Mystery: Lucky One

Chapter 92 Chapter 54 What we can’t go back to is called hometown.
The scene fell into an awkward silence for a while, and finally Bernadette decided to save some face for the little girl: "...So, what is your honorary name?"

"The Fool who does not belong to this era, the King of Yellow and Black who controls good luck, the mysterious Lord on the gray fog." Alice read this sentence very smoothly.

After remembering this passage, Bernadette asked: "Can you give me your address?"

"If I don't give it to you, won't you find it?" Alice asked confused.

Bernadette suddenly regretted her act of taking the initiative to lighten the atmosphere just now.

Alice·Give some color and it will be brilliant. Miss Kingsley lowered her head and looked at her toes, and obediently reported her address.

Bernadette, who had not taken care of a child for many years, felt helpless when facing a naughty child. She took a deep breath and said to Alice: "...I give you the summoning ceremony of my messenger."

"What is the messenger?" Alice looked away from her toes.

"You can send me a message via messenger." Bernadette explained.

"Oh∽" Alice nodded thoughtfully, "Can I also have a messenger?"

"The contract messenger needs to use the power of the death realm." Bernadette replied.

Alice sighed in disappointment: "Okay, I understand, so what is the ceremony?"

Bernadette started to introduce the summoning ceremony of her messenger with a headache:
"First, you select herbs and essential oils from the realm of the dead. This is no different from normal ritual magic, but the candle only needs to symbolize yourself.

"Then comes the incantation part. There are three paragraphs. The first paragraph is 'I', which is whispered in ancient Hermetic, Giant, Dragon or Elvish language. The second paragraph is 'I use my The "nominal summons" can be used in the Hermes language. The third paragraph is the specific description of the messenger: an invisible creature that travels in the upper world, a strange spirit that is friendly to humans, and the messenger that belongs exclusively to Bernadette Gustave.

"The last and most important thing is, if you have a way to sign a contract with a messenger, write to me and ask me, or find a reliable person to watch. Don't just summon the messenger yourself."

Alice lowered her head and began to study the shape of the toe of her shoe.

Bernadette looked at Alice's movements and suddenly felt that Cattleya was still too obedient.

"You... forget it," Bernadette, who had not taken care of a child for a long time, struggled to organize her words, "It is true that believers are 'anchors' to the gods, but this method is probably useless to you."

"Why?" Alice asked humbly.

"You are in no condition to receive prayers," Bernadette explained.

"Is it divinity? No, it should be said, it is the level of life?" Alice was slightly startled and realized something.

Bernadette nodded, confirming this. Even though Alice had given her a very dangerous feeling several times, as Alice said...she only had Sequence 7, and no matter what connection she had with Uniqueness, it could not change this.

"I know," Alice nodded, thinking carefully for a moment before coming to a conclusion, "I'm going to get the uniqueness back."

"?" Bernadette looked at Alice and lost her ability to speak.

"Is there any problem?" Alice blinked.

"...The item that is uniquely solidified is a sealed object that exceeds Sequence 1." Bernadette replied with a complicated mood.

"..." This time, it was Alice who was silent.

She still remembered that there was a transaction between her and the Mercury Snake for which the other party had already paid the reward - the other party needed her to seal a sealed item.

...Should she seal the sealed object, or seal her into the sealed object?
Thinking of the dream in which she was swallowed, Alice was almost certain that the sealed object must be the unique path to "destiny".

Is she part of the oneness? Or is it her, or something about her that can help the other person accommodate their uniqueness?
As long as she comes into contact with uniqueness, this can happen... Alice realizes that this is an outright conspiracy against her.

She is eager to explore the past. After learning about the relationship between herself and Uniqueness, she cannot think of ways to contact Uniqueness. As long as she comes into contact with Uniqueness, the other party's purpose will be realized...

Is this question unsolvable?

Alice recalled the dream. She climbed the tower alone, and was finally swallowed by the mercury snake at the top of the tower without any defense... Wait, without defense?

But she... was obviously on guard?

Moreover... being coerced into promotion by the other party does not seem to fit the message of climbing to the top of the tower alone...

Alice's mind moved, and she realized that this might be the key to this matter.

However, now is not the time to think about this... Alice's eyelashes lowered, and she chuckled: "Thank you for reminding me, I suddenly know what I should do."

Bernadette looked at Alice for a few seconds and frowned again. It wasn't until Alice gradually showed a blank expression under her eyes that she reminded: "Be careful about your state."

"...Thank you." Alice thanked her with mixed emotions, and began to think about what kind of image she showed that would make the other party remind her as soon as he saw her calm and rational appearance.

She didn't...well, she seemed to be really different from just now...

This time, Alice started researching the materials for the walls.

"Tell me your name." Bernadette looked at Alice's actions and said helplessly.

"Brill Rose." Alice replied without hesitation.

"I have one last question to ask you," Bernadette looked at Alice and said with lowered eyes, "What does 'hometown' mean?"

"Hometown..." Alice murmured and repeated this word with special meaning in Chinese, feeling her eyes suddenly sore.

She turned her head and scanned the items in the display cabinet one by one, recalling her initial thoughts when she saw Russell's diary - like a wanderer far away from home, desperately looking for familiar traces in a foreign land.

Finally, Alice let out a long sigh and whispered:

"'Hometown'... this word has a very special meaning in our language.

“If we can go back, our ‘hometown’ is the place where we were born and grew up.

"When we can't go back, 'hometown' is... the destination of our souls.

“And we people have a special habit.

"When we could still go back to our 'hometown', we never called it 'hometown'.

"For us, only what we can't go back to is called 'hometown'."

Bernadette suddenly fell silent. After a long time, she asked: "So, he is looking for a way to return to his 'hometown', right?"

"I don't know," Alice shook her head, "but I know I'm there, He's there, we're all here."

　This little snake is playing to death by himself (eyes removed)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)