Mystery: Lucky One

Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Old Neil

Klein... Klein was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat.

Without the psychological quality gained through later experience, nor the facial control ability of the clown potion, any individual can now see how frightened Klein is.

But unfortunately, Alice, who was covering her eyes, could not experience the fear firsthand. She asked in confusion: "Why don't you answer me?"

...what should I answer?
Rather than considering whether to tell Alice that he was a fool, Klein decided to try to steer the conversation in a safer direction.

"Isn't the Fool one of the Tarot cards? Why do you suddenly ask this?"

"..." Alice said nothing.

Klein's voice was clearly pretending to be calm, and coupled with the silence just now, Alice confirmed that he must know something other than Tarot cards.

Alice is not an understanding girl. If questioning can achieve her goal, she doesn't mind continuing, but she knows that without knowing anything about it, she has just been a very dangerous temptation - she must not do it again. further.

The main reason, of course, is that it doesn't seem like a spiritually approved idea.

Besides that, after confirming that the place in her memory really existed, and that there were even people from that place other than herself in the world, Alice had no more questions.

The lunch ended in a strange atmosphere. Alice had no intention of breaking the silence, and Klein still could not completely recover from the previous emotional shock, so he had no intention of looking for a topic.

……

In the afternoon, Alice stepped into the Nighthawks headquarters again and met Old Neil under the leadership of Dunn.

"Are you the lucky one?" The old gentleman with gray hair and wearing a classic black robe was sitting at the table. He raised his eyes from the books illuminated by the gas lamp and looked at Alice in amazement.

Alice is not unfamiliar with this look. In fact, everyone who has heard her story will look at her with this look - whether it is a lucky person from Sequence 7 who accidentally fell to death, or an ordinary person who accidentally swallowed Sequence 7. The characteristics have become extraordinary, and they are all full of the unique black humor of fate.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Neil." Alice politely greeted this Mr. Secret Peeper who was said to have extensive knowledge of occult science and high qualifications.

——Then she saw a pair of eyes.

Those eyes were hidden in the rich darkness behind Old Neil, staring at Old Neil quietly like that. The darkness spread from the eyes and was swallowing Old Neil bit by bit.

If he continues like this, he will be surrounded by darkness like the captain... No, it will be worse than this! The captain is just surrounded, he will be swallowed directly!
Alice restrained her desire to rush out and tried hard to stretch her facial muscles, making the originally stiff muscles flexible again, revealing a bright smile without any haze.

...cannot stimulate him.

"Sit down," Alice heard Old Neil say, "Would you like a cup of hand-ground coffee?"

"Thank you..." Alice walked forward and sat on the stool, "You don't seem to have drank?"

Alice noticed the clear water in the cup. "Haha, this is my habit. I don't drink coffee after 3 pm." Old Neil explained with a smile.

"Why...well, because I can't sleep?" Alice guessed.

"Yes, you will hear some inexplicable whispers." Old Neil responded with a smile.

"..." Alice almost couldn't restrain herself from glancing at those eyes again. She forced herself to hold back and avoided the topic, "The captain said I can start studying the occult course. What should we start with?"

As Alice spoke, she showed her natural curiosity - she poked her head towards the contents on Old Neil's desk, trying to see what was there.

"I heard you already knew...what are you looking at?"

"what is that?"

Alice's eyes fell on the yellowed page, and the reason for her lingering gaze was quite simple - she knew this kind of writing! This square character is completely different from Rune characters - Simplified Chinese.

"This? This is the diary of Emperor Russell." Old Neil's tone sounded as if he was expecting Alice to ask him how he knew this was a diary.

"Emperor Russell?" Alice recalled information about this person in her mind. "Is that the Emperor Russell who invented many things, copied... and wrote many books?"

This blurted out copy clearly illustrates Alice's true thoughts - after learning about the life of Emperor Russell, she has determined that this Emperor Russell also came from that mysterious place, and chose to plagiarize... uh, Carrying forward the wisdom of the past.

"Yes," Old Neil, who was not asked, was not discouraged. "This is the diary lost by Russell Gustav before his death. In order to keep it secret, he used strange symbols he invented to record it."

Alice pretended to listen quietly.

"Because many people believe that he did not really die, but became a hidden god, so cultists who worship him have always held various rituals in an attempt to gain power. We occasionally encounter such things and obtain several original Or notes from a copybook.

“Because until today, no one has been able to decipher the true symbolism of those special symbols, so the ‘Temple’ allows us to keep copies for research, hoping that there will be unexpected surprises.

"I have deciphered several of the symbols, confirmed that they are expressions of numbers, and discovered that this is actually a diary! Well, I am using historical events on different dates at that time, especially the events around the emperor, to match the diary on that day. Compare the records to decipher more symbols.”

The old gentleman's shining eyes seemed to be filled with "Come on, praise me!", so Alice gave her own praise without hesitation: "What a genius idea!"

Old Neil smiled reservedly, pushed the yellowed pages of the book over, and asked, "It seems that you are curious about them. Do you want to take a look?"

So Alice, whose wish was fulfilled, picked up the diary without hesitation and exclaimed: "Really? Can I read it? Mr. Neil, you are so kind!"

Alice noticed Old Neil's pleasure with satisfaction from the corner of her eye, so she began to browse the diary intently.

"November 18th is really a magical thing. A whimsical experiment and an accidental mistake allowed me to discover a poor guy trapped in the storm and lost in the depths of darkness. He could only He can get a little closer to the real world every month when the moon is full, but he still can't convey his call. He is lucky. He met me, the protagonist of this era."

(End of this chapter)