Mystery: Lucky

Alice fell on the sofa and looked at the ceiling, her eyes dull, like a salted fish that had lost its dream.

…How on earth did they come to the conclusion that I ran away to not pay rent? !

Let me know who came up with the idea and I'll...wait a minute, this shouldn't be the goddess's decision, right?

By the way, I originally wanted to ask the goddess if she would be my "mother", but I didn't have time yet...

She emptied her mind from her random thoughts and took a gentle breath on the sofa.

She only fell asleep for the first time when she was awakened by the crimson light. In the gray fog, she heard Klein's voice:

"Alice? I forgot to ask you just now. Are you free now?"

Klein is looking for me? What's going on... Alice blinked doubtfully. Out of her trust in the Church of Night, she came above the gray mist.

"What's wrong?" she asked doubtfully.

"Well..." Klein looked at her carefully, "Where are you now?"

"Backlund," she tilted her head, "I'm at the police station...I'm waiting for the Nighthawks to take me into custody."

"?" Klein looked at her in surprise, his eyes seeming to ask you what trouble you got into.

"It's not me this time... uh," Alice pinched her eyebrows and frowned, skipping the things related to "Cassandra" and Selwyn Muggeridge. Ella had no meaning anymore. ·Sylvain, getting straight to the point, “They think I ran away to not pay the rent, and even the church recognized this possibility!”

"...?" Klein looked at her in surprise, "Why does the church think so?"

"Is this my problem?" Alice reached out and slapped the table, "Who knows what is written about me in the Nighthawks' internal files!"

Klein glanced at Alice with pity and gave her an idea: "I remember you said before that you wanted to go back to the church..."

"Uh," Alice paused, "But, but you should know that I just said it casually... It's actually very embarrassing for me to go back in my current situation, right?"

Klein shook his head and said to her, "I want to say, why don't you go back and take a look at your file yourself?"

He paused, looked at Alice again, and asked thoughtfully:

"If you want to go back in your current situation, what should you do?"

Alice lowered her head and thought.

Although she keeps claiming that the dark night is her favored one, these words are more of a joke after all - after all, how can there be a reason why the favored person becomes a god and he himself does not become a god?

In fact, when it comes to my current relationship with the goddess, if the goddess is willing, I can be regarded as the goddess's favored one. If the goddess is actually not so willing, I can be regarded as repaying the favor...

In this way, although the goddess usually doesn't say anything and even indulges most of the time, she actually doesn't really want to talk to me... If I ask the goddess to be my "mother", will it make the goddess think that I am trying to repay a favor...

After Alice lowered her head and pondered for more than ten seconds, she raised her head and asked Klein: "Do you have any experience in social interaction between true gods?"

Klein the Fool Moretti looked at Alice in silence for more than ten seconds and then calmly replied:

"have.

“As the ‘Fool’, I once spied on the ‘Eternal Blazing Sun’ and the ‘True Creator’, and repeatedly undermined the ‘True Creator’s’ plans, ultimately leading to the pursuit of the ‘True Creator’.”

... really good at talking.

Alice stared at Klein dumbfounded, swallowed her saliva after a while, and replied cautiously:

“I feel like this kind of experience is not what I want.

"I have this experience myself. For example, I once called myself Ouroleus, the angel of destiny, under the gaze of the 'True Creator'."

Klein the Fool Moretti looked up at his Angel of Destiny, and after two seconds of silence, he replied:

"Actually, I don't mind switching with Him."

Alice's eyes widened.

"I have something to ask you," Klein said quickly to divert her attention, "I may encounter danger next, the fatal danger from the 'Rose School of Thought'..."

This name is not unfamiliar to either of them. Alice has met Cynthia who was exploited by the "Rose School" and also knows the existence of the "Mother Tree of Desire" behind it. In fact, she may know more than Klein - For example, the Pillars and the Old Ones, and the Sefirot.

