Mystery: Lucky

Alice was a little angry when she repeated the same words for the third time.

From Hazel's attitude, Alice judged that her words were not taken seriously. Her fixed gaze fell on Hazel, looking at her like that, waiting for her next response.

Hazel shook her body. She suddenly felt a little cold. After looking around, she looked up at the manhole cover above her head.

But feeling cold in the sewer didn’t seem to be due to the manhole cover. After thinking for a while, Hazel said hesitantly:

"I feel a little cold... maybe I should go back and put on some clothes."

Alice stared at Hazel and frowned. This was not a request that could not be granted, but Alice did not want to accompany Hazel back, so she asked:

"What's going on with this treasure?"

Alice actually thought that she should probably use some interrogation techniques at this time, but she rummaged through her mind and found that her knowledge in this area was completely blank, so she had to give up the matter with regret. .

Such unskilled questioning made Hazel stunned for a moment. She recalled the teacher's attitude towards Alice - not too defensive, and that was not friendly enough.

This did not seem to be a relationship where clues to the treasure could be exchanged, so Hazel looked embarrassed. Alice stared at her, suddenly regretting that she had not killed her directly before.

In fact, it's too late now. As long as I kill all the insiders of this matter, Klein won't know about it...

Alice picked out the insiders in her mind one by one, first Hazel, then Senator Morrie Macht and his wife Liana, then Bishop Elektra, and then...

The slightly old face of Dwayne Dantès appeared in front of Alice, which made Alice regretfully give up the idea. She realized that Mr. Fool was present.

Moreover, what if the church investigates? Did I kill them all? Also, the bad luck I left on her has not yet taken effect...

Alice tried her best to make excuses for herself. She persuaded herself hard, but not only could she not give up the idea of ​​killing, but she actually came up with a good idea.

Amon must be interested in the demigod of the "Stealer" path. I can tell Amon about it, that way...

Then the treasure will also be taken away by Amon.

Alice lowered her head in despair. She realized that the King of Angels of the "Stealer" path was not a good partner. Even if she wanted to invite others to play an adventure game, she was not a suitable playmate.

"Go away." She said to Hazel rather boredly.

Hazel felt as if she had been forgiven for a moment. She felt inexplicably happy and ran quickly towards the place where she climbed down.

Alice stared at Hazel's back. Before she officially started climbing, she suddenly had an idea and shouted:

"Wait a moment.

"Your teacher told you to look for treasures before, but you don't seem to have anything like a treasure map with you... You have a way to locate the treasure, right?"

Hazel was stunned for a moment, but this was one of the few questions she could answer. She turned back and said with a bit of pride:

"This is my ability."

ability……? Looking for treasure...?

As an angel of the "destiny" path, Alice hesitated for a moment, looked back and then asked:

"...Divination?"

If that's the case, I won't feel anything at all... However, "thief" and divination don't sound like they go together. After all, a thief can't try divination every time before going out.

Unless the thief is a "soothsayer"...

The image of Klein wearing night clothes and stealing things suddenly appeared in Alice's mind. It was too bizarre, so she quickly dismissed it and brought her attention back to where it had wandered.

Hazel's expression of confusion and surprise gave Alice the answer. She sighed and tried to analyze an ability that was more suitable for the "thief":

"Let me think about it...

"The thief... Well, every time a thief steals something, he seems to have to check out the location to confirm how many people are at home and what time he goes out... Well, okay, this is a burglary.

"Well... this ability should probably be simplified a bit and be suitable for all situations where theft is required...

"I see!"

Alice's eyes lit up. She stared at Hazel and said firmly:

"You can tell where valuable things are!"

Hazel's expression was once again filled with confusion. Alice once again got the answer from her undisguised emotions and softly judged:

"It's not as good as using a treasure map to hunt for treasure or solving riddles, but it sounds like a formal adventure than divination... The bad news is, I don't seem to be able to reproduce this, unless..."

Alice's eyes fell on the necklace around Hazel's neck. After a few seconds, she looked away again and muttered:

"If you want to grab this, I might as well kill that teacher of yours..."

"?" Hazel stood there, not sure whether she should stay here.

The good news is that this was just a casual statement from Alice. She didn't take it seriously. She just looked at Hazel and thought about what she should do next.

Maybe I should report this to the church...?

No, wait...

Alice suddenly thought of the angel in Leonard again.

Hmm...if I give him the demigod hiding in the mouse's body, can he accompany me to find this treasure?

The goddess didn't do anything to him, so he should be trustworthy. If it doesn't work, then I can give it to Amon...

...If I ask Amon not to hurt Leonard, will Amon agree?

Things got stuck here, and Alice realized that even if Amon would agree, it was never a good idea to let Amon know who she cared about.

——This is not a question of danger. Although she does not have any expectations for Amon's moral level, Alice believes that Amon will not threaten her with other people like Will Asceptin, because Alice feels , Amon would more likely find it fun to tease her like this.

This was undoubtedly a bad idea, and Alice ruled it out without hesitation, at least not until she was sure whether the angel in Leonard was truly safe.

Unable to figure out the outcome, Alice frowned. She stared at Hazel and couldn't help but regret that she had spared her life.

If I had killed her in a fit of rage, I would be the one playing the treasure hunt game here now...

She licked her lips and realized that she let Hazel go because she was worried that Klein would be angry. In this case, it would be better to leave the solution of the subsequent problems to Klein as well.

——She made sacrifices in order not to affect Klein's mood, so Klein should also find a way to compensate her.

