Would you like to find out?

"I don't need anyone but you, Alice." Michael said. "You're my only friend."

"Well, I figured that much. You must spend most of your time running research as a mage if you're not raiding dungeons. So, your lab tools are your friends," she chuckled but he did not laugh along with her. He held her hand and pressed it on his mask, wishing he could at least kiss her hand, just as Noah had done earlier.

He hated that he had to wear a mask.

"Alice, will you spend time with me?" He requested. "Even if it's just a few hours, will you?"

"When you act so modest, it creeps me out that I start wondering if you've been possessed or something." She joked and laughed. "Maybe it's because I'm used to you naturally acting all mysterious and creepy that when you act like a normal person with longing, it feels so strange. Mark's the one who usually acts like that."