Mystery: Lucky One

“I see… I understand.” Derrick clenched his fist and then unclenched it, then stood up and thanked him.

After a pause, he couldn't help but ask Alice:
"Ms. Destiny, I heard that you came in through the projection of the Giant King's Court?"

Ah...Is Leo Master's story over?
Alice nodded.

After getting the affirmation, Derrick looked at Alice with eyes that suppressed excitement and expectation, and asked cautiously:
"Then... do you know how to leave the 'Forsaken Land'? Through the Giant King's Court?"

"I don't know," Alice shook her head, "but the key point should be the 'Giant King's Court'?"

She glanced at Derrick and sighed:

"After all, I can't ask... Hey, wait, I can't ask the True Creator, but I can ask Ouroboros! If that doesn't work, I can still... No, forget it, I don't dare to believe Amon even if he says so."

Audrey finally couldn't help it and looked at Alice with a strange look, then began to look at the expressions of others.

Mr. Hanged Man and Ms. Hermit also looked shocked... Well, it seems that this is not a problem caused by my lack of experience. It is indeed not something that a normal person would do to seek help from a being that is said to be immortal...

Feeling the gaze, Alice turned back to look at them in confusion.

……What's wrong?
Alice thought carefully about what she had just said, and when she came to her senses, she found that Alger and Cattleya had already turned their gazes away, and Audrey and Fors followed suit.

...?
Alice turned to Emlyn the Moon, who was still staring at her stupidly. After a few seconds, Emlyn also lowered his head.

Alice looked at Derrick with a threatening look.

You dare to try to learn from them!
Under Alice's coercion, Derrick nervously persuaded: "You, you don't have to take such a risk for me..."

……adventure?
Alice was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that the Tarot Club didn't know Ouroboros' attitude towards her. Of course, this might not be the normal way for a Sequence 1 to get along with her...

The normal way should be like the angel from the Zoroastrian family in Amon and Leonard, he chases and she runs away... Bah!

Alice reached out and slapped her head hard to wake herself up, then explained:

"No... One is that if I don't ask, I don't know how to get out. The other is that Ouroboros, He is a little... uh, He... um...

“I think His brain might be even more abnormal than mine.

"At least I look like a human being..."

Such self-aware remarks left even Klein speechless.

But there is also a loophole in this sentence. Even if Alice ran in by herself, could it be that... Mr. Fool doesn't know how to leave the "God-Forsaken Land"?

The truly smart people all chose to keep their questions to themselves. Only Emlyn the Moon was excited by the long-lost flash of inspiration:
"Why don't you ask Mr. Fool?"

Klein suddenly began to worry about how to cover up this matter.

Just as Klein was hesitating whether to admit that he didn't know, Alice touched her chin and said:

"Because I want to invite Ouroboros to join me in attending Will Auceptin's full moon party, hundred-day party, or something like that...

"I want to give Will Auceptin a gift that will leave a deep impression on him, but if I do this, he might come to trouble me in advance...

"But if it's a gift from Ouroboros, I won't have to worry!"

It is indeed a very clever method to divert the attention of one enemy to another enemy and let the two enemies fight each other...

If it wasn't Miss Fate who said this, but one of Miss Justice, Miss Magician, Mr. Moon, or Mr. Sun, this would be a big improvement, but Miss Fate...

Alger, the Hanged Man, took a closer look and thought that she just thought it was fun.

He thought about it, and then frankly asked Alice the question he wanted to know:

"Where is the projection of 'Giant King's Court'?"

Alice blinked, looked at the Hermit Cattleya and said:

"I went there on Ms. Hermit's boat..."

The others looked at Cattleya, and Cattleya answered calmly:

"In the easternmost part of the Sonia Sea, in dreams at night.

"I was just about to share with you some of the things I saw during my trip there."

The ones who were most looking forward to the story were probably "Justice" Audrey and "Magician" Fors. They all held their breath and looked at "Hermit" Cattleya expectantly.

Cattleya took a deep breath and began to narrate:

"To the northeast of the Gargas Islands, there is a safe passage that leads to that dangerous sea area..."

She started with the abyss crack that separated the sea water, describing the invisible sun chariot, the night that could only be avoided by sleeping, the terrifying whispers that filled the entire ocean, and the projection of the "Giant King's Court" opposite the mountain in the dream world.

She didn't mention any names, but only described some unusual things she encountered during the journey, which Alice found boring because she had experienced them all.

It was not until Cattleya talked about her experience on the return journey that Alice straightened her body a little - after all, she had only walked half of the way back.

Cattleya focused the return journey on the sea ruins with sleeping bodies and the adventurer's sailboat with the bloody words "Fountain of Youth" written on it. Alice listened very carefully because she was not there.

"This may mean that the 'Fountain of Youth' is within that ruin, and the corpse that can emit a huge gasp is the guardian." "Hermit" Cattleya said the general speculation on the "Future", but this is not the same as her judgment.

"Fountain of Youth"... the "Fountain of Youth" in the legend of the six great treasures of the sea... "The Hanged Man" Alger's heart beat fast when he heard it, and he couldn't help but consider the feasibility of exploring the ruins after reaching Sequence 5.

"Fountain of Youth"... Alice couldn't help licking her lips.

As one of the six most famous treasures in the sea, it is also full of temptation to Alice.

She is not interested in the treasure itself, but she is interested in the act of treasure hunting.

but……

Alice shook her head and asked with a frown:
“Generally speaking in stories, in situations like this, the message left by the deceased should be that there is danger ahead, not treasure, right?
"Although it may sound a bit arbitrary, this matter really does sound like a trap..."

Alger sobered up a little from his excitement and realized that he had lost his usual calmness.

