—-Before dawn. Inside Alice’s bedroom, the small dog Kou, came out from under the sheets, jumped off the bed after pulling the sheets over Alice. After dinner last night he had slept here, instead of inside the rearing room.
[Well then, first things first, let’s gather some information.]
The first thing Kou did, while thinking about the adventurer teachings Elmel and the others taught him, was to gather information, in order to prepare for the next important step. From all the people working inside this mansion, everyone until the head maid, he would meet all the servants and try to understand their thought processes, to finally select who Alice’s allies are.
Kou, who was moving through the room while limping with his front paw, peeked into the servants’ preparation room. This place has a small kitchen and is used for preparing tea, it’s the place where the servants eat their food. It’s also connected to the waiting room where the special servants are. Inside the preparation room a single servant was preparing tea, I had a feeling I have seen that teacup before.
[Alice’s cup of tea she drinks in the morning maybe?]
Suddenly, feeling the stare the servant turned around, then her eyes met with the small dog´s Fausta´s who looked as if he were peeking through the door with his head. Seeing that lovely gesture the servant smiles and lightly bows her head.
Kou answered by waving her tail back and forth. Thinking that this person doesn’t have any ill will towards the young lady Alice’s pet, he continued observing, then, when the preparations for the tea had been finished, the servant kneeled down on the floor picked up some dust, and threw it into the teacup.
[Oh my……]
Kou, who had checked that person in the suspicious category, went away from the preparation room, he returned to Alice’s bed the same way he left, by walking with his limping front paw. Even though his front paw was in a crippled state Fausta’s body had high specs, so he could just jump on the bed with a pyo~n. Maybe, because of the shaking when Fausta jumped on the bed, the sleeping Alice began to open her eyes.
“N….. Faus…..ta?”
“Woof,” [Good morning.]
Alice, who was stroking the cuticles of her beloved dog with hazy eyes, remembered what happened. Together with waking up, her conscious hardened. When she was talking about the worries she had piled up inside her chest to her beloved dog Fausta, the one who answered was another existence. Tthinking that it might have been a dream, she cautiously spoke out that name.
“…… Kou?”
“Woof.” [Yup.]