was so close. Alice fixed her fluttering clothes as she jumped earlier. "Miss, here's the hot chocolate" Mary said with a smile as she carried a tray.

It was as if nothing had happened to Alice and then walked towards the seat beside her. "One only?" He said after he sat down and saw Mary put the cup of hot chocolate on Alice's front desk.

"Yes...?" Mary replied in a questioning tone. "Do I have to make another cup for my lady?"

"No, there's no need. Sit down" Alice patted the table in front of her.

Mary was startled and immediately rejected Alice's invitation "Sorry, my lady can't" Reply bowed slightly.

After Mary sat down, Alice went and looked for something from her drawer. "It looks like there's some biscuits I keep here." He murmured while opening some closet shelves. "Here we go." Then Alice returned to Mary with a warm smile and sat opposite her.

"Please. You don't have to be so uptight." Alice said she held out the biscuits in the bag.

"Ba-good. Thank you, miss." Mary hesitantly then took out a piece of the biscuit and bit it off bit by bit while looking at Alice.

Alice took a deep breath and folded her hands together in the table bag. "Mary, I'll be going to the academy soon. Do you want to come?" Alice unceremoniously surprised Mary with what she said.

"A-academy?!" Her mouth stopped chewing hearing Alice's statement.

"Yes. I came back to finish my last year there."

Mary hesitated and was shocked. Why should it be now? Hasn't Miss Alicia been taken out? As a personal servant of course Alice's question is something that requires no other answer than yes. Dilemma, Mary had just worked at Strongfort's residence moreover, her family was living in the city of Vulture.

Mary hesitated to answer and could only silently bow. Seeing the look in Mary's eyes before Alice was not so hearty to force her "If you don't want to be okay. I'm not forcing you." He clearly smiled warmly.

Mary was still down while playing both of her index fingers. "But miss..if I don't accompany the lady, then what about the lady?"

"I? Of course I'll go alone." In her mind Alice thought that this was not the first time she had traveled alone. After all, he did not want to make Mary difficult if he had to say that he would be lonely without her.

Alice took her drink back. "If your heart is heavy. Stay here, so you can visit your family more often." Alice said so softly. Alice knows and is experiencing it at this time, what it would be like if it had to be far from the name of home. But on the other hand he thinks they are different. At least Alice has experienced it for hundreds of years, in contrast to Mary who grew up with her family since birth.

Mary suddenly stood up and bowed. "Sorry, my lady." Without another explanation and not looking at Alice's face, Mary left Alice's room.

Alice took a deep breath and ignored him. "At least I can entrust my family to her" he muttered softly.

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After careful preparation and a few more hours before he left for the capital. Ernard called Alice into his study.

When Alice arrived and opened the door. The figure of the red-haired and purple-eyed man was as beautiful as welcoming Alice with his sturdy posture. Their eyes meet each other. Exchanging a glance. That man's face was so handsome. The nose is sharp and the white skin looks stunning for women.

When he saw her, Alice immediately turned her gaze in the other direction and he remembered the memories of his past when he was still the old Alice.

Did something happen between them?