Mystery: Lucky

In the long-lost peace, Ademisol's scattered thoughts gradually returned and his mind gradually became clear.

Alice's clear and soft words were carried into his ears by the wind. He listened to the whole paragraph in a trance. Although he did not understand the meaning, he at least understood one thing.

- This is an opportunity.

As for the possible negative consequences of this opportunity and Alice's long string of words - Ademisol did not understand a word.

He only realized that this was an opportunity to get rid of the current situation and get rid of the current pain.

What can end his pain?

Ademisol knew the answer, and everyone here knew the answer - a "monster" potion.

"I accept it." He responded without thinking.

Decisive and straightforward, everything went smoothly beyond Alice's imagination. After standing there and staring at Ademisol for two seconds, she suddenly remembered that she had no paper and pen.

"Do you have paper and pen?" She asked calmly.

Ademisol looked at her blankly.

It seems that there is none... Alice looked away, glanced at the crowd, and calmly asked:

"Do you have paper and pen?"

The crowd looked at each other, seemingly unable to understand her behavior. Ten seconds later, a young girl stood up from the most common amulet stall here, raised her hand and said:

"I have it."

As she said this, she walked over quickly, took out a palm-sized pocket notebook and a pen from her body and handed them to Alice.

"Thank you," Alice smiled at her, "Are you buying an amulet? If you need it, I can help you pick one later."

As she said this, she looked down at the notebook in her hand and asked hesitantly: "Can I tear off a page of paper?"

"Of course." The girl smiled.

So Alice opened the notebook, wrote down the formula of the "monster" potion on the blank page, tore off the page, and handed it to Admisol.

Then, she smiled and said to Ademisol:

"Then, congratulations.

"The past misfortune ends here, and what awaits you next...

"will be a brand new misfortune."

When she said this, Alice suddenly felt as if some barrier loosened a little, and she realized that this was the feedback from the digestion of the potion.

...?

Alice frowned and looked at Ademisol.

Ademisol became nervous because of her gaze, and he subconsciously clenched the fragile paper in his hand, the paper that represented "turnaround", as if he was afraid that Alice would suddenly regret it, and said decisively:

"I think it won't be worse than it is now anyway."

Alice paused, realizing that now was not the time to dwell on this, she retracted her gaze and smiled softly at Ademisol:

"Then, I wish you good luck - if that can be called good luck."

Then, she shrugged and put the paper She returned the pen to the girl standing blankly by the side, lowered her eyes and smiled at the girl who was half a head shorter than her:

"Do you want me to help you choose an amulet?"

The girl was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses. She looked at Alice, and suddenly said in a surprised and slightly excited tone:

"Yes!"

So Alice followed the girl to the crowd of onlookers who had gathered at some point. At the edge of the encirclement, she glanced lightly, and a trace of her breath successfully made people make way for her.

The girl led Alice forward, but did not stop in front of the stall at the beginning, and kept walking. The stalls and people around them became fewer and fewer, and their location became more and more remote.

Alice became more and more confused as she walked, and she didn't understand what the girl was going to do, but she still followed her.

After all, the girl couldn't do anything to her.

In Alice's carefree indulgence, the strange girl took her to the corner of the underground market, and then asked with joy:

"Can you say a blessing to me? Just like just now..."

Alice understood, and labeled this girl as a "mystic enthusiast" in her heart.

She glanced at the girl with a smile, and the girl couldn't help but get nervous in the inexplicable oppression. Seeing this, Alice raised a bright smile, shook her head at the girl and said:

"It's a pity, you had a chance to get a really useful amulet.

"Now, you can only get a warning-stay away from people like me.

"This is not a good thing."

She shook her head, looked at the girl with pity, and turned away.

No one noticed them around, so after Alice took two steps, her figure disappeared from the spot, leaving only the girl with a look of astonishment.

After confirming that there was no abnormality on the captain's side-mainly that she had not received a reply from Ms. Daly, Alice found a restaurant and ate while thinking about her feelings just now.

She was very familiar with that feeling, which was obviously a sign of the potion digesting, but the question was - what did she do?

Was it because of that sentence, or because of her behavior?

... Probably both?

Alice took a bite of the steak in her mouth and cut another piece thoughtfully.

She knew that bringing bad luck to others could help digest the potion of the "Doom Wizard", which was obvious, not to mention that Anderson Hood had made outstanding contributions to proving this fact.

But what she did to Admisol just now obviously had nothing to do with bringing bad luck - just as she said, she actually ended Admisol's past bad luck.

As for the new... who knows if it is bad luck or good luck?

... Why does this thing look so much like my promotion ceremony?

Alice blinked blankly, and such a thought flashed through her mind. She frowned and murmured:

"Give, bring a turning point to other people's fate?

"No, that's not right. This has nothing to do with the 'doom wizard'. It should bring a turning point to people in bad luck. Going further, maybe it can eliminate bad luck directly?

"By the way, 'magician'... since such a word with obvious control is used, the 'doom wizard' should control bad luck... so it must not just bring bad luck!"

Alice exhaled and stuffed another piece of steak into her mouth.

Although the result obtained by reasoning alone is not enough for the potion to give feedback, Alice's spirituality will never let her down at this time.

She naturally realized that this conclusion should be correct. It might not be complete or clear, but it was correct.

This made Alice feel relieved.

If she really needed to bring bad luck to others, she didn't have much psychological burden. Although it might be a bit uncomfortable to see it, it would be fine if she didn't see it.

