"Today is to celebrate your birthday, there's no need to overshadow it." Su Mingan shook his head.

"But, Mr. Detective, do you know what my birthday wish is?" Alice's mouth curled up.

"What is it?"

"My birthday wish is-" Alice came closer, stood on tiptoes, leaned into his ear and whispered softly: "[I hope the detective can have a happy birthday.]"

Her voice was light and airy, but every word was pronounced clearly, just like when she was twelve years old, she held his hand and walked forward step by step in the heavy snow.

Su Mingan's eyes flickered slightly.

At this moment, it was like a flock of birds flying into the room through the wide open window and crashing into the bottom of his heart. There were faint illusory clouds intertwining and colliding, filling his chest.

He didn't know what he was feeling. All the warmth of the tenth world seemed to be gathered here, colliding with the cries of the world, the cruelty of human nature, and the heavy snow floating in the city.

People always say that fairy tales are always beautiful, but reality is always cruel. But in this game called "Girls' Dream Project", is this warmth limited to "fairy tales"?

No.

Hope this is not a fairy tale.

People gave gifts to Su Mingan in turn.

The red-haired boy was the wild boy Pat. He had his pockets in his pockets and had an awkward personality. He handed Su Mingan a Sunny Day doll: "Here, detective, thank you for giving the children 39 grams two years ago and saving their lives.

This is the Sunny Day doll the children made for you together."

The blond-haired young man is Knight Wendell. He is wearing a white shirt and looks reserved and clean. He carefully handed a stack of postcards to Su Mingan: "Mr. Detective, these are scenic postcards of all the lakes in Fort Court City. I wish you a happy birthday."

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The brown-haired man was Hunter Diff. He looked a little cold and handed a few bullets to Su Mingan: "These are the bullets I made. They can be loaded into the gun in the future to protect Alice."

The blue-haired boy was Issy, the only son of the Baron family. He smiled softly and gave Su Mingan a golden pocket watch: "Sir Detective, this is a collection of antiques that I bought at the auction. I heard that you like antiques very much.

, maybe this can help you."

The one with short brown hair is the fighter Josh. She patted Su Mingan on the shoulder carelessly: "Brother Detective, if you encounter bad guys in the future, put on this glove I gave you and fight, it's so powerful!"

Finally, there was Mei Mi, the neighbor's gardener sister. She blushed and gave Su Mingan a beautiful bouquet of white lilies. She said timidly: "Sir Detective, I wish you peace and happiness in the future and a smooth life."

Facing such enthusiastic people, Su Mingan thanked them all.

His pupils were filled with warm light little by little, and the loneliness, depression, and pain of being treated as a foreign species during the day gradually suppressed him.

"Sir Detective." Alice tilted her head: "It's my turn, guess what gift I have prepared for you?"

"... Spring cake?" Su Mingan thought for a while.

Alice laughed: "Spring Heart Cake, Spring Heart Cake again? Am I just a Spring Heart Cake in your eyes?"

"No, because I have never eaten anything so delicious..." Su Mingan shook his head: "Some people I have met are really not good at cooking. But the spring cakes you made are delicious."

He guessed a few more answers, but Alice shook her head and said they were wrong. Just when Su Mingan really couldn't guess,

Alice smiled slightly and suddenly stretched out her hands——

"Crash-"

Su Mingan seemed to hear the sound of white doves flapping their wings.

He lowered his head and seemed to see the snow-white wings. They were clustered together, as white as fine snow. Alice held them up and held them up to him.

It's the Chaoyan flower.

——White morning flower.

"Sir Detective, I heard that the white morning flower means the birth of a miracle, and the blessings in the world will be engraved in your soul forever." Alice said loudly: "I give you the white morning flower, and I wish you -

—Life is bright, healthy and smooth, life after life, and eternal life. I wish you all the happiness in the world, and that everyone will give you goodwill. May the good things follow you forever."

Su Mingan's vision was trembling violently.

...Wait, that sounds familiar.

If it sounds familiar, there is also this familiar flower name——

"Chaoyan..." Su Mingan said.

"Huh?" Alice tilted her head.

"No, Alice." Su Ming'an took the flower, and the white petals were soft, gently brushing his chin: "Sorry, I just called someone else's name. Thank you, Alice."

Chaoyan is an orphan from a small village in "Louyue Kingdom", and Alice is a girl from "Girls' Dream Project". There is an Eastern ancient background and a Western steam background. They cannot be the same person.

"Alice is Alice." Alice smiled and took Su Ming'an's hand: "Okay, Mr. Detective, let's cut the cake."

