Mystery: Lucky One

After Alice's emotion, Klein finally just patted Alice's back twice to comfort her. After a moment of silence, he tentatively said:

"If you are really curious, after coming to Bayam, you can probably dress up as a man and go inside the 'Red Theater'?"

Alice shook her body and suddenly came out of her previous emotions. She raised her head and firmly refused: "No, thank you!"

After adjusting her expression, Alice continued:

"It sounds so strange... I'm just curious about what it looks like inside. Why can't you go in and have a look around and tell me?"

Klein imagined the scene where he and Alice were telling Alice about their feelings after visiting a brothel, and felt a chill in his heart. He quickly shook off that thought and said decisively:
"impossible.

"But I can help you find a pirate who has been in there."

"Okay." Alice nodded.

So the matter was settled, and after handling the remaining matters, Klein returned to the real world.

Daniz's snoring seemed to have become quieter... Is he awake? Klein thought for a moment and turned the bedroom door handle.

Danitz happened to sit up from the bed. When he saw Gehrman Sparrow who opened the door, he tried hard to hide the smile that flowed from the corner of his mouth. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the crazy adventurer ask:

"Have you been to the 'Red Theater'?"

……

After being impressed by Russell's funny talent again, Alice sent the compiled manuscript to the publishing house.

For now, Alice's financial situation is in a rather embarrassing position - maintaining a normal life is not a problem at all, and she can even live well, but she wants to be an extraordinary person...

It’s so funny that I can’t even afford the materials.

However, many high-sequence things that can be used cannot be bought with money... Alice kicked the stones on the roadside and walked home carelessly.

After returning home, Alice copied five copies of "The Witch Tastes So Good" according to the original plan, and took the 10-pound note to the Brave Bar.

"Is the 'old man' here?" Alice walked to the bar and asked the familiar bartender.

The bartender replied without looking up: "Pool room three."

Alice found the billiards room No. 3 with familiarity. As soon as she entered, she noticed something was wrong - although this group of people was in the billiards room, not only were they not playing, there were no cues or balls in the billiards room.

Alice skipped the knocking step, opened the half-open door in confusion, walked into the billiard room and said, "I'm looking for the 'old man'."

So the two unrelated people left voluntarily, and only Ian, who was wearing a fake beard and an old coat to pretend to be mature, remained where he was.

Ian stood up nervously as soon as he saw Alice come in. After everyone else went out and closed the door, he asked cautiously: "What can I do for you?"

Alice walked over and pushed five pages of the diary and a 10-pound note in front of Ian.

Ian's body suddenly froze. He looked at the five pages of the diary and the 10-pound note, but did not dare to reach out for it. Instead, he stiffly turned his head to look at Alice and asked nervously:
"How many more notes like this do you have?"

Alice looked at his expression and asked rather naughtily: "Do you need more?"

These words startled Ian, and he hurriedly replied: "I will help you sell it!"

Then, he took another look at Alice's expression and asked cautiously: "Has anyone been looking for you recently?"

Alice frowned at him. "Yes, there are people like you who come to ask me where the diary comes from..."

Obviously, he betrayed Alice.

This is a natural answer. He can agree to sell the diary on his behalf because of his own coercion, and of course he can also betray the seller because of other people's coercion.

But the question is...who would be interested in the seller of Roselle's diary?
You know, this thing is not a rare thing in the mysterious world. The leakage and purchase of a large number of diaries may indeed attract attention, but... five pages won't reach this point, right?

Alice frowned, glanced at the nervous Ian, and did not say anything to comfort him. Instead, she glanced at him lightly and said with neither happiness nor anger:

"Tell me about the situation at that time."

Sure enough, Alice's new strategy worked. Ian seemed to be far more intimidated in this state than when he was threatened. He responded nervously:
"When, at that time, someone bought those five pages of notes..."

"Wait a minute," Alice interrupted Ian with a frown, "one person bought five pages?"

"Yes..." Ian nodded nervously.

Alice was silent for a moment and asked with complicated emotions: "...and then he came back to you again?"

Ian nodded.

Alice put her hand on her forehead, thought for a moment, then put it down, and asked rather speechlessly: "Don't you know that those five pages of notes are exactly the same?"

"I, I didn't pay attention." Ian replied nervously. Apparently, he also figured out the reason why the man came back.

...who bought five identical pages of a diary and wouldn’t come back to read it!
Alice was silent for a moment, then gently reminded: "Don't sell to the same person next time, okay?"

Ian nodded hurriedly and breathed a sigh of relief - this meant that he should be fine today.

"But," Alice glanced at the billiard room thoughtfully, then looked at Ian who was nervous again and asked, "Why do you want to play cards in the billiard room?"

After Ian was silent for a moment, he looked at Alice and replied: "Because I don't like playing pool, I prefer playing cards."

"Oh." Alice, who had satisfied her curiosity, nodded thoughtfully and turned to leave.

Just when Alice's hand was about to rest on the doorknob, she suddenly reacted, turned her head and asked doubtfully:
"That's not right. If that's the case, then why don't you go to the chess and card room to play cards?"

Ian was silent again, and after a while he answered:

"have no idea.

"Maybe playing cards in the billiards room feels more special."

It seemed to make sense... Alice thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense, so she naturally left, leaving a relieved Ian.

"However, we still can't sell too many..." Alice murmured to herself as she walked, "Otherwise, if Klein finds out one day that I copied the Roselle diary that was sent..."

Alice imagined the scene for a moment, twitched the corners of her mouth, and walked away quickly.

After taking a look at the sky, Alice whispered:
"Let's have a meal first, Bayam...well, there's still time anyway, let's talk about it tomorrow, right?
"Well, what should I eat tonight..."

Alice frowned in distress and began to think about the biggest problem for her. (End of chapter)