Mystery: Lucky

After Alice declined "Magician" Forsi, no one proposed a new deal, and the Tarot Club fell into silence for a while.

At Klein's signal, the free communication session began. "The Hanged Man" Alger asked Alice:

"Miss Destiny, are you still in the 'Forsaken Land'?"

Alice nodded and added: "But I'm not over there in the afternoon town anymore. I...well, maybe I'll be there again next week, or maybe I'll be back next week."

After a pause, she put her hand on her chin with a slight hesitation and murmured:

"The main thing is, I still don't know how to get out... No, no, there seems to be a way..."

Alice looked hesitantly at Klein in the gray mist.

For Alice, the most difficult part about how to leave the "Land Abandoned by Gods" is actually getting her body out - because Source Castle connects the "Land Abandoned by Gods" to the outside world at the same time, and her soul The body can board the Origin Castle.

...Have people sacrifice their bodies to Klein?

Alice blinked and added this plan to her options.

"Sun" Derrick's eyes brightened slightly after listening to Alice's words, and he said to Alice:

"Miss Destiny, we got what you asked for!"

"Eh?" Alice turned her head in surprise, "So fast?"

"It's like you said..." Derrick "Sun" looked a little nervous under Alice's gaze, "The most difficult part of killing the Crow Shadow Snake is finding it."

Alice made an "OK" gesture, then happily leaned back in her chair.

Emperor Russell did not bring the expression "OK" to this world, but Alice's gesture already showed the meaning of this gesture, so no one was confused.

"The Hanged Man" Alger listened to their conversation and asked "Sun" Derrick: "Are you still in Afternoon Town?"

Derrick nodded honestly and said:

"Yes, it took us a long time to establish the camp, and then we worked as a team to clear out the remaining monsters street by street, looking for various ancient traces that may exist. Although this will be slow, it is enough. Safety."

He answered in great detail and showed that it was no problem if Mr. "The Hanged Man" wanted to know more.

"Justice" Audrey listened with interest, raised her hand slightly and said:

"You have been in the afternoon town for so long, what do you rely on for food? Is there any black-faced grass nearby?"

Alice didn't interrupt. She thought of the monster flesh and blood eaten by the Silver City exploration team, and her expression was slightly weird.

Faced with Miss Justice’s question, Derrick “The Sun” answered seriously:

“We carry some powder made from black-faced grass, but the main source of food is the monsters we hunt.

"A large number of them can be eaten as long as they have extraordinary properties, are stripped of their fur, and burned with flames.

"However, they all contain certain contamination and can cause mental problems. They cannot be consumed continuously and require sufficient intervals."

Sure enough... Alice frowned slightly.

"Justice" Audrey recalled several monsters in the depths of darkness mentioned by Little "Sun". After thinking about the gloomy and dark horror style of the area where Silver City is located, she couldn't help but ask:

"Wouldn't this be gross?"

In fact, I wanted to ask before, but they may not care about this because they will starve to death if they don't eat...

Alice pursed her lower lip and suddenly remembered the strange appearance of the Moon City people.

Is it because of long-term consumption of monster flesh that it becomes like that...? That's right, black-faced grass doesn't seem to grow outside Silver City...

"Magician" Forsi, who was listening intently to the conversation of other members, was inspired by this question and deliberately did not look at "Moon" Emlyn, and curiously asked "Sun" Derrick::

"I remember you said that the monsters in the depths of darkness include vampires. They are covered in pus and are extremely ugly. So, after killing such vampires, will you use them as food?"

After hearing this question, Emlyn completely forgot to correct that the other party was a vampire and not a vampire. His face turned green and he felt an indescribable feeling of horror.

…Am I actually food? !

At this moment, he felt that it was not a big deal to be a mouse as a god.

Derrick was silent for two seconds and said:

"Some monsters are indeed disgusting, very disgusting, just like the vampires Miss Magician mentioned, but we have no choice. We will eat whatever we can."

His voice gradually became lower, as if he once again deeply felt the cursed tragedy that enveloped the entire Silver City.

There was silence again in the giant-like palace. Even "Moon" Emlyn, who wanted to refute some of "Sun" Derrick's remarks, did not speak. He just curled his lips and shrank his arms.

She will eat as long as she can... Alice clenched her fist slightly, lowered her head, and stretched out a hand to hold down the table.

She suddenly felt the desire to do something.

…what can I do?

She looked around, and finally her eyes fell on Cattleya the Hermit.

…That’s right, Frank Lee!

Alice sat upright and confirmed to "Hermit" Cattleya:

"Ms. Hermit...it seems that you haven't paid for the blood of the mythical creature you requested?"

Cattleya's nerves tensed up subconsciously, and she responded nervously:

"Yes."

Alice's expression did not fluctuate much. She exhaled, raised an arc at the corner of her lips, and said in a calm voice:

"I want to change the reward."

"What?" Cattleya was slightly stunned, and subconsciously became uneasy.

... Did Miss Destiny have any bad ideas again?

This was not just the idea of ​​"Hermit" Cattleya. "Justice" Audrey and others could not help but look at "Hermit" Cattleya with a slightly sympathetic look at this moment.

So pitiful...

In the weird atmosphere, Alice's voice was not too up and down and said calmly:

"I want a... a crop.

"They may have different flavors and types, or they may have a single taste... This is not the most important thing.

"I need them to grow in an environment without light... In addition, the land there is full of pollution, and crops cannot be grown normally, and there are all kinds of monsters there..."

"Sun" Derrick turned his head and looked at Alice.

"Justice" Audrey and others looked at "Sun" Derrick with a shocked look after a moment of surprise.

——They all heard that the place Alice was talking about was the "Forsaken Land"!

