Election day and All Souls' Day~ I don't have school today (yay!) and so I shall celebrate with this new chapter!

I tiredly looked at Ace, "Hey…Ace I think we are going in a wrong direction…"

Ace just smiled and nonchalantly walked his way in the woods, "Nope, I'm absolutely sure this is the right way." He kept his face on the road, but I could tell that he was secretly laughing at me. It was really annoying.

"…Ace don't play with me," I was already tired by the involvement from the previous fight between Ace and Pierce. I need a nice, comfy bed to sleep in, ASAP.

The sneaky knight looked at me as if he was hurt and exclaimed, "Ehh~ Why not!"

"It's because I'm tired and mentally exhausted!" I really want to bite his hands off right now and I soon realized something.

"…Ace, what happened to Pierce?"

Ace continued to smile, but formed an edge in the smile, "Oh the mouse? He ran away as soon as he had the chance to escape… he's just a coward, always bothering my job…"

"Ace?" It was unlikely of Ace to openly show ill will and dark side of him. Was it just me or is Ace becoming … crankier?

"Oh well Alice, can you tell me which way to go to the tower," the knight's usual smile returned and I just stumbled at the anomalous change, but I let it slide. It is due to my experience that I know that if I mess with Ace too deeply, I am the one who is going to be in danger.

"You're going to bother Gray again?"

"Wow how did you know?"

I just sighed at the obvious reason, "That is the only reason why you ever go to the tower."

"Hahaha, I see. Ok Alice, lead the way!" Ace pointed his finger to the opposite direction as I just sighed.

"Um since I'm small I can only point out the direction plus that is the wrong way, Ace."

"Oh right, hahahaha." I really hope we can get there within an hour.

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"Ok Ace, recite the promise to me one more time."

"Sheesh, Alice, even I can remember a single promise," I can see that Ace was not taking me very seriously, which is the reason why I am asking this question.

"Maybe an ordinary dumbass can do it, but in your case, it's more than just remembering it. You can remember it, but you can't self control your excitement, just like a dog going through his puberty."

"Hahaha, what an awful way to describe it," Ace laughed as if it was a funny thing, but I was totally serious. I cannot afford to be involved in a fight and lose my conscious again.

I looked at him dead in the eye, "Not a laughing matter."

"Ok ok I will say it then. I, Ace the Knight of Hearts, will not attack Mr. Lizard and wait until I safely put down Alice on Nightmare's desk," he pledged oath with his right hand. Ace could look like an ideal knight from a fairytale if he tried to change everything about his personality.

"Good. Now you may enter."

"Thank you."

We saw Gray holding a stack of papers. He just turned his head to look at the person and sighed, "You again, what are you doing here?"

Ace just laughed, I guess Gray didn't see me, "Well, I brought something interesting."

Nightmare, who was dead a few seconds ago, suddenly revived and was looking at my way, "You absolutely did bring something out of the ordinary."

"What, I don't have all day to wait. I'm busy right now," Gray irritatingly looked at Ace, I cringed at the icy pressure.

Ace stilled smiled and walked slowly to Nightmare's desk, "Don't say that, here I will sit her down on the table."

"…Alice?"

"Hi, uh, it's me," I fidgeted a little and blushed at the awkwardness of the situation.

"This…is a very well made and extremely cute doll," Gray looked at me as if he encountered a puppy.

"Wait Gray, I'm not a doll. It's me,"

Nightmare smirked as if it was something funny, "Hm, I see so it really is you. You seemed like you had a fun, adventurous time along the way."

"I got more than enough adventure in my life," No shit I did.

"Language."

I looked away from Nightmare in a cold gesture, "Ha, so even if I am small you can still hear my thoughts."

"…cute…" Gray's face was slightly pink as he kept on adoring me.

"Gray?" I cringed and backed away a little to give myself some space between Gray's huge handsome face and myself.

"Ah yes, Gray has a tendency to be easily affected by cute things."

"I see… I feel like my life is in danger for some reason."

" If you don't watch out, who knows maybe Gray would add you to one of his collection," Nightmare grinned as I stuck my tongue at him. He really can be a jerk sometimes.

"Speaking of which, where is Gray?" I swear I saw him a few seconds ago. Maybe ex-assassins have super powers like Speedo.

"Mr. Lizard just ran out the door a few minutes ago," Ace yawned and lay over the couch.

"What for?"

"Don't know, he won't allow me to read his mind," Nightmare just shrugged and sipped his coffee.

"I wish I could do that. Maybe I should have a private lesson with him," and the moment I master it, I can test out some karate moves at Nightmare.

The sickly incubus' pale face turned blue as he stated, "Maybe you shouldn't."

Ace just closed his eyes and leisurely relaxed on the couch, "That's fine by me, but I will be the first one to take training sessions from him. Oh he came back." I anticipated and watched the door for Gray, but he didn't appear. Must be because of Ace's super power senses of hearing, though he is more fit to be a villain than a hero.

After a few moments, Gray appeared with a gorgeous doll house and set it on the table, "Alice, here you go."

"…A doll house?" and a really expensive looking one too.

"It would be inconvenient for you to not even have supplies of your own size. It's one of the finest collections I have. A Victorian styled doll house. Oh, I forgot to get you your clothes too. I will get it right now. What kind of dress would you like?"

"No! I mean, Gray, you already did so much for me, thank you," it makes me want to take some Tylenol and go to bed when I imagine Gray playing with dolls.

Nightmare coughed a few times and interrupted Gray's girlish trance, "Gray."

"Oh yes, my apologies. I personally prefer you being small, but it would be uncomfortable for you. How did you become small in the first place?"

Relief washed over as I relaxed a little, "Long story short, Pierce gave me this weird potion and made me small."

"Sounds like some cliché in fairytale," Ace who was thought to be asleep on the couch suddenly woke up.

"Exactly and I don't like it one bit," I mean seriously, how can I do anything when I am small.

Nightmare suggested something that I wanted to do in the first place, "Well we have to meet Pierce then." Great, square one again.

Haha now they have to look for Pierce again. All because of Ace~ (but I don't blame him at all because he's cool!).