Aliceliese Lou Nebulis IX/Synopsis

## History

Born as the second princess of the Nebulis Sovereignty, Aliceliese is a member of the royal family who descended from the Founder Nebulis I. Because of her lineage, she counts with a powerful Astral Power, specifically the control over ice.

At some point in her childhood, Alice boarded the same train as Iska, making this their first encounter. However, the train they were riding on was attacked by a pack of beasts after entering their territory. Iska was about to be attacked by the beasts when Alice suddenly appeared to protect him.

Alice would later be known to the Empire on the northern front of Yubel, breaking through the frontlines alone and returning home after stealing the latest weapon of the Empire all on her own, earning the moniker of "Ice Calamity Witch".

## Synopsis

### Volume 1

Alice would officially meet Iska for the first time on the battlefield after being tasked with destroying a newly built Imperial reactor. Despite being the secret weapons of their respective nations, they were evenly matched with one another. Alice eventually loses her footing and falls into Iska's arms. The two were immediately drawn by each other's eyes, but Alice immediately retreated with Rin after regaining her composure.

However, this encounter would cause both Alice and Iska to be unable to sleep. In order to distract themselves, they go to the neutral city of Ain to watch an opera play, not knowing that the other would go to the same play as well. Alice cries uncontrollably from the play, so Iska gives her his handkerchief. After the play ends, and the lights were turned on, the two were surprised to see each other.

Alice decides to finish what they started the other day, but Rin holds her back and reminds her of the neutral city's laws, which prohibit any sort of conflict, so the two leave quietly.

However, they meet with Iska again when they visit a nearby restaurant. Rin accuses him of following them, but he clears the misunderstanding and they calm down. Since the restaurant was full, they decide to share tables with him. Alice and Iska then discover their mutual love for ben cotta pasta, putting them at odds with Rin since she prefers pasta al dente. That night, Rin tells Alice to keep their meeting with Iska secret, since he was still an Imperial soldier.

A few days later, Alice and Rin were summoned to the Revered Founder's resting place by the Queen. Mirabea tells them that the founder's bindings started to become undone ever since Alice's encounter with Iska, so she should refrain from going out into the battlefield until they learn more about the Imperial soldier.

When the investigation was over, Rin personally informed Alice that Iska was a Saint Disciple, the youngest one in fact, but he lost his position after freeing a "witch" out of prison. This revelation surprised Alice, as he tried to capture her when they met, prompting her to ask Rin to find out the identity of the witch he freed.

The next day, Rin took Alice to the neutral city, since Alice wanted to ask Iska about his contradictory actions. They meet with him and his captain inside the city, but move out to the outskirts to have a discussion. There Alice learns about his past and goals, and offers him the opportunity to serve under her, causing Rin to argue in protest. However, before he can give his answer, a crack in the sky appears, revealing the Founder Nebulis.

Because the founder wasn't fully awake yet, she attacked everyone indiscriminately. Nebulis then sees Alice with an Imperial soldier, so she launches a devastating attack towards her, causing Rin to protect Alice with her golem. As a result, Rin suffered from burns, so Iska suggested Alice to use her powers to cool her down and asks Mismis to carry her to the city for treatment. Alice and Iska then worked together to defeat Nebulis.

### Volume 2

While in Jurak, Alice visits a casino with Rin and wins the jackpot. She also visits a fortune teller, who tells her the person she's looking for is close, but was left disappointed when she didn't encounter Iska.

Back at home, Alice was surprised to hear about the possible discovery of a Vortex, and that the Zoas were withholding information about it. She pays them a visit, but the acting head of the Zoa, Lord Mask, just kept making excuses as to why they haven't informed anyone yet.

Since their visit was pointless, Alice and Rin examined the site themselves and confirmed the vortex's existence. The two were then discovered by Lord Mask, so they proposed to work with him since the Empire was also looking for it.

After Mismis was taken hostage to their base, Alice realizes that Iska must also be on the Mudor Canyon, so she heads out to the Imperial encampment with Rin, only to find it empty. However, the 8th Saint Disciple, Nameless, suddenly appears and attacks them. Realizing that Nameless wasn't an enemy to be underestimated, Alice unleashes her full power and forces him to retreat.