Audrey's voice followed closely behind:
"I agree with what Miss Fate said. I also don't think the ultimate meaning of the bloody words is that the 'Fountain of Youth' is in that ruins.

"A person who is about to die after being attacked by a monster will not do anything to point out the treasure.

“If he wanted to warn his companions or relatives who came to look for him, he should have written that there was danger here or what the source of the danger was.

"If he was going to tell passing ships that there was a 'fountain of youth' here, then he lacked sufficient internal motivation to write something like that when he was dying." "Unless, there is a conspiracy hidden in it, a conspiracy to lure people to the ruins to find the 'fountain of youth', and the conspiracy will save him."

Good, what a great psychological analysis... Alice opened her mouth in surprise, realizing that Audrey had reached a height that she could not even reach.

"Yes, if it were me, I wouldn't desperately try to tell others that there is a treasure here before I die. What's the point of this to me?" Emlyn the Moon echoed, "Only hatred, only hatred engraved into my bones, can make me write something like this before I die. Otherwise, I would rather tell others how I should be buried and what burial objects I need!"

At the end, he sighed and shook his head.

That's right!

Alice nodded in agreement, then asked Emlyn the Moon:

"How should you be buried? What offerings would you like?"

Emlyn was speechless, not knowing what to say next. He responded dryly:

"I'm not planning on burying him yet, thank you."

At this time, Klein manipulated the "world" and made the same hoarse voice:
"The 'Fountain of Youth' is a hoax."

He used absolute affirmative sentences, without adding words like maybe, could, should, etc., as if he had set up this scam.

The "Fountain of Youth" is a hoax... Cattleya glanced at the "world" and then looked away thoughtfully.

This seemed to confirm some of her inner guesses and thoughts.

The Hanged Man Alger frowned upon hearing this. He had fully come to his senses and realized his mistake.

Even Miss Destiny wouldn't fall for this, but I was blinded by the huge benefits for a short time... Alger warned himself secretly.

Alice glanced at Cattleya, who had fallen completely silent, and realized that she had nothing to say. So she thought for a moment and told them the second half of the adventure:
“When you encounter night in that dangerous sea, you will see in your dreams a city frozen in the dusk and a black monastery.

"Each room in the Black Monastery represents a dream. It is very dangerous there, and it even contains dreams left behind by some gods, such as the real owner of this dream - the 'Ancient Sun God'.

"That place might be the dream left behind when He fell... or in other words, His remaining power belongs to the authority of 'Imagination'...

"Hmm? Wait, if that's the case, then there should be god's blood and god's...corpses in that sea?"

Alice paused and asked Cattleya:

"Ms. Hermit, as I recall, you need a drop of blood from a mythical creature?"

Cattleya felt a non-existent cold sweat dripping from her forehead. She nodded stiffly and said:
"Yes."

Alice put her hand to her chin and gave her a good idea:

"Then you can try to get the divine blood out of it!"

Even Emlyn the Moon thought this idea was too unreliable. He looked at Alice in disbelief and asked in surprise:

"What's the difference between that and seeking death?"

"Yes," Alice shook her head, "this is how you seek death."

She cleared her throat and demonstrated above the gray fog:
"Leodro, I want a recipe for the 'Ocean Singer' potion, can you give it to me?"

Alger quickly reached out and pressed down on the table, keeping himself in the chair.

Audrey and Fors were not much better off. Among those who had heard of the name Leodro, only "Sun" Derrick remained the calmest. Even "World" looked up at the dome, as if worried that a thunderbolt would suddenly strike.

The Hermit Cattleya sat where she was, realizing from the horrified attitudes of the others that this name was definitely not simple.

Emlyn the Moon looked at them suspiciously and asked in confusion:

"What's wrong with this name? Why do you all look like that?"

Beside him, Derrick weakly advised:
"Mr. Moon, this seems to be the real name of one of the seven gods on your side... It should be the Lord of Storms."

"?" Emlyn looked at Alice in confusion.

Cattleya turned her neck stiffly and looked at Alice.

"I'm just showing you what it means to seek death," Alice spread her hands. "But, actually, this isn't enough to seek death. Before, there was a guy on Ms. Hermit's ship... who asked me for flesh and blood for research."

The Hanged Man Alger, Justice Audrey, and others looked over in astonishment.

Cattleya paused for a moment, suddenly remembering this - there was no doubt that this was exactly what Frank Lee had asked for.

Alice didn't care at the time. Cattleya remembered that she planned to wait until she returned, but now...

Cattleya frowned and looked at Alice. Her expression was not angry, and she didn't seem to care much about the matter. She just happened to think of it, so she mentioned it.

"I praise your tolerance and kindness." Cattleya said.

Alice was silent for two seconds, then nodded and said, "You're welcome."

This was the umpteenth time she had heard similar praise.

...You guys are really good at talking.

Alice glanced at Cattleya with mixed feelings and changed the subject:
"In short, I don't think it's suicidal to fish out the body and blood of a fallen god.

"The real way to seek death is to ask a living god for something like this."

I always feel that Miss Fate has an inexplicable familiarity when she talks about this kind of thing. Could it be...

Cattleya subconsciously glanced at the head seat at the long bronze table. Mr. Fool was sitting in the gray fog, with no expression of joy or sadness.

The Tarot Club fell silent. Alice thought for a moment and continued what she had not finished saying:
"The city frozen in the dusk in the dream is the projection of the 'Giant King's Court'.

“Under normal circumstances, it cannot be approached, let alone reached.

"Take a boat to the deepest part of the ocean and recite a specific honorific name to open the entrance to the Giant King's Court.

"but……

"As long as you go out from the gate at the end of that road, you will be watched by the True Creator.

"It's no use if you don't open the door. I've tried." (End of this chapter)