Mystic Library, First Sector.
In the reading area, among bookshelves of all shapes and sizes, most of them vast and towering, three tiny figures stood atop a Silver Skateboard, gliding quietly forward.
Rose Madeline, who had claimed not long ago that she could not resist the urge to read, was now paying no attention whatsoever to the bookshelves or the sea-like expanse of books.
She stared at the strange yet incredibly adorable mechanical girl beside Tang Qi, "Alice V," and asked in an odd tone:
"Tang, so this is the kind of style you like?"
Alice V had been granted life. She possessed a self and intelligence.
Before Tang Qi could answer Rose, the mechanical girl spoke first, her voice lively and full of youthful energy.
"Hello, guest. I am Alice V."
"My life was granted by my master. My form and style were chosen by Alice herself, just like my name, which came from The Violet Garden Mystery on the Sweetheart Detective Bookshelf."
"My master did not object, so he most likely likes Alice."
"Since you are my master's authority provider and also his good friend, if you have any needs, Alice is willing to serve you."
Although she possessed a mechanical body, Alice V's affinity might have been second only to young gods like Diana, who possessed Purifying Divinity. Her appearance seemed to gather the charming strengths of countless civilizations—exquisite, strange, and incomparably adorable.
Rose had not felt any dislike toward her to begin with. Upon hearing this, she gently took the girl's hand, which seemed to have been cast from porcelain, gave Tang Qi a mysterious smile, and then made a request.
"Take us to Seeker #9 Bookshelf!"
"As you wish, beautiful lady."
As Alice V finished speaking, the Silver Skateboard beneath the three of them immediately