Notes:
() - Heroine's thoughts, Blue Text - Flashbacks
Cheshire Cat - Prince of Wondermare - Sun End
Chapter 7 - The End of the Pranks
When Cheshire Cat jumped into a strange hole while carrying me...
We arrived at a strange forest.
(This place... Isn't this the forest where I met with Cheshire Cat from the start?)
As the trees around were rustling, the sunlight that was going through the trees shined on my cheek.
Cheshire: ...MC, MC...!
MC: Cheshire... Cat?
Cheshire: You came through, Alice! I'm glad that you're all right, meow~
(..Huh, did he call me by my name just now?)
Cheshire: The rabbit won't chase us all the way over here, meow.
MC: Come to think of it... It seems like the rabbit from earlier has been looking for you, Cheshire Cat. Also... If I remember correctly, the clock too...?
Cheshire: ...Ha~ Well, it's about time for me to stop it with the pranks... Looks like I have some explaining to do. I've already played enough♪
As Cheshire Cat said that, he smiled mischievously...
Chapter 8 - Cheshire Cat's Reality
After mentioning "explain", Cheshire Cat smiled as he spoke.
Cheshire: I believed that you were the reincarnate of Alice... So, I showed you around this whole time to bring back the Alice that was inside you. A~ll of them were places where I've played with Alice since back then.
MC: Okay...
Cheshire: But, it looks like it was no good.
MC: ...No good?
Cheshire: No matter how much I've took you to the places where I used to play at in the past... There's no meaning to those places that have disappeared.
MC: Those places... disappeared?
Cheshire: Yeah... The forest that used to be around in the past disappeared, it turned into a new building. But, when I tried to retrace your memories with sights and places... I couldn't revive them even when we went thorugh time to go to those days.
Just as he said that, Cheshire Cat brought out the pocket watch from his chest.
MC: That's... The pocket watch the rabbit was looking for?
Cheshire: That's right, his household... They're the Kingdom of Wonders' keepers of time that can go to any time period. Everyone in that guy's household are so careless though... Fufu.
Cheshire Cat smiled maliciously as he was remembering something.
Cheshire: I was borrowing this clock to go back in time♪
(So that's why the time in this world was going backwards...)
Cheshire: Wait for a bit. I'll show you right now.
Cheshire Cat fiddled with the hand of the clock seriously.
(Alice... must be really important to him.)
Suddenly, that hard working gaze of his filled me with sadness...
MC: Cheshire Cat, I'm sorry.
Cheshire: ...Why are you apologizing?
(I'm not Alice and even if Cheshire Cat tried everything he could, it wouldn't bring out any memories at all.)
MC: Even though you believed in me... I was unable to meet with your expectations. I'm sorry for not being Alice.
Cheshire: ...
After Cheshire Cat was thinking about something for a while, he softly placed both ofh is hands on my cheeks as I had my head down. Then, he gently smiled with a look that was slightly different than usual.
Cheshire: It's okay. You really are...
(Eh...?)
When Cheshire Cat's murmur got drowned out by the wind that blew through the trees, it didn't reach me...
Chapter 9 - Going Back in Time
As the morning sun was going down...
The gloomy darkness was approaching from the west as we were enveloped in the sunset's bright light.
Cheshire: Hold on... Wait for a bit.
Cheshire Cat fiddled with the pocket watch near his chest with a serious look.
Cheshire: Phew~, and there we... go.
MC: Cheshire Cat...?
Cheshire: We're going back in time. For a bit, no, for a while... Time will be changing a lot, so it'd be best if you close your eyes.
After he said that, he held my shoulder.
MC: Ah...!
Just as what Cheshire Cat said, the dusk that was approaching turned bright. Then, time rapidly changed into night next...
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...
(Time is going back at such a rapid speed...)
Then, time finally settled down...
MC: This place is the forest from before...!?
Cheshire: Yes, that's right.
Instead of traces of the silent forest from before, it changed into a town that had people going back and forth all over the place.
MC: Is this the real kingdom...?
Cheshire: Yeah, pretty much everything about it is different from the past... You probably didn't remember anything from this either, right?
