Mystery: Lucky One

Thinking about the possible rumors and the consequences of being involved with Alice, Klein stopped decisively, turned his head to look at Alice, and reminded her:

"You hide for a while."

Alice realized the current situation belatedly, and she obediently disappeared from the spot.

So, Klein walked out the door and instructed Richardson, the personal servant standing outside:

"Bring me another serving of ice cream."

After a pause, he looked back at the empty ice cream cup on the table and continued:
“Remember to change the taste.”

As an experienced valet, Richardson did not ask any further questions, but responded humbly:
"Okay, sir."

As he said this, he entered the room through the space that Klein had made way for, took away the cup and spoon on the table, and glanced at the second extra chair and the clock in the room with a slightly puzzled look.

——It was obviously still a long time before 3:45.

But Richardson didn't ask anything. He just took the things and left. A few minutes later, he brought a new ice cream. Then he left the room, closed the door, and stood at the door as before.

It was not until this time that Alice reappeared. She murmured to Klein:

"Oh no, he seems to have discovered something is wrong..."

“I noticed that, too.” Klein replied calmly.

Alice was stunned for a moment, then she realized that Klein was not referring to the fact that he had discovered something wrong, but that he had discovered that Richardson had discovered something wrong.

She shook her head, then quickly became excited again and asked with great interest:
"Are you going to kill someone to silence him, Mr. Sparrow?"

Dawn Gehrman Klein Mingrui Zhou Moretti Sparrow Dantes glanced at Alice coldly and said in a cold and emotionless tone:

"Eat your ice cream."

Alice obediently lowered her head to eat her ice cream.

Klein stayed where he was and watched her eat the ice cream, not disturbing this rare warmth and tranquility until Alice quietly and quickly finished her ice cream. Just as he was about to speak, Alice disappeared from the spot, leaving behind only a cup full of ice cream.

——Everything returned to the way it was when the ice cream was first brought in, except that Alice was not here.

Klein stood where he was. He was no longer angry at Alice's behavior. He just felt speechless. He shook his head and, with the mentality that it shouldn't be wasted, he went over and picked up the cup of ice cream.

Klein slowly finished the entire cup of ice cream and put it back on the table. Then, the cup returned to his hand, and the ice cream he had eaten returned to the cup mouthful by mouthful. Everything returned to the way it was at the beginning.

"?" After standing there in a daze for a moment, Klein's speechlessness instantly turned into anger towards Alice. He shouted angrily, "Alice!"

"Hehehe~"

The cheerful laughter of a young girl rang in the air. Nothing seemed to have changed, but Klein instinctively sensed that something was different. He picked up the cup of ice cream for the second time.

This was confirmed when Klein put the ice cream back on the table for the second time. Looking at the empty cup that did not return to his hand, Klein shook his head and went out to let Richardson come in to clean up.

……

"Golden Dream", inside the captain's cabin.

Edwina exhaled and took down a sealed box from the altar.

It is impossible to judge the material of the box by its appearance alone. All you can see is that it is exquisitely made and has densely packed runes on it.

Recalling the knowledge she had just acquired, Edwina chanted a few spells and repeated a few actions. Then she successfully opened the box, revealing an exquisite feather pen.

The feathers on this quill pen are a beautiful crimson color, and it is impossible to tell from the outside what kind of bird it belongs to. The pen holder is made of transparent crystal, appearing dark blue under the light, with runes related to fate flowing on it.

"0-34..." Edwina murmured in a low voice.

She looked dazed, as if her mind had been sucked away, and reached out to touch the feather pen, but when her hand reached into the box, she shuddered all over and abruptly retracted her hand.

After this experience, Edwina was covered in cold sweat. She hurriedly covered the box and sealed it again. Then she leaned back in the chair with a pale face, gasping for breath with lingering fear.

After a while, Edwina found some letter paper and started writing:

"To Gehrman Sparrow..."

After a pause, Edwina picked up the pen and crossed out the line of words, then glanced at the sealed box and frowned.

Suddenly, she had an idea, her eyes moved back to the letter paper, and she whispered to herself:
"In the previous "Travels of Groselle", the situation was special, and her position was also wrong...

"If she has come back, it is said that she should be an angel..."

After taking another look at the box, Edwina closed her eyes and decisively recited a passage of honorific names:
"Eternally innocent child,

"The embodiment of luck and miracle,
"The origin of disaster and chaos,
"..."

……

Alice sat up in bed.

For an angel who was not preaching, it was a very strange thing to hear unfamiliar prayers - just like Alice now.

She instinctively thought of the new holy book of the church, but not to mention that the holy book had not been compiled yet. Even if it was compiled, in Alice's impression, the saints in the holy book would not have their honorific names filled in.

Alice doubtfully reached out her spiritual sense and "looked" in the direction of the prayer sound - she saw Edwina.

Alice was familiar with the background where Edwina was. It should be the captain's room of the "Golden Dream". She had been there many times.

Alice remembered that she had indeed given Edwina her own honorific name, and Edwina's belief in the God of Knowledge and Wisdom was very flexible, so it was not strange that she prayed to herself.

But Alice instinctively felt that there seemed to be something attracting her here.

What is …?
After searching the entire ship, she fixed her eyes on the sealed box.

Her intuition told her that what attracted her was in the box.

After a brief hesitation, Alice appeared in the captain's room of the "Golden Dream", behind Edwina.

