It is Saturday morning, 5 days after her first meeting with Goshima Hijiri. She is currently stretching herself for a bit at one of the training ground. She decided to do some exercise today after quite some time without it. The fact that she was easily tired do bother her, that's why she decided to do some training. Not to mention, it should help convinced others that she's alright now.

Hotaru and Sophie are currently in their lab in the basement, creating an assistant robot to help to furnish the whole base. It should be completed soon.

While Yusaku is at the kitchen on the ground floor, in the middle of preparing some light snacks for them.

'Ok, done stretching... Now I should start with a simple barrier' and so she cast a simple barrier that reflects attacks. At the first sign of her using Alice, the AI programmed- courtesy to Hotaru, announced phase 1- and immediately shoot some lasers.

The barrier managed to deflect at least 80 continuous shots before it breaks.

Amy frowned. 'Why is it so much weaker than last month? Did I do something wrong?' she silently mulled over it before moving on to next phase of her training. Creating more barriers with different specifications.

That's how she spends her 2 hours in the training room that morning.

Much later after that, sometime around midday, she went up to the ground floor. A strong whiff of delicious cooking permeated through. She walked straight to the kitchen.

At the table, a few bento was spread out. Both Hotaru and Sophie already sat down on the table. Yusaku is in the middle of preparing drinks. She looked around for a bit when she felt a strong hug around her leg.

"Nee-chan!"

"Amy-nee"

It was Yoichi and Mirai. Both flashed out a bright smile to her. She pats both of them, outwardly all smile and calm, yet internally squealing.

'Why is my baby brother and sister are so cute~'-she thought.

They went to the table. Each seated with Yusaku brings over a jug of lemonade.

"What's for lunch?"

"Well, the kitchen prepared rice curry for today"

"Uuu! That sounds delicious!"

"Thanks as always for bringing it to us"

Yusaku nodded shyly. They all sat down and have lunch. Another peaceful day...

After lunch, Sophie heads towards Central Town to buy some 'supplies' together with Mirai who was excited to go there. Meanwhile, Yusaku is lounging around the guest's room, with Yoichi as he already falls asleep. Thankfully Persona did not look for him for quite a while now.

Amy had this little feeling that a certain feline had his hand on this somehow.

Amy decided to head out to Academy Central to visit Alice National Library to do some research. There's something bothering her, so she thought heading to the Library will be a good start.

That was when Hotaru stop her.

"Yes?" She look at Hotaru with questioning glance. Hotaru decides to cut straight to the point.

"I have something quick to talk about. It's about money"

Ahh, yes... Money- Amy just nodded thoughtfully. Seeing this, Hotaru added,

"We managed to survive so far as we have recycled many materials otherwise thrown away by the academy and the research center. But, soon we will need more than just that. And considering that..."

"I see. Well, we can generate more money during Alice Festival in 2 weeks' time."

"You want to have investor?"

"Investor? Well, something like that. What we need is a loyal customer. Buyers. Who do you think will visited the festival?"

"Company and especially those who knew about Alice."

"Correct. But that's not all. Foreign country will send their ambassadors, companies and conglomerates will gather too... There are also possibilities for military and many other things we have no knowledge of scooped in too."

'This is why ESP wanted to take control of Alice academy and secure his position. It's basically the center and source of power...' Amy silently added. Then she continued.

"We will target one from each group at least. But prioritize those from companies that focus on technology development and mass-produced commercial product..."

"I see... So do I need to create one for each category...?"

"Hmm, that will be good. But not necessarily. Do what you feel best, the things that you want to build which will demonstrate your Alice just enough to wow them. And when the times come, they will give you endless offers and contact cards. Just accept them without saying anything more. We will go through it and contact them later."

"I see. Alright then" Hotaru nodded and was about to turn around towards her workspace when Amy added,

"Because of that, we will stop with the home base development for now. Don't overworked and if there's anything, you can come and talk to me. Also, one more thing. If on the day itself, if you feel uncomfortable with those people, just teleport here. You don't need to accept it if you don't want, alright"

Hotaru just smile for a bit before return to her stoic face and walked away. Though, Amy did not notice it.

'Hmm, I hope she won't feel burdened by this'

Then, Amy walked out of the home base and head towards Alice National Library.