Mystery: Lucky

After solving the crucial problem of renting a house, Alice finally started her work.

Just as she told Klein, she can draw comics... Of course, she can draw more than just weird things!

Moreover, Emperor Roselle, who has a long list of titles such as famous novelists, inventors, poets, composers, etc., has not completely cut off the way for travelers to come.

Emperor Roselle still left many things that can be copied, such as comics, games, and movies...

Even if it is limited to the subject matter, many things cannot be truly reproduced one-to-one, but making money is not bad.

So in the following time, Alice lived a regular life again: after breakfast, she went to church to pray, and then came back to copy... Come back to draw comics, eat, continue to draw comics, eat, and continue to draw...

I can't draw anymore!

On the first day of this boring routine, Alice was successfully defeated by her own patience-she decided to go out for a walk after dinner and leave the rest for later.

Backlund is a much larger city than Tingen. Strolling on the streets, among the hurried or leisurely pedestrians, Alice's mood slowly calmed down.

For Alice, the essence of walking has never been the scenery - of course, beautiful scenery and excellent weather conditions will definitely make people more happy. Unfortunately, the natural scenery that Alice longs for is not available in the city, and the weather in Backlund is really hard to describe.

"Food desert plus foggy city... it's really easy to make strange associations." The impression of a certain country flashed through Alice's mind, but it did not cause Alice to think deeply.

For Alice, the real essence of walking is to stroll among the crowd. She enjoys the feeling of being out of the crowd and becoming a part of the crowd, which can give her a strange sense of security.

Alice's tranquility did not last long. When she got Dixie pie and sweet iced tea from a roadside vendor, a scream made her turn her head back instinctively.

——A carriage was rushing towards a boy about ten years old at a high speed. The boy was sitting on the ground and looked like he couldn't stand up for a while.

Alice almost instinctively put down the Dixie pie and sweet iced tea in her hands and turned to rush to the child.

She protected the child and rolled out of the carriage's range. The carriage stopped with difficulty. Amid the noise of the crowd, the driver and a couple who seemed to be the boy's parents came forward.

"Thank you, thank you..." The couple came forward emotionally to thank Alice, and they still seemed to be frightened by what happened just now.

"I'm very sorry, young lady, and this gentleman and lady," the driver also came forward after talking to the owner for a few words, and apologized sincerely, "My master is willing to compensate you for your losses."

As the main victims of the incident, the couple finally chose to settle the matter and accepted the compensation.

As a bystander who was accidentally involved, Alice also received a huge compensation of 50 pounds-this was for her to buy new clothes and do a check-up, although Alice had repeatedly stated that she was not injured.

Alice realized that this was probably a rich man who was afraid of trouble.

This incident was unremarkable from the beginning to the end. If it ended like this, Alice should not have too many memories of it.

But when the couple pulled the boy to thank Alice and let Alice turn her eyes to the boy again, Alice felt a creepy sense of fear.

"Thank you, sister ∽"

The little boy's voice was brisk, but it could not completely soothe the cold sweat and sweat hair on Alice's back. She almost stiffly cast her eyes on the boy and responded: "It's okay."

However, the little boy in front of her didn't seem to let Alice go: "Sister, you look scared?"

Alice smiled stiffly and said perfunctorily: "I was just scared by what happened just now... I hope you're okay."

Then, without waiting for the boy and the couple's response, she took the pie and sweet iced tea she had just put down and turned around and walked away quickly.

After turning around at the end of the street, Alice even ran wildly with the things in her arms until she got home.

She closed the door and locked it, then sat on the sofa in the living room and recalled the details just now.

——Everything was so normal, where did that creepy feeling come from?

Alice knew that the source must be that boy, or it was related to that boy, but what was so special about that boy?

Obviously, Alice couldn't think of the result, and she could only fall asleep with this uneasy mood.

…

This is a dark, towering spire. Alice raised her head and raised her hand to gesture, but unfortunately, even so, Alice couldn't see the top of the tower.

Alice curiously stepped into the spire. The interior of the spire was as dark and gloomy as its appearance. Alice frowned the moment she stepped in.

Alice went up, down, left, and right along the stairs. The stairs in this tower are very irregular and quite strange - if I have to describe it, every step you take will lead you to one of the six random directions: up, down, left, right, front, and back. The probability of these six directions is completely equal, but you don't know why you just happened to step on the top of the tower. Note ①

- Yes, the top of the tower.

After passing through locked doors and walls, Alice was sure that she had reached the top of the tower.

Alice looked up and finally saw what the top of the tower was - a giant white snake was hovering above her head!

The snake was connected head to tail and was slowly moving. It seemed that there were no scales on the snake's body, but symbols that would make Alice dizzy if she looked at it for a second.

"Hiss, hiss." The snake lowered its head and Alice saw a pair of blood-red eyes. The owner of the eyes stared at her coldly and ruthlessly, and then spit out its tongue at her twice.

Alice watched the snake head getting closer and closer to her, and she realized that the snake was really big, so big that she felt that she was not as tall as the other's fully opened mouth.

...Fully open mouth?

The giant snake opened its mouth, completely enclosing Alice, and then closed - and then Alice suddenly woke up from her dream.

After covering her chest to calm her heartbeat a little, Alice opened her pocket watch and looked at the time - it was just past midnight.

Alice, who couldn't sleep for a while, was silent for a while. She decided to do something she had decided for a long time - she was going to wake up Klein...

Note ①: This is actually a mathematical model. You may have heard a saying called "a drunkard can always find his way home, but a drunk bird may never be able to return home." Of course, I won't calculate the specific probability (eyes shifted)