Mystery: Lucky One

When Klein finished reading "A Letter to Parents" and came to talk to Alice, Alice was holding a book called The Life and Lies of Russell Gustave, hesitating where to start.

“I didn’t cause any trouble!” Above the gray fog, Alice slammed the table and emphasized after learning the purpose of Klein’s visit.

“I know.” Klein stretched out his hand and pinched his brow.

Edwina told him exactly how Alice had behaved that day, and to be honest, it was not as bad as what he had experienced when he played Admiral Amyrius.

She has obviously restrained herself a lot.

I'm just not sure whether it will be temporarily restrained or can be maintained forever...

Thinking of this, Klein glanced at Alice and encouraged her, "You did a great job. Keep it up!"

He didn't even expect Alice to make any progress.

Although she didn't understand the meaning behind Klein's words, Alice still subconsciously frowned at his words: "Why do I always feel like you're coaxing a child..."

"...Aren't you?" Klein asked in confusion.

Alice was lost in thought.

If it was Edwina who was speaking, she would definitely emphasize that she had lived for thousands of years, but Klein... If Klein had existed from before the First Age to today, then he should be much older than her...

She stared at Klein and thought seriously for more than ten seconds before suddenly realizing:

"Immortal."

"?" Klein stared at her.

Alice blinked twice innocently and ran away quickly - although permission was required to enter Sefirah Castle, it was not necessary to escape.

When she returned to the real world, the first thing Alice saw was the book The Life and Lies of Russell Gustave.

She immediately remembered her previous plan, picked up the book, thought for a moment, and then opened her mouth towards the corner of the book.

……

Alice was awakened by a knock on the door. She pushed the door open sleepily and saw Edwina outside.

"Good morning..." She greeted him incoherently, and then fell on Edwina as if she had no bones.

Edwina subconsciously reached out to support her. Although she knew how unrealistic this question was, she couldn't help but hesitantly asked, "You...didn't sleep well?"

"No," Alice shook her head, "mostly I just didn't want to get up."

As she spoke, she shook her head twice, her eyes quickly cleared up, then she stood up straight and said seriously:

"As we all know, man is iron, food is steel, and bed is a magnet."

After a pause, she seemed to remember the meaning and added fiercely:
"Don't say I'm not a human!"

"...Okay." Edwina responded after a moment of silence.

Alice was delighted. She looked around and asked, "Shall we go have breakfast?"

"Yeah." Edwina nodded calmly.

"Great!" Alice cheered a little, then looked at Edwina with expectant eyes.

She soon came to the restaurant under the guidance of Edwina and enjoyed a hearty breakfast. After breakfast, for the crew of the "Golden Dream", it was the most difficult time of the day.

During this time, Edwina will check the crew's mastery of yesterday's knowledge, using methods including but not limited to asking questions, homework, and exams.

The pirate ship changed from a free ship into a prison on the sea. Alice secretly glanced at everyone's test papers and homework and found that the knowledge they learned was far more advanced than she thought.

It seems that Edwina is really serious about teaching the crew members about the mysticism.

Of course, the most important thing is that Alice discovered that these homework and test papers were not unified, which means that everyone’s learning progress was not exactly the same. Edwina was probably teaching in batches...

She is really good at being a teacher.

But this gave Alice an idea. For example, if everyone's progress was different, would it be possible for her to get the next exam paper and answers in advance?

Ah, come to think of it, can she divine the answer? Even if she does reverse divination, it probably won't be of any use to her...

Alice was lost in thought.

Before she could come up with a result, the morning study time was over. Because there was a bonfire party tonight, Edwina decided to let everyone take a day off.

After hearing the news, everyone except Danitz looked at Alice with a mixture of emotion and joy, as if she was the benefactor of the entire ship.

Only Danitz's indignant voice stood out: "Don't let her fool you all!"

The effect of these words was not strong. After all, up to now, Alice's image on the "Golden Dream" was still that of a little girl with a slightly eccentric personality. Although she seemed to like playing pranks, but... wasn't there Danitz?

Apart from Edwina and Danitz, no one had yet realized how human-like Alice was.

Even except Edwina, no one has discovered that Alice, who eats and sleeps on time, is actually an angel.

After discovering that Alice adapted well to this atmosphere and had no intention of speaking out, Edwina did not intend to tell anyone else about it.

There's no point in saying it anyway, it will only make everyone nervous.

Edwina shook her head and motioned Alice, who was watching the fun, to follow her.

Alice, who was thinking of a way to cheat, did not refute at all and followed Edwina's steps guiltily.

"Have you read the book I gave you yesterday? How do you feel about it?" Edwina asked as they walked.

Alice did not seem to feel guilty about this question. She nodded habitually, and then found that Edwina did not look back at her, so she cleared her throat and said:

“I saw it.

“I read the book The Life and Lies of Russell Gustave. The content is very interesting, but some things… some things are too subjective.

“It can’t be true, right? I feel like some of the content is deliberately smearing Russell. The author probably doesn’t have a very good impression of Russell… Well, actually, this can be seen from the name.

"Then, the book tastes a bit sour and damp, and it feels like it has been on the boat for a long time. It also feels soft. Don't you usually take it out to dry in the sun?"

Past experience helped Alice change some of her outspoken habits. She did not say that she could understand Russell's diary, nor did she add a defense like "that's not what he wrote in his diary."

But she overlooked another key point.

Edwina stopped at the end of her words, turned back hesitantly, and asked with hesitation and confusion in her voice:

"Taste? Flavor?" (End of this chapter)