The stairs leading to Fosforus.

...... Gokuri.

　I gulped raw.
　The air was distinctly different.
　The air was tense and tense, as if it pierced the skin.

'Is this spirit here a scary person?

　Alice seemed to feel this as well, and her expression was clearly strengthening.

''No, we have to break through one more barrier before we reach the spirits.
Really?!
If it ain't too much trouble. When we get down here, we'll be fighting monsters in a very large room. It's a dungeon master class monster.
That's right: ......

　He looked at her like he respected her for knowing that, but it was only for a moment.
　Alice stared at the stairs with melancholy eyes.

'What's the matter, what's bothering you?'
You know what, Lyota, I want to go to .......
What?
You must defeat the monster. If I do that, I'll be able to see the genie, right?
That's true, but ......

　I could take him down and take him later, like Seren and Arsenik.
　I thought, but I didn't say that.

　It was because Alice's eyes were extremely serious.
　I want to do it, I really want to do it.

　I want to do it with my own hands for a reason.
　Such a strong will was clearly evident in her eyes.

''I understand.''

　I don't know why, but I can't say no if that's what Alice wants to do.

''Just support then. I'm going to use "All Might" Norichin, so I'm going to use "Quicksilver" to raise your status instead. Alice and the monsters for six. Then, before we go in, I'll give you an acceleration round--
Lyota.
What?

　You're staring straight at me.
　She looked at me with the same, or perhaps even more determined eyes as before, and said, "I'm going to do my best.

"I'm going to do my best.
......
"Hang in there.
...... Right.

　I have no idea why, but I know that Alice is making a strong appeal to me.
　But I know that Alice is making an incredibly strong appeal to me, and it's not just selfishness, she's insisting on doing something that she knows is dangerous.

　She's claiming that she knows it's dangerous to do it, and it's not just selfishness.

　Then.

Okay.

　I decided to drop my involvement and leave it all to Alice.

Thank you.

　Alice said with a smiling face and a voice that revealed her happiness.
　Then she put each of her fellow monsters on her shoulder in the palm of her hand before gently sending them back to their original form.

　The pull of slime.
　Skeleton's honking.
　Little devil bonbons.
　Needle Lizard's spiky spikes.
　The gau-gau of a master dragon.

　You can feel the Lord's Alice's enthusiasm, and you know why.
　Deformed and adorable, the silhouette was more serious than ever, giving off an aura of something more than just a thing.

'Let's go, guys,'

　Alice said and went down the stairs with the monsters.
　After she went down, the stairs disappeared and were gone as if nothing had happened.

　I waited there.
　Maybe--.

'I've been here.'
...... Rebecca.

　I was approached from behind and when I turned around, I saw Rebecca.
　I remembered that she was at the mansion.

'I heard from your people that you were here.
Yeah, I'm sorry.
I don't care. What are you doing here?
I'm waiting for my people to come home.
Hello?　--no way.

　That's Rebecca Neon, "The Perfect", who was allowed to take the name of a genie.
　In an instant, she seemed to understand what I was going to say.

'Yeah, I'm going to see the genie here, Phosphorus.
Yes, that's true ...... and I'm sure you're not in the mood for that.
...... No, not really.
Oh, you're surprisingly cold, aren't you? You've been with a spirit at one time or another. You must know the hurdle to get there, right?

　At one time.
　That's the only part of Rebecca's dialogue that was slightly different in "weight" than the others.
　I don't have to dare ask.
　I think she came to visit today to ask about the matter of Aulum being passed from me to Meeke - to another person.
　That's what she said once, in the way she said it.

　Apart from that, she also knows how hard it is to meet a spirit.
　That's why I'm wondering.

'I'm not cold.'
Then what is it?

　My thoughts came full circle.
　I came back to where I had thought I would be just before Rebecca showed up.

'Maybe, no, definitely. Alice will be back. Take on Fosforus.
That means .......

　Pausing for a breath, Rebecca looked at me with zealous eyes.

'You trust me, don't you?
'I'm embarrassed to say it again,'

　I guess that's what I'm talking about.

You're acting like a big shot, but I wonder if it's going to work.
"The battle.

　I answered immediately.
　It's not like I'm a big shot or anything.

　I'm just a believer.
　I believe in Alice.

　And I don't--

Lyota!　Look, look, look!　It's mellifluous, mellifluous!

　Alice came back on high tension, a blue burning, deformed fireball in the palm of her hand.

'So that's Fosforus?'
'Yes!　But from today, I'm a melange.
Okay.

　The name was given by Alice's naming sense despite being a dungeon spirit.
　I huffed, expecting that.

'......'

　Rebecca, who didn't know Alice that well, was in a state of exasperation about too much.