Alice quietly knocked onto the Princess's door, who peered through a crack in the door, and let the four of them in.

"Good, it's just the four of you, right? Make yourselves at home. I'm sorry to have to ask you to come here like this. If Father overheard us, he would most definitely try to interfere with us."

"So, what did you need to see us about, You Highness?" Iris smiled gently at Princess Simona, who was dazed for just a moment.

"O-oh! You see, I have actually heard of Brigadoom before. I remember it from a nursery rhyme one of my maids used to sing for me when I was a wee girl. Practically your age, Alice!" Again, Alice wanted to laugh at the unlikeliness of that.

"...Seriously? Brigadoom is only part of a nursery rhyme? What's the rhyme?" Marine grumbled, silently steaming that her service to royalty seemed to be continuing. The Princess flinched at Marine's tone.

"I-I don't remember it... b-but the maid must remember! She's not here anymore, though." Princess Simona squirmed under Marine's glare.

Sheila came to the Princess's rescue, "Well, I'm sure that the song will give us a clue as to where Brigadoom might be! It has to be real, since the Wight Knight is clearly not just a fairytail! Where is that maid now, uh... Princess?"

Princess Simona smiled, "Oh, you can just call me Simona. Formal titles are a chore, are they not?"

"Indeed. I hate being called by mine." Alice nodded sagely, surprising everyone. Then, noticing her slip up, grinned stupidly. "Er, I meant that it must be boring...!"

"Oh, yes. It is. Anyway, answering your question, the maid has gone back to live in Zere quite some time ago. It's a tiny village just to the west, and slightly to the north, of Loch Storn." Simona bowed, clasping her hands together, "Oh, please help the Wight Knight, I beg you! I just know that he's not the evil character that Father thinks he is! He just requires help. Alice, please! Please, just do whatever you can. I know this is probably much to ask of a small girl like you, but I have nobody else to turn to."

"It's no problem, Simona~" Alice chirped, shaking the girl's hands up and down. "I'll do my best to help~ And I have Marine, Iris, and Sheila with me, so I can't possibly fail~"

Two certain individuals turned a slight shade of pink at the praise, and Iris grinned, patting Alice on the head. "Of course we'll be helping you, Alice. Now, let's stop back at Erinn's real quick, and then we'll leave, okay? Don't worry, Your Highness, we'll help Sir Knight to the best of our abilities."

After they had exited the castle, Alice turned, grinned, and jumped into Iris's arms, snuggling their cheeks together. Iris concluded that Alice must really be one for skin ship.

(Omake)

Before they left, Iris decided that it would be a good idea to stock up on supplies, since they will most likely be wandering around for quite some time, looking for the fabled Brigadoom. She pushed Sheila and Alice out of the inn, assigning them the duty of retrieving supplies.

"Okay, here's the list of things we need. Don't come back until you have everything, alright?" The two girls nodded in fear of Iris's seemingly harmless smile.

"Good, see you two later." And then there were two.

Sheila linked arms with Alice, "This way, we won't get separated in the Market, okay? Stay with me~"

Alice smiled, and nodded. "Okay~"

The two of them skipped towards the Market, with Sheila humming a tune of some sort. Alice thought it was lovely.

. . .

They had only been in the Market for ten minutes, and Sheila had already somehow lost the little girl she was paired with. Sheila had just turned for a second to retrieve the medicinal herbs that Iris requested, but when she turned back around, Alice was nowhere in sight.

Oh my god, what if she was kidnapped?! Erinn will kill me! Sheila freaked out, scrambling around the market. After a half hour, she returned back to where she started from, and saw (who else?) Alice standing around, looking around confusedly.

Sheila marched up to Alice, and grabbed her arm. "Where did you go?!"

Alice blinked, and held up her bag, which, upon opening, revealed a bunch of bottles of holy water. "I was just stocking up on these..."

Sheila looked at the holy waters confusedly, and then back to Alice, with question marks visible in her eyes. "...What do you need holy water for?"

Alice shrugged, and slung the bag back over her back, "It's a secret."

Sheila would not fully understand the reasoning for this purchase until much later