Mystery: Lucky One

"Ah..." Alice tried to explain the meaning of emoticons in a distressed manner, "It means... conveying information through pictures or animated pictures? Like the ones you just mentioned, or people with exaggerated expressions and movements, or animals... Anyway, there are many types?"

It is undoubtedly difficult to define something that you are familiar with and then describe it in a language that is not very familiar to you.

Alice stumbled over the meaning of the emoticon package to Arrodes. The good news was that Arrodes seemed to understand what Alice said, and a little man bowing and thanking appeared on the mirror.

Alice looked at the bowing .gif and finally confirmed that Arrodes was definitely trying to please her in a subtle way... no, openly.

Remembering the way the mirror had addressed her at first, Alice stroked her chin, looked at it thoughtfully, and asked after choosing her words:

"If I want to obtain the spiritual dust of the Shadow of Doom, what channels can I use?"

After a moment of silence, Arrodes began to project the image.

The first thing that appeared was an eyeball-sized badge with the symbols of "fate" and "anonymity" on it, and the ancient Hermetic language "Hold this to join" on the back of the badge.

This is... something that fell out of Lanevus!
Alice's eyes widened, and she immediately remembered that the party time shown was in January and it had ended long ago.

The second person to appear was Leonard. Ellie was not surprised at all. After all, he had a "Thief" angel as a pendant, so it seemed normal for him to have channels.

The third person to appear was Bernadette. This eldest daughter of Emperor Roselle had the entire Intis behind her. She possessed countless wealth and connections. Thinking of this, Alice even had the urge to rob her.

The fourth person to appear was Renette Tinicole, who was carrying four blonde, red-eyed heads. When Alice saw Her, she realized that she had far more choices than she thought.

The fifth one that appeared shocked Alice. It was not a specific person or thing, but an Ouroboros pattern. Alice was not sure whether it was referring to Ouroboros, Will Auceptin, or the extended meaning of "School of Life", but it was not good news anyway.

The sixth scene made Alice even more silent—it played the Holy Emblem of Night to Alice.

From the situation on the screen, Alice suspected that Arrodes wanted to play not only the Holy Emblem of Night, but also those of other churches. However, it seemed that he finally chose to respect the host in the basement of St. Samuel's Church.

When the Aurora Society's cross pattern appeared, Alice felt that the mirror was a little too bizarre. For a moment, she even wanted to ask Arrodes if the object this thing referred to might also include Amon and Adam.

It was impossible to ask such a question. Alice pressed her tongue against her teeth and swallowed back all the sounds - covering her mouth with her hands didn't seem appropriate here.

The main thing is that Alice remembered that she still managed to maintain her image in front of Archbishop Anthony... and there was also Arrodes... uh, could Arrodes see what she did before?
Alice looked at Arrodes with a hesitant look, and she began to seriously consider the possibility of smashing the mirror to silence him.

No, no, I have to pay for it... Alice clenched her fist, gave up this dangerous idea, and continued to focus on the image appearing in the mirror.

The eighth screen finally showed the specific address. Alice realized that the subsequent addresses would probably be different, so she interrupted Arrodes without hesitation:

"That's enough. That's enough."

With so many options, she would rather go to Will Auceptin than be on her own. If she had to, she would just ask out of curiosity how a normal Sequence 5 would solve this kind of thing... Anyway, Will Auceptin...

Alice suddenly remembered that her honorific name came from Will Auceptin. Thinking of Amon who found her by that honorific name, Alice frowned slightly.

In fact, she had another version of her honorific name - the honorific name that the unlucky guy read out that day was obviously related to her, but it didn't matter. Alice knew that there was something that had to be put on the agenda.

She would have to give herself a new name before Will Auceptin was born.

Unless she had already drunk the Sequence 2 potion by then, or fate had set the final duel at that time - otherwise Alice thought it would be best for her to change her honorific name in advance.

...So annoying.

Alice glanced at Arrodes and seriously considered whether it could help her choose a name.

Maybe I can ask Klein... He will soon reach Sequence 5. If he works harder, he should be able to become a Saint... Right?
When Alice was searching in her mind for someone else to harm, Arrodes asked his question:
"Great Miss Destiny, can you take me away and hand me over to my great master?"

Alice was stunned for two seconds, then looked at Archbishop Anthony beside her with a hesitant expression.

Archbishop Anthony was not sure whether he did not understand her meaning or understood it too deeply, so he left the room and closed the door.

Alice looked at him blankly as he walked out, and then she murmured belatedly, "I just wanted to ask what the price would be for taking the mirror away..."

She smacked her lips and looked at the mirror again. Arrodes seemed to know what she wanted to ask and typed out a line of words:
"You seem to be in the habit of calling your master Mr. Fool."

No wonder.

Alice suddenly realized why Klein recommended Arrodes to her. She nodded with satisfaction and said in a formulaic manner:
“I received your request.

"I'll tell Mr. Fool. Go back and wait for notification."

The words on the mirror disappeared. Ten seconds later, a line of words with undiminished enthusiasm reappeared:
"Okay! Arrodes is always waiting for your call!
“This is how you can contact me!”

A complex pattern appeared on the mirror. Through the occult studies she had learned recently, Alice recognized that it was a symbol that combined secrecy and voyeurism.

...Isn't this just a Peeping Tom?

Alice stared at the pattern and tried to memorize it. At the same time, Arrodes explained:
"This is a rune composed of corresponding symbols and magic signs. As long as you write it on paper in Backlund, it will be equivalent to notifying me to come over."

The same city responded... Alice raised her eyebrows, but did not comment on it. Instead, she rolled her eyes and asked a question that she was a little obsessed with:
"Will you peek at Mr. Fool taking a bath?" (End of this chapter)