Mystery: Lucky One

Alice, who was just casually looking at it, became more focused.

The girl holding the book tried to escape, but she was too young and her thoughts could not be hidden from her terrible father. She was discovered the moment she escaped.

How could that book be discovered... An uneasy thought flashed through Alice's mind, and the scene that followed changed her mind.

It was midnight when the girl was discovered. She sneaked out of the house with the book in her arms and opened the door quietly.

From time to time she glanced in a certain direction, and Alice guessed that was the direction her father was.

After all, it was her first time doing such a thing, and the girl's movements could not hide her nervousness, but they were steady and methodical. Her hands were extremely steady, and she did not make any unnecessary sounds due to trembling.

The door lock was finally opened, and standing outside to greet her was her father.

The girl's father slowly raised his right hand, and Alice saw that it was a kitchen knife.

The girl took a few steps back in fear, her body shaking uncontrollably. The man approached with a kitchen knife raised high. The girl retreated cautiously. Suddenly, she lost her balance and tripped to the ground. Behind her was a broken table with four legs of different lengths and a dented surface.

The man reached out and picked up the girl as if she were a chicken. Alice felt that he should have an appropriate expression at this moment, such as a grin or something, but she couldn't see his face clearly and couldn't hear any sound.

The man's right hand still held high the kitchen knife. He looked like he was saying something, probably a threat or a scolding. After all, he had sold the person for money, so he could scare him, but he couldn't really kill him.

At this moment, all the objects in the picture shook violently at the same time, and Alice was not sure whether it was the picture that was shaking or the things inside it.

It was not until the next moment that the flimsy house finally collapsed in the shaking and the roof was shattered into pieces. Only then did Alice confirm that it was an object that was shaking.

Alice saw a larger piece of debris fall right above the man's head and hit the man who had not yet recovered from the shock.

The man's hand was unstable, and the girl fell to the ground along with the kitchen knife. The girl dodged in fear and panic, but the kitchen knife still grazed her right eye and fell, leaving a blood mark on her face.

Alice frowned slowly and stared at the girl. She saw the girl closed her eyes, touched the kitchen knife on the ground, protected the book in her arms, and nimbly crawled under the table. Her movements were so skillful as if she had practiced them thousands of times.

The scene disappeared, and Alice pulled her thoughts out of it. She looked at Reinette Tinicole beside her and asked in a deep voice:

"what is that?"

Renette Tinicole seemed to have anticipated this scene. She explained:
"In the spiritual dust left after the Doom Shadow dies, you can see the tragedy that most attracted it.

“They’re generally useless.”

As she said this, Renette Tinicole glanced at Alice, whose expression suddenly became serious, and realized that she might be the unusual one.

While I was thinking, Alice's slightly cold voice rang out:
"You can go back and prepare for the ceremony."

This is an order to evict you.

Renette Tinicole, who was a little familiar with Alice, realized that the information just now was serious enough to change her mood, but she didn't ask anything and disappeared on the spot.

……

Klein still scrubs toilets at the hospital, and although he did have a few acting opportunities during his volunteer time, he still spends most of his time scrubbing toilets.

He felt that his toilet cleaning skills had become unprecedentedly proficient, and he would never have to worry about toilet blockages again... Well, this was probably not a skill to be proud of. Suddenly, while entertaining himself in his mind, Klein felt that the surroundings had become gloomy. He turned on his spiritual vision and saw Renette Tinicole as expected.

Without waiting for him to speak, Renette Tinicole spoke directly:

“I sent her the materials she requested.

"She had just bought ice cream and when she saw me she brought it home with me and ate it on the sofa.

“It’s like I don’t exist.

"Is she usually like this?"

Last time it was "He", why did it become "she" now... Klein immediately realized that Renette Tinicole was still referring to Alice. He was confused about the personal pronouns at first, and replied:
"She's probably more extreme than usual."

While he was speaking, he did not stop brushing the toilet. Renette Tinicole looked at him with a confused look, then asked thoughtfully:

"She's really not your daughter?"

After a moment of silence, Klein continued Alice's lines: "She is my biological daughter without any blood relationship."

A biological daughter who is not related by blood…? Renette Tinicole felt that she did not understand what he said. She could not understand what Klein wanted to express, so she asked:
"What do you mean?"

"I don't know," Klein answered honestly, "She said exactly what she said."

Well, that's normal... Renette Tinicole was silent for a moment, then changed the subject without leaving a trace:

"What are the requirements for the ritual and materials for making the 'Let's Talk Tomorrow' spell?"

"...'Let's talk about it tomorrow'?" Klein was seriously confused by the name of the spell.

Renette Tinicole looked at him for two seconds and realized that Klein might not have heard of this name—perhaps before today, he was the only one besides Alice who knew this name.

Renette Tinicole realized that she might be the first person to make this spell, so... why did Hermann know the ritual process? And why did he know the ritual process but never tried to make it?

Renette Tinicole looked at German Sparrow who was cleaning the toilet, and a ridiculous guess suddenly popped up in her mind - could this ritual be made up by German?

This was too absurd. Even though Alice seemed extremely unreliable, Renette Tinicole did not want to keep such a ridiculous guess. She held on to her last hope and described the effect of the spell:
"This is a spell that can help the user return to peak condition..."

“He” tried to introduce the specific effects of “We’ll Talk About It Tomorrow.” Klein thought for a moment and began to make up the ritual process:
"You can first...then...No, not like this, it should be like this..."

The entire ritual process gradually became clear as Klein narrated it. He only had trouble with the material that carried the spell at the end:

"Well... as long as it's in the Destiny Realm and the level is high enough, right?"

...?
This tone, coupled with the previously revised ritual process, made Renette Tinicole realize one thing.

——Her absurd idea was probably true. (End of this chapter)