Mystery: Lucky One

This sound successfully attracted the attention of many people. Although they were escaping from the attack range of the wolffish can, many people still took a curious look.

It was so strange. Alice obediently put down the can of wolffish and ran back silently.

The shouting forced Klein to take a breath of fresh air. He could no longer control the urge to retch. Alice stared at him and thought for two seconds. She was able to hold her breath for a long time and finally realized that restarting would have little effect here. She grabbed Klein and appeared at the outermost layer of the encirclement, then ran with Klein in her arms.

“…In that case,” Klein couldn’t help but ask as he ran, “Why don’t you just run farther away with me?”

"But we are number one now!" Alice replied.

The farce came to an end a minute later. In a hidden corner, Alice handed a glass of lemonade to Klein, who had just finished retching.

Klein hesitantly took the lemonade from Alice and looked up at him in confusion. Alice blinked and replied:
"It might make you feel better."

He stared at Alice and thought for two seconds before answering very politely:
"Thank you."

Alice had a look of hurt feelings.

Klein ignored Alice's pretense and walked out with his suitcase. Alice, who did not get any cooperation, followed him silently.

For Klein and Alice, who were born in Loen, Nas can be considered a foreign country.

Although it is not too far to the north, the temperature in Nas is not that high. In April, the temperature in Nas is still only a few degrees Celsius. Alice, who is still wearing a skirt, feels the temperature around her, thinks for a moment, and transforms into thick clothes that are more suitable for this season.

She’s not actually afraid of the cold, but playing a human has been very immersive.

The most famous buildings here are the various whaling houses. In the Gargas Islands, cooking beluga whales has formed a unique culture. Alice has heard of many well-known restaurants in the outside world.

Her eyes kept wandering around these restaurants until she saw a group of people holding banners and parading through the streets.

They had blond hair and were tall, holding up banners with words Alice didn't recognize.

"What's that?" Alice asked her interpreter, the crazy adventurer Mr. Gehrman Sparrow.

"We are against the indiscriminate hunting of beluga whales. We need sustainable development," Klein whispered.

...What an advanced concept.

The corner of Alice's mouth twitched, and she realized that this was probably another trick of Emperor Roselle.

Klein continued to translate the banner behind for her:

“Hunting whales for survival, not pleasure.

“Human beings are no more noble than white whales.

"The greedy demon leaves Nas."

When Alice heard the last sentence, she couldn't help licking her lips and turned her head to look at the restaurant not far away.

Indiscriminate hunting and killing is indeed a very bad behavior, but...but...I really want to try it...

Alice's tears of sympathy flowed from her mouth.

At this time, policemen in gray uniforms holding shields, forks and sticks blocked the progress of the parade.

After a brief argument, the situation quickly turned violent.

Before they opened the wolffish can, Klein put up the air straw and dragged away Alice, who wanted to stay and watch the fun.

"Don't even think about picking up a can of wolffish!" he warned.

Alice lowered her head silently. They walked casually into a roadside hotel. When the front desk asked how many rooms they needed, Klein glanced at Alice, asking with his eyes if she needed any.

Alice blinked and turned to the front desk and said, "Two rooms, thank you."

The receptionist immediately gave Gehrman Sparrow an "I understand" expression, and then said to Alice:

"I'm so sorry, miss, there's only one room left."

Crane used the Joker's extraordinary ability to control his facial expressions in time.

Alice frowned when she heard this. She looked up and down at the front desk and asked in confusion:
"In that case, why are you asking how many rooms we need?"

The front desk began to organize the language.

Alice kicked the counter, and after shaking the things on it twice, she asked in dissatisfaction:
"Do I look easy to fool?"

A drop of cold sweat slid from the receptionist's face onto the registration book, but the receptionist said nothing, only smiled awkwardly and responded:
"Sorry, miss, I misread. There are two rooms left."

Alice wanted to say something, but Klein patted her on the shoulder. Alice gave up the idea and raised her chin.
"Move quickly."

The front desk quickly completed the registration and handed over two keys. Alice snatched the key and was about to go upstairs when someone else walked into the hotel.

"Stay in a hotel." said the visitor.

Alice cast a dangerous look at the receptionist, who wiped the sweat from her forehead weakly before answering:
"Sorry, we're full."

Klein silently reached out and pulled Alice away.

After packing up his things, the first thing Klein did was not to contact Admiral of the Stars Cattleya, but to comfort Alice with delicious food.

Raw beluga slices, fried whale steaks, whale oil with skin on, grilled whale meat... After eating a big whale, Alice finally forgot about the unknown hotel front desk and the canned wolffish on the roadside.

The next morning, they came to Gray Amber Street and walked into a shop called "Fanatical Whale Dance".

This is exactly the contact point that Cattleya told me about.

After looking at the gray-haired boss who was a head taller than him, Klein turned his head and glanced at Alice, who was less than 1.7 meters tall, and felt a lot more comfortable.

——After all, Gehrman Sparrow is 1.8 meters tall!
Eh? What? Alice is a girl? And she's not even an adult? She's an angel! How dare she!

Klein tapped the counter with his fingers and said in Feysac:

"Buy whale oil."

The boss's face was covered with wrinkles, but he was only wearing a coat made of white whale skin. The light-colored pattern had a strange beauty.

"How much?" The boss was drinking strong liquor in big gulps and had no time to care about the messy placement of the goods.

"One and a quarter barrels," Crane replied.

The boss slowed down his drinking and put the brown-green bottle on the counter:
"Would you like to have a sip? The purest Nepos, the mistress of all Feysac men!"

Alice glanced at them both, hesitantly.

This is a distilled liquor that is a specialty of Feysac, made from potatoes or grains. It is famous for its high alcohol content and its irritation like a flame. Compared to Sonia Blood Wine, it is quite cheap and more popular among ordinary Feysac people.

"So your mistress is shared..." She finally couldn't help asking. (End of this chapter)