Mystery: Lucky

Gray-white mist spread out, and Alice only had time to move her hand before her vision was completely covered.

"Ding Dong——"

It was the sound of a coin hitting the ground.

"By the way," Klein's voice rang out in the gray fog, drawing Alice's attention away, "I forgot to ask you yesterday... What is your relationship with that Winfried? Do you know, The last few times I met her at dances, she would stare at me fiercely, as if I had stolen her sweetheart!"

Klein complained and mentioned Winfried to Alice. After complaining about his experience at the ball, he couldn't help but say:

"Speaking of which, you know, right? She was also injured. Do you want to go and take a look? Even if you ask her what she saw at that time? Maybe she saw Will Asceptin's condition...

"After all, you don't plan to go there and take a look yourself, do you?"

The gray fog dissipated from her eyes. Alice raised her hand to support her head, but her movements suddenly stopped.

"Wait..." she muttered, searching the ground with her eyes, "Where are the coins?"

——The coin is no longer in her hand.

Alice stood up subconsciously, but something was startled by this movement. Alice heard the crisp impact again. She turned her head and saw the coin that was still vibrating.

It seemed to have just fallen down... Alice's eyes darkened, she stepped forward and picked up the coin.

"So..." She frowned, loosened her fingers, and watched the coin fall to the ground, spinning and rolling, "...it was originally standing?"

The lonely coin couldn't answer her question. It just rolled lonely on the ground, and finally rolled silently into the gap between the wall and the floor.

It wasn't until she saw the coin disappearing from her sight that Alice suddenly reacted and stepped forward quickly, staring at the small gap that was only slightly wider than a penny.

"!"

She stared at the gap for several minutes, but no money could escape from it.

Alice had to accept this sad fact and stood up from the floor.

Later, she also charged this account to Klein.

I want to tell Klein about the captain's wedding after he falls asleep, so that he can't sleep well... She gritted her teeth while thinking about Klein's proposal.

...Visit Winfried?

Frankly speaking, Alice and Winfred are not very familiar, but since she figured out last time that this girl wanted to be friends with her, she has been somewhat resistant to seeing Winfred - it easily reminds her of other people. Come.

Moreover, I am actually asking for information under the guise of visiting her, right? She may not necessarily say forget it, if she knew...

Alice frowned instinctively.

She's not very good at dealing with things like that, or rather, she's not good at dealing with most things - she usually leaves things to people who are good at it.

...According to this logic, maybe I should ask Miss "Justice" for help.

Yes, I really should ask Miss Justice, or will she take the initiative to inquire after hearing about this? No, it’s better to give some warning...

Alice wrote this down as well.

Once she was free, she couldn't help but think about her potion ingredients, but thinking about the missing coin just now, Alice thought it might not be a good idea to continue to dwell on it.

No, I can't say that. I should say that I need to decide this matter myself...

Alice sighed and rubbed her head.

…

Night came quickly. Alice woke up Klein at four in the morning. Instead of praying, she called him directly through the connection between angels and believers:

"Klein, have you seen the sun in Backlund at four o'clock in the morning?"

Klein woke up in an instant. He looked out through the window and saw that the moon had not completely set, the sun had not risen, and dawn had not yet arrived.

He picked up his pocket watch and opened it. The second hand had just passed the last second, and the time came to four:01.

Klein closed his pocket watch expressionlessly, and then looked to the side. As expected, Alice had found a chair from nowhere. She was sitting on the chair covering her mouth and looking at him. She seemed to be in a good mood.

"I haven't seen the sun at four o'clock in the morning in Backlund," he turned around and replied calmly, "but I know there is no sun in Backlund at four o'clock in the morning."

"Maybe the watch is not accurate enough?" Alice speculated, "Or maybe you are not standing high enough..."

"Alice," Klein interrupted her, "You'd better come to me if you have something to do."

Alice blinked, looked at Klein's expressionless face, swallowed, and then spoke quickly:

"The captain is getting married!"

"...Huh?" Klein's expression moved slightly, showing surprise.

Alice exhaled, took out the two invitations from her arms, handed one to Klein, and explained:

"Leonard told me. He said that the captain was getting married to Ms. Daly, and asked...if we wanted to go."

Klein didn't say anything. He reached out to take the invitation, looked at it quietly, and said after two seconds of silence:

"...He really dug my grave."

Alice blinked.

Klein put away the invitation, raised his eyes to look at Alice, and asked with a smile:

"Then I guess he must have asked you to invite me in the middle of the night, right?"

Alice blinked blankly.

Klein made up reasons for her without changing his expression: "I think Leonard must be resentful of me leaving without saying goodbye, so he wants to use this to get back at me, is that right?"

Alice hesitated for two seconds and nodded.

Before she could speak, Klein reached out and hit her hard on the head, and then said coldly to her pitiful expression:

"I guess my hands must hurt more than your head."

Alice lowered her head, then raised her head again after a few seconds and said:

"I have something else to ask you!"

"What?" Klein asked in a not-so-good tone.

Alice considered it and said:

"Can you ask Miss Justice to ask about Winfred? Ask her what she saw... I think she may be easier to find out than me, and she is better at finding out."

Klein still had no intention of letting Alice go. He nodded and then said:

"I don't think you need to come to see me at four in the morning."

Alice raised her head and looked at Klein pitifully. Under the crimson moonlight, Alice saw that there was black mist surrounding Klein's body.

No, no, that's like yarn...

Alice frowned slightly.

She couldn't tell what it was. It was like a gauze, like mist, or like a thin curtain, which seemed to cover something. At this moment, it was gently lifted, revealing what was hidden underneath. thing.

