Mystery: Lucky

Edwina knew that Alice was talking nonsense, her expression, her movements, and her demeanor all showed this.

But she is very serious:

"But there are also some people who are special. They will receive admission notices from magic schools at the age of eleven, and some people will become magical girls at the age of twelve...

"If you don't have any, then you have to wait until you are eighteen years old and go to Cassel College or Miskatonic University to study according to different talents..." Note ①

Facing Alice's serious eyes, Edwina extremely regretted the question she just asked - she had to start thinking about which of Alice's words were true and which were false.

She decided to talk to Alice about another matter first:

"Alice, if you feel bored on the Golden Dream, you can leave at any time - okay?"

Alice paused for a moment, then hesitated and asked, "Did Herman ask you to tell me this?"

"Yes," Edwina nodded honestly, "He said his intention was not to restrict your freedom. If you really don't like it, you can leave."

Alice knew what Klein meant—the incident with the Saint-Furian had just happened not long ago, and Klein was afraid that the second Saint-Furian would appear.

In fact, even if the same thing happens, the "Golden Dream" will not become the next St. Florian. There are not so many ordinary people as tourists on it...

With such thoughts in mind, Alice pushed her back. She knew that she could never say such words, because humans didn't like to hear her analogy - at least Klein didn't like to hear it.

However, Alice still has to say something for herself: "Even if I don't do anything, the sea will not be calm..."

Her voice gradually became smaller and finally disappeared. She suddenly realized that she seemed to be unable to hide such a secret.

Ah this.

Alice lowered her head silently and quickly ended the topic: "I understand."

After getting the answer, Edwina let her go without saying anything, and Alice immediately ran to harass the crew members who had nothing to do.

Next, Edwina spent the rest of the night thinking hard.

Faced with this problem that cannot be answered by divination, Edwina has a solution before the bonfire party arrives.

She truthfully reported the information about the civilization before the First Age from Alice's mouth, just like reporting on the progress of contact with Gehrman.

At the bonfire party that night, Alice sighed in disappointment when she did not see Edwina's frowning expression as expected.

This was her last happy day. After attending the occult class the next morning, Alice felt that the journey was too mundane, which was why Edwina could teach the crew so peacefully.

Alice really wanted to do something, but she couldn't immediately go back on something she had just agreed to, and even if she wanted to break the contract, someone else should break the contract first, so that she could do things legitimately...

Time flows slowly as Alice waits painfully. This Sunday, the "Golden Dream" returned to Bayam.

To Alice's surprise, when they return to land, the first thing the pirates do is not go to the Red Theater to have fun - well, that might be because of Edwina.

It's not about gambling - oh, maybe it's because of Edwina too.

In short, at Alice's request (wēi) (xié), Daniz brought Alice to a gathering of extraordinary people.

This was different from the loose party last time, and closer to the feeling of a "brave bar" party, but the difference was that the dressing up to cover up the appearance came with it.

Theoretically, it is not necessary to cover up, but one of the requirements that Daniz agreed to is that Alice must cover herself from face to figure. The original words are as follows:

"Taking a girl your age out in Byam - I'll be headlining Byam the next day!"

Alice wanted to say that she had a way to prevent others from noticing her, but she suddenly remembered her appearance with Gehrman Sparrow's Klein, and corrected Danitz:

"Well... don't worry, you won't become famous for this.

"Everyone will just think that you stole Gehrman Sparrow's lover, or kidnapped his family members or something..."

In short, after such a conversation ended, Alice, at Danitz's strong request, covered her face with the large wizard robe and mask together with the strange clothes, and appeared in the gathering of extraordinary people.

The party started at nine o'clock in the evening. The closer the time approached, the more people came in one after another. Just as Alice was boredly playing the game of wrapping her hand with her sleeves and then suddenly extending her hand on her seat, her spirituality was suddenly touched again. .

...Why do I feel like my spirituality has been touched in inexplicable places every day lately?

Alice complained in her mind, retracting her hands into her sleeves and raising her head.

Someone happened to push in the door. The person was wearing the same black robe. Alice even suspected that they had just bought it in a store.

This mysterious man is holding a book with an ocean blue cover in his arms. There are silver lines on the edges, but the details are unclear due to the dim environment and distance.

It was this book that touched Alice's spirituality.

The mysterious man sat down at the back opposite to Alice. Most of his body was blocked by the people in front of him. Alice only saw the mysterious man sitting on his seat for more than ten seconds, then put the book on his knees and slowly Open slowly.

Is it really possible to read words clearly under this kind of light?

Alice glanced at the dim light around her suspiciously, then focused her gaze on the opposite side again. The mysterious man had closed the book. With the hood and mask blocking her face, Alice could not see the mysterious man's face.

While flipping through the book, the mysterious man's hands stretched out from his sleeves, but Alice couldn't tell anything except a pair of black gloves.

Alice had no choice but to focus on the book again. The ocean blue cover was extremely beautiful. The more Alice looked at it, the more charming she felt, and she fell into it unconsciously.

The color, so close to the sea, reminded Alice subconsciously of the "delicious deep-sea fish" she had eaten on the boat a few days ago, and of the book The Life and Lies of Russell Gustav that she had taken a few bites of.

Maybe, maybe the bad taste is the problem of that book, like this book, this book is delicious at first glance...

Alice subconsciously licked her lips, and a familiar yet unfamiliar desire gradually surged in her heart.

At this moment, the second hand of the clock finished the last tick, and nine o'clock officially arrived. The initiator sitting in the center of the party coughed lightly and announced slowly in a hoarse voice:

"Let's begin." (End of chapter)