Mystery: Lucky One

Alice shuddered at the disgusting look. After realizing that Klein had nothing to say, she hurriedly said something and ran away:
"I'm going to write a reply!"

Her movements were so quick, as if her mother was waiting for her at home for dinner.

Alice correctly understood the core of the matter and wrote a reply with confidence:
"Curiosity not only kills the cat, it also kills the Beyonder~ Note ①
"I heard that there is an old witch named Cassandra who loves to run around and catch curious kids like you.

“Did He come to you?”

Following Klein's advice, Alice wrote the letter based on her mood without thinking about what she wanted to say, and then she sent it out.

- I hope Miss Winfried has as much imagination as Mr. "The Hanged Man" and will write the background story automatically.

Thinking of this, Alice shook her head, drew a Crimson Moon logo on her chest, and then praised the "Lord of Storms" devoutly.

Afterwards, she put her hand down and murmured, "I should have drawn the symbol of the Church of Fools, but I don't have one... Never mind, I'll just use the goddess's for now, anyway..."

Anyway, the spoils will be shared with the goddess.

Well, I haven’t been going to church on time recently... Never mind, the goddess probably doesn’t want to see me.

Alice gave up on resuming her good habit of going to church on time, eating on time, and sleeping on time, and spent this ordinary Friday.

What are you doing today?

On Saturday morning, Alice began counting on her fingers the things she could do.

The main ingredients for the potion haven't been found yet, and the auxiliary materials are even more lacking... I'm too lazy to go, so I'll take a break.

I have tried very hard...

Preaching... This isn't my job, is it? But, but I can think of someone who would be more suitable to be kidnapped to be the Pope...

First of all, you have to be able to fight... the kind that can fight among angels.

Secondly, to understand me, it would be best if you could guess what I want to do without me saying anything...

Finally, you can't stop me from doing what I want to do. If possible, it's better to accompany me...

Alice blinked twice, and a blurry image of a person wearing a monocle appeared in her mind.

...That's enough, no need to keep talking about clarity!
Alice looked around and after making sure that no one wearing a monocle suddenly appeared in the room, she leaned back with confidence.

In order to avoid thinking about Amon over and over again, Alice decided to find something to do with her brain, such as... drawing a new comic?
Who should I draw?
Fortunately or unfortunately, Alice's first memory of Amon is the image of the comic version of Amon.

Alice put her hand under her chin and began to think.

As we all know, one of the ways to treat PTSD is exposure therapy - I mean, in order to solve the problem of constantly thinking about Amon, Alice decided that one of the protagonists of the next comic would be Amon!
...No, it's fine to draw it according to the image, but it's too weird to call it by that name directly. How about giving Amon a nickname?

Alice didn't even think twice before writing down the Loenese word for "raven".

I'm so smart!

Alice snapped her fingers complacently and began to think about what kind of story this should be.

...It definitely can’t be a love story with Klein!
Alice was the first to rule out the only story with a ready-made plot, for no other reason than that she was afraid that Mr. Fool would see it.

That would be horrible.

However, drawing love is indeed a good idea.

But two men still don’t seem right to Rune. At least on the surface, it’s still hard for him to accept. Consider replacing one of the protagonists with a girl…

Wait, why don’t I just have a female lead?
Alice carefully recalled the women she knew and found that the most suitable heroine here might be herself - of course she couldn't make up a rumor about herself. ...Try a man.

After biting the pen and thinking hard for a long time, a person who was both related and not so related appeared - Leonard.

Alice did not forget that there was an angel of the "Thief" path living in Leonard, and this angel was trapped by Amon.

Alice's pen moved slightly, and a new line of words appeared on the paper:
"Amon found the shadow of his former lover in Leonard."

After staring at the line of text for more than ten seconds, Alice swore in her heart that she would destroy it after finishing the draft.

Okay, now we can start drafting. First, let’s give Leonard a nickname…

Recalling the image of Leonard in her memory, Alice wrote two lines of text on the paper at the same time: "Poet" and "Desperate Illiterate".

...The first one, the first one sounds better.

Alice couldn't bear to look at it anymore and covered her face with her hands.

It’s hard to imagine that as a “midnight poet”, Leonard can’t write poetry - your potion doesn’t even add the ability to write poetry!
Alice shook her head and continued to think about the rest of the story.

Alice didn't plan to give a nickname to the "thief" angel on Leonard's body for the time being. She was going to ask who this person was first...

As for the main content of the story, it is also easy to organize after setting the main theme of the substitute lover.

——Emperor Roselle has no interest in plagiarizing women’s romance novels.

Of course, he probably hasn't seen it either.

But Alice is very clear about the flow of this kind of story. She can write a complete and exciting outline according to the setting now. It is too easy.

The difficult part is naming it.

Alice was thinking about how to come up with a name that is both youthful and romantic and reflects the theme. Well, ideally, it would be best to include the two main characters...

While pondering, she began to design the character image.

Of course it is impossible to use the original version.

In the final image, Alice only retained some basic features, such as hair and eye color, Leonard's poetic temperament, and Amon's monocle.

Likewise, Alice also added a few things that weren't in the original version, for example, Leonard is now a girl, and Amon... Amon is almost becoming a crow personification.

Alice took a breath, tapped the table, and began to name the story.

She first tried to list the key elements.

"The crow", "the poet", well, what else?

Alice frowned, thought for a moment, and then wrote "love".

After looking up at her idea of ​​a substitute lover, Alice added the word "lie" on it.

...It fits Amon's image very well.

Alice imagined the scene when Amon saw this story, and suddenly she wanted to laugh. She tried to hold it back and warned herself:
"No, you have to laugh after you've chosen the name!"

Alice said this and wrote down her final name on the manuscript paper:

Poetry in the Shadow of Crows: The intertwined melody of love and lies. (End of this chapter)