Normally at this time, Dolores would be enjoying her snacks or sleeping soundly in bed——

But today, she seemed to have done neither of these things, as if she had been waiting for her to come back.

Dolores is very unusual.

Could it be that something happened?

While Alice was thinking about this problem, she was pulled into the room in dormitory 608 by the other party.

The big light in the room was not turned on, only a small light was on.

Therefore, the light was relatively dim. Alice wanted to turn on the headlights, but Dolores reached out to stop her. The little pink-haired wizard stood in front of her, guarding the headlight switch behind her like a hen protecting its chicks.

"Doro?"

Alice looked at the little wizard standing in front of her in puzzlement. Under her long eyelashes, her beautiful, clear amber eyes reflected Dolores' figure.

She didn't understand why Doro stopped her from turning on the headlights.

"Actually, I just want to experience the feeling of night."

Looking away from her friend and looking at the lamp on the study table, Dolores explained her behavior, "Only when the light is darker, the atmosphere of night is more... isn't it?

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"Okay, then I'll listen to you and not turn on the headlights for the time being." Alice did not continue to insist and took the initiative to give in, "But you have to answer me a question."

He turned his attention to Alice again, but this time he did not look into Alice's eyes. The pink-haired wizard put his hands behind his back and asked tentatively in a voice lacking confidence:

"...What's the problem?"

"Did you encounter any trouble? I always feel like you are hiding something from me."

Alice stretched out her hand, hugged Dolores' head, looked directly into her friend's pink eyes, her tone was caring and serious.

Passively looking into the bright eyes of the blond little wizard, Dolores's eyes flashed with an imperceptible dark light very quickly. She opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to answer.

"If you don't answer, then I'll turn on the light." Alice said in a pretending relaxed tone, her beautiful eyebrows suddenly wrinkled, "Your skin is a little hot, are you feeling unwell?"

"If I say it...will you think I'm weird?" She raised her hand to block her friend's hand. Dolores lowered her eyelashes, stepped back half a step, and distanced herself from Alice.

"Then I won't be able to give the answer to this question until you tell me." Without answering directly, Alice took off the magic hat she was wearing, threw it with her hand, and accurately threw it on her study table.

Hearing what his friend said, his light pink eyes suddenly darkened.

The light in the room was dim, but Alice's eyesight was very good, and she keenly captured the flash of disappointment on Dolores's face.

"Even if Doro becomes weird, we are still friends."

Alice took a step forward and held her friend's shoulders, her expression and tone were extremely serious, "It's just that now I need to understand what happened, so that I can know how weird you have become."

Whenever Alice spoke in such a gentle and solemn tone, Dolores would feel inexplicably relieved. Her pink eyelashes trembled slightly. Dolores raised her head and slowly clasped the hand hanging by her side.

She began to muster up the courage and tried to stop herself from escaping:

"I can always hear a dark and terrifying song, and I can't stop it from ringing in my ears. I prefer to be in a place without sunlight. I start to like the feeling of darkness. If the light is too bright-"

Dolores' arms trembled, and the uneasiness in her heart was like a turbulent black sea.

"Deep in my heart, there will be a...a feeling of resistance. I don't know what's wrong with me. I cherish the relationship between us, but it seems that we are becoming more and more distant.

"

Affected by her emotions, Dolores's voice was mixed with a haze of loss and depression.

She took a deep breath tremblingly, trying not to escape the gaze of the little blond wizard... Because she clenched her fist so hard, her nails dug deeply into her flesh, and she felt a clear tingling sensation in her palm.

This stinging pain was nothing compared to the fear and uneasiness deep in my heart.

"How come we are getting further and further apart? We have always been very good friends -"

Alice tried to comfort her uneasy friend, but Dolores, who had always been full of energy, shook her head uncharacteristically today, with strong negative emotions exuding from her whole body.

She seemed to be immersed in her own world, like a person in a swamp who has given up struggling, with only emptiness and despair in her eyes.

"I gradually began to like black, cloudy days, and shadows. In order to resist the singing in my ears, I could only sleep, and I could only sleep all the time! Even when I was eating, the sound was torturing me!"

Dolores stretched out her hand to support her forehead, with crystal tears sliding down her cheeks, and she sobbed softly.

"I feel like I am getting weirder and weirder, and in the future...it may get even weirder in the future, as if I am falling, falling to a place darker than the night..."

