Mystery: Lucky One

Anthony's heart, which had just been at ease, was lifted up again. He raised his head and looked at Alice with burning eyes.

Alice was very familiar with this look. Whenever she said something wrong, Klein would stare at her with this look, and at that time she would usually...

Alice put her hand over her mouth.

This action did not ease Anthony's frown, but made it even tighter.

Alice realized from his expression that she was not trusted here. This was normal. She had known for a long time that even Klein would not entrust important matters to her alone.

Everyone seemed to be on guard against her suddenly getting into trouble.

Alice sighed and tried to reason with him:
“I know you don’t believe me, and that’s normal. After all, you’ve never seen me complete a mission alone.

"Perhaps, you could try to assign less important tasks to me?"

She stared at Archbishop Anthony, who, after thinking for a while, gave an answer that Alice definitely didn't want:

"Perhaps, you want to try to clean the church? I think, as long as you are in the church, the news in the confessional should not be hidden from you - you should be looking for more clues, not the confession itself, right?"

Alice took a breath and asked seriously, "Do you mind if I use 'Restart' to sweep the floor?"

Anthony looked at her with a slightly confused look. Alice reacted and realized that Anthony might not know what "restart" was, so she explained:

"This is the ability of Sequence 1 of the Destiny Pathway."

"...It's better not to do this." Anthony tried to persuade the young lady who treated power as a toy.

Alice stared at Anthony and wanted to say something else. Suddenly, the environment in the room became cold. Alice and Anthony looked at the table together as if they were sensing something. A letter quietly appeared on the table.

After just one glance, Anthony looked away, raised his eyes and said to her, "Your letter."

……

In the room where only one person was, Bernadette put away the letter in her hand, frowned slightly, and whispered:
"Mr. Door..."

Unlike the other members of the Tarot Club who were confused by this title, Bernadette knew the origin of the title "Mr. Door" and even the origin of Mr. "Door".

She knew that this was Abraham's ancestor, a being who was once extremely close to the true God, perhaps just like Miss Fate...

Bernadette recalled Alice's appearance in her mind again. Her disrespect for the gods when she first met them had been successfully explained. It was obvious that this young lady had been a being extremely close to a god in the past.

Not only that, her relationship with the Goddess of Night is probably extraordinary...

Thinking of the new saint in the Church of Night, Bernadette had a strange expression on her face.

If only she were really just a saint...

In her early years, Bernadette once obtained a "0" level seal of the "Destiny" path. It came from the extraordinary characteristics of the "Prophet" and looked like a bloodshot eyeball.

When she was trying to make a deal with Alice in a half-conscious state, she had thought about using the seal as a bargaining chip - but that thing was actually difficult to use in her hands.

After all, she herself is a "master of prophecy".

By the way, is there any difference between the prophecy of a "prophet" and that of a "master of prophecy"? If it is just clearer and more accurate, it doesn't seem to fit the character of a Sequence 2 person?
This was not just her doubt, it was the doubt of everyone who knew or did not know the ability of the "prophet" - a dignified Sequence 2, could it only watch?
While she was thinking, the surroundings suddenly shook violently. This was not surprising because she was on a boat and strong winds and waves were common.

Bernadette was about to go out to check the situation when suddenly, the sound of something falling to the ground was heard.

"Clap."

She turned her head towards the source of the sound and saw a desperate, bloodshot eye looking at her.

……

Alice opened the letter that suddenly appeared.

This letter seemed to give Anthony an excuse, and he did not hesitate to suggest that Alice go first to check whether the letter mentioned anything important - in short, to order her to leave.

Of course, this was Alice's idea, and Archbishop Anthony did not admit it. He even said without hesitation that Alice could check the letters in the church, and if there was nothing wrong, they could continue to talk about what they had just done.

So Alice really opened the letter right there.

This strange way of sending a letter was obviously from Bernadette. Alice unfolded the letter to read the contents:

"

Dear Miss Destiny:
I'm sorry to have the audacity to write this letter to you. This is a letter asking for help.

I once got a seal by chance. It came from the extraordinary characteristics of the "Prophet" - I should have mentioned it to you.

I call it the "Eye of the Prophet". It looks like a bloodshot red eyeball. When you look into it, you can see one to six random futures, one of which must be your own death.

Before I last met you in the Sea of ​​Ruins, I opened its seal to inspect it, but night fell before I could reseal it.

Later, I was unable to reseal it for various reasons, and as long as I didn't look it in the eye, there would be no danger, so I gradually forgot about it...

Until today, I looked it in the eyes by accident, and I only saw one future in it.

After that, I always felt like something was watching me, even when I left the room and tried to hide myself - there was always something watching me.

I am willing to pay you to solve this matter. It will be a gift that you are willing to come for. You can propose the reward separately.

Sincerely, Bernadette

1350 January 5

"

Alice refolded the letter.

In other words, as long as I'm willing to go, I'll have a gift regardless of whether the problem is solved or not... And if she tells Klein, Klein will definitely not let her die.

After all, judging from the diaries handed in at the previous two Tarot Clubs, the important parts of Roselle's diary were probably in her hands.

At least I have to get the diary...

Alice exhaled and looked at Anthony. After two seconds of silence at his gentle smile, she said calmly:
"I have some things to take care of."

Anthony smiled and nodded. Alice inexplicably felt like grinding her teeth. Although this might have nothing to do with Anthony, she still glared at Anthony fiercely and then disappeared on the spot.

Then, she reappeared at the same place. Under Anthony's doubtful gaze, Alice said blankly:

"She didn't seem to give me the address..."

