"Cecil Hammon. The empress of the swords" Though Alice.

"You are Alice, yes?" Asked Cecil.

"It's my honor to meet the empress of the Hammon family" Said Alice with reverence.

"You sure know about etiquette, miss Alice" Said Cecil.

"However, I wonder… if you also know the… manners"

"May you be more specific?"

"When a power comes to a new town, they come to see the ruler of that town, as a show of respect"

"I didn't see you coming to my nor to the Vlads house" Said Cecil.

The air was a bit cold, Alice looked directly at Cecil.

"I am not to showing that level of respect, If I offend you, I hope you accept my sincere apology" Said Alice.

"She isn't use to?" Though Cecil.

This could mean a lot of things, however, Cecil had one hunch.

"She isn't someone normal, that's for sure"

Cecil looked at her daughter who made a small gesture with her eyes.

"Dangerous?" Though Cecil.

She looked back at Alice, she had a cane and a small figure who make look quite sick, she was gorgeous that was for sure, but…

"This little girl is dangerous?"

She needed to verify it.

In a second, Alice felt that she and Cecil were the only ones in the room.

Cecil concentrated her gaze on Alice.

She unsheathed a small part of her blade that was resting on her waist.

Alice felt a lot of pressure coming from Cecil.

"Soul pressure? So she was a will user" Though Alice.

Pierre Veritia was known as the monarch of the sword in Leitol, he was the champion of the sword and was fear of that.

"She is a bit worse than Pierre, but, for a will user, she is better than me" Thought Alice.

Cecil was a bit confident that she will, at the very least, shake Alice.

However…

"Hmm?"

Darkness.

"What…" She suddenly felt darkness.

A black world.

In this world, there were only two lights.

Alice and Cecil.

"What is going on?" Though Cecil.

"Is a going time to prove this, since my will and champion power increased a lot after coming from the underworld, I might be able to start fusion it into one"

"What are you talking about?" Asked Alice.

"Miss Cecil"

"Since you wanted to probe me, it would be quite…"

"Disrespectful… to not give back the favor"

Alice's eyes turned completely green while her patch fell to the ground, revealing another green eye.

Her aura became green and suddenly…

Everything stopped.

"I… can't….move…" Though Cecil.

*Ta*

*Ta*

*Ta*

Alice walked towards Cecil, who hasn't feel such impotence in her life!

"[Sanity cage]"

Cecil looked towards the voice and saw Alice who was just a few centimeters away from her!

Alice looked at all sides, for her, the world wasn't pitch black, in fact, 'the world' was like she was in her own house.

"I can control everything here"

Alice could construct mountains, buildings, everything…

"Maybe I can…"

Alfonso Lockheart closed his eyes and in an instant, he was absorbed in a familiar scene.

"Haha… how long it has been…"

He was sitting on a bench near a park, in front of him, a small café could be seeing, he hasn't dressed as Alice anymore, he wore a white shirt and a pair of black pants.

"London, you are as beautiful as always" Though Alfonso.

He stood there admiring the scene for a long time before sighing.

"But in the end, you are just a projection of my memories"

He closed his eyes once more, and the scene disappear, leaving him only with his former dress, he was 'Alice' once again.

"This is no longer [Sanity cage]"

"I guess this might be the upgraded version…"

"Let's call it…"

Alice smiled, she took a deep breath and looked at Cecil with her beautiful green eyes.

"[Nightmare world]"

Alice extended her arm…

"Wait…"

She passed the dress of Cecil and touched the flesh of her breast.

"No…"

Cecil looked in horror went the fingers of Alice passed the flesh and went deeper into her body.

"Ah…Ah…"

*Thump*

*Thump*

*Thump*

"No way…"

Alice, slowly, began to extract a small piece of flesh from Cecil's body.

Cecil didn't want to look.

*Thump*

*Thump*

While shaking, she looked back at the piece of flesh on Alice's hand.

"Ah… is still beating…" Though Cecil while fainting.

"NOOOO!" She shouted.

"Mom, mom! Are you okay!?"

Cecil opened her eyes and everyone was looking at her.

"Are you okay, miss Cecil?" Another voice called for her.

Cecil looked up and saw Alice looking at her.

"What… what happened…" Said Cecil while backing up a bit from Alice.

Radiel looked back at Alice and she whispered in the ear of Cecil.

"You were about to take your sword towards Alice when you suddenly freeze and fainted on the spot"

"Wha…"

Cecil took a deep breath and stood up.

She looked back at Alice who was smiling.

Cecil looked back and made a gesture to everyone.

"Let the tournament begin" She said.

"Miss Alice, please come with me" She said.

"Mom…"

"Radiel, go and let the tournament begin, we will go later" Said Cecil.

"But mother…"

"Don't worry, we won't be late" Said Cecil.

Cecil and Alice walked away from the crowd while everyone looked at them with strange eyes.

They walked further until they got into a room in the southwest part of the manor.

Cecil closed the door behind them and instantly bowed towards Alice.

"I apologize for my rude behavior; I didn't know I was in the presence of an overlord" Said Cecil.

"Overlord? So they call king-level people overlords here" Though Alice.

"I don't mind" Said Alice.

Cecil smirked.

"You didn't mind? You literally took my heart out of my fucking body!" Though Cecil.

"Cecil, you must not let everyone know what I am capable of, yes?"

"Yes, as the overlord wants" Said Cecil respectfully.

"It seems that you didn't bring me here just to said this?" Asked Alice.

"Indeed, I have a question for my overlord, I hope that you answer"

"What is it?"

Cecil took a deep breath and looked straight at Alice's eyes.

"My overlord…"

"Are you from Leitol?"