Mystery: Lucky One

"Alice!" Klein shouted angrily, but of course he got no response.

After a difficult struggle, Klein freed his eyes from the cream with anger towards Alice and saw the empty seat opposite.

——Alice had disappeared long ago.

Klein couldn't describe his feelings for a moment. He looked at the empty chair in silence for a long while before he sighed into the air, not knowing if anyone was there.

"You're like this, I don't know if you're really okay, or if you just don't want me to ask..."

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After taking pictures of the cake, Alice ran back to Backlund.

Alice didn't want to continue talking about that topic. Even though the situation seemed to be as bad as it could be, Alice always had the mentality that since she was not dead yet, she might as well live on.

She felt that there was nothing she could do and might as well wait until the time came. But Klein... Alice couldn't understand why Klein was worried about something that would happen so far in the future.

It sounds like there is a way to solve the problem if you worry about it.

But that's why Alice felt terrified after hearing about the end of the world - Klein looked like someone who would take on everything no matter how tired he was.

He has a very strong sense of responsibility.

No, maybe my sense of responsibility is too weak... Alice lowered her head silently and confessed for a second.

After confessing, she suddenly became confused again - she really didn't know what to do.

Hey, Key of Light, did you also set up this situation where I don't know what to do?

Alice's questioning into the air received no response, so she gritted her teeth and lay down on the bed.

After more than ten seconds, her breathing became visibly smoother, perfectly reflecting her owner's enviable sleep quality.

It was early morning when she opened her eyes again. The sun had just risen. After staring at the ceiling for a while, Alice finally remembered that she should go back to the "Golden Dream" for class.

...Is there really nothing else I can do?

Alice struggled in agony, and after rolling around on the bed for several times, she finally remembered that she could go look for potion ingredients.

Oh yes, after all, she completed the ritual...

Unpleasant memories came to her mind, and Alice instinctively wanted to escape, but suddenly stopped.

She heard unfamiliar prayers.

The essence of the high-sequence automatic response to rituals and prayers of the "Destiny" pathway is to separate a portion of computing power specifically for responding to rituals and prayers.

There were a few special cases that Alice separated out and changed to manual versions. For example, since the scope of the missionary work was not very wide... well, basically none. Alice responded to everyone's first prayer manually.

Let me see which unlucky guy... no, which lucky guy is praying to me.

Alice's spiritual curiosity spread over, and she first smelled the scent of violets and lavender - this man was quite professional.

Alice saw a figure kneeling on the ground praying. The man's hair was a shade of brown-gold. Because he lowered his head and closed his eyes, Alice couldn't see the color of his eyes. She could only confirm that his figure and voice belonged to a young man. Alice concentrated on listening to his prayer:

"Sleeping goddess of fate, you are the master of luck and misfortune, you are the inevitability of all accidents, I pray..."

Alice was lost in thought.

The three-part honorific name didn't seem to be completely made up. Alice realized that it could indeed point to her to a certain extent, especially the "sleeping" part, which made her particularly concerned.

Alice was a little curious about the inspiration of the person who created this honorific name.

"I pray that you will grant me luck, I pray that you will grant me courage, I pray that you will allow me to drink the potion smoothly..."

The prayers continued. Half a year after she stopped being a night watcher, Alice finally experienced an extraordinary event in person, which pointed to the evil god because of her random recitation of the honorific name and the casual performance of rituals - as the evil god.

What should I do? Should I answer the prayer first or ask how he got his name? If I answer, how should I respond?

Alice, who was facing this situation for the first time, thought for a moment and asked doubtfully:
"How do you want me to give you courage? Take the potion and pour it into your mouth?"

The prayer stopped abruptly. Ten seconds later, the man opened his eyes in panic. Alice saw a pair of brown eyes full of fear.

Alice saw him get up from the ground in horror, and even broke the potion in panic, but he didn't care about anything and stumbled out the door.

...No, what are you praying for if you don't want your prayers to be answered?!
After seeing the scene in the future where he rushed into the Church of Night for help, Alice shook her head and appeared in his house in stealth.

The man didn't know that there was a sudden stranger in his house. He stumbled out of the house without even remembering to close the door. Alice locked the door for him with mixed feelings.

He really hasn't considered what to do if someone comes to steal things... Well, okay, he may not be in the mood to think about this... So, will he be more scared if I lock the door?
Alice hesitated for a moment and decided to open the door when she left.

Between chasing after him and searching the house first, Alice naturally chose the latter. After all... it was actually quite easy for her to find someone.

Alice began to look for the location of the study room that was most likely to contain clues.

Judging from the size and layout of the house, the owner should be considered wealthy - otherwise he could not afford to study the occult.

After seeing the scene in the study, Alice was even more certain of this.

He was at least one of the top middle class people. He came from a wealthy family and had no worries about food and clothing. He could also buy a bunch of occult books and put them at home because of his personal interest.

Alice was not very cautious when searching the room. She planned to restore everything by "restarting" when someone arrived, so there was no need to be cautious.

She skillfully did not read the contents of each book carefully, but instead judged how often each book had been flipped through based on the cover and folded corners. She would pull out the obviously older books and look closely to see if there were any slipped papers or notes inside.

In addition, Alice also pays special attention to things like notebooks and diaries.

She had never actually searched someone else's home when time was of the essence, or even when she had plenty of time, but both the novels and the games showed that it seemed easier to find clues that way.

It turned out that these experiences were useful. Alice successfully pulled out a piece of paper. On it was not only the honorific name she had just heard, but also another honorific name:
"Cassandra's Vision,

"Look into the eyes of despair,

"A traveler seeking hope." (End of this chapter)