Alice was satisfied with making the decision for Klein, and then thought about her exit.

She exhaled, and her expression suddenly became solemn. Under Hazel's confused and confused eyes, Alice straightened her robe and looked at her with a smile, but her eyes seemed to look through her at something else and said:

"As much as I wanted to, fate seemed to think it would be better for your teacher to wear a monocle than die.

"I hope you don't get infected."

Then, Alice shook her head, passed over Hazel before she could speak, and disappeared from Hazel's surprised sight.

Alice did not go to find Klein. Although she visited Mr. Fool's bedroom more than once at night, sometimes, she would choose to let Mr. Fool have a good sleep.

For example, now.

Alice returns home and should have chosen to lie down to sleep, but she realizes something is wrong - there is a man on her doorstep.

The man could be described as disheveled, but he probably didn't mean to do so. Alice noticed that he was not in good spirits, but presumably, no one who was forced to wake up at night would feel in good spirits.

Besides, this was Alan Kress, Alice remembered, and his wife was pregnant with Will Asceptin—he didn't seem to be in good spirits anyway.

But why did he appear here...

This is quite surprising, because it means that Will Auceptin may want to contact her, otherwise, Alice does not think that Allen will have the opportunity to stand in front of her.

Oh, the main reason is that Alice almost forgot that there was a person like Allen.

Of course, this matter must not be known to Alan himself, so Alice opened the door behind Alan, making Alan, who was leaning against the door, jump in surprise.

The gentleman with red bloodshot eyes was obviously very frightened. He turned around in fright, only to find Alice, his eyes lit up, and he shouted hurriedly:

"You, you are back!"

Alice looked at the surprised Allen, and after thinking for two seconds, she made a reasonable guess:

"Are you having nightmares again?"

This was the only possibility she could think of.

"No, it's not me," Allen denied, "It's Velma..."

"Velma?" Alice asked doubtfully.

"That's my wife." Allen explained.

Alice instantly remembered the name. She had indeed heard Allen mention it, but she didn't even remember Allen, let alone Allen's wife?

Alice told herself that this was a normal thing, and then asked without any guilt:

"Oh? What did she dream about?"

Alice did not guess Will Auceptin's purpose at this juncture. As Allen said, his wife had a nightmare, so Will's purpose was obviously inseparable from the content of the dream.

This is the content of Allen's dream that he recounted without hesitation. He told it in great detail, starting from the unexpected birth to the sputtering of umbilical cord blood.

Alice did not interrupt in the middle. She patiently listened to Allen's story and finally asked curiously:

"Cord blood?"

Alice realized almost instantly the possible specialness of umbilical cord blood. Will's premature birth was not a surprise to her, but the splash of umbilical cord blood, together with Velma's subsequent loss of consciousness, made Alice A guess.

She knows what umbilical cord blood is. It is a very special existence for newborns. In the modern medicine that Alice understands, having umbilical cord blood can be regarded as an extra life in a sense.

The most important reason is that umbilical cord blood seems to be guided to differentiate into a certain organ. If any organ in your body is damaged due to an accident, it is time for umbilical cord blood to come into play.

In addition, umbilical cord blood seems to have a role in bone marrow transplantation.

This sounds like an extremely precious ingredient in blood, and for mythical creatures, this will inevitably remind people of the blood of mythical creatures. Blood that contains authority and power is of course extremely precious.

The first thought that came to Alice was rather strange. She thought of the blood of mythical creatures that she had not given to "Hermit" Cattleya so far - if she stole Will's umbilical cord blood, would she not have to pump herself? blood?

And, it sounds like there's a lot more to it...

Alice remembered her past idea of ​​selling blood. At this time, she expected this to be a prophetic dream.

Allen didn't realize how unwise his request for help was. He nodded and asked eagerly:

"Yes... the one who asked me to tell you this dream said, I'm afraid only you know what's going on.

"You, you..."

Allen looked at Alice, and Alice realized there was some fear hidden in his eyes. She was just stunned for a moment, and then remembered Allen's original dream.

In that dream, Alice, who seemed to have cut open Velma's belly, was obviously not a kind character.

Just like the reason why Allen found Alice in the first place - he just thought that Alice was at least a human being, and he actually didn't believe in Alice's kindness.

However, he is actually much smarter than Hazel...

Thinking of Hazel's attitude towards her, and then looking at the hidden Allen, Alice shook her head and commented:

"You're quite smart... Well, if you can, try to live a little longer, right?"

Cold sweat slid down Allen's back, and he froze in place, losing the ability to speak.

She... No, what does He mean?

Alice glanced at him in confusion, then recalled what Allen had just said, touched her chin and said to herself:

"Will, do you think this has something to do with me? Well...but what did I do? No, I should say, what should I do to achieve that effect..."

Thinking of Will's umbilical cord blood, Alice's heart moved again.

——You know, if too much blood of mythical creatures is taken away at one time, angels will fall into a period of weakness.

If Will can't get the cord blood back, it doesn't matter even if the drama queen can't get it, because whether it's a good thing for Alice or not, it's definitely a bad thing for Will.

Allen was stunned for a moment. It took him a while to realize that this was the answer to his question just now, but Alice's subsequent tone was no longer doubtful - she seemed full of anticipation for the scene in the dream.

This was undoubtedly bad news for Allen, but he didn't even have the anger to clench his fists, only a deep sense of powerlessness - after all, he had been with Will for so long.

Allen was extremely sure that neither of the two choices before him were good people, at least they didn't take him seriously. (End of chapter)