She thought for a moment, then patted Edwina on the shoulder from behind. Edwina turned around without much surprise, exhaled towards Alice, and said before she asked:

"I have something to ask of you."

"What?" Alice blinked and subconsciously glanced at the box.

Edwina didn't say anything. She glanced at Alice who was standing, and then looked around the captain's room where there was no other chair. She stood up first and gave the chair to Alice. Alice looked at her blankly. After a few seconds, she understood what Edwina meant and replied after a short silence:

"...Please sit down.

“I like standing.”

But Edwina didn't sit back. She shook her head and pointed at the box and said to Alice:
"I would like to ask you to help seal a '0' level seal."

Alice paused for a moment, instinctively wanting to run away.

This sentence brought back some bad memories for her. She remembered that Charlie King had said this at the beginning - Will Auceptin hoped that she would help seal a "0" level seal in the future.

Now, after a long time, Charlie King shot herself and turned into the "0" level seal object, and Will Auceptin was reincarnated.

Obviously, there was no happy ending for the three people in this story.

Alice tried hard to suppress the urge to run away. She stood where she was and asked Edwina calmly:

"Who told you to do this? The church's top brass? Or..."

She paused and did not say the name of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, but they both knew the name well, so Edwina nodded and said:
"It comes from Lenburg."

Alice exhaled, feeling that her heart had finally died down. She asked sincerely:
"...You are sure that He does not intend to turn me into a Sealed Item, right?

“I’m probably useless to Him, right…?
"You shouldn't be able to eat it, right?"

"Uh..." Edwina looked a little confused, and it seemed that she couldn't understand Alice's behavior. "I don't know what you think of this, but this... this should be a gift."

"Gift...?" Alice frowned slightly.

Edwina handed over the box without saying anything, and Alice subconsciously reached out to take it.

After taking her hand back, Edwina looked at the box, took a deep breath, and then said:

"It contains a '0' level sealed object, which looks like an exquisite feather pen..."

"...0-08?" Alice blurted out.

Edwina paused for a moment, and after recalling the information she had read in her mind, she denied it:

"No, it's numbered '0-34'..."

"Okay," Alice nodded, "Go on."

Then Edwina let out a breath and continued to describe the function of the quill:

"As I just said, this quill was once a '0' level sealed object stored in Lunburg, and its number was '0-34'.

“It is speculated that the quill came from a ‘prophet’ who could draw pictures of the future.

“But once you hold this quill, you will uncontrollably draw the first picture of the future, which is also a dead end for the person holding the pen - this is also a side effect of ‘0-34’.

“Once a dead end is drawn, it will definitely happen, even if you give ‘0-34’ to someone else.

“Therefore, we considered ‘0-34’ unusable and kept it sealed.

“The method of preserving ‘0-34’ is very simple. Although it has a slight demagogic effect, as long as it is sealed, no one will be attracted to it.

“Just like what you see now.

"But, as I just said, it can only be sealed and cannot be used..."

Alice nodded thoughtfully.

Giving her a sealed item that cannot be used or cannot be used in the short term to please her is indeed in line with the style of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom - this can make friends with her without causing any harm to herself, and she has no clear enemies...

There are no clear enemies at the level of true gods.

After learning about the Old Ones and the Pillars, Alice realized that this phenomenon was normal - except for the awkward situations of Will Ausiden and Ouroboros, as long as she changed sides in time, strictly speaking, she did not have any mortal enemies on Earth.

All this is thanks to the "Key of Light" - fortunately, He is a single-path olden day, and the power in his hands is still only destined to play a supporting role.

In this regard, the competition in the "Destiny" path is much weaker, far inferior to the "God" and "Lord of Mysteries" next door.

Thinking of the "Ancient Sun God" who was betrayed by the Angel King under her seat, Alice shook her head and said to Edwina:
"So, you brought it to me as a gift?"

Edwina remained silent.

Just as she had tried to tell Alice in a tactful way at the beginning, she had not actually intended to state her purpose so directly.

This is obviously not the style of high-sequence socializing.

But Alice seemed to react too strongly to the statement of "helping to seal a '0' level seal", as if she had some serious psychological trauma about the matter, and Edwina had to give a straightforward explanation.

Anyway, the result was good. Alice poked the sealed box in her hand and asked Edwina:

"This is something from your church, right? How do I open this box?"

Edwina just remembered this matter. She glanced at Alice hesitantly, as if she didn't expect her to ask such a question - theoretically speaking, an angel could break this fragile seal even if he smashed it.

Alice saw the meaning in her eyes and explained with a frown:

"I don't like violent solutions. If you have a way to open the box, I would prefer to use your method."

It made sense. Edwina's instinct as a teacher came back to her mind. She glanced at Alice and said calmly and confidently:
"It's very simple, just..."

After memorizing a long string of spells and gestures dizzily, Alice raised her head and asked Edwina sincerely:
“Is there any difference between our understanding of the word simple?
“No, I shouldn’t ask that…

"You, the people of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, have a different understanding of the word simplicity than ordinary people?"

The ordinary person Alice shook her head twice in pain, looked at Edwina with a resentful expression, and said sincerely:

"I would have smashed it open..."

Edwina looked at Alice hesitantly.

Although she was not specialized in this kind of potion, in Edwina's impression, the Beyonders of the "Monster" Path were not bad in terms of memory. Moreover, she was an angel...

She really just hates studying, right?! (End of this chapter)