She took Su Mingan's hand and led him to the candlelight.

The two closed their eyes and made a wish and blew out the candles. Sister Rita helped them cut the cake. The quality of sugar and salt in this era was not good, and the cake was not very delicious, but everyone ate it happily.

Wendell specially chose the part with strawberries for Su Ming'an. Before Difu could eat a few bites, Pat hit him in the face with a piece of cake, and the two got into a fight. Sisters Rita and Josh quickly went to break up the fight, while Meimi sat aside and smiled.

Watch.

The room was lively, Su Mingan was biting the cake, and Alice was sitting next to him, smiling and watching the scene in the candlelight, keeping everyone in mind.

Issy sat quietly next to Alice and asked her in a low voice: "Alice, can I continue to teach you the violin in the future?"

"Forget it, I am a violent woman and I break the strings easily. I'd better continue to learn fighting from Sister Josh." Alice said with a smile.

Issy felt a little sad when she heard this.

He didn't know why Alice always pushed herself so hard. She basically practiced swordsmanship from morning to night. And the musical instruments and paintings she really liked, she didn't dare to touch, as if there was a savage beast chasing behind her.

He wants her to become stronger quickly.

Isi saw her when she was learning the violin. The light in her eyes was very bright at that time. She really liked the instrument. But when she broke the strings, the light in her eyes quickly dimmed. Many people

She was told that she was a muscular woman, but she just listened calmly, and then continued to dive into the exercises without giving herself any rest.

"Alice..." Issy said.

"I think this is good." Alice said calmly.

She sat on the chair, her eyes lingering on Su Ming'an: "I want to become stronger, I want to protect the detective, this is my wish. It's difficult to have both ends. If you want to be strong, you have to give up your dreams. I don't think I can do it at the same time.

Being good at force is a shame."

After hearing this, Issy could only respect her thoughts.

The birthday party didn't end until nearly two o'clock in the morning. Su Ming'an and Alice returned home.

Alice lay on the bed and covered herself with a quilt. At her request, Su Mingan read her a bedtime story for the first and last time.

Because - when she opens her eyes again, the detective will disappear, and then she will experience a long and lonely half a year, living alone, going to school alone, after school alone, and cooking alone, until he appears again.

By then, she was already fifteen years old and no longer of a child's age, and could no longer ask for bedtime stories.

——Time is just a short moment for him.

——It was a long half year for her.

Su Mingan sat beside her bed, reading fairy tales to her under the crackle of the fireplace:

"A long time ago, there was a beautiful Princess Rapunzel. A tsunami suddenly occurred in her kingdom, and her kingdom and friends were drowned by the tsunami."

"As a survivor, she boarded a lighthouse and waited, hoping to wait for her friends. She used the lighthouse to guide the passing ships and asked the sailors to search for her friends along the way."

"She waited, waited, and waited for a long, long time. Her kingdom was still flooded, and there was no news from her friends. How she hoped that there would be survivors among her friends, and that even one of her friends would die.

Go to her and tell her, 'I survived.'"

"Year after year passed, Rapunzel looked at the sky and said to herself: 'Please, don't leave me waiting alone. I am most afraid of loneliness. Please take me with you, or take me with you.

Come to me alive'."

"Until one day, a white dove flew from the distance and told her - 'Princess, you don't have to wait any longer. Winter is coming, the winter snow has buried everything, your kingdom has turned into a frozen country, and all the corpses sleep in it.

Under the ice, all your friends are dead, and no one will come back."

"Such desperate news impacted Rapunzel's heart. Finally, Rapunzel chose..."

After Su Mingan read this, he raised his head and found that Alice had fallen asleep.

"Good night, Alice." Su Mingan closed the book. He was about to quit the game when he suddenly saw someone standing in front of the door.

It was a young man wearing a mask, wearing a bard-style robe, and a bagpipe at his waist.

"Are you Xiao Hei?" Su Mingan remembered that Alice once met a bard named Xiao Hei.

"Detective, take Alice away as soon as possible." Xiao Hei said: "Keep her away from anything related to the gods. Otherwise you will encounter catastrophe."

"Why do you say that?" Su Mingan asked.

Xiao Hei just repeated: "Please take Alice out of here quickly. The further away the better."

Su Mingan suddenly heard a "ding dong" sound. At this moment, he finally received the long-overdue main mission of this game——

Su Mingan knew early on that this was more than just a training game.

It has a main plot.

In this main plot, Alice, as a child named by the Eye of the Past, will face the coming disaster.
To be continued...