(Come to think of it, in the fairytale of the "Alice" that I know... The world that she was in felt like a very different place.)
Cheshire: ...
When he suddenly caressed my cheek, Cheshire Cat smiled sadly...
Last Chapter - Even If You're Not Alice
On the road that was being developed, it was bustling with townspeople.
(It's completely different from the forest before... It's a city.)
Cheshire: A~ah, it turned into such a boring world... It's impossible for Alice to return to such a normal kingdom like this...
Cheshire Cat's tail hung down dispiritedly.
(Cheshire Cat... He must've been lonely this whole time.)
Cheshire: If we reverse the clock, we can go back to the Forest of Wonders and prairie though. There's already nothing else... The memorable places and people that are important to me. I... In this kingdom, in this forest... I've been alone this whole time.
Cheshire Cat's eyes trembled as he made a sad expression.
(Cheshire Cat...)
MC: Cheshire Cat...
When I reached out to him without thinking... Cheshire Cat grabbed my hand and hugged me tightly.
Cheshire: Will you stay with me forever?
Cheshire Cat murmured that uneasily.
MC: ...
When I looked up, Cheshire Cat looked like he was about to cry at any moment now...
(Don't make such a sad face...)
Trying to cheer him up, I nodded deeply.
Cheshire: ...!
As soon as he hugged me strongly...
Cheshire: Thank you...
Once again, the clock hand slowly moved...
Just as the area started turning dark, time was going backwards into night next... Then... Time was moving at a rapid speed...
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...
Then, when time finally settled down again...
The town that was surrounded in daylight turned into a forest with night hanging over it. The Forest of Wonders, where the damp tree leaves are shining like jewels because of the nightly dew...
(Aside from the first time I came here... It looks strangely brighter, could it be my imagination?)
Cheshire: You see... I told you about it earlier.
Cheshire Cat scooped up some of my hair. At that moment, he kissed my ear... and softly hugged me from behind.
MC: Cheshire... Cat?
Just as I slightly moved away from Cheshire Cat's arms...
Cheshire: ...No.
When he said that deeply, he prevented me from moving away.
(Cheshire Cat?)
MC: ...W-What's wrong? So suddenly.
He kissed my ear...
MC: ...!
As Cheshire Cat was slowly breathing, he softly whispered.
Cheshire: You... really aren't Alice.
MC: ...
Cheshire: Well... You didn't remember anything no matter what I did and you said that you're not Alice. Even though I thought that it wasn't true... I didn't want to give up. But, above all that... This reaction is your answer, right?
Cheshire Cat's lips touched my nape.
MC: ...!
Cheshire: Fufu... Besides, Alice wouldn't react like that.
MC: ...T-Then... Why would you...!
Cheshire: Isn't it because... you're adorable?
(...Adorable...)
Those words made me feel warm... As the inside of my body was overflowing with a warm sensation, I felt like I was about to melt at any moment now.
MC: B-But. What about Alice? Even though you went through all the trouble into searching for her...
Then, Cheshire Cat made me look at him...
As his fingers traced my lips, they slowly penetrated through them. Then, his soft tail tickled the tip of my nose...
MC: ...!
Cheshire: I don't really get it, but... Before I knew it... When I was adventuring the Kingdom of Wonders with you... Something more important than Alice came into my heart.
(...That's...)
Cheshire: Pfft! All you do is just treat me well... It's so unbearably funny.
MC: ! Geez, Cheshire Cat... ... Ah.
Next, his fingers went deeper into my mouth.
(It tastes... sweet.)
Cheshire: I want MC so much, I can't take it. I don't want to let you go... MC... I love you.
MC: ...
Cheshire: ...
Cheshire Cat placed a gentle kiss against my lips the next moment. Then, he slowly pinned my body against a tree trunk. As his sweet breath was blowing in my ear, he soflty whispered to me.
Cheshire: Welcome to the Kingdom of Wonders. Won't you stay with me forever? My beloved... MC...
As Cheshire Cat's eyes were basked in the moonlight, they looked mysteriously beautiful as they shined... Charmed by how they were shining, I couldn't do anything, but entrust myself to him. When I slowly closed my eyes, his sweet scent and whispered spread out within me...
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