Mystery: Lucky One

Thinking of this, Alice chuckled, cast a gentle but emotionless gaze on the man, and asked in a vague voice:
"Oh? Have you met any other Cassandra?"

The man looked at her in confusion.

"Cassandra," Alice drawled out, "the cursed 'prophet'."

This was not a lie. Alice no longer believed in coincidences in the extraordinary world. She firmly believed that even if the person named "Cassandra" was a coincidence at first, it would become true later.

If I really have to explain it, I'd just say that the name has a bad meaning. Isn't it natural that someone with such a name would have a miserable life in the end?

Alice resolutely ignored the possibility that all this had anything to do with her - after all, she seemed like she would really do something to make someone who inherited a celebrity's name experience the same fate as the celebrity...

The man's face was filled with confusion and shock. He seemed to want to confirm something and repeated Alice's words:

"The cursed... prophet?"

Before Alice could respond, he suddenly became excited again and said angrily:

"It's her! It must be her! She's the one who caused me all this!"

Alice recalled Klein's compassionate smile. Even though the man couldn't see it, she still made that expression and said softly, "I'm so sorry. I ...
"Poor child...it seems that she has transferred the punishment of fate to you."

"Yes, that's right, it must be so!" He looked indignant, "Damn Cassandra! Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about you, you are a good person, you are different from her..."

Reckless, irritable, gullible, likes to shirk responsibility after doing something wrong and shift the loss to others...

Combining what she saw of the man's experiences during this period with the known information, Alice portrayed his personality traits and his general experiences during this period in a short period of time.

He seemed to have been lured by potions and became addicted to gambling...potions, potions again!

Alice instantly thought of Evelyn. She pursed her lips and her voice unconsciously became a little colder: "What's your name?"

This seemed just right. The man thought she minded what she had just said, and said hesitantly, "Selwyn Muggeridge..."

"Selwyn," Alice quickly suppressed her emotions, "You coveted the gift of fate first, and she has already paid you in advance. What you lost is also the price you should pay."

"A gift from fate?" Selwyn was slightly stunned.

Alice said calmly, "You have gained power beyond the mundane. You are no longer an ordinary person, are you?"

"No," Selwyn said, suddenly excited again, "that was a deal! I paid for it!"

After paying the money... Alice's eyes flashed with confusion - she still didn't understand why the other party, a "prophet", would do such a thing.

...You are lying to children!
Moreover, he even charged for the Sequence 9 potion formula. Why does it seem like he is quite short of money...

Alice glanced at Selwyn inconspicuously and said calmly:
"Of course, you paid for it.

"So you haven't lost anything more."

Selwyn seemed to have remembered something, his face turned pale in an instant, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"No... How could this be... How could she not make it clear in advance... I, I didn't agree at all..."

"Getting paid in advance, that's it." Alice said lightly.

"No!" Selwyn suddenly looked at Alice excitedly, "Please, please help me! Help me find her, help me get my things back, help me..."

"Why should I help you?" Alice interrupted him. Selwyn became mute on the spot. After a full minute, he spoke dryly: "You, you are kind-hearted, you are a kind person, you are different from her..."

greedy.

Alice added another sentence about Selwyn's personality traits, but did not respond to this sentence. After suppressing the twitching corners of her mouth for a long time, she said in a calm voice:

"Tell me what happened to you."

She neither agreed nor refused. To be more precise, she was still in a state of astonishment - someone actually praised her for being kind?
Alice does have some self-awareness. At least if she was really kind-hearted, she would not be trying to steal information about the "prophet" here.

As for the reward - hey, isn't it enough to tell him who the real murderer is who caused him to be like this?

Alice decided that was enough, so the deal was done.

Selwyn took this as a tacit agreement and immediately began to narrate:

"I used to have a very peaceful life. Although my family was not rich, we could still have enough food and clothing, and we lived a decent life.

“I grew up in a routine, quiet life, but secretly, I was always craving an adventure.

"Until not long ago... not long ago, I suddenly met someone.

“She told me that the opportunity for change that I had been waiting for had arrived, that the gears of destiny had begun to turn, and that as long as I did what she said, I would be able to have the life I had always dreamed of.

“I actually didn’t believe it at first, but her predictions were very accurate. After I went through danger twice for not listening to her, I began to believe her predictions.

"She told me that the opportunity to change my destiny was right before my eyes, but it would cost 1000 pounds to get it - 1000 pounds, do you know how much money that is?
"If I keep working, I may never be able to save enough money in my lifetime, so I just, I just..."

He suddenly stopped, bit his lower lip with his upper teeth, and did not speak for a long time.

Alice couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to expose what he hadn't finished saying:

“You walk into a casino and make your first bet.

“That time you win, you’re excited, you get a big payday for the first time.

"You suddenly forgot your original purpose and used the money to enjoy life, but the good times didn't last long and the money was soon spent.

"In order to make up for your losses, you must go into the casino again...

"Fortunately, I didn't disappoint you this time, and you made some money again...

“It goes on and on, but at the end of the day, you get what you wanted and you become one of those special people.

"You finally achieved your dream, didn't you?"

"I, I paid for it. No matter what, I paid for the potion..." Selwyn emphasized again.
Alice smiled under her veil so no one could see, and whispered:
"Do not.

"You only paid for the potion, you didn't pay her when she revealed the revelation of fate to you.

"Besides, how do you know that the money you won in the casino is not a gift from fate?" (End of this chapter)