Mystery: Lucky

The gravekeeper swallowed hard twice, recalling his conversation with Alice.

——"Isn't it daytime now? Why are you holding a lamp?"

——"After working in the cemetery for a long time, you will always encounter some strange things... Are you here to sweep the graves?"

——"Look at the flowers you prepared... Are the people in the grave important to you?"

——"Yes, very important... One is a former colleague and now a very good friend, and the other is myself."

The two conversations kept replaying in the gravekeeper's mind. The knowledgeable him suppressed his fear and looked at Alice.

Her facial features were almost exactly the same as the black and white photo on the tombstone, and there were not many changes, but the blonde hair and blue eyes, which were different from the black and white, added vitality to her.

She held a bouquet of flowers in each hand, and the two bouquets looked similar, so they should have been customized together.

She was wearing a silver-gray robe. The gravekeeper didn't care when he first saw her, but now after a careful look, he found that the robe seemed to be glowing slightly.

While the gravekeeper was looking at her, Alice tilted her head, her eyes moved around the photo on the tombstone and the gravekeeper's face, and she understood the current situation without any obstacles.

He seemed to be very scared... Alice blinked twice and tentatively called out:

"Old man?"

The gravekeeper, who was forcing himself to stay calm, mustered up the last courage under this real and brisk voice. He swallowed his saliva and confirmed to Alice:

"Miss, are you and this one...sisters?"

If they are sisters, it should be normal to look a little similar... The gravekeeper tried to comfort himself.

Alice tilted her head, looked at the gravekeeper who was still trying to find an excuse with a pitying look, and said with a smile:

"No.

"I said, I came to sweep my own grave.

"You told me not to joke in such a fierce tone... But I wasn't joking, this is real?"

Her attitude was not joking at all, and she even complained about the gravekeeper's attitude. The gravekeeper could no longer bear it, and with a little calmness in his fear, he threw the useless lantern in his hand at Alice.

The gravekeeper originally planned to throw the lantern and run away, but he had just turned halfway and hadn't taken a step when he saw himself turn back and the lantern returned to his hand.

Alice continued to stand there holding two bouquets of flowers and looking at him.

So the old gravekeeper gritted his teeth and made a move that Alice didn't expect - he knelt down and kowtowed to Alice while shouting:

"My lord, it's unjust!

"I didn't kill you! "

Alice opened her mouth in surprise, looking at the gravekeeper who was kowtowing to her and shouting injustice on the ground, swallowed hard, and interrupted him in the calmest tone possible:

"I know.

"You go."

In Alice's surprised eyes, the gravekeeper who heard this did not hesitate at all, immediately got up from the ground, grabbed the route map that he had not put down, turned around and ran, leaving only a useless lantern on the ground.

"Your lantern--" Alice subconsciously wanted to stop him, but as soon as she spoke, the gravekeeper ran faster and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Alice stood there blankly, looking at the direction where the gravekeeper's back disappeared. After two seconds of silence, she kicked the lantern on the ground and placed the two bouquets of flowers in front of the tombstones.

There were no tributes or flowers in front of the two tombstones, but there was no grass three feet high on the graves-it should be someone who often comes, but today is not one of the few suitable times for tomb sweeping, so no one comes.

This didn't surprise Alice too much. After all, most people don't come to the grave every day, but only on a few specific days. And if you run into someone you knew "before your death" while visiting the grave, it would be a big joke.

Alice shook her head and left the cemetery.

...

After Alice left the flower shop, the owner did not take a carriage, but trotted through the streets without much care for his image.

She still kept telling herself that it should be just a joke, but after that, the wind seemed colder than usual, the dark clouds in the sky pressed lower, the sun was gone, and the whole world seemed to be shrouded in a layer of haze.

The owner became more and more frightened. She headed all the way to the location of the Night Church in her memory. When she reached her destination, she almost trotted into the gate.

The warm and quiet atmosphere inside the church calmed her down a little. She looked around. The light cast by the stained glass windows formed colorful patterns on the ground, giving people a sense of tranquility beyond the world.

The shopkeeper exhaled, walked straight to the bench in front of the church, sat on the bench, tapped her chest four times, drew a crimson moon symbol, closed her eyes and prayed silently.

After praying, the fear in her heart subsided a lot, so she looked up at the bishop in front of her.

This is the new bishop of the Church of the Night in Tingen City in recent months. His name is Dunn. This bishop has a pair of calm and deep gray eyes. He is gentle and patient. Everyone who comes for help can get help, even in the middle of the night - some people suspect that this bishop does not sleep at all.

Seeing that Bishop Dunn does not seem to need to receive other people for the time being, the shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward and whispered his experience:

"Bishop Dunn, I encountered a strange thing..."

Dunn listened patiently to her story, and finally comforted her softly: "Don't worry, it was probably just a joke."

This sentence was extremely persuasive. The shopkeeper felt relieved. She even had a faint smile on her face. Just when she was about to say thank you, an old man in black robe stumbled into the church. , the voice shouted in horror:

"Deng, Bishop Dunn, something happened!

"I saw someone sweeping my grave!"

This is the gravekeeper who escaped from Raphael's cemetery.

This time, even Dunn lost his composure. His eyes darkened slightly and he looked around.

It was probably a coincidence that these two ghost-hit guys were the only ones in the church at the moment, so Dunn looked at the tombkeeper and said in a low voice:

"Tell me about the situation at that time."

The peaceful atmosphere allowed the tombkeeper to relax. He looked at Dunn with a solemn face, took a deep breath, and recounted his experience:

"I am the tombkeeper of Raphael Cemetery. I have worked there for many years and have seen many strange things...

