Seeing Alice

"Who the hell could that be now. "

Wenji grumpily added, while barking orders at the maid to drop his Pecca knight. Yet it was too late, Wrenlows troops were all raged and took his qing tower before Wenji could do the same with his.

"Auughhh"

"Hehehhahah" Wrenlow and the game almost had an identical laugh which haunted Wenji. He rammed his phone on the ground out sheer frustration with the situation.

Later, he finally calmed.

"Pearl, see who's at the door," Wenji ordered. The doctor, now a maid, did as asked and opened the door.

Pearl was short, barely 5'4 and 110 pounds which made her quite small in stature. This made it surprising for her when she looked outside, yet, she was barely looking at the person's chest.

Based on the feature on their chest, a pearl could tell it was a well-endowed woman, yet she felt her imposing aura making her cower, stalling her from saying anything.

"How may I help you mam" She finally squeezed from her throat.

The woman never answered. Yet the anger showed in her face and her fiery hair rose, reflecting how she felt.

"So this is what he does on the first day. He already has a girl in his dorm room, Is your zipper so loose you can't even keep your dick in your pants…"

"Huh, I swore, wait! No! It's not what it looks like" The voice of Alice was enough to wake him up from his sleep. He made one long move and reached the door, explaining himself over and over.

His words were stuttered, but his frantic hand movements between Wenji and Pearl were enough to make her anger lessen and stop herself from knocking him in the head.

At some point, he managed to show her Wenji, who was bound to his wheelchair. He explained rather hurriedly their relationship which made her seriousness subside.

With Alice being a little calmer, he was able to explain himself in detail/

"I remember seeing him like this at the trial, your right." Alice nodded when she understood. "I guess that makes sense, some training could do him good that ability has a lot of potential"

Wenji and Wrenlow were both surprised to see Junya acting out of character. Before they saw him as someone calm and reclusive, always calculating. Never did they imagine something like this, yet they never laughed.

Alice broke away from her interests and remembered why she had come here.

"Po brought some extra clothes and your uniform. I'm here to pack them away."

Alice entered the room carrying a rack filled with his clothes. After a few steps in, she acknowledged the mess that was created by all the workers.

"That's Wrenlow's people extending his room for a gym. My closet is over here." He pointed to the left of the room, past his bed.

She nodded unsurely while she allowed Junya to show her his closet.

For a while, everyone stopped and looked at the 6'5 woman walking through the room, who needed to duck under the door frame, observing her movement.

"Ah, your Ms Alice? Is that right?"

"Mu?"

"Yes, that's right! My name is Wrenlow, It's nice to meet you" Wrenlow introduced himself. Alice nodded while looking at him up and down critiquing is appearance inwardly. This wasn't something superficial as looks, rather his body and assessing his strength.

'This ones rather strong. I guess I should expect less from coming from arguably one of the stringest families. Among his grade, he likely has the strongest offensive'

Alice found herself staring at Wrenlow when both their eyes locked. She was slightly confused with the excited stare that she gave him.

"Ms Alice, Can I interest you in a challenge?"

"Hm? What are you talking about"

"I was just wondering if you coul-, SHOW ME YOUR TAXES!!!" Wrenlow grabbed his zhweihander sword from under his bed. Yet he never had enough time to move, Alice's finger was already resting between his eyes.

"Dead, Challenge that"

"Truly impressive. I've heard about the Illusive Devil, I guess rumours don't do you justice". After a moment, Wrenlow realized Alice never had moved, which made him concede.

"I guess I'm flattered, However never do that again"

"No problem, winners rule"

Alice already turned around when something crept into her mind. "Dammit, these are Junya's friends, was I too harsh on him? No… what if I embarrassed him. Now he surely hates me, shit"

Inside the closet, she started packing away Junya's clothes and he closed the door behind them for some privacy.

"It's good to see you making friends. I never knew brats from those families are so carefree. He is an interesting one isn't he."

"They are a nuisance. I can't even get some good sleep. All they do is play games, It's annoying."

'This…. This is a chance, I can get give him some advice with a friend. He needs to make a good one, he looks like has some, but maybe it's more complicated than it seems.'

Despite this, Alice was determined to give him some kind of advice.

"You might not relate on much now but that doesn't mean you should, It might be hard, but try and develop some kind of relationship. Friends are exactly the thing you need the most right now"

"The exact opposite, I only need to trust myself and my own strength. That way, history won't repeat itself and betrayal will be thing of the past."

"Have you ever played Monopoly?"

"I heard of it."

"Ever tried playing by yourself?"

"That doesn't count. It's made that way."

"Why do you think that is?"

"..." Junya knew the answer, but he never wanted to say it. "You wouldn't understand"

"Your right, I hope you aren't afraid to talk to me. If anything is on your mind. I will always be here" Alice gave a charming smile which made Junya freeze for a moment.

"What, is there something on my face?"

"Ah, no, thank you… for everything you've done so far"

"You shouldn't be thanking me, It's nothing. I just want you to see you happy. I don't wanna force anything on you." Alice said portraying a hint of her true feeling.

Junya was stumped and couldn't help but laugh. "I never thought you could share sentiment"

"What, did you think I was some robot?"

Junya shrugged, neither confirming nor denying her question.

"Well since robots have no emotion, I guess I really will triple your training."

"Wait, have I ever mentioned how awesome and selfless you are? Truly a godsend." Junya started sweating profusely.

"Hm, see me every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, we still need to train. "

Junya wanted nothing more than to bite his tongue off right there. "I chat too much!"

"Don't look like that. I bet you have been missing these." Wrapped in black cloth was his spear which Alice had brought.

'You can't seem to stay out of trouble, so you can keep this. Practice simple movement before you go to bed at least."

"Thanks, I've been missing this beauty." The tall spear with floral patterns flowing along the pole was just as good as he remembered it. He felt a sense of nostalgia shaking the weapon.

Junya thanked her again before they both finished packing away their clothes. The two talked normally after which they began talking about Junya's first day of school.