Mystery: Lucky

Thinking about the possible rumors and the consequences of being involved with Alice, Klein stopped decisively, turned his head to look at Alice, and reminded her:

"Hide for a while."

Alice realized the current situation belatedly, and she disappeared obediently.

So, Klein walked out the door and told Richardson, the valet standing outside:

"Send another serving of ice cream."

After a pause, he looked back at the empty ice cream cup on the table, and then continued:

"Remember to change the flavor."

As an experienced valet, Richardson did not ask any more questions, but just responded humbly:

"Okay, sir."

As he said this, he entered the room from the space Klein made way for, took away the cup and spoon on the table, and glanced at the second extra chair and the clock in the room with a slightly puzzled look.

-It was obviously still a long time before 3:45.

But Richardson didn't ask anything. He just took the things and left. A few minutes later, he brought a new ice cream. Then he left the room, closed the door, and stood at the door as before.

It was not until this time that Alice reappeared. She murmured to Klein:

"It's bad. He seems to have found something wrong..."

"I found it too." Klein replied calmly.

Alice was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that Klein didn't mean that he had found something wrong, but that he had found that Richardson had found something wrong.

She shook her head, and soon became excited again, and asked enthusiastically:

"Are you going to kill someone to silence him, Mr. Sparrow?"

Dawn Gellman Klein Mingrui Zhou Moretti Sparrow Dantes glanced at Alice indifferently, and said in a cold and emotionless tone:

"Eat your ice cream."

Alice obediently lowered her head to eat her ice cream.

Klein stayed where he was and watched her eat the ice cream, not disturbing the rare warmth and tranquility until Alice finished the ice cream quietly and quickly. Just as he was about to speak, Alice disappeared, leaving only a cup full of ice cream.

——Everything returned to the way the ice cream was just brought in, except that there was no Alice here.

Klein stood where he was. He was no longer angry about Alice's behavior, but he felt speechless. He shook his head and went over to pick up the ice cream with the mentality that it should not be wasted.

Klein slowly finished the whole cup of ice cream, then put the cup back on the table. Next, the cup returned to his hand, and the ice cream he had eaten returned to the cup mouthful by mouthful, and everything returned to the original state.

"?" After just standing there for a moment, Klein's speechlessness instantly turned into anger towards Alice. He shouted angrily, "Alice!"

"Hehe~"

The cheerful laughter of a young girl rang in the air. Nothing seemed to have changed, but Klein instinctively felt that something was different. He picked up the cup of ice cream for the second time.

This was confirmed when Klein put the ice cream back on the table for the second time. Looking at the empty cup that did not return to his hand again, Klein shook his head and went out to let Richardson come in to pack up.

...

"Golden Dream", captain's room.

Edwina exhaled and took a sealed box from the altar.

It was impossible to judge the material of the box by its appearance alone. It could only be seen that it was exquisitely made and had dense runes on it.

Recalling the knowledge she had just gained, Edwina recited a few spells and repeated a few actions. She successfully opened the box and revealed an exquisite feather pen.

The feathers on this quill pen are a beautiful crimson color. It is hard to tell what kind of bird it belongs to. The pen holder is a transparent crystal texture, showing a dark blue color under the light, with runes related to fate flowing on it.

"0-34..." Edwina murmured in a low voice. Note ①

She was in a trance, as if her mind had been sucked away. She reached out to touch the quill pen, but when her hand reached into the box, she shuddered and suddenly retracted her hand.

After this experience, Edwina was covered in cold sweat. She hurriedly closed the box and sealed it again. Then she leaned back on the chair with a pale face, breathing heavily with lingering fear.

After a while, Edwina found the letter paper and wrote a letter:

"To Gehrman Sparrow..."

After a pause, Edwina crossed out the line again, glanced at the sealed box, and frowned.

Suddenly, she had an idea, her eyes moved back to the letter paper, and she whispered to herself:

"In the "Travels of Groselle", it was a special situation, and her position was not right...

"If she has come back, it is said that she should be an angel..."

After taking another look at the box, Edwina closed her eyes and decisively read a list of honorifics:

"The eternally innocent child,

"The embodiment of luck and miracles,

"The origin of disasters and chaos,

"..."

...

Alice sat up from the bed.

For an angel who was not preaching, it was a very strange thing to hear strange prayers - just like Alice now.

She instinctively thought of the church's new holy book, but not to mention that the holy book had not yet been compiled. Even if it was compiled, in Alice's impression, the saints in the holy book would not fill in their honorary names.

Alice looked out in confusion and "looked" along the sound of prayers - she saw Edwina.

Alice is familiar with the background of Edwina, which should be the captain's cabin of the "Golden Dream". She has been there many times.

Alice remembered that she had indeed given Edwina her honorary name, and Edwina's belief in the God of Knowledge and Wisdom was very flexible, so it was not surprising that she prayed to herself.

But Alice instinctively felt that something seemed to be attracting her here.

...what is it?

After searching around the entire room, her "eyes" rested on the sealed box.

Her intuition told her that the thing that attracted her was in the box.

After a moment's hesitation, Alice appeared in the captain's cabin of the "Golden Dream" behind Edwina.

She thought for a moment and patted Edwina on the shoulder from behind. Edwina turned back without being surprised, breathed out towards Alice, and said before she asked:

"I have a favor to ask of you."

