Ch.365[Episode 365] Alice in Gachaland

“So this is Sir Dominic’s house?”

Alice was looking around Sir Dominic’s house with curiosity.

It wasn’t as grand as the lord’s castle where Alice had been a lord, but it was comparable to the largest manor a knight could receive.

“You’ve made something of yourself.”

“I was able to buy it by exchanging the wealth I accumulated in Feralant.”

“Exchanged it?”

“Yes. I exchanged it at the currency exchange when I didn’t have any Gacha Stones at first.”

At Sir Dominic’s words, Alice recalled that about 190 years ago, some of the wealth in Sir Dominic’s tomb had been looted.

Sir Dominic, though born a serf, was the most knightly, the most diligent, and the most exemplary knight.

Because of this, there were quite a few noble knights who admired Sir Dominic.

After his death, his tomb was filled with treasures from noble knights who wanted to show their respect for Sir Dominic.

Perhaps it was all too common for grave robbers to target such wealth.

Although the grave robbers were never caught, estimating the damage at the time suggested enough to buy a large manor in Feralant… Ah.

“Goodness. So that was Sir Dominic legitimately taking what was his?”

Alice slapped her forehead in surprise.

“…? What do you mean?”

“Oh, it’s nothing.”

Lady Alice giggled secretively.

Sir Dominic’s curiosity about why Lady Alice was laughing rose, but he soon gave up.

This was quite unusual for Sir Dominic, who typically couldn’t rest until his curiosity was satisfied.

“Aren’t you going to ask?”

Lady Alice puffed her cheeks as if disappointed.

“You used to beg and plead to know in situations like this.”

“That’s because I know that no matter how much I beg, you won’t tell me. This isn’t the first time this has happened.”

Sir Dominic shook his head at Lady Alice’s words.

Lady Alice had quite a nasty personality.

She enjoyed keeping secrets and teasing others as if she might tell them, only to watch them beg and plead.

Sir Dominic had fallen victim to Lady Alice’s teasing several times before, which is why he was unusually willing to give up his curiosity in this case.

“How boring.”

Lady Alice grumbled that Sir Dominic’s attitude was no fun.

Of course, she had no intention of telling him anyway.

“Anyway, would you now invite me into your manor, Sir Dominic?”

“Of course. Please come in…”

Alice asked Sir Dominic if she could enter.

Although permission had already been granted on the way here, according to Feralant etiquette, one could only enter after asking the host for permission.

Breaking this rule was said to anger the white raven of Feralant, bringing about three days of misfortune, according to superstition.

Alice, having worked beside that white raven, knew this to be true.

In any case, Sir Dominic welcomed his guest according to Feralant custom.

Whether the guest came from far or near, the first step was to welcome them inside and treat them generously.

This too was Feralant etiquette.

In the harsh land of Feralant, anyone who would come there must be truly desperate, so a culture of sharing developed for such people.

Sir Dominic smiled slightly at experiencing Feralant culture after so long, but suddenly remembered someone who might be inside and trailed off.

Had Dominica changed her skin?

Sir Dominic tried to recall what Dominica had been wearing when he briefly stopped by the house earlier to drop off ingredients.

Surely Dominica was… still wearing her skin!

“Then I’ll just let myself in-“

“W-wait a moment!”

Sir Dominic tried to stop Alice from opening the door and entering, but Alice had already opened the entrance and gone inside.

“Welcome back. Why did you rush out again just now… oh…”

“…Huh?”

Lady Alice saw a woman who somehow resembled Sir Dominic, wearing a maid outfit.

She was a maid with an impressively combative chest… and like Sir Dominic, she was missing one eye.

Alice’s thoughts froze momentarily upon seeing Sir Dominica.

Who is she? Sir Dominic’s sister? Sir Dominic’s older sister? Sir Dominic’s wife? Sir Dominic’s mother? Sir Dominic’s daughter?

Alice shook her head vigorously and looked again repeatedly.

She wondered if perhaps she had mistakenly seen Sir Dominic reflected in a mirror.

However, Sir Dominica was clearly a resident of Gachaland, and not the type of person who would disappear just because someone shook their head.