She suddenly stopped talking as if she had sensed something, the letter paper in her hand floated up, and she quickly folded it into a rabbit. Then, the rabbit came to life and became a small white rabbit.

Alice watched the white rabbit jump off her hand, growing bigger and bigger in the process, and by the time it landed on the ground, it was the size of a normal rabbit.

As they watched in amazement, the White Rabbit rushed to Anthony's desk and disappeared in front of it.

Alice saw that a hole had appeared at some point where the white rabbit had disappeared. The hole seemed to have some kind of attractive magic. Alice wanted to jump in and take a look. She raised her head hesitantly, and Anthony nodded at her and said:

“It’s amazing magic.”

Alice was relieved by this compliment, and she went towards the hole, and fell in just as the rabbit did.

This was a long and winding passage. Alice felt like she had been in it for a long time. From the occasional flickering light and shadows at the beginning to the darkness later, she even saw exposed stones and mushrooms on the walls, as well as a lot of moss.

She felt as if she was falling somewhere very deep, so deep that Alice wanted to sleep on the way down so that she would reach her destination when she woke up.

The bad news was that before she could do so, she suddenly felt something solid under her butt and she seemed to have fallen to the ground. Alice raised her head, normal light and shadow emerged, and she saw a slightly dim room.

She sat on the ground and looked around blankly, then saw Bernadette looking at her with a slightly hesitant expression.

Meeting her gaze, Bernadette shouted uncertainly:
"...Miss Fate?"

Alice inexplicably read a trace of regret from it. She got up from the ground with a strange expression and asked:

"Do you want me to just take the gift and leave?"

"...No, it's not," Bernadette denied without hesitation, and pointed to the table, "That's your gift... Please be careful not to look at it."

Alice then looked at the table, where there was a covered plate.

After two seconds of silence, she turned to Bernadette and asked:

"If I remember correctly, you seemed to say... that thing looked like a bloodshot eyeball?"

Alice pinched her brows.

etc.

The first time she heard about this seal, she found out that it was not with Bernadette, but with Cattleya - that is to say, this seal had actually been in Bernadette's hands for quite a long time.

At this moment, Alice no longer thought about why this sealed object had been fine before but suddenly broke down now, nor did she wonder why Bernadette would think of asking her for help - the answer was obvious, it was directed at her.

This is the second "Prophet" seal she has obtained.

No, actually, including "Cassandra" who is now unknown where she is, there are three in total...So why did Bernadette use a dinner plate to pretend to have an eyeball?
She looked at Bernadette carefully to make sure she was not really out of control.

"There is no other suitable container..." Bernadette tried to explain.

Alice was silent for a moment, then clapped her hands from the bottom of her heart and exclaimed:
"really not bad."

Bernadette couldn't tell for a moment whether Alice was praising or sarcastically criticizing her. As she was choosing her words, Alice had already walked forward and reached out to lift the lid of the plate.

As expected, the bloodshot red eyeball looked into her eyes, and so Alice also saw a future.

This future was longer than the one drawn in “0-34”. Alice saw the dream again. She still saw herself climbing to the top of the tall tower alone on the disordered stairs. Finally, she looked up and saw the giant white snake above her head.

The giant snake opened its blood-red mouth and swallowed her up - this "future" that Alice had seen many times was no longer enough to arouse her emotions.

She closed the lid expressionlessly, picked up the plate and turned around to ask:
"Is there anything watching you now?"

“No more…” Bernadette shook her head.

"I'll talk about the reward when I think about it." Alice said this, then reappeared in front of Anthony and put the plate on his desk.

Anthony looked up at her in surprise.

Alice didn't have time to pay attention to him. She was feeling the gaze falling on her, a gaze coming from fate - judging from Bernadette's answer, this eye seemed to be able to look at only one person at a time.

This is normal, after all, it only has one eyeball... Alice's mouth twitched, and after confirming that the sight couldn't find her at all, she turned her attention back to Anthony:
"I will place another seal from the Prophet's extraordinary characteristics behind the Chanis Gate."

After a pause, she ignored Anthony's surprised look and added:

"I know you are going to report it, and I want to tell you that it is best to mention it when you report it. I may place many more seals with the Beyonder characteristic of 'Prophet' in the future.

"I don't know exactly how many there are. I suspect that unless I swallow this thing on the plate right now, I may have to take all the 'Prophet' seals."

This scene was shocking and puzzling. Anthony pondered for a moment, looked at the plate and asked:

"The one inside is the second 'Prophet' seal."

Alice nodded.

So Anthony then asked: "What about the precautions for preservation?"

“Just be careful not to let anyone look it in the eye,” Alice shook her head. “If something like this really happens accidentally, let me come over and take a look.”

It was a very reasonable answer, so Anthony nodded and said to her, "I'll let you know after I finish reporting it."

So Alice took the plate back home. After thinking for a moment, she put the plate on the coffee table, and found a pair of knife and fork, placing them on both sides of the plate.

This was certainly not for the purpose of sealing. In fact, she just thought it was strange to have a plate without a knife and fork. After all, there was even "food" on the plate.

At least it was "food" in a sense to her.

After doing all this, Alice sighed, and after washing up, she lay down on the bed in the bedroom. She closed her eyes, but within two seconds, she opened her eyes again and sat up.

"I haven't had my dinner!" Alice cried, jumping out of bed, putting on her clothes, and going back into the living room.

The dinner plate was still neatly placed on the coffee table, with the knives and forks placed on the left and right, as if inviting her, the owner, to come and eat.

Alice swallowed hard twice, then ran out of the room without looking back, leaving the "food" alone. (End of this chapter)