Mystery: Lucky One

These words, coupled with the heavy expression, made Allen feel cold in his heart. He stepped forward, shook the hand of this colleague who had not said a few words, and shouted in panic:

"Velma! Is something wrong with Velma?"

The colleague looked at him, sighed, and reached out to pat his shoulder. Alan was very familiar with this gesture, as he had done it many times in the past. So his heart suddenly became sad, and despair appeared in his eyes.

I must, I must... Alan gritted his teeth, but before he could come up with a plan, his colleague sighed and said:

“Don’t worry, Velma is fine, but she’s a little tired and has fallen asleep.

"But the child..."

Alan could not hear what followed. At that moment, his mind was full of exploding fireworks. He felt his body was light, as if he was walking on clouds, and there was only the roar of joy in his ears.

Velma is fine, that's great, Velma is fine...

The corners of Alan's mouth gradually opened up, and his smile became extremely bright, but his eyes were dull, and he looked like he was stunned by the news.

This made his colleague frown. He stretched out his hand and waved it in front of him, then called out in a slightly louder voice:
"Alan? Alan!"

The vague sound seemed to come from a very far distance. Allen, in his joy, was unable to react in time, so his colleague increased the volume, shaking him and shouting:
"Alan!"

The constant calls made it impossible for Allen to continue to immerse himself in his emotions. Coupled with the shaking of his body, he finally woke up:
"Ah! What's the matter?"

Seeing that he was awake, his colleague let go of his hand and said nothing more. He patted him sympathetically and said:

"You can go see Velma later."

After saying this, the colleague left.

Alan didn't care about that colleague. His mind was full of the fact that Velma was fine. He hurriedly found Velma, and looking at Velma who was still in a coma, he felt a sense of reality in his heart.

Fortunately, Wilma is fine...

Alan's mind suddenly relaxed, and the tension that had lasted for months completely disappeared in an instant. Then, he felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and the last thing he remembered was a heavy muffled sound and a panicked scream.

……

The dance at 160 Böklund Street was drawing to a close, and the guests were getting up in twos and threes to leave.

Hazel Macht followed behind her parents. Although she had some arrogance of an extraordinary person, she was very respectful to her parents and left with Liana on her arm.

Congressman Macht and Ms. Liana said goodbye to the others with a smile. Hazel took Liana's arm and followed them to the hallway without saying a word.

When she was a few steps away from the hallway, she was surprised to see that the door had a double image, and another door was gradually peeling away from the original door.

...?
Hazel blinked in confusion, but her brain felt so dull and sluggish that it was difficult to function for a moment. Only a drowsy consciousness came through.

sleepy……

As vague thoughts entered her consciousness, Hazel felt her eyes gradually becoming heavy and her body began to shake. She instinctively wanted to grab something, but her eyes had closed uncontrollably and her body quickly lost support.

"Boom!"

After a loud bang, there was an equally chaotic banquet scene.

……

After the doctor who was responsible for comforting Allen relayed the message, he immediately caught up with the others in the ward.

He arrived not too late, as the others had not yet completely left. They could not find enough carriages in a short period of time, but walking was not suitable for their current state - they really couldn't wait to get to the church.

The doctor who was left behind was relatively calm among them, but not much better. Any ordinary person would be like this after experiencing an extraordinary event. They now just want to go to the church for help to answer their doubts.

As for which church to go to…if no one mentions it, it should be the God that you believe in, right?
……

The three major churches each welcomed their own guests today.

The one who linked this news together was the Church of Night. After hearing the word "Miss Destiny", the bishop on duty today knew that he was in trouble.

The good news is that the reporting of this incident did not cause too much trouble. The archbishop merely asked about the casualties and the impact of the incident, and asked him to contact other churches to ask if there were similar believers to report.

Coincidentally, the "Manufactured Punishers" and "Machine Hearts" were also preparing to come.

——Everyone remembers that there was a very active saint in the Church of Night who liked to call herself Miss Destiny.

……

Only after solving the biggest problem, the blood of the mythical creature, did Alice have time to think about other issues.

She had not forgotten that Velma had in fact given birth to a stillborn baby, and Alice wondered if Will Auceptin had once again abandoned this body in search of a new one.

——Although this sounds a bit cowardly, it might be true.

After all, although there was some loss, it did solve the previous problem. Alice couldn't find Will Auceptin anymore.

Seeing the bad result, Alice shook her head and performed a divination without any hope.

Divination failed.

She was not too disappointed, because it was normal for the divination to fail, and it didn't even require much interference. She had no idea about Will Auceptin's location, and she couldn't divine her own hopes of becoming a Sequence 1, right?

...Yeah, why not?

I can also ask Arrodes...

Alice rolled her eyes, noted the choice, and fell asleep.

——She felt that she should take a rest.

I have already done more work today than I have done in many, many days past combined... Wow, I'm really awesome!

Alice closed her eyes contentedly and let herself fall asleep.

……

Looking at the turbulent crowd, Klein realized that this was not a solution. He was thinking about what he should do when Bishop Elektra stepped forward and said, "Don't be nervous, everyone.

"Is there anyone who is a doctor? Can you give Miss Hazel a simple checkup?"

His voice had a soothing power, and the crowd gradually calmed down. Klein also breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Bishop Elektra with a grateful look.

——Although the incident at the dance was inevitable, any attempt to salvage it was better.

Fortunately, there was a doctor at the banquet. He stood beside Hazel and leaned over to do some simple examinations, including checking pupils, breathing and heartbeat, etc. Then he frowned in trouble and said:
"I'm afraid I can't see much... maybe you should go to the hospital."

