Juu Sai Madoushi Chapter 37 Part 3 (Patreon)

Bear's Stuffed Toy smiled serenely and waved his paw.

The next thing I knew, Ferris, Alicia and Jeanette were lying in the attic.

A picture book with a cute little Bear on it was lying in front of them.

"You're back...aren't you?"

"Yes. It's good to be back. I was able to save everyone. And... you have your mother's precious memento."

Alicia cradles the picture book in her arms and puts her feet up on the stairs leading down from the attic.

"Let's go back to your room. I don't want to stay here forever."

Jeanette turns to leave as well.

"I agree. We're hungry, and it's time for a snack."

"Yay! Snack time!"

Ferris was overjoyed and went to chase after Alicia and the others.

"!!?"

Behind him, he felt a strange presence.

"What's wrong, Ferris?"

Jeanette and Alicia were looking up from the bottom of the stairs.

"No, no! I have some business to attend to, so please go ahead of me!"

Ferris said, and went back to the back of the attic.

Near the window, between the bookshelves, there is something.

I looked at it and wondered if it might be the evil that Bear had mentioned earlier.

Gradually, I could see something clearly.

It was a beautiful woman with a very kind face.

There was not a trace of miasma, and she radiated a divine aura that was the opposite of an evil presence.

"Oh my...you can see me."

The woman said, surprised.

"Yes, yes... have we met somewhere...? You look like someone else..."

Ferris tilts his head at the déjà vu look.

The woman smiles quietly.

"Hmmm, yes. You look so much alike."

"Yes, we do look alike!"

"Thank you, Ferris, for saving Alicia. Thank you, Ferris, for helping me with Alicia and for saving my picture book. You saved two of my most precious things today."

"Fuee... are you an acquaintance of Alicia-san?"

"Yes, I know Alicia better than anyone."

"Is that so...?"

Ferris had no idea what was going on. The atmosphere made it seem as if she was a relative of Alicia's, but it was unclear why no one had seen her earlier.

The woman pulls a face at Ferris and whispers.

"Please continue to take care of...Alicia. She may be all grown up...but she is really a child. She needs your strength and your wonderful heart."

"Yes! I don't know what I can do, but I will always be there for Alicia-san!"

"Thank you. I will always watch over all of you."

With that, the woman disappeared.

"Fuee! Huh! Where did she go? I don't know you!?"

Ferris looked around in surprise.

From the bottom of the stairs, Alicia peeked out, looking exactly like the woman from earlier.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

"I don't know you, take care of Alicia-san. She just disappeared! She was nowhere to be found! She was so beautiful!"

"What...? Who is she...?"

"Ughhhhhh, I wish Alicia-san could have met her!"

Ferris looked at the attic with teary eyes.

But then that woman told me again.

Ferris renewed his belief that he would always stay by Alicia's side.