Alice then returns to the Nebulis base and sees Iska jumping into the vortex, so she jumps after him. She was able to prevent their fall before an explosion of astral light sends them back to the surface. After waking up, Alice doesn't see Iska anywhere.

### Volume 3

In order to see Iska again, Alice waited in the city of Ain for days. When he finally showed up, Rin gave him a spiked drink, hoping that he would realize and stop being friendly with them. But Iska unexpectedly drank it, so Alice and Rin took this opportunity to kidnap him and bring him to the Sovereignty.

The two brought him to a hotel in Alcatroz, where Rin attempted to cripple him under the pretext that he fought back, but this failed since Alice returned to the room early. That night, they see an explosion in the distance.

Unbeknownst to them, an Imperial unit went looking for Iska in the Orelgan Prison Spire, resulting in the escape of Salinger the Transcendent. While Alice took command of the prison guards, Rin went searching for Salinger.

Alice later tries to join Rin, but was stopped by the appearance of Nameless. After dealing with the Imperial assassin, she was able to go to Rin's side and save her from Salinger's lightning attack. In the end, Iska defeats Salinger, keeping his promise with Alice.

### Volume 4

While walking to her room, Alice runs into Sisbell, her younger sister. But because Sisbell has been very distant recently, they don't talk much. The Queen later pays Alice and Rin a visit, informing them that Salinger has escaped again and that they needed to stay vigilant. Mirabea also asks them to accompany her to inspect Sisbell's room, as she has been acting strange lately.

Once inside Sisbell's room, Alice finds a newspaper about Iska, becoming worried that her little sister found out about her relationship with Iska. With the Queen's permission, Alice heads to Alsamira to meet with Sisbell in person.

However, she finds traces of what seems to be an Imperial weapon heading to there, so she hurries up. After arriving at the independent nation, Alice encounters Sisbell's attendant instead, who has lost track of her.

Alice eventually finds her little sister when she was captured by an astral spirit, and works together with Iska to free her.

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### Volume 5

In the Hotel Milfey, Alice tried to speak out to Sisbell only to learn that Iska freed her one year ago.

Later on, the queen secretly sent Rin and Alice to protect Sisbell from the people that were after her, since only Sisbell's astral power could reveal who the traitor was. After arriving at the eighth state of Liesbaden, the girls stumble upon Sisbell on a "date" with Iska. This causes Alice to seethe with jealousy, with Rin restraining her to prevent her from going out of control.

When Rin brought Iska to her, Alice attempted to do the same thing with Iska as he did with Sisbell.

### Volume 6

Upon hearing that Elletear coerced Sisbell and Unit 907 into going to the Lou family's villa, but mainly because that's where she kept her most embarrassing lingerie, Alice accepts the mission from the Queen to bring the eldest princess back. She makes it in time, and surprises both Sisbell and Iska inspecting her underwear, so she makes them keep quiet about it.

That night, Alice and Sisbell stop Elletear from sleeping with Iska alone, and settle on sleeping together because the bed was big enough for the four of them. The sisters then decide who would sleep next to Iska by drawing straws, which ends with Alice's victory. After her sisters fell asleep, Alice wrestles Iska in order to pull down his pajamas to get even for seeing her panties earlier.

Days later, after Elletear returned to the palace, Alice gets a call from the Queen telling her that the Imperial army is currently attacking the palace, so she hurries back. Before leaving, she asks Iska to stay at the mansion, to show he wasn't part of the attack.

### Volume 7

Alice arrives at the palace and sees Johaim cutting down Elletear, which also causes their mother to faint. Enraged, she tries to attack the Saint Disciple, but stops when he uses her sister's body as a shield, giving him the chance to escape. Alice eventually loses track of him after chasing a decoy car, which then explodes towards her. Seeing her driver getting hurt protecting her just fuels her anger towards the Empire even more, but suddenly she finds Iska on the road.

