Mystery: Lucky One

"Alice?" Klein looked at her worriedly, "Are you okay?"

Alice came back from her trance, looked at Klein with a bit of confusion, and said softly:

"I seem to have almost forgotten what I look like.

"Obviously it didn't take long, and I remember it very clearly, but why... I can't remember how I felt at that time?"

——This is just Alice's appearance.

Unexpectedly, Alice is actually very sober now. Different from the sobriety after her emotions are stripped away, she suddenly feels like the dust has settled. In the dark, there is a voice telling her again——

Go to Bayam.

There is what you want, the answers you want.

She still has a little time... This realization flashed through Alice's heart. Her expression remained unchanged, her eyelids were half lowered and she asked:

"What kind of person is 'Vice Admiral Iceberg' Edwina?"

She still maintained her previous confused tone, which made Klein uneasy. He stared at Alice and answered cautiously: "She should be a very good teacher."

Alice asked softly: "Klein, what kind of person do you think I am?"

She emphasized the word "person", and Klein suddenly noticed something. He asked, "What does it mean?"

Alice pinched her eyebrows and said:

"I have been thinking a long time ago, why do the superior gods care about mortals? Why do they want to preach? Why do they want to attract believers?

"Later, Bernadette told me that divinity is a special kind of pollution. For existences that are fused with divinity and above, they need to constantly fight against divinity to maintain their humanity.

"And believers are the 'anchor' that maintains humanity."

"Anchor?" Klein repeated.

Alice nodded and said:

"right.

"I think if those fragments in my memory come from my past, if I could be considered a god in the past - that is, at least an angel, a complete mythical creature.

"Then there's probably something wrong with my 'anchor'."

This is something that sounds extremely hopeless - even the gods cannot escape the confrontation with pollution.

Therefore, after being silent for more than ten seconds, Klein asked: "In this case... why do we still work hard to get promoted?"

Alice shrugged and replied:
"As for me, I probably have no choice. Either I get promoted or I forget myself. Or maybe I just lie down and work as a potion ingredient... is that a good option?

"As for you... we all know that in that story, this place is called Origin Castle, and it has an unknown previous owner who will come back and snatch it away one day - even if not, Amon will want to snatch it away.

"But tell me, in what form did the previous master come back?
"Will one day, like me, you will forget who you are, forget that you were a human being, and even hurt the people you once loved..."

Alice tilted her head, looked at Klein's solemn expression, and smiled slowly:

"So...do you also want to pray for fate's favor?
"However, if I were the true god of the 'destiny' path, even if fate favored you, the result wouldn't be what you hoped for, right?

"I'm the same no matter what."

Klein suddenly felt that this last sentence was more convincing than the previous words combined. Alice leaned back in her chair relaxedly, feeling the deep feeling of spirituality, and said softly:

"I think...well, I think I need to go to Bayam."

Klein looked at Alice, but Alice suddenly slowly slid down from the chair as if she had lost strength, and made a complaining voice:

"Children will not grow taller if they go to bed too late... We can't talk anymore!"

Klein was silent for a moment, cut off the network cable, and let her go back to sleep.

After returning to the real world, Alice stared blankly at the ceiling for half a minute, then pulled the quilt up and closed her eyes.

Before she was overwhelmed by her thoughts, she muttered something unclearly:
"You should give me a more detailed address... How can I find such a big Bayam?

"Why didn't you just tell me that you were in the Rhoside Islands..."

The overwhelming sleepiness brought Alice into a dream, and she saw the city she had visited before - Bayam, the capital of the Rhoad Islands, the "City of Generosity".

There are countless pirates and sailors here, as well as adventurers who dream of making a fortune.

There are many short or tall buildings here that are not listed but people come and go. Some of them are hidden, and some are blatant. Alice knows that they are one of Byam's two pillar industries - brothels.

This seemed to be a brothel, Alice deduced, but to be honest she had no recollection of such an occasion - she was not one to be solicited.

The building only zoomed in and stayed in front of her for a moment, and the whole scene smoothly turned to the opposite side, a herbal shop with a familiar layout.

Oh, the store manager here is also an acquaintance - look, isn't this Mr. Pharmacist who just slipped away?
The next time seemed to be sped up. Alice saw Mr. Pharmacist constantly making various attempts. He seemed to be trying hard to contact someone.

Alice was not sure how much time had passed. She only remembered that it was dark and light. A conservative estimate must have been more than a month. Note①

But he seemed to have been unsuccessful, and there was no reply to the letters he sent. Alice gradually became anxious and frightened when she saw him.

Then, he walked into a pub and posted a missing person notice. As the screen shook, Alice saw the contents of the missing person notice.

He was a rather young man, with neatly combed hair, wearing glasses, and he looked elegant.

There is a name on this missing person notice - Roy King.

Alice was not sure what the outcome of this commission would be. Time was flowing rapidly. Not long after, she saw the fat pharmacist leaving the herbal shop again and heading to a grocery store.

Alice saw a kind old lady receiving the fat pharmacist. They communicated for a while, and the fat pharmacist paid the money. Then, he got a small ring box.

Alice saw the fat pharmacist open the ring box without hesitation. Inside was a milky-white dice, with the red number four on the top.

dice!

Alice's eyes widened and she suddenly woke up from her dream.

The looming sunlight fell into the room, and Alice realized that it was already early morning.

She stared blankly at the ray of light. After several minutes, a hoarse voice mixed with shock and confusion sounded:

"no.

"You... put the level 0 sealed items in the grocery store?
"Huh?" (End of chapter)