“Um, who is this?”

Sir Dominica was the first to regain her composure in this shocking encounter.

“This is Lady Alice. She was my lord in Feralant.”

“Ah.”

Sir Dominica finally understood who the person before her was.

And she looked at Lady Alice with somewhat pitying eyes.

“Um, hang in there. Gachaland can be a confusing place, so it might be hard to adjust at first, but as you live here-“

“Wait, wait! That’s not it.”

Sir Dominica was undoubtedly thinking that Lady Alice had died and been invited to Gachaland.

Sir Dominic corrected Sir Dominica’s misunderstanding.

“She is a Star. She’s come to Gachaland on vacation.”

“On vacation?”

“Yes. She says she’s been working as a Star of Feralant and has taken this opportunity to visit me while on vacation.”

At Sir Dominic’s words, Sir Dominica looked at Lady Alice again.

On the surface, she didn’t look divine at all…

Sir Dominica suddenly thought of the Star I’m Not Little.

Hmm. That’s believable. Lady Alice must indeed be a Star.

Sir Dominica convinced herself arbitrarily.

“But what brings someone like you here?”

With her characteristic friendliness, Sir Dominica seated Lady Alice on the sofa and placed her trunk in the corner.

Then she took Alice’s hat and coat, hung them on a rack, and sat down right next to Lady Alice.

She looked just like a maid attending to her lady!

“Surely you haven’t come to stay here during your vacation?”

Flinch.

Alice flinched at Sir Dominica’s words.

That was exactly why she had come.

But Lady Alice had learned shamelessness from working under the white raven for 200 years.

“That’s exactly why I’m here. It’s not strange to get help from an acquaintance when traveling, is it?”

Having said that, Alice began to put Sir Dominica on the defensive.

“By the way, I’ve been introduced, but why haven’t you introduced yourself? Are your manners different from ours?”

“…I apologize. I am Sir Dominica of Feralant.”

Sir Dominica introduced herself to Alice as if realizing her mistake.

Alice wore a triumphant expression, having won the battle of wills, but suddenly realized that there was no such female knight in Feralant.

“Y-you’re from Feralant? Where exactly?”

“I can explain that.”

Sir Dominic interjected in their conversation.

“She is me from a parallel world. We’re living together because our two worlds merged.”

“…?”

Sir Dominic finished his explanation very simply, but Alice could hardly understand what he meant.

What was a parallel world, and what did it mean for worlds to merge?

“Though Feralant and Gachaland are different dimensions, just as I, who am from Feralant, am here in Gachaland, it’s easier to think of her in the same way.”

“Hmm.”

Lady Alice still couldn’t understand Sir Dominic’s explanation, but she figured that since she was planning to stay here, she would have plenty of time to discover the woman’s true identity.

“Anyway, where’s my room? I’d like to unpack first.”

Alice asked Sir Dominic to show her to her room, wanting to clear her complicated thoughts.

“Ah, please wait a moment.”

Sir Dominic manipulated the building’s system for a while, then guided her to a newly appeared room past his and Sir Dominica’s rooms.

“You can use this room, my lord.”

Sir Dominic said to Alice as he opened the door to an empty room.

“If you need any furniture, just let me know. I’ll go out and buy some.”

“My goodness.”

But Sir Dominic’s words didn’t reach Lady Alice.

She was too amazed by this mysterious phenomenon to close her mouth.

“Creating something from nothing, Sir Dominic must be quite beloved by the Stars of Gachaland?”

“…? What do you mean?”

Sir Dominic didn’t understand Alice’s words.

In truth, Alice only knew about Gachaland from what was written in the Book of Saint Dominic.

In other words, it was knowledge learned from books.

Therefore, Alice thought the reason Sir Dominic could perform this miracle of creating an empty room was because he had the attention of the Stars of Gachaland.

Just like those who received the attention of the white raven in Feralant.

However, Sir Dominic was already accustomed to life in Gachaland and couldn’t understand what Alice was talking about.

“Could you explain again-“

Sir Dominic was about to ask Alice for further explanation, but she was already wandering around the empty room, examining every corner.