/POP Alliter/
Alice continues watching Alliter from afar, deep in thought.
Time passes quickly. Alliter does not give up on school because she knows she still has a future ahead of her.
[I wish to discover the hidden things of this world.]
Alliter wears her school uniform and slowly makes her way to school. She looks into the mirror with a big smile. "I'm just like an extra character. This is good. I can move freely in this life without being noticed by anyone."
Everything is ready to start her new life—a new chance to find out whether or not her dream can come true.
Alice mutters, "...Maybe." She follows Alliter with an unreadable face, her head heavy with bad memories.
Alliter reluctantly stands in front of the door, her hands trembling. She tries hard to open her world again. The light comes, but there is something she wishes she never had to see at the start of a new day. Her breath feels heavy, as if something deep inside is forcing her back to the safe place where she belongs. "..."
Alliter shows a disgusted face at the young boy. When the boy sees Alliter, he offers a warm smile, like an old friend meeting after a long time. It is Zure, and an unpleasant voice comes from his mouth: "..."
Alliter uses her hands to cover her ears to block his stupid words, viewing him as total garbage. Her eyes burn with anger; he is ruining her life again. Zure comes closer to her. "..."
But she runs away from him, refusing to give him a chance to touch her...
[I will kill that ugly thing someday.]
Zure follows behind her, his voice tired and his breathing heavy. "Alice, listen to me! Why are you avoiding me...?"
But Alliter does not look back. She doesn't care about the nonsense he speaks to her.
[What nonsense. I never should have trusted a person like that. He's just a garbage walker. There is a 90% chance he will continue chasing me. I need to act to destroy his illusion, but I don't want to ruin my life because of this unpleasant feeling. I need a perfect plan; this is not the right time.]
Alice shakes her head. "This time is different, not like myself... Is it really the memory of Alliter? I'm starting to miss my darlin' now. How long will this keep going?" Alice looks impatient, but she continues to pretend very well.
...
At school, Alice isolates herself from others to save her energy. She acts so normal that no one really cares about her, except for that piece of trash. She lays her head on the table, looking at the blue sky in wonder.
[I like this. My day will pass quickly, ending these boring days of my life. Maybe I can do something faster, like jumping to a higher level of study?]
While everyone else is trying hard to study, Alliter hides her phone to read a novel. She unknowingly giggles to herself, breaking the silence while everyone struggles to solve a math problem. The class looks at her curiously. Alliter looks at the blackboard, which is filled with mathematical formulas. Her face freezes for a second.
[Math again. I hate this shit.]
The teacher looks at her with annoyed eyes. "Alice, are you listening to me? What are you doing?"
She shakes her head and starts calculating a method to solve the problem, a big smile appearing on her face. She acts arrogant, tilting her head in a cute way. "All these people here are stupid. Is this math really that easy? So sorry for giggling at all of you low-minds."
Everyone looks at Alliter with discomfort, but she doesn't care.
The teacher asks curiously, "You know the answer?"
[I will psychologically manipulate the whole class to get them interested, right?]
Alice shakes her head. "This is not me. In my past, I was silent. Even when people looked at me like that, I would apologize because I knew I needed to wait for my love. But this Alice does not have the same feelings as me."
Alliter giggles, looking at the teacher with a teasing voice. "My answer is that this mathematical formula has been wrong from the very beginning."
Some students in the class start whispering in disbelief. "Are you nuts? Are you stupid, or is there something wrong with your mind? End your game here..." A lot of noise comes from those who hold the highest ranks in the class.
And then, the biggest battle in the world happens between a math teacher with 30 years of experience and a 14-year-old girl... right on the blackboard.
Alice, using a simple trick, creates her own mathematical formula, breaking all the rules of the world. Her hand moves incredibly fast to show it to the teacher. The teacher stands shocked and in disbelief. "HOW?! No way... this can't be real! Do you have an AI chip or something?"
Alice giggles arrogantly, gesturing with her hand. "I think this is enough for me to finish with school. This school system is boring and doesn't match my potential, so I'm the winner." With a happy face, she picks up her bag and walks home.
The teacher remains in shock. "No way... How could I not understand any of her mathematical formulas? This doesn't look like the work of an AI. Who is this girl? I must report this to My Lord Lustem."
Alliter goes home as if nothing happened, having completely broken the school rules. From now on, she does not need to go to school again until she turns 16 to enter high school. If she wants, she can even jump straight to university.
[So easy. From now on, I can be a true hikikomori, haha!]
Meanwhile, the whole world is left in chaos by the psychological manipulation she left behind. However, Lustem keeps all of this hidden from the public. He is deeply interested in her work, even though no one else can understand it.
Alice embraces herself. "How stupid... why did she bring a magic method from a novel into this?"
The novel is titled "No Soul: Life and Death, Volumes 1 and 2 by InoLifo." It is a hidden, extremely rare novel, and an even more forbidden book is "Free Will of Nado." For some reason, these types of books exist only in her house, as if someone put them there on purpose. Alice knows there are still many other novels by InoLifo—the ultimate mystery. She gets a lot of ideas to build her own world from these novels, which feature around 10 different variations of the same character sharing the same fate: "Sana."
Alice closes her eyes to recall it and suddenly realizes something—a hidden message inside the mathematical formula.
Alliter: "I know you are watching me, right? ***..."
Alice is confused. "What is ***...?" For some reason, Alice cannot read it, but she gets a bad feeling. This doesn't feel right.
"This isn't like the memory I know. Does something else still exist, or am I just a playing card in someone else's game?"