She turned to look at Klein. In retaliation for Klein's behavior just now, Alice raised her eyes and asked:

"Why, the 'Mother Tree of Desire' is unwilling to fail in its pursuit. From now on, you will run away from him. You..."

Her voice gradually disappeared under Klein's expressionless gaze, and finally turned into a calm explanation:

“But, I’m at the police station now.

"I don't want to be arrested for not paying rent and then arrested for escaping from jail..."

The corner of Klein's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but frown and asked:

"But, in that case, wouldn't it be possible for you to just leave after paying the rent?"

Alice raised her head and glanced at the pile of debris next to her before replying:

"I'm going to ask which Nighthawk confirmed the police's suspicions - I won't let this guy go."

After two seconds of silence for the Nighthawk he had never met, Klein shook his head and said:

"Actually, I have already called Reinette Tinichole, and if you don't follow me, there is a high probability that you will not be able to come over in advance. After all, you don't have your own place like Reinette Tinichole." Poké ball."

Having said this, Klein glanced at Alice who was suppressing a smile, and then continued:

"But if I ask you to follow me, I'm afraid that the people from the 'Rose School' won't come, or that the 'Mother Tree of Desire' will even deal with you... Mainly because of the latter reason."

This is indeed a serious reason, and Alice cannot give a good idea, because the influence of the "Mother Tree of Desire" is still troublesome for her at this stage, and she does not want to face the "Mother Tree of Desire".

Alice touched her chin and said thoughtfully:

"No, actually I don't have to go there... You haven't actually used the seven bad luck charms I left behind at that time, right?"

The essence of a spell is to pray to the provider of power. Alice is actually sensitive to the fact that the spell made with her own power is used.

She had always known that Klein had never used the seven "bad luck charms", but this kind of thing... the material came from Cattleya, and she came back with the power after taking a rest, so she didn't mind if it was given to Klein.

However, Klein should still share some of the money he got from this matter with her.

Or compensate her in other ways...

Alice blinked, and then continued after Klein nodded:

"You can use those seven 'bad luck charms' so that I can sense them, and then I can pay attention to the battlefield and assist you remotely.

"Speaking of which... have you given that spell a name? Just call it the 'Charm of Bad Luck'?"

Klein glanced at Alice, shook his head and said:

"No.

"I usually call them by the opening spell you set."

Turn on the spell? What was the opening spell I set at that time?

Alice frowned slightly. After thinking carefully, she remembered the answer. She read out a phrase in ancient Hermetic language:

"Let good luck come here..."

After a pause, she switched to Chinese again: "Good luck?"

Sure enough, I guessed what she meant... Klein twitched the corner of his mouth for a moment, remembering his mood when he first heard this spell, shook his head and said:

“In a sense, you’re actually really good at naming.

"This name not only fits the function of the spell, but also has a profound meaning. It is also related to another language...

"I can't come up with a name of this level anyway."

Alice was silent for two seconds. Her limited emotional intelligence came into play at this moment. She asked slightly hesitantly:

"Are you praising me or scolding me?"

"They should all be there," Klein commented objectively, "Have you heard of a joke?"

Alice looked at him curiously.

Klein glanced at her and told her a joke without expression:

"There used to be three foreigners learning Chinese. After they were almost done, the teacher asked them a question to test them."

"What's the problem?" Alice blinked.

"Say a four-character idiom that expresses happiness." Klein asked the question expressionlessly.

"Isn't this difficult?" Alice touched her chin, "What's wrong?"

Klein glanced at her and continued to say with an expression on his face:

"Yes, so the three students gave their answers in turn. The first student answered with a smile, the second student answered with a playful smile, and the third student..."

At this point, Klein paused and looked at Alice.