She was very good at pretending to be blind.

At most, she would make up for it and comfort herself afterwards.

She was mainly worried that Klein would have an opinion.

Relieved, Alice murmured:

"If I really have to digest the potion by bringing bad luck, Klein will have an opinion no matter how I think about it... unless I play pirates specifically."

... Wait, this actually seems quite interesting, huh?

And if I accidentally die, I can get a bonus...

Alice began to seriously think about whether she could rob a ship.

What interrupted her thoughts was the sudden appearance of gray fog. She heard Klein's cautious test:

"Alice? You, what's wrong with you?"

She suddenly remembered that she seemed to have asked Klein to call a psychiatrist for her.

After the incident at the underground market, she couldn't say that she had almost forgotten what happened just now, but Alice did find that she had at least almost forgotten the sadness just now - her mind was now full of delicious food.

Alice stretched out a hand to cover her face.

Speaking of which, Klein didn't seem to be much stranger to me... even closer.

Is it because there is no such long-awaited reunion scene?

Well, rounding off, I can be said to have grown up under his watch... uh, wait.

Alice blinked twice, and suddenly a magical sentence popped up in her mind: "I held you when you were a child."

Although it's a bit strange, the scene represented by this sentence seems to be similar to the captain's time and Evelyn's time in a certain sense...

Alice lowered her head and fell into deep thought.

Now, the sad atmosphere was completely gone. Alice put down her hand silently, and after finishing her lunch in no time, she found an empty alley and whispered Klein's honorific name in ancient Hermetic language. Then, she said in a deep and heavy tone at the end:

"Mr. Fool, I held you when you were a child."

Above the gray fog, after hearing this, Klein chose to return to the real world without hesitation.

... I don't need to care about her!

He kicked the floor indignantly, and soon he got a headache again.

If she really has to grow up again, should I go to Miss Justice to ask about child psychology...?

Klein fell into deep thought with a blank look in his eyes.

Alice didn't know that Mr. Fool had already worried about her education. She glanced at the captain who had not received a reply from a distance. After thinking seriously for a moment, she remembered something she had forgotten to do.

- She was going to ask the goddess if she was willing to be her "mother".

Find a place, um... Alice thought, looking in the direction of the church.

...There shouldn't be any place more suitable than the church!

But, but... am I going there just like that?

Alice shook her head and firmly rejected this plan.

Although the church is indeed a suitable place, this is a relatively formal issue, and Alice thinks this issue is at least worth a prayer ceremony.

Of course, the ceremony can be held in the basement of the church, but she always feels that it's weird for her to be there.

With this mentality, Alice gave up the option of the church. After thinking for a while, she chose to go back to Backlund-she was going to arrange the ceremony in the study.

When preparing the herbs related to the night field and placing the altar, Alice suddenly had a weird idea in her mind.

If I restart the altar after praying, can I get unused herbs and essential oils?

If so, can I use it to pray again...

Faced with this tempting trick to save money, Alice swallowed her saliva, and then forcibly interrupted this train of thought.

- This is too disrespectful... too disrespectful to God.

You know, she had a serious purpose in arranging the prayer ceremony, but she was so perfunctory with the materials...

Alice shook her head, set up the altar, and recited the prayer:

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

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

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

"I beg for your help, for your answer.

"I have seen a doomed death at the other end of the long river of fate. It may be a doomed ending. In order to avoid this ending, I need a new life.

"I need a 'mother'.

"Are you willing to..."

Before she finished her words, the invisible wind had already rolled up the embers of the herbs, and a line of words fell in her sight:

"Don't you have any other choice?"

-This is an impatient refusal.

Alice stopped praying and swallowed her saliva while looking at the line of words.

She realized that the goddess not only rejected her request without mercy, but even felt that the goddess' attitude towards this matter might not be so calm-He didn't even listen to her finish her words.

Obviously, the goddess didn't want to get this "honor" at all.

Alice understood that this was not a refusal to help her, otherwise the goddess would not be willing to write her into the holy book-this was equivalent to publicly admitting to protecting her.

This kind of rejection was probably similar to the goddess's refusal to talk to her at the beginning, and the reason why the goddess didn't talk at the beginning...

Alice didn't forget what nonsense she had said to the goddess.

Even if we don't mention the fur of the demon wolf that she had been obsessed with in the past, just talking about the present, she had asked the goddess similar questions in person.

What's more, she also claimed outside that Dark Night was her favored one...

Although she said such words, Alice had never told Dark Night about this matter in person - the previous one was a special case, she just spoke quickly at the time.

After all, she didn't ask again later, at least not in person...

"But, is the goddess really not willing to pay attention to me just because of this...or, don't want to be too close to me?" Alice thought of Klein while packing her things.

If we really talk about the absurd things she said, she actually said a lot to Klein, and Klein even welcomed it much more outrageously than the goddess - he wanted to fall in love with Amon and have children.

But the last incident made Alice realize that Klein had an almost weird trust in her.

When there was no danger, Klein could not say that he did not believe what she said, but he must be cautious about every word and resolutely did not believe her lies.

And the moment when he was really in danger...

Judging from the last time Klein asked for help, his first reaction to the life-and-death crisis seemed to be to ask her for help.

——He seemed to firmly believe that he would not let anything happen to him.

Then, what about the goddess?

Alice looked at the words formed by the ashes on the table and pursed her lips. (End of this chapter)