Mystery: Lucky

So Alice turned to Derrick and asked thoughtfully: "Mr. Sun, can you kill them? I only need one... uh, one should be enough."

Alice believed that she could not afford a second one.

Derrick shook his head and said: "The place where these monsters are is still too dangerous for me."

"... Very good," Alice said in an appreciative tone, "Then do you have a way to get me to Silver City?"

Derrick closed his mouth.

"Maybe I can take you to that sea area," Alger said tentatively, "If you need it."

Alice retracted her gaze from Derrick, leaned back in her chair, and looked at Alger with a smile.

To be honest, Alger's suggestion is indeed one of the most appropriate answers.

In addition, Alice can probably use the excuse of collecting materials or finding inspiration, and then copy... After drawing this comic, she will pay someone to take her out to sea - but is there really anyone willing to take this kind of sea mission that costs money but not life?

But Alger's intention was too obvious. This was an open conspiracy.

Alice guessed that the "Hanged Man" must be extremely sure that she was the one who had just arrived in Backlund mentioned by Klein. Now he should be trying to figure out the reason for his attitude towards Klein...

Alger met Alice's gaze with a frank expression, and then said: "If you are worried, we can ask Mr. Fool to be a witness."

"Okay," Alice sat up a little straighter and looked at the head of the bronze table, "Then please ask Mr. Fool to be a witness for us?"

"Okay." Klein nodded gently.

So Alice looked at Alger again, restrained her smile and said: "Mr. 'Hanged Man', do you remember the Beyonder from the 'Monster' path you met?"

"What's wrong?" Alger asked in a deep voice.

"There's an angel behind him—at least an angel who's been watching me," Alice leaned forward and said, "and unfortunately, he was able to find me because of you."

The Hanged Man's expression changed for a moment, and Alice, noticing the change, smiled contentedly, "The angel may have noticed you."

At this moment, Alice didn't pay any attention to Mr. Fool's gaze on her—after all, Mr. Fool thought it was great to offend a Sequence 6 or even a Sequence 5, but who would have thought that Alice would attract an angel!

Derrick was shocked, and Audrey asked directly, "Aren't you in danger?"

"Not in danger yet," Alice tapped the table with her fingertips, saying in an ambiguous tone, "Although the angel is full of malice towards me, He won't attack me for the time being—and Mr. 'Hanged Man' shouldn't be targeted for the time being, after all, without reciting his honorific name, there's not much he can do. In addition, the angel is currently in Backlund."

"...Is it an angel from the 'Monster' path?" Alger asked loudly.

Alice looked at Alger's expression. She guessed that Alger must be very eager to ask how he had offended an angel - even though this was also an unprovoked disaster for her.

"Obviously," Alice shrugged, "I have His honorific name, do you want to hear it?"

"... No need." Alger looked at Alice who was still in the mood to joke, and rejected the proposal with mixed emotions, "You... did you do something to offend that angel?"

"..." Alice fell silent, she put away her smile, looked at Alger, and said in an ethereal tone, "This is not something you should know."

And secretly praised her performance in her heart.

Looking at Alger and Audrey who had fallen silent, and Derrick who had never known what to say, Alice said:

"Mr. 'Hanged Man', if I invite you to hunt the Beyonder of the 'Monster' Path with me in the future - oh, he calls himself Charlie King, currently at Sequence 6, if I invite you to hunt him with me..."

"Are you sure this won't make the angel want to kill me?" Alger asked.

"If He really cared about Charlie King's life, He wouldn't have let Charlie King come to see me," Alice said coldly, thinking of Charlie King who almost became a Beyonder. "Or, I suspect that Charlie King is the Beyonder that He deliberately sent to me."

And if I didn't accept it, would it be sent to me again when Charlie King reached Sequence 5?

"...If He wanted to kill you, why would He send you a Beyonder?" Alger asked incomprehensibly.

"This is also not something you should know." Alice refused to answer this question.

"Why didn't you mention this last week?" Alger continued to ask.

"Because last week I couldn't be sure whether the angel was kind or malicious," Alice replied, "and this week, I have already met the angel once."

Klein then looked at Alice again under the cover of the gray fog.

"Why did you invite me?" Alger continued to ask.

"Two reasons," Alice gave her answer, "One is that you have been exposed to His sight, and the other is... I am actually an assistant."

"... If the remuneration is appropriate and I have the time, I will consider it." Alger gave a fairly flexible answer.

"Very good," Alice raised her eyebrows slightly, "If I need to go to the sea area you mentioned through your ship, what do I need to pay? How should I contact you?"

"..." Alger fell silent, Alice suspected that he regretted his proposal just now.

"Even if you don't believe me, you should at least believe Mr. Fool, right?" Alice decided to raise the banner, "And, I can assure you that the angel has no ability to affect my fate, He just found me in some way."

Alice is very confident about this - she believes that the power that affects her fate is much higher than the angel.

"... Two weeks later, Pritz Harbor, I will tell you the specific situation at the next Tarot meeting," Alger replied in a deep voice, "I require the distribution of the harvest according to the normal rules of team adventure, and you need to pay an additional 1,000 pounds as the ship's fare."

Alice sighed that the ticket was really expensive, and asked without experience: "Generally speaking, how are the harvests of team adventures distributed?"

"In the case of killing alone, whoever kills it will get it." Alger replied.

Alice, whose only fighting power was a revolver, was silent for a moment, then asked, "What if I don't have the ability to kill monsters alone?"

"...Distribute according to contribution and need, and make compensation afterwards." Alger looked at Alice hesitantly.

I'm actually very curious whether you refer to the Old Ones or the Source when you say the Key of Light, after all, these two are actually the same name (……)

But why does the book friend circle seem to be arguing (……)

Ah, actually, if you talk nicely and give serious suggestions, I will read and consider them, because I do have some problems you point out (eyes shifted)

But if you find fault, the kind who teach me to write books, or even curse (saying that Alice is stupid doesn't count because I'm also secretly saying it (eyes shifted), I won't talk nicely to you either

After all, there are so many books, if you don't like to read, you can go read other ones, there's no need to make everyone look bad here, if you really can't find anything you like to read, just write it yourself, why bother to make yourself unhappy, and have to show off your presence before leaving (……)