"What?" Alice blinked and glanced at the box subconsciously.

Edwina didn't speak. She glanced at Alice, who was standing, and then looked around the captain's cabin, which had no second chair. She stood up first and gave the chair to Alice.

Alice met her eyes in confusion. After a few seconds, she understood what Edwina meant, and after a moment of silence she replied:

“...You sit down.

"I like standing."

But Edwina did not sit back. She shook her head, pointed to the box and said to Alice:

"I would like to ask you to help seal a '0' level sealed object."

Alice paused and instinctively wanted to run away.

This sentence brought her some bad memories. She remembered that this was what Charlie King said at the time - Will Auceptin wanted her to help seal a "0" level sealed object in the future.

And now, a long time later, Charlie King shot himself, she became the "0" level sealed object, and Will Auceptin was reincarnated.

Obviously, none of the three people in this story ended well.

Alice tried hard to resist the urge to run away. She stood there and asked Edwina calmly:

"Who asked you to do this? The higher-ups of the church? Or..."

She paused and did not say the name of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, but both of them knew the name well, so Edwina nodded and said:

"It comes from Lemberg."

Alice exhaled a breath, feeling that her hanging heart had finally died. She asked with a sincere expression:

"...Are you sure that He didn't intend to turn me into a Sealed Artifact, right?

"I should be useless to Him, right...?

"You shouldn't be able to eat it, right?"

"Uh..." Edwina looked slightly confused, as if she couldn't understand Alice's behavior, "I don't know what you are thinking of, but this... this should be a gift."

"Gift...?" Alice frowned slightly.

Edwina didn't say anything, but handed over the box, and Alice subconsciously reached out to catch it.

After retracting her hand, Edwina looked at the box, took a deep breath and then said:

"There is a '0' level sealed object inside. Its appearance is an exquisite quill..."

"...0-08?" Alice blurted out.

Edwina's voice paused, and after recalling the information she had read in her mind, she denied:

"No, its number is '0-34'..."

"Okay," Alice nodded, "continue."

So Edwina exhaled and continued to describe the function of this quill:

"As I said just now, this quill used to be a '0' level sealed object stored in Lundberg, and its number is '0-34'.

“It is speculated that this quill came from a ‘prophet’ and could draw pictures of the future.

"However, once you hold this quill pen, you will uncontrollably draw the first picture of the future, which is also the death of the pen holder - this is also a side effect of '0-34'.

"When a dead end is drawn, it will definitely come true, even if you hand over '0-34' to others, it will be useless.

“Therefore, we decided that ‘0-34’ could not be exploited and kept it sealed.

"The preservation method of '0-34' is very simple. Although it has a slight demagogic effect, as long as it is sealed, no one will be attracted.

“As you can see now.

"But, as I just said, it can only be sealed but cannot be used..."

Alice nodded thoughtfully.

It is indeed in line with the style of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom to please her by giving her a Sealed Artifact that cannot be used or that cannot be used for a while - it can make her a good friend without causing harm to yourself. , and she has no clear enemies...

There is no clear enemy at the level of true gods.

After understanding the knowledge about the old days and pillars, Alice understood that this phenomenon was normal - except for the embarrassing situation of Will Unceding and Ourolyus, as long as she stood on the side and changed in time, strictly speaking, Said, she does not have the kind of life-and-death enemies on earth.

All this is thanks to the "Key of Light" - fortunately, He is a single-path old day, and the power in his hands is still only a supporting destiny.

In this regard, the competition of the "Destiny" path is much weaker, far inferior to the "God" and "Lord of Mystery" next door.

Thinking of the "Ancient Sun God" who was betrayed by the Angel King under her seat, Alice shook her head and said to Edwina:

"So, you brought it to me as a gift?"

Edwina remained silent.

Just like she tried to tell Alice tactfully at the beginning, she didn't intend to tell her purpose so bluntly.

This is obviously not the style of high-sequence social interaction.

But Alice seemed to react too strongly to the statement of "helping to seal a '0' level seal object". She seemed to have a serious psychological shadow on this matter, and Edwina had to make a straightforward explanation.

Anyway, the result was good. Alice poked the sealed box in her hand and asked Edwina:

"This is something from your church, right... How do I open this box?"

Edwina just remembered this. She looked at Alice hesitantly, as if she didn't expect her to ask such a question - theoretically, an angel could break this fragile seal even if he smashed it.

Alice saw the meaning in her eyes, and she frowned and explained:

"I don't like that kind of violent solution. If you have a way to open the box, I prefer your way."

It makes sense. Edwina's instinct as a teacher revived from her memory. She looked at Alice and said calmly and confidently:

"It's very simple, just need to..."

After memorizing a long list of spells and gestures dizzily, Alice raised her head and asked Edwina sincerely:

"Is there any difference between our understanding of the word simple?

"No, I shouldn't ask this question..."

"Do you people in the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom understand the word simple differently from ordinary people?"

Ordinary Alice shook her head painfully, looked at Edwina with a resentful expression, and said sincerely:

"I would have smashed it open if I had known..."

Edwina looked at Alice hesitantly.

Although she is not specialized in this kind of potion, in Edwina's impression, the Beyonders of the "Monster" Path are not bad in terms of memory. What's more, she is an angel...

She really just hates studying, right? ! (End of this chapter)