Mystery: Lucky One

Chapter 439 Chapter 17 Interpersonal Communication Experience
Alice fell on the sofa and looked at the ceiling with dull eyes, like a salted fish that had lost its dreams.

...How on earth did they come to the conclusion that I ran away to avoid paying the rent?!

Let me know who came up with this idea and I’ll…wait, this can’t be the goddess’ decision, right?
By the way, I wanted to ask the goddess if she was willing to be my "mother", but I didn't have time...

She emptied her mind in random thoughts and breathed slowly on the sofa.

She had just fallen asleep when she was awakened by a crimson light. In the gray mist, she heard Klein's voice:

"Alice? I forgot to ask you just now, are you free now?"

Klein is looking for me? What's the matter... Alice blinked in confusion. Out of trust in the Church of Evernight, she came above the gray fog.

"What's wrong?" she asked puzzledly.

"Hmm..." Klein looked at her carefully, "Where are you now?"

"Backlund," she tilted her head, "I'm at the police station... I'm waiting for the Nighthawks to take me into custody."

"?" Klein looked at her in surprise, his eyes asking what trouble she had gotten herself into again.

"It's not me this time... uh," Alice pinched her brows and frowned, skipping over the things related to "Cassandra" and Selwyn Muggeridge, Ella Sylvan, which was no longer meaningful, and went straight to the point, "They think I ran away to avoid paying the rent, and the church also agrees with this possibility!"

“…?” Klein looked at her in surprise. “Why does the church think so too?”

"Is this my fault?" Alice slapped the table with her hand. "Who knows what the Nighthawks' internal files say about me?"

Klein looked at Alice with pity and gave her an idea: "I remember you said before that you wanted to return to the church..."

"Uh," Alice paused, "But, but you should know that I just said it casually at the time... It's actually very embarrassing for me to go back in my current situation, right?"

Klein shook his head and said to her, "I mean, why don't you go back and take a look at your own file?"

He paused, looked at Alice again, and asked thoughtfully:

"How should you go back in your current situation?"

Alice lowered her head in thought.

Although she claimed that Hei Ye was her favored one, these words were ultimately more of a joke - after all, how could it be possible for her favored one to become a god while she herself did not?

Actually, if I really want to talk about the current relationship between the goddess and me, if the goddess is willing, I can be considered as the goddess's favorite. If the goddess is not so willing, I can be considered as repaying a favor...

So, although the goddess usually doesn’t say anything and even indulges me, she actually doesn’t really want to pay attention to me… If I ask the goddess to be my “mother”, will she think I’m asking for something in return…

Alice lowered her head and pondered for more than ten seconds, then raised her head and asked Klein, "Do you have any experience in socializing between True Gods?"

Klein the Fool Moretti looked at Alice in silence for more than ten seconds, then replied calmly:
"have.

"I once spied on the Eternal Blazing Sun and the True Creator as the Fool, and repeatedly sabotaged the True Creator's plans, which eventually led to the True Creator's pursuit."

...You really know how to talk.

Alice stared at Klein in astonishment. After a long while, she swallowed and answered cautiously:
“I don’t think this is the kind of experience I want.

"I have had this experience myself. For example, I once called myself Ouroboros, the angel of destiny under the watchful eye of the True Creator."

Klein the Fool Moretti raised his head and glanced at his angel of destiny. After two seconds of silence, he replied:
"Actually, I don't mind exchanging with Him."

Alice's eyes widened.

"I have something to talk to you about," Klein quickly said to divert her attention. "I might be in danger next. A deadly danger from the Rose School..."

This name was not unfamiliar to both of them. Alice had seen Cynthia being used by the "Rose School" before, and she also knew the existence of the "Mother Tree of Desire" behind it. In fact, she might know more than Klein - such as the Pillars, the Old Ones, and the Source.

She turned her head and looked at Klein. As revenge for Klein's behavior, Alice raised her eyes and asked:
"Why, you are unwilling to give up the failure of your pursuit of the Mother Tree of Desire, and from now on you are running away from her, and you..."

Her voice gradually faded under Klein's expressionless gaze, and finally turned into a calm explanation:

“But I’m in the police station now.

"I don't want to be arrested for not paying rent and then arrested for escaping prison..."

The corner of Klein's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but frowned and asked:

"But, in that case, can't you just pay the rent and leave?"

Alice looked up at the pile of junk beside her before answering:

"I want to know which night watchman confirmed the police's speculation - I won't let this person go."

After Klein mourned for two seconds for the Nighthawk he had never met, he shook his head and said:

"In fact, I have already called Renette Tinicole. Besides, if you don't follow me, you probably won't be able to come here earlier. After all, you don't have your own Poké Ball like Renette Tinicole."

Having said that, Klein glanced at Alice, who was trying not to laugh, and then continued:

"But if you follow me, I'm afraid that the people from the Rose School won't come, or the Mother Tree of Desire will deal with you as well... Mainly for the latter reason."

This is indeed a serious reason, and Alice can't come up with a good idea, because the influence of the "Mother Tree of Desire" is still troublesome for her at this stage, and she doesn't want to face the "Mother Tree of Desire".

Alice stroked her chin and said thoughtfully:
"No, actually I don't have to go there... You haven't used the seven doom spells I left behind, right?"

The essence of a spell is to pray to the provider of power. Alice is actually able to sense that the spell she made with her own power is being used.

She had always known that Klein had never used the seven "doom charms," ​​but this kind of thing... the materials were provided by Cattleya, and her strength would return after a rest, so she didn't mind giving it to Klein.

However, Klein should still give her some of the money he got from this incident.

Or compensate her in other ways...