It was a small town hidden in the fog. It was very blurry there, and Alice could only see graceful figures. She was about to say something, when the curtain was closed again, and under the moonlight, a spiritual light flashed through Alice's mind. .

"Dark night!" she blurted.

"What?" Klein frowned. But Alice jumped up from her seat and rushed to the bed. The red moon was approaching the horizon. The geography knowledge she had learned told Alice that when dawn came, the red moon would disappear into it.

She said nothing, turned around to look at Klein who was following her with a frown, and asked in a deep voice:

"I remember that you needed Bernadette's help to sneak into the underground of the church... right?"

Klein nodded.

Alice exhaled and asked, "Are you ready to steal the notes?"

Klein nodded and said: "At least, I have figured out the situation outside Chanis Gate."

Alice understood, she looked back out the window, and then said:

“If, I mean if.

"If you encounter danger and fall into some desperate situation..."

"?" Klein had a bad premonition. He resisted the desire to interrupt Alice and waited for her to finish.

Alice hesitated and said:

"If you really have to, you can, uh, you can look at the moon in the sky.

"The red moon is shining on you."

Klein's brows furrowed even more. He looked at Alice and said, "...I vaguely remember that you are very taboo about the moon - it sounds like there is something terrible up there."

Alice was choked, and she said hastily:

"Those are two things!

"In short, you can take a look at the moon at that time. As for normal times, you must not do this!"

Klein's expression gradually became weird as Alice spoke, and he said thoughtfully:

"Alice, you know what?

"You look like you want to tell me something, but you seem to be being watched by someone. You are too scared to tell me directly.

"So, you are so hesitant and vague..."

Alice was speechless.

This was a fact. After realizing that the veil was actually night, she realized that this corresponded to her previous guess.

——As expected, Klein sneaked into the underground of the church and the whole process happened under the gaze of the goddess.

So, why didn't he just ask the goddess for the potion formula? Or why didn't the goddess just give it to him... Well, forget it, this is too shameless.

Alice shook her head and said, "Since you know, don't ask anymore!"

...So, who is watching her?

Mother tree of desire? No, it's impossible, she is obviously hostile to the Mother Tree of Desire - or in other words, she obviously feels that the Mother Tree of Desire is hostile to her.

...Maybe they are all hostile to us? Or maybe that's not necessarily called hostility...

Klein couldn't help but shudder as he thought of Cynthia and Alice's shy look back then.

...It's so scary.

Fortunately she is here now, otherwise, I simply can’t think of her future boyfriend... Well, it should be impossible now. In the future, after she "restarts", she will not find someone to fall in love with on a whim. Yeah...

...This is really terrifying.

Klein swallowed hard and forced his thoughts to the Crimson Moon.

Putting aside the "Mother Tree of Desire" which Alice said is suspected to be closely related to the Red Moon, there are three other gods involved in the Red Moon, one is the "Primordial Moon", the other is Lilith, the ancestor of vampires, and There is one who is...

……goddess?

Combined with Alice's attitude, Klein had an idea in his mind. He didn't say it out loud, but instead asked:

"Did Bernadette reply?"

"Not yet," Alice shook her head, "Wait a little longer and I'll tell you when I get a reply."

I'm not worried that you won't tell me when you reply to the letter, but I'm worried that you forgot to write the letter at all... Klein complained in his heart and said:

"good.

"Do you have anything else to do?"

Alice was silent for a few seconds, and then asked: "Would you like to meet Leonard? Or, the captain's wedding..."

"Wait until I come back from the church underground," Klein shook his head, "You make it seem like I'm going to die heroically."

After a pause, he warned Alice again:

"By the way... I think the Tarot Club next week won't be held. Let me tell you in advance."

Alice suddenly realized that Klein must be worried that he would not be able to come back in time, so she couldn't help but ask:

"Why don't you let me host the tarot session in your place?"

Klein looked at her expressionlessly. After more than ten seconds, Alice replied with a lot of self-knowledge:

"I see.

"You still don't trust me."

Klein did not deny this, but said:

"Although I really don't trust you, isn't it right not to let you preside over it?

"Tell me, how can I ask you to host a Tarot meeting? Can you recruit people in Source Castle? You can't even climb onto Source Castle yourself!"

Alice blinked and realized this, and she responded reluctantly:

"You haven't tried it, how do you know I can't do it? In fact, as long as I have your consent, I can board the Source Castle by myself - it's just that you can't respond automatically.

"This is obviously your problem!"

Klein marveled at her strong words for a moment, but Alice did bring up something that interested him. He said thoughtfully:

"...How about giving it a try?"

...what to try?

Alice was confused for a moment, and then realized that Klein wanted her to try to see if, with permission, she could pull people up through the stars.

Her eyes lit up, and she stood up immediately and said, "Let's go!"

Klein was well prepared and stretched out his hand to hold her down and said to her:

"I'll try Tarot again next time."

Alice then gave up the sudden idea, nodded to Klein and said, "Okay... Well, should I go back first?"

"I hope you won't invite me to get up and watch the sun at four in the morning next time." Klein wished him sincerely.

Alice looked away guiltily and disappeared.

After watching Alice's figure disappear, Klein did not lie down to sleep immediately - he had very little sleep left at the moment, not to mention, the thought just now had been lingering in his heart.

...Is Alice referring to the goddess?

Goddess, are you also watching me?

Looking at the moonlight outside the window, Klein frowned little by little and began to recall his past "pious" behavior and the "pious" behavior he was about to perform. (End of chapter)