She breaks down into tears due to the slight possibility that he was with them, especially after she asked him to not leave the mansion. She doesn't want things to end with Iska, but as a princess of the Sovereignty, she has no choice but to destroy him. Even though Iska has a valid reason, she doesn't believe him, or more like she can't. Alice then attacks him with everything she has, even using her astral spirit itself to fire a ray of astral energy. However, she can't hit him because her vision is blurry, her eyes are red and full of tears.

Iska stops dodging and puts away his swords, asking Alice to stop as well. He explains that Elletear and the Hydra were the traitors, but she can't trust an Imperial soldier. She really wants to believe him, but there's nothing to prove it other than his word. Alice then notices a faint light around Iska's wrist, which turns out to be the astral power from one of the villa's maid. It's a recorded message that only opens when in contact with the Lou family, informing them that the Hydra attacked the villa and that actual Imperial soldiers saved them.

Feeling guilty, Alice starts crying again and apologizes to Iska. But he simply asks Alice to stand up, as she had another thing to do before apologizing. He's going after Sisbell, and whether or not Alice follows him, it's up to her. Alice then jokingly says that Imperial subjects are truly barbaric, a girl is crying in front of him, but he doesn't offer her kind words or a helping hand. However, she thanks him and wraps her hands around his body, saying "I'm glad I fell for you."
Alice then realizes what she said and quickly corrects herself, saying that she's glad things fell in place so they can be rivals.

### Volume 9

After Sisbell was kidnapped by the members of Hydra Family, Alice sent Rin to rescue her sister.

### Volume 10

When Nebulis woke up once again, Alice did her best to hold off from exiting the underground cavern. But despite her best efforts, Alice was defeated and fell unconscious, unable to prevent the founder from going to the Empire and possibly destroying everything, including Sisbell and the innocent people there.

### Volume 11

Alice regains consciousness and heads toward the Empire to stop Nebulis and protect Sisbell.

### Volume 12

Alice arrives at the Empire and finds Elletear, who is revealed to be alive and her identity as the traitor who plotted against the Sovereignty, and she torments Alice with the revelation. She is about to fight her sister, when suddenly Elletear asks her where is her *knight*, as princesses are fragile beings who should have someone fighting alongside them. Elletear's knight, Johaim, then appears and blindsides Alice.

When the Emperor teleports his group to where Elletear is, Alice reunites with Iska, Rin, and Sisbell. Because Elletear ends up teleporting away along with Johaim, the group ends up fighting her minions instead and defeating them. As the three girls prepare to return to the Sovereignty, the Emperor offers Alice the option to stay in the Empire and fight Elletear together; or she can return to the Sovereignty and hope for the best. Sisbell quickly accepts to stay at the Empire, causing Alice and, by extension, Rin to follow as well.

### Volume 13

A couple of days later, Alice spends some time with Iska and asks him to cook for her. She later attempts to improve her cooking for Iska, but Kissing ends up stealing her omelet and spits it out for being gross. When the Emperor wakes up, he informs the group about the Catalysc Contamination Zone and they head there to stop the Calamity. Because Catalysc Zone is full of barren swamps that are hard to navigate through, Iska carries Kissing on his back, but Alice shows her annoyance towards Kissing for not getting off Iska's back even after reaching a safe place.

At the oasis, they meet with the enigmatic *People of the Stars* for the first time and learn that the astral spirits dwell on the surface because they are afraid of the Calamity. The spirits would rather return to the planet's core and leave the humans if the Calamity was gone. Alice ponders about the Sovereignty's future and is troubled by it. If they let the Calamity be, it will eventually corrupt and mutate everything. But if they destroy the Calamity, a decision that she took on her own will affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of astral mages and cause them to lose their powers. She asks for Iska's thoughts, but he's not sure either. Alice then asks him if he will still be interested in her after everything is over, and he reassures her that she will still be Alice to him no matter what, even if she loses her power or status.

However, they are soon attacked by corrupted astral spirits sent by Elletear, causing everyone to split into two groups. Alice, Sisbell, and Rin then work together to defeat their opponent and regroup with the rest.