She was looking for a kind of food that could grow in the "Forsaken Land" and be eaten for a long time.

This was obviously not for her, not to mention that she was about to come back - angels had no need to eat at all, and Miss Fate liked to eat, just purely out of interest.

Klein also realized this. He looked at Alice in the gray fog, and for a moment he had an unreal feeling that "the child had grown up".

...Is this really a request that Alice could make?

He subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch his forehead to confirm whether he had a fever, and then shook his head to listen to whether there was any sound of water inside - fortunately, when his hand tried to leave the table, he finally remembered that he was still Mr. Fool.

...So is this really a request that Alice could make?

Klein felt as if he was in a dream for a moment, and his whole body was light and floating.

Miss Fate... "Hermit" Cattleya also looked at Alice in a trance, and suddenly remembered the experience of introducing Frank Lee to Alice for the first time above the gray fog a long time ago.

——When she mentioned that Frank Lee's greatest hobby was to study hybridization technology, Alice's first reaction was that no one would go hungry.

For a moment, a terrifying thought popped up in the mind of "Hermit" Cattleya - maybe, Miss Fate's nature is not bad?

...?

Is there... Is there such a possibility?

After the brain stopped working for nearly a minute, "Hermit" Cattleya squeezed out a word from the crack of her throat:

"Okay."

This word was extremely stiff and the voice was dry, but it instantly awakened "Sun" Derrick. He stood up excitedly, bowed to Alice and said:

"Praise your kindness!"

Alice paused.

This is not the first time someone has praised her kindness - this trend seems to be brought up by "Hermit" Cattleya.

However, that kind of praise sounded different from the current one...

Alice tilted her head slightly, and before she could think of what to say, "Justice" Audrey stood up like a class representative, and also saluted to Alice:

"Praise your kindness."

She was the first one, and after her, "Moon" Emlyn, "Hanged Man" Alger and "Magician" Fors stood up one after another. Even "World" was not surprised. Alice heard their disordered and not neat voices:

"Praise your kindness."

She still sat in her original position, blinking her eyes and looking at the people who saluted, a vague idea flashed through her mind.

This seems to be more fun than a prank...

She gently squeezed the hand under the table, and soon, a new question came up.

...Should I say anything?

Alice looked at the Tarot Club members who were still saluting with a confused look on her face. After two seconds of contemplation, she turned to look at the head of the bronze table and asked for help:

"...Should I say something?"

Puff...In the gray fog, Klein managed to hold back the laughter that was about to burst out of his throat, but he did not suppress the corners of his lips that curved up. He just adjusted himself and chuckled reservedly and said:

"Sit down."

The Tarot Club members sat down one after another.

It seems that it is still her. I almost thought that someone had changed just now. It turns out that she is still so unreliable...

The surroundings seemed to be quiet again. Klein, who woke up from the dream that "Alice seems to be sensible", controlled the "world" to speak and broke the silence:

"Let's go back to the sea. There is something worth paying attention to recently.

"The 'One-eyed Skull' of 'Mad Captain' Connors Victor drifted to the vicinity of the dock after a storm. The mast on it was broken and there were traces of burning everywhere. All the crew members, including Connors Victor himself, were dead. No one was spared. "

"Using 'Mad Captain' as a title sounds as unreliable as 'Fool'..." Alice muttered softly, but above the gray fog, the volume was loud enough for everyone to hear.

...It seems that Miss Destiny is still Miss Destiny.

"Justice" Audrey and others looked away from Alice with complicated emotions, pretending not to hear these words. "The Hanged Man" Alger glanced at Mr. Fool who seemed to have heard nothing, and his face was expressionless. Then he added the words of "The World" in a different tone:

"In Byam, the Church of Storms is actively investigating the people and things related to 'Crazy Captain' Connors Victor."

Klein ignored Alice's words, controlled "The World" and asked: "What clues does the Church of Storms have?"

"I don't know, I will try my best to find out." "The Hanged Man" Alger shook his head calmly.

"Justice" Audrey, who was listening curiously, realized that the matter might not be simple. She tentatively asked:

"Mr. World, isn't this a common pirate infighting?"

Alice also blinked curiously.

After pondering for a moment, "The World" responded with a slightly sarcastic tone:

"The 'Crazy Captain' is related to the case of missing persons in the colony that Mr. 'The Hanged Man' previously investigated.

"The Witch Cult will hand over the deceived or plundered population to external forces such as 'Vice Admiral Disease' Tracy, who will transport them to the east coast of the Northern Continent, and use 'Crazy Captain' Connors Victor to complete the final distance. This pirate has close ties with many human traffickers and slave traders in Loen.

“Also, Backlund’s biggest human trafficker, Kaping, has a protector from the ‘arbitrator’ route.

“With so many things put together, do you still think that the death of the ‘Crazy Captain’ was a simple internal dispute among pirates?

"Haha, I've been thinking, what does the person behind the scenes want so many slaves?"

"...Ritual needs?" Alice asked hesitantly, "After all, slaves also fit the position of 'consumables' in a sense..."

"Justice" Audrey and "The Hanged Man" Alger, who were still reacting, glanced at Alice subconsciously.

"...What ritual?" Even though he knew that Alice was just guessing, Klein still controlled the "world" with trust and asked.

"I don't know," Alice shook her head without any hesitation, "I just said casually...it's just that large-scale human trafficking is too easily associated with cults...evil rituals or followers of evil gods... …”

She paused and added again: "I'm not talking about us."

"The World" silently withdrew its gaze.

After a few more seconds of silence, "The Hanged Man" Alger solemnly responded:

"I will do my best to investigate this matter."

"Hermit" Cattleya listened quietly, nodded and said:

“I will also collect corresponding information.

"If there are more clues, maybe I can help." (End of Chapter)