"Just today, just now, there was a girl knocking on the door and asking me to show her the way. She said she was going to visit the graves. One said her own, and the other one belonged to her former colleague, named Alice Kingsley and Klein respectively. ·Moretti..."

"...Who?" The familiar name touched Dunn's nerves, and his attitude suddenly stopped being calm. It fluctuated slightly, but only slightly.

He stared at the gravekeeper intently, waiting for his answer.

"Alice Kingsley and Klein Moretti." The sudden change in attitude made the tombkeeper smell something unusual. He repeated the names of the two people he just mentioned a little uneasily.

"Please come with me." Dunn glanced at the two of them and finally said.

…

After leaving Raphael Cemetery, Alice wandered around the streets twice and began to think about what she was going to do next.

Of course, she didn't just go back to Tingen City to visit the graves. She had not forgotten her original purpose - she wanted to come back to see the Nighthawks in Tingen City, mainly to see the captain.

I remember Archbishop Anthony said that the captain was promoted to bishop...well, he should be in the church now?

Thinking on the spot will always lead to no conclusion. Alice flagged down a carriage and headed towards the Night Church.

The Night Church in Tingen City was not big, and everything looked familiar to Alice. She jumped off the carriage at the door of the church, paid the change, and was about to walk in when she felt something was wrong and hid her figure.

——Otherwise she would have to meet her "life" boss.

After doing all this, Alice stood at the door of the church, took a deep breath, and adjusted her mood.

She knew that the captain was most likely inside. When she came to Tingen City, Alice certainly didn't plan to take a quick look and leave - she planned to see the captain.

Strictly speaking, this should be the first time she met the captain after her death. Alice felt a sense of nostalgia, especially - she was not sure of the captain's attitude.

This was also the reason why she wanted to meet the captain before becoming a saint or angel of the Church of the Night - at least this way the sense of distance would not be so strong.

She struggled for a long time with complicated emotions at the door of the church. Just when she was about to go in, the people inside came out.

The leader was very familiar to Alice, or the entire team was acquainted with her, including the two frightened-looking guys following the team - the flower shop owner and the gravekeeper.

It's broken... Alice swallowed her saliva, showed her figure on the spot, and shouted loudly to the leading man with gray eyes:

"team leader……"

The entire team fell silent, not mentioning the other two Nighthawks she knew but was not familiar with, nor her former captain Dunn. The ordinary people at the end of the two teams were obviously deeply impressed by her.

The one who reacted most violently was the tombkeeper. When he heard Alice's voice, he turned his head sharply, and then screamed:

"It's her, it's her!"

The flower shop owner also recognized Alice's identity in this exclamation, and she backed away with fear in her eyes.

Such a reaction confirmed what the tombkeeper said. Alice said something bad in her heart and looked at Dunn nervously.

Facing such a scene, Dunn was obviously the calmest of all, but he also assumed a fighting and defensive posture like everyone else - after all, in this world, companions who have been resurrected from the dead are not necessarily companions. .

Alice knew this very well. Even though she had never actually performed any tasks, she was also aware of this set of procedures, so she was not too surprised and just asked thoughtfully:

"Captain, I...how should I prove myself?"

In the silence, Dunn raised his hand to signal, and others put away their attacking postures, but their attitudes remained vigilant.

Dunn looked at Alice with a serious face and alert eyes, and asked coldly:

"Who are you?"

——He didn’t believe that the people in front of him were his former teammates.

This was bad news. After realizing this, Alice gritted her teeth and cast an angry look at the screaming tombkeeper.

She knew that this was not the fault of the gravekeeper. It was actually just Alice's anger. She didn't really do anything, she just stared.

But the people present were obviously not aware of this matter. They misunderstood her behavior. The gravekeeper shrank back and hid. The florist was with him, and Dunn stepped forward and stood in front.

He was protecting them. He thought I would hurt them... This fact broke into Alice's heart, extinguishing her anger like a basin of cold water, leaving only sadness and grievance.

Alice retracted her gaze from the gravekeeper, gritted her teeth to prevent tears from falling, pursed her lips, and tried to make her tone sound normal and explained:

"I, I just want to come back and see..."

She paused, realizing that this explanation was not credible. What she needed was to prove her identity, so Alice pondered for a moment and took out the identity that was most appropriate and easiest to be trusted in theory:

"I am the goddess's favored one."

This identity really has a certain degree of credibility. Under normal circumstances, no one who knows the existence of gods would pretend to be His favored one in front of a god's church.

At least in the eyes of others who have not seen Alice impersonating the "Angel of Destiny" Ouroboros in front of the "Real Creator" and dared to question the "Real Creator", this is what happened.

Therefore, her self-introduction made everyone relax a lot. Alice met Dunn's eyes and knew that she was only one step away from proving it.

She closed her eyes, tapped her chest four times, drew a crimson moon symbol skillfully, and recited the honorific name that she was so familiar with in ancient Hermes:

"Goddess of Night, higher than the starry sky and longer than eternity,

"You are the Lord of Crimson, the Mother of Secrets,

"The Queen of Disaster and Fear, the Lord of Sleep and Silence,

"..."

The honorific name and prayer explained her identity. Dunn and the other night watchmen completely let down their guard, but his attitude was not as good as Alice expected - or rather, his attitude was too good.

"I'm sorry, sir," Dunn said respectfully, "Do you come to Tingen City for a mission? "

Alice choked.

She obviously didn't reveal her identity just to watch this kind of drama, so she wasn't very happy, and even sad - very sad.

This unhappiness has always been there. She remembered the way others avoided her in Silver City and Moon City, the attitude of everyone who knew her identity in Backlund, and Evelyn who suddenly called her "you". Suddenly, her mouth drooped and tears fell.

"I'm just here to join the team," she said to Dunn through her tearful eyes, "Captain." (End of this chapter)