"Well..." Alice looked at Klein who didn't continue talking in confusion. After hesitating for a moment, she tried to be a qualified compliment, "It's normal to smile, right? A hippie smile is a bit... a bit strange, but it's okay. , at least not funny enough... So the problem is with the third student? "

Klein glanced at her and continued to give the answer expressionlessly:

"Nine fountains of laughter."

this……

Alice opened her mouth wide in surprise. Looking at Klein, who had an expressionless face throughout the whole process and had a calm voice, she gave a comment after holding it in for a long time:

"As expected of a 'clown', this is not even funny."

"No," Klein glanced at Alice sideways, "because I don't think it's as funny as you. Although Chinese is your native language, you seem to be the kind of person who would use the word "smiling nine springs" to describe how happy others are."

Alice had nothing to say. After being quiet for more than ten seconds, she asked Klein:

"Then do you need me to wish you a happy smile?"

"No, no need." Klein rejected her proposal without hesitation.

After they remained quiet for a few seconds, Alice patted her head and said to Klein:

"By the way, I might have to ask you for some money later - you should be fine with the money I deposited with you."

"You'd better ask me in advance," Klein reminded tactfully, "after all, I'm very likely to be hunted down."

"Oh, yes, the 'Rose School' and the 'Mother Tree of Desire'..." Alice was in a daze, "There is nothing missing in this plot. What about the unexpected pregnancy and running with the ball? You can't fall in love directly after a one-night stand... No, you didn’t even have a one-night stand, and He will have a child with you as soon as he comes along.”

Klein looked at Alice, pinched his eyebrows with a slight headache, sighed and said:

"Your previous teacher must have had a hard time with you...Forget it, do you have anything else to do?"

Alice shook her head.

So Klein took the initiative to end the meeting, and Alice fell out of the gray fog and woke up in the real world again.

Their conversation ended too quickly, and the people from the Church of the Night had not arrived yet. Alice thought about it and lay down again.

This time she slept for a while, and when she woke up again, she was not in the real world, but in a dream. The surrounding scene quickly disappeared under her drive, turning into a hazy white mist. In the mist, Alice saw what she was wearing. Archbishop Anthony in black and red bishop's uniform.

"Alice?" he called her.

"Archbishop!" Alice was startled and struggled to wake up from her dream.

"No, no need," Archbishop Anthony stopped her in a gentle voice, "I know everything about the situation. If you come to St. Samuel's Church... no one will stop you."

Alice nodded, and then took the opportunity to ask:

"Do you know who confirmed that I might really be running away to not pay the rent!"

Archbishop Anthony looked at her, and after two seconds of silence, he replied calmly:

"...it's me."

Alice lowered her head and fell into thought.

"Sorry," Archbishop Anthony apologized quickly, "Although this is an impossible thing no matter how you look at it, but... uh, you..."

He thought about how to formulate his words, but Alice didn't give him a chance. She bit her lower lip with her upper teeth and asked accusingly:

"Is this how I look in your eyes?"

"...I'm sorry," Archbishop Anthony continued to organize his words, "I really thought you...after all, fate is always unpredictable."

He paused, sighed and said:

"Please come to the church, Miss Destiny, who is the most famous person in the world."

As soon as his voice fell, Alice felt that he was withdrawing from her dream, so she struggled to wake up from her dream and walked out of the reception room.

After realizing that they can't lock her up, the three policemen seem to have failed - Alice opens the door and finds that they are "fighting evil" again.

Emperor Russell, you are really harmful.

Alice shook her head, but decided to walk over and say hello. She approached the three people who were playing cards, waved and said:

"I'm leaving?"

Only then did the three people who were concentrating on playing cards notice her. They were completely unwary. After listening to her words, they casually waved their hands to indicate that they understood, and then turned their attention to the card game in front of them.

...so irresponsible?

Alice was once again shocked by the extent to which the police in this other world were not doing their job properly.

She suddenly understood that she had been easily identified as running away for non-payment of rent, and that no one was looking for the reason why this happened - probably because the landlord did not offer a reward. (End of chapter)