Mystery: Lucky One

"Today, March 1st, I met a beautiful woman. I was delighted to invite her to spend the night with me. But after taking off her clothes, I found that she was older than me!
"On March 2, I mentioned this to Zaratul. He told me that this was the ability of the Sequence 6 Faceless Man of the Fortune Teller pathway, and he showed it to me. Oh my God, I have never seen such a flawless beauty!
"March 4th, the Faceless Man tastes really good."

Alice put down her pen.

“I always feel that it’s a bit strange that Zaratul is actively showing his abilities…” She murmured while chewing on the joints of her right index finger, “And when you put it together like this, it looks like Zaratul and Roselle are sleeping…”

Alice was lost in thought.

This doesn't seem impossible. This can perfectly explain why Zaratul looked at Emperor Roselle differently. He fell in love with Roselle...

Alice covered her face with her hands and decided to just sell it, regardless.

Anyway, it’s impossible for Russell to crawl out of his grave and say that this wasn’t written by him…

Alice cheerfully took out a pen and paper and copied ten copies of her latest diary and the previous ones. She gave half to Ian and distributed the other half in Bayam and several surrounding islands.

——She has learned to be smart. She can’t just pick one place and do something else, because that way the news won’t spread.

"When I have nothing to do in the future, I might as well go somewhere else..." After distributing the flyers, Alice made a happy decision.

The most difficult part of conceiving the diary has been completed, and the next step is to wrap the gift.

Alice's sense of ritual played a role here, and she felt that she should find a gift box to put the things in.

She chose a long, flat gift box, placed the diary flat inside, and discovered that the box looked a little too plain after she opened it.

Unfortunately, Loen currently did not have raffia for gift boxes, and Alice did not know where to find such a thing. After a little thought, she made a decision.

—She gathered a handful of flowers from Mr. Fool’s prayer ceremony and threw them in.

Having done this, Alice closed the lid, tied a pretty bow on the gift box, and the matter was over.

Klein, who had not yet freed himself from his volunteer life, did not refuse—or perhaps he could not refuse.

In short, at midnight on March 3, he suddenly woke up from his bed and saw Alice who was about to lift his quilt.

Before he could say anything, Alice quickly stepped out the door and closed it for him.

Very good—Klein lifted the quilt and for the first time felt fortunate that he did not have the habit of sleeping naked.

When he had tidied himself up to be presentable and walked out of the bedroom, Alice was waiting for him in the living room.

"Happy birthday~, do you want to have some cake?" Alice pushed the wrapped diary forward and pointed to the cake and candles she had prepared.

Klein was stunned for two seconds before he realized that Alice was not wearing her school uniform. She was wearing a colorful skirt, the color combination reminded him of honey in summer.

After reading the entire book on women's aesthetics, Klein realized that this was not a type of clothing found in this world. Its style was too simple, and its colors were too gorgeous. It was hard to find such clothing in either the flashy Intis or the conservative Loen.

But I have to say that this dress and Alice's aura reveal an inexplicable sense of harmony, and it really fits the impression Alice left on him.

Alice noticed Klein's gaze on her skirt, stretched out her hand and said with a smile, "I made it happen. How's it going?"

It turns out it was an illusion, so it's okay.

Klein retracted his gaze and asked a question that he was very concerned about: "Why did you have to come here in the middle of the night?!"

Mr. Fool was also in a very bad mood when he woke up today.

"Because I don't know exactly when you were born," Alice shrugged, "It was either that time or at midnight... Isn't that how you celebrate your birthday?" Klein shook his head decisively and vigorously.

After they stared at each other for more than ten seconds, Alice was the first to admit defeat and pushed the candle.

"Since you're already up, and you can't go back to sleep, why don't you light a candle and make a wish~"

No, I can go back to sleep, but I feel like you’ll wake me up again when I just fall asleep... Klein complained in his mind and took the candle from Alice.

He was surprised to find that Alice had prepared five candles in total, two of which were thicker.

He raised his head in confusion.

Alice motioned him to light the candles and explained:

“We don’t have candles with Arabic numerals or birthday lotus lanterns here, so we have to use a stupid method.

"You are 23 years old this year, so you should have 23 candles. Replace the 10 thin candles with one thick candle..."

Klein had heard about this, but he had to admit that he had never celebrated his birthday in this way. He was not the kind of person who would set birthday candles according to a set routine, just like he would not have remembered to celebrate his birthday if Alice hadn't mentioned it.

As expected, only children would care about such things... Klein glanced at Alice, sighed silently, and began to insert candles under Alice's instructions.

When he had done this, he instinctively wanted to snap his fingers to light the candle, but he saw Alice taking out a box of matches, two sets of knives and forks, and a plate.

"...What are you wearing under the clothes you transformed into?" Klein finally couldn't help but ask.

"School uniform," Alice answered without blinking, putting her knife, fork and plate aside, then struck a match to light the candle, "Don't forget to make a wish~"

She didn't give Klein time to refute. She gently closed her eyes, clapped her hands, shook her head and sang the birthday song:

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..."

The complete lyrics of the birthday song are not actually a continuous loop of wishing you a happy birthday. After singing the four sentences of "Happy birthday to you", there are four consecutive sentences followed by "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU".

Next is a cycle, but the last sentence in Chinese should be changed to "I wish you happiness forever."

After singing the English verse for the second time, Alice sang the ending of the song:

"Happy birthday to you,
"Happy birthday to you,
"wish you happy everyday,
"Hope you happy forever

"..."

This content was looped twice, and a complete birthday song was finally sung. According to the normal course of events, Alice should have opened her eyes immediately and excitedly asked Klein what wish he had made.

Klein might refuse at first, but he would eventually give the answer in a nagging manner. Then Alice would mischievously and anxiously tell him:
"Birthday wishes don't come true if you say them out loud!"

But before she opened her eyes, Alice heard the sound of something breaking.

She suddenly opened her eyes and took out the thing she had almost forgotten from her pocket - the "get-rich-accessory".

She turned her palm upwards, and the "get-rich-accessory" emitted a light in her hand that was not dazzling and was even somewhat charming.

Alice was very familiar with that light. She watched the lights entangle and dance with the light wrapped around her, and finally formed a line of... Pinyin?
『Bu yào cheng shén』

She stared blankly at the line of pinyin. It only appeared for a moment before it collapsed and reorganized into another sentence:
『shēng rì kuài lè』(End of this chapter)