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In the Mole Class student dormitory, inside a room filled with a pink atmosphere, Alice removed the Wind King Knights' equipment and her sword, casually setting them on the table before sitting down on the sofa. She picked up a cute doll and rested her head against it.
Normally, after finishing her duties with the Wind King Knights and returning to her dorm room, Alice would begin practicing her cooking.
Because Alice was an extremely serious person.
Although being overly serious sometimes made her seem rather rigid, it also meant she honestly accepted her own shortcomings. It could be said that she possessed a very upright heart.
That was also why she practiced cooking.
Alice's dream was to become an outstanding knight.
However, while she was a knight, Alice clearly remembered that she was also a young girl.
In that regard, she was somewhat different from Artoria, who had cast aside the part of herself that was a girl in order to become an outstanding knight and a perfect King.
Therefore, Alice believed that while she continued advancing as a knight, she also needed to improve herself as a girl for the sake of the partner who would accompany her for life.
Thus, whenever she had free time, Alice honed her cooking skills for the sake of her future husband.
Today, however, Alice had unusually not begun her cooking practice right away.
A certain scene from today kept replaying in Alice's mind.
A scene where a man had saved her from a ferocious magical beast, and she had obediently lain in his arms.
And he had even carried her in a princess carry.
Whenever she thought of that scene, Alice's pretty face flushed completely red, and