Mystery: Lucky One

In fact, there are more things wrong than just this one, such as the word "she", and the fact that she has to open the book and take a look no matter what she does.

She seemed to trust and rely on the book very much - maybe that was a side effect?
Alice began to look at the book with a fearful look.

Alice remained highly alert until the end of the party. The person in charge of the party arranged for them to leave in batches through the back door. Alice felt a sense of regret before she had time to do anything.

Alice happened to be one of the first few people to leave. When she stood up, the mysterious man was still sitting on the chair. She had to lower her head and tried her best to restrain the regretful and longing look in her eyes.

When she followed the waiter along the long and winding passage to the door and watched the waiter turn around and walk back, Alice suddenly realized that no one would see the route she took when she left, and naturally no one would see whether she left.

Alice licked her lips, and then she walked forward about four or five meters before she disappeared silently.

She had discussed with Danitz beforehand that he didn't need to worry about where she went after she came out, so she wasn't worried that Danitz wouldn't be able to find her after he came out - well, she wouldn't have been worried even if they hadn't discussed it.

This is not as important to Alice as what the mysterious man looks like.

Alice was too lazy to move, so she simply stayed where she was and waited until the waiter finally brought out the mysterious man. Only then did her eyes light up and she followed him.

The mysterious person did not take off her hood and mask. She walked a few steps with the book in her arms and then stopped. She raised her head and looked around, then asked in the same hoarse and unpleasant voice as before:

"Oh, dear child, don't hide anymore, the trajectory of fate has exposed you, your secrets and doubts cannot be hidden.

"Come out, children. Let us unveil the veil of fate together and face the coming storms together."

Alice felt a question mark slowly appearing above her head.

Why do I feel like she is more like Miss Destiny than I am...

Alice lowered her head silently and began to reflect on herself.

After asking the question, the mysterious person waited quietly. After waiting for a few minutes, she said with a somewhat regretful tone:
“It seems that you are not ready to show up now, but that doesn’t matter. The gears of fate have begun to turn, and our paths will eventually cross again.

"Then you will have to face me; then I will reveal to you the hidden secrets."

Alice looked up at the figure in disbelief. The figure did not stop or panic. She still held the book and walked away at a leisurely pace.

Alice didn't chase after him, not because she didn't react, but when the mysterious man said those words, she keenly sensed the fluctuations of fate.

That was a "prophecy".

"But," Alice muttered to herself as she looked at the empty alley, "If the book you hold in your hand came from a 'prophet', then... we would have met again."

She shook her head, but did not return to the Golden Dream, but returned to Backlund's home.

After all, she was planning to contact Amon and do this kind of thing on the "Golden Dream"... Don't really synthesize an Amon for her, that would be embarrassing.

Alice shook her head and began to think about what to say.

Use a prayer ceremony... No, it's too long. Let me write a letter. And if I write a letter, Amon must at least read it before coming to settle accounts with me...

Alice found a pen and paper and began to choose her words.

"

Delicious Time Bugs:

I haven't seen you for a long time. The last time we met, you said you were looking for ingredients nearby. How was it going? Did you find any?

It doesn't matter if you don't have any. I... certainly didn't find the right ingredients for you! But, maybe this could be considered a little seasoning?
Oh, yes, I found a "swindler" who was looking to buy the potion formula from the "cryptologist", so I told her... to explore your mausoleum, there must be what she wants there, and maybe she can find extra treasures - such as you.

I mean, do you want to build a mausoleum for her to dig up? I remember you have a mausoleum in Backlund...

At that time, you can lie in the coffin, and then suddenly open your eyes and sit up or something like that. This is often played out in horror movies... although those are usually zombies.

Finally, please, when you do this, please take me with you - I actually want to prepare a camera to take a picture of you sitting up.

It could be something else, like pushing up a monocle, or suddenly opening his eyes and smiling... In any case, it must be a classic horror movie scene, which would probably become a popular emoticon in our time.

Unfortunately, cameras of this era cannot record video...

Enclosed is your labor and performance fee of £50.

Yours sincerely, Alice.

"

Alice put down her pen, exhaled softly, stroked her chin, looked at the letter paper, and muttered to herself:

"I always feel like something is missing... Well, this is too monotonous, there should be some illustrations!"

Alice suddenly realized what was going on. After rereading the contents of the letter, she recalled the appearance of fried worms and the worm of time in her memory. After thinking for a while, she drew a worm of time on the letter paper.

Afterwards, she found another piece of drawing paper and drew a plate of tempting golden fried time worms...

Yes, she colored it.

Alice pressed the drawing paper on the desk and waited for it to dry. She also put the letter aside. After thinking for a while, she returned to the "Golden Dream" to sleep.

She woke up after only a few hours of sleep. It was not yet five in the morning in Bayam, and the sky was still dark. No one was up at all.

This was just right for Alice, she wanted to deliver the things to Amon before the others woke up, and then send away Amon who might come.

Back in Backlund, where dawn was even further away, Alice arranged the ceremony with confidence and handed everything over to Amon.

……

After reading Alice's letter, Amon ignored the strange address at the beginning and the picture of fried time worms. These were the necessary columns in every letter from Alice, and Amon had learned to ignore them.

Let’s save the accounts and settle them together.

Seriously speaking, the most speechless part of this letter for Amon was that Alice actually enclosed a 50-pound note with the letter.

……ill.

Amon was holding the 50 pounds and was not sure whether he should return it. According to his principles, he would never return the money that was in his hands, but the problem was... this was a gift from fate.

It would be fine if it was stolen, but such a blatant gift... Amon raised his eyebrows and tried to analyze Alice's thoughts:

“She must be asking for help…

"Does that 'swindler' have what she wants?"

Amon reread Alice's letter and suddenly smiled maliciously. (End of this chapter)