While the doctor was examining Hazel, Klein also activated his clairvoyance near the back of her head.

——Even if he didn’t care about Dwayne Dantes’ reputation, he didn’t want to see Hazel get into trouble in front of him.

However, Klein also didn't see anything.

Klein suspected that Hazel was just tired, but the doctor blocked her lower body, and Dwayne Dantès, who didn't know any medical skills, couldn't move forward and needed to make room for the patient, so he could only see her head and chest.

Oh, if only I could go around in a circle...

Klein sighed and raised his head.

The person standing opposite was Winfred Gregory. Klein had seen this girl several times at banquets. She was silent most of the time and didn't like to talk to people. According to the information he had obtained, Alice might be one of her few friends.

—If Alice could be considered a friend.

As for why Klein was asking about her... Ha, I don't know what's wrong with this girl. When she saw him at the banquet, she looked at him coldly, then sat far away from him, looking at him while cutting something on the plate very vigorously.

Klein felt that she had a grudge against him, but he had no evidence. He thought about talking to her, but Miss Winfred always hid away quickly, as if she had made up her mind not to talk to him.

While Klein was thinking, Miss Winfred across from him suddenly screamed and successfully became the second person to attract everyone's attention.

...?
Klein frowned and looked over. Winfred was supported by the personal maid beside him. She put down her hands, revealing a pair of bleeding eyes.

Klein almost couldn't control his expression - he was familiar with the scene of bleeding eyes. This was clearly seeing something he shouldn't have seen. He had seen others see it and had experienced it himself, so he knew exactly what it meant.

For a moment, Klein could only think of two possibilities. One was that she was born half a Beyonder, which mainly referred to as a "monster". The other was that she was a Beyonder and had opened her spiritual vision.

But the "monster"...

Klein frowned, thought about Alice's personality, and recalled Admisor's condition, and decisively ruled out this possibility.

Perhaps the eyes of Beyonders from other paths also have abnormalities...?
Klein thought of the Secret Peeper's Eye again and did not jump to conclusions. He just did what a banquet host should do.

He looked at Walter, who had already walked over and was trying to understand the situation. At the same time, Bishop Elektra also noticed that something was unusual and walked over there.

Winfred had no interest in paying attention to the two of them. She supported the maid beside her and said without hesitation:

"Church... take me to church!"

This sentence made Elektra give up asking. He knew that Winfred was a believer of the God of Steam and Machinery. It seemed that this matter was probably not under the jurisdiction of the Church of Evernight.

Klein was also familiar with this. With the church taking care of him, he felt relieved and looked at Hazel again, but he cautiously put away his spiritual vision.

Is it because of Hazel? Is there something I can't see that I didn't see? There's no way to confirm it unless I... No, there's actually another way.

Klein paused for a moment, and soon realized that he actually had a way to figure out whether the problem was with Hazel—he couldn't see it, but Alice should be able to.

The ball ended in chaos. Winfred got in the carriage he came in and went to the church. Congressman Macht and his family went to the parliament. The others left with Dwayne Dantes' apology. Finally, Dwayne Dantes also planned to visit Hazel Macht when he was free.

...and perhaps Miss Winfred?
Klein obviously hesitated for a moment about this alternative—after all, he didn't look like a welcome guest.

Forget it, let’s go find Alice and ask her clearly...what is she doing?
Thinking of this, Klein entered the bathroom and came above the gray fog. After discovering Alice was sleeping, he silently returned to the real world.

...Forget it, let’s wait until she wakes up.

Klein sighed, checked the time, and realized that he should go to bed.

……

Unlike the Church of Night, the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery does not open at night. Winfred's real destination is actually the bottom of the church, where the "Mechanical Heart" team works daily.

There are night duty personnel here. After all, extraordinary events don't always happen during the day, so there are always a few people left just in case, so that they can wake up others when something really happens.

——For example, now.

But it seemed wrong to take the maid with her. Of course, Winfred didn't have this opportunity. Although her personal maid took her away from the ball, she took her directly home after getting on the carriage.

How could the church be open at night? So the maid just wrote down the itinerary for going to church the next day.

Winfred only realized this when she was standing at the door of her house, but her eyes were really hurting. The good news was that the blurry light told her that the sight did not blind her, and her eyes were probably just injured.

But even so, his eyes really felt uncomfortable. Since he was already home, Winfred went back to his room with the help of the maid and asked someone to call the family doctor.

……

Life at the suburban estate was more pleasant than Flora Jacob had imagined.

Here she had food and drink, someone to serve her, and was far away from danger. Hazel would come to report on the progress once a week, and she had many random excuses to please Hazel. She didn't need to teach her any knowledge of occult studies, unlike before when she had to find excuses seriously.

The only drawback is that, being away from the city, she is also away from all kinds of news, which makes her very uncomfortable. She asks Hazel to bring her some newspapers or something, but this is not a solution all the time, so they recently came up with a new method.

——Hazel placed an order for newspapers and asked the post office to deliver the newspapers to the manor every day. She then asked the servants left behind in the manor to pick them up and read the contents of the newspapers.

As for why the newspaper was read to a mouse... the servant who was responsible for reading the newspaper thought that this might be a hobby of rich people to keep pets.

……

A ball is a place where news cannot be hidden. The accident that happened at the ball hosted by the newly arrived rich man Dwayne Dantes spread the news the next day. Of course, the way it spread was very strange.

Alice saw the news on the entertainment page of the newspaper. The headline read:

"A strange scene occurred at a mysterious dance party - the girl shed tears of blood and fainted, the incident involved a 40-year-old rich man, and the truth was confusing!" (End of this chapter)