At this point, the pink-haired little wizard became more and more excited. He leaned against the wall and slid down, squatting on the ground. His voice was hoarse, and every word leaked pain and sadness:

"Am I going to become an evil wizard? I don't want to be that person! You will definitely hate me, everyone will hate me, just like before -"

Big tears fell down, and Dolores cried heartbreakingly, as if her throat was being strangled by the claws of fear.

"I'm going to lose all my friends - or worse! What on earth am I going to do?!"

This is the first time Dolores loses control of her emotions in front of Alice.

Before this, Alice had always thought that Dolores was a person who could eat and sleep well, and would be optimistic about life even if her grades were not good.

But now, her thoughts were shattered by her friend's vulnerability and helplessness.

This cheerful and optimistic girl, this girl who is at the bottom of the class and loves to laugh...

There will also be times when you feel sad and helpless to the point of despair.

She had been enduring fear and sadness, fearing that she would be abandoned by others. She hid in the dark and slept alone.

"Calm down, Doro." Alice squatted down and put a hand on the girl's shoulder. Her words revealed the power of calming people's hearts, "Don't be afraid, everyone will not leave you, you just encountered some difficulties."

"

She stretched out a finger and pointed at the atrium on the left side of the pink-haired wizard's chest. Alice's voice was gentle but firm:

"You are a cheerful person, and I believe you have a kind and optimistic heart."

The pink-haired little wizard raised his head, with tiny crystal clear tears hanging on his long eyelashes, his eyes were red, and his chin was trembling slightly from crying, "...you, you don't hate me?"

Shaking his head slowly but firmly, the little blond wizard's hair swayed, and a smile that was brighter than the morning light bloomed on his face. The smile reached straight into his eyes, and it was so bright that it seemed to be shining.

"Why should I hate you? I don't mind you eating too much, and I don't mind you snoring at night."

Alice shrugged and spoke in a relaxed tone. The milk-splitting cat raised the corners of its mouth and showed a big smile.

"It doesn't matter that you are different from before. I remember that the Demon Healing Tower has a magic doctor who specializes in treating mental trauma. I will not leave you behind, and we will face difficulties together -"

"And then we can defeat it together."

It seemed that Alice's comfort had an effect. Dolores gradually calmed down and her tears stopped falling. She looked at the blond friend in front of her with tearful eyes, tried to raise the corners of her mouth, and forced a smile.

"Alice." She called the other person's name softly.

"What's the matter?" Alice asked.

"Can you... give me a hug?" Squatting on the ground, leaning against the wall, the pink-haired little wizard opened his arms, his voice still trembling slightly.

If it were normal, Dolores would have rushed over to Alice if she wanted to hug her. Thinking of the dilemma her friend was facing, her eyes softened.

Answered a friend's question with a hug.

"I'm not afraid of making you laugh when I say it. I don't dare to go see the magic doctor who treats people by myself. You said you wanted to go with me before. Don't go back on it."

Feeling the warmth conveyed by the hug, Dolores wiped the tears from her chin on the other person's clothes willfully.

"I believe you will be fine. I am a person who keeps my promises. I happen to be free tonight and don't need to patrol the Magical Forbidden Land - do you think it's okay to go now?" Alice asked for her friend's opinion.

"Go now? I'm not mentally prepared yet..." The man in his arms was stunned for a moment, and his tone was very guilty.

"If you back down, I'll turn on the biggest light?" As she spoke, Alice stood up at lightning speed, hung one hand above the switch, and said condescendingly.

"Huh? You're lying, you couldn't tell me before!" Dolores raised her head and sounded very dissatisfied.

"If you come with me, I won't turn on the light." The little blond wizard stuck out his tongue playfully, and the golden hair on his head swayed, pretending to turn on the switch——

"Wait! I'm going...I'm going right away!"

Dolores was anxious and nodded her head like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Meow!"

The middle-parted cat, who had been observing the interaction between the two little wizards, meowed. While meowing, he raised a paw, revealing his cute pink flesh pads.

Cats with center parting love to join in the fun.

Alice also didn't intend to leave her familiar alone in the house.

So, the two of them and the cat left the magic dormitory, rode on the flying broomstick, and headed to the Magic Healing Tower of Credo Magic Academy together.

The night wind blew through the long hair of Alice and Dolores, and the black magic robes danced gently. The cat with a center parting jumped on Dolores' head and licked its furry little paws leisurely.

Dolores was about to speak to stop the cat from riding on her head, but before she could say anything, a sharp stabbing pain suddenly came from the depths of her brain, as if she had been pierced by a dagger.

Immediately afterwards, a strong sense of dizziness swept over me, and my vision became pitch black.

Completely lost consciousness.
Chapter completed!