Alice blinked, and after Klein nodded, she continued:

"You can use those seven 'Doom Charms' so that I can sense them, and then I can pay attention to the battlefield and assist you remotely.

"By the way... did you give that spell a name? Did you call it the 'Doom Spell'?"

Klein glanced at Alice and shook his head.
"Do not.

"I usually call them by the opening spell you set."

Opening spell? What was the opening spell I set at that time?

Alice frowned slightly, and after thinking hard, she remembered the answer and read out a phrase in ancient Hermetic language:
"Let good luck come here..."

After a pause, she switched to Chinese again: "Good luck?" I guessed her meaning right... Klein's mouth twitched for a moment, remembering how he felt when he first heard this spell, and shook his head.

"In a way, you're actually pretty good at naming.

"This name not only fits the purpose of the spell, but also has a deeper meaning and is related to another language...

"I can't come up with a name of this level anyway."

Alice was silent for two seconds. Her limited emotional intelligence came into play at this moment. She asked hesitantly:

"Are you praising me or scolding me?"

"They should all be there," Klein commented objectively. "Have you heard a joke?"

Alice looked at him curiously.

Klein glanced at her and told her a joke expressionlessly:

"There were three foreigners learning Chinese. After they had learned almost everything, the teacher gave them a question to test them."

"What's the problem?" Alice blinked.

"Give me a four-character idiom that expresses happiness." Klein asked the question expressionlessly.

"This isn't difficult, is it?" Alice stroked her chin. "What's wrong with this?"

Klein glanced at her and continued with an expressionless face:
"Yes, so the three students gave their answers in turn. The first student answered with a smile on his face, the second student answered with a grin on his face, and the third student..."

Having said this, Klein paused and looked at Alice.

“Hmm…” Alice looked at Klein, who didn’t continue speaking, in confusion. After hesitating for a moment, she tried to be a qualified supporting actor. “It’s actually quite normal to smile happily, right? Smiling happily is a little… a little strange, but it’s okay. At least it’s not funny enough. Hmm… So the problem lies with the third student? What did he answer?”

Klein glanced at her and continued to answer expressionlessly:

"Smile in your grave."

This……

Alice opened her mouth in shock. She looked at Klein, who had a blank expression and a calm voice throughout the whole process. After holding her breath for a long time, she gave a comment:
"As expected of a 'clown', this isn't even a smile."

"No," Klein glanced at Alice, "because I don't think it's as funny as you. Although Chinese is your native language, you seem to be the kind of person who would use "smiling in the grave" to describe others as happy."

Alice had nothing to say. After being silent for more than ten seconds, she asked Klein:

"Do you need me to wish you a happy afterlife?"

“No, that’s not necessary.” Klein rejected her proposal without hesitation.

After they were silent for a few seconds, Alice slapped her head and said to Klein:

"By the way, I may need to ask you for some money later - the money I deposited with you, you should be fine."

"You'd better ask me in advance," Klein reminded him tactfully, "After all, I'm likely being hunted."

"Oh yeah, 'Rose School' and 'Mother Tree of Desire'..." Alice was in a daze for a moment, "This plot is missing something, what about the plot of unexpected pregnancy and running away with the baby? You can't just fall in love with each other after a one-night stand... No, you didn't even have a one-night stand, and He wants to have a baby with you right away."

Klein looked at Alice, pinched his brows with a slight headache, and sighed:
"Your former teacher must have had a headache with you... Never mind, do you have anything else to do?"

Alice shook her head.

So Klein took the initiative to end the meeting. Alice fell out of the gray fog and woke up in the real world again.

Their conversation ended too quickly, and the people from the Church of Evernight had not arrived yet. Alice thought about it and lay down again.

This time she slept for a while, and when she woke up again, she was not in the real world, but in a dream. The surrounding scenes disappeared quickly under her drive and turned into a hazy white mist. In the mist, Alice saw Archbishop Anthony wearing black and red bishop's robes.

"Alice?" he called her.

"Archbishop!" Alice was startled and struggled to wake up from her dream.

"No, no need," Archbishop Anthony said gently, "I know everything. If you come to St. Samuel's Church... no one will stop you."

Alice nodded, and then took the opportunity to ask:

"Do you know who confirmed that I might really be running away because I didn't want to pay the rent?"

Archbishop Anthony looked at her, and after two seconds of silence, he replied calmly:

"……it's me."

Alice lowered her head and fell into deep thought.

"I'm sorry," Archbishop Anthony apologized quickly, "Although no matter how you look at it, this is an impossible thing, but... uh, you..."

He tried to organize his words, but Alice didn't give him a chance. She bit her lower lip with her upper teeth and asked with accusatory eyes:

"Is this how I look to you?"

"…I'm sorry," Archbishop Anthony continued to organize his words, "I really thought you…after all, fate is always unpredictable."

He paused, sighed and said:

"Please come to the church, Miss Destiny, who has become very famous recently in the Five Seas."

As soon as he finished speaking, Alice felt him withdrawing from her dream, so she struggled to wake up from her dream and walked out of the reception room.

After realizing they can't hold her captive, the three cops seem to give up - Alice opens the door to find them "fighting evil" again.

Emperor Roselle, you have done so much harm to others.

Alice shook her head and decided to go over and say hello. She approached the three people who were playing cards and waved her hand.

"I'm leaving?"

The three people who were concentrating on playing cards only noticed her then. They were not at all vigilant. After listening to her words, they casually waved their hands to indicate that they understood, and then shifted their attention to the card game in front of them.

...So irresponsible?

Alice was once again shocked at the extent to which the police in the other world were not doing their job.

She suddenly understood why she was easily considered to have run away because she didn't want to pay the rent, and why no one looked for her - probably because the landlord didn't offer a reward.

(End of this chapter)