Mystery: Lucky One

In Alice's understanding, this should not be something that needs to be hidden, but Bernadette seemed to find it difficult to talk about it. She only answered with one sentence:

"I am the 'Queen of Mystery'."

This was a name that was familiar to Alice. This name alone was enough for Alice to understand the relationship between Bernadette and Cattleya, as well as the reason why Bernadette gave this answer - after all, no one likes to tell others about their not-so-good memories.

Of course, this is usually the case.

Alice actually wanted to try to see if Bernadette would tell her if she showed interest in the story, but Alice finally gave up and asked Bernadette a question:
"Do you know... in the dream here, there is... there is a very strange thing.

"It will inexplicably choose someone, and then that person will go crazy and look for the key to unlock all the treasures..."

Bernadette showed a look of visible doubt.

"It seems you haven't heard of it either." Alice looked away disappointedly and looked around for the exit of the library.

Alice's behavior showed that she was gradually losing patience, which made Bernadette anxious. She realized that if she didn't come up with something that could impress Alice, this meeting would end in vain.

What should I do... Bernadette thought anxiously, her brows furrowed involuntarily. Her eyes swept across the bookshelf beside Alice, and finally fell on the card of blasphemy that only had the front of the card in Alice's hand.

I have missed the best time to trade with Him... I can't come up with something that can move an angel of "fate"...

No, actually I took it out, but He didn’t want to trade with me, He refused. He said that some people would be willing to trade with Him, and even give things to Him… give things to Him?
Bernadette suddenly realized something. She looked at Alice, or more precisely, at the card in Alice's hand, and said to her:
"If you like this, I'll give it to you when I get back.

"Of course, this requires you to provide me with a method to give it to you first..."

Alice looked at her with a probing look, touched her chin and asked, "Didn't Cattleya tell you this?"

Bernadette stood there awkwardly. Seeing that she didn't say anything, Alice became more aggressive:
"You're not going to use this as a bargaining chip? Then what are you going to do?"

"As you said, I have missed the best time to trade with you." Bernadette lowered her head and showed humility in front of Alice.

What does this mean... is she trying to please me again? No, it should be "please", she is trying to please me, but...

Alice looked at Bernadette, who was actually taller than her and was assuming a humble attitude, and felt a little pain.

Well, on the bright side, she is at least not as tall as Leo Master... Thinking of that embarrassing scene, Alice closed her eyes and immediately decided to stop Bernadette from continuing:
"I can't make a decision on this matter by myself. It's no use just asking me!"

Bernadette was slightly startled.

“No one would trust a child to make decisions, ma’am.” Gehrman Sparrow finished his first and last speech in this meeting, and walked from behind Bernadette to Alice, who had long wanted to leave.

"Want to go?" he asked Alice.

Alice blinked, turned her head and smiled at Klein, then said to him in an unprecedentedly gentle tone:

"How can you even think of leaving? Learning in a dream is such a precious opportunity, you should cherish it!" "Look, it's such a big library with so many books, you should stay here until you finish reading all the books!"

“However, considering that you have other things to do, this is a little unrealistic, but you can stay until you leave the Sea of ​​Ruins!
"Why don't you go and ask the owner of this library to let you stay here and study forever?"

Alice and Klein, who was gradually showing an expression of disbelief, stared at each other for more than ten seconds. Klein seemed to have accepted her suggestion and turned to Bernadette and asked:
"Madam, what is the price I need to pay so that I can continue to study here?"

Bernadette looked at Alice, then at Klein, and the expression on her face gradually became confused.

Should she be involved in this kind of thing?

Recalling Cattleya's measures she had seen on the ship, Bernadette finally made a decision:

“No, you don’t need to.

"You can stay here as long as you want."

Alice showed a smug smile, patted Klein on the shoulder, and said to him earnestly:
"Even after you graduate from college, you must not forget to study hard. You must work hard and become a cultured and well-educated adventurer!"

As Klein stared blankly, a beam of dazzling light illuminated the entire library. Noon arrived as scheduled, and they woke up from their dreams.

The first thing Alice did was to get on deck, for she remembered that they had been near the mermaid before she went to sleep, and she did not want to miss her appearance.

After nearly an hour, a thin, ethereal singing voice came from afar with the waves. Alice closed her eyes and listened carefully.

The scene in front appeared in front of her eyes accompanied by singing. Alice saw a reef and a graceful figure sitting on the reef and singing.

They have human bodies and fish tails like in fairy tales, scales covering their chests, and beautiful faces, not as ugly as some legends say.

Fortunately, it’s a fairy-tale version of a mermaid, not the ugly and scary kind, nor the one with a fish head and human legs… Should we also rule out left and right?

Seeing her thoughts running wild again, Alice forcibly pulled her attention back, opened her eyes and said to Klein:

"You can adjust your status and prepare for promotion."

With Alice's words as a guarantee, Klein gave up his plan to return to the gray fog to do divination. He said to Cattleya:

"I need a boat."

"It's ready." Cattleya pointed to the side of the ship without any hesitation.

Seeing this, Klein turned his head and reminded Alice, who seemed to be eager to jump down and catch a mermaid:
"If you want to get up close to mermaids, the Church of Night has captive mermaids."

Alice stopped hesitantly, and only murmured after Klein left the Future:
"Since the church has it, why should he look for it himself..." (End of this chapter)