Mystery: Lucky One

The magic mirror divination sounds like the human signal is not good so an antenna is installed on the body...

Alice muttered to herself as she admonished:

"Go check out that village, Miss Justice!
"I'll protect you!"

She had already determined from Audrey's statement that the notebook was related to the dragon, so it was obvious that this village might also be related to the dragon.

But Alice's encouragement ruined everything. Audrey, who had originally fantasized about an adventure, decided to give up decisively after receiving Alice's encouragement.

This is too dangerous, Audrey! With your current strength, it's easy to get into danger, and, and there's Miss Fate...

Besides, there is no need for me to do this. Even if the "Psychological Alchemy Society" really discovered something and gained something, as I grow up step by step and have a higher status in the organization, they will partly belong to me...

Under Alice's instigation, Audrey gradually calmed down and her thoughts became clearer.

But how can I reject Miss Fate... Well, I'll just tell her the truth and tell her about my visit to the village. If she's interested, I'll tell her about my experience at that time...

Audrey carefully responded to Alice's instigation:
"Do you remember the village with the custom of dragon worship that I mentioned in the Tarot Club?
"Its name is Hedlak. What you showed me is that village. I once explored there under the protection of Mr. Fool. Do you want to hear about my experience at that time?"

"Yes!" Ellie answered without hesitation, then she remembered that she was on the "Future", "Oh wait... I have something to do now, you have to wait until I come back."

Is there...something?
Audrey's first reaction was to wonder where the new ice cream came from.

No, Audrey, you can't speculate about Miss Fate like that. Maybe she met a talking cat... No, forget it, let's say goodbye to her first.

Audrey said goodbye to Alice with mixed feelings and ended the "magic mirror divination".

After saying goodbye to Miss Justice, Alice, who was in a pretty good mood, walked out into the corridor.

What are you going to do... Um, go find Klein? Or the "Hidden Lady"... Hey, how about going to find Frank Lee... Hmm?

Alice stopped and looked towards the room beside her with a frown.

A scene naturally emerged in Alice's mind. She saw the open window, the starlight sprinkled on the floor, and a figure slowly walking towards the door under the starlight.

Bernadette...

Alice frowned, thought about it, turned around, stretched out her hand, and knocked on the door politely.

No one paid any attention to her.

Cattleya came from the shadows of the corridor further away, saw Alice's actions, and reminded her:
"No one was there."

After a pause, she remembered Alice's identity and asked tentatively:

"Did you find anything?"

Alice shrugged and continued walking towards the deck.

Cattleya wondered if Bernadette was here... Alice absentmindedly stepped onto the deck and walked along the side of the ship. She saw Frank Lee and Klein walking towards him.

Alice quickened her pace and ran forward, and heard Frank Lee's distraught voice:

"It failed... Their life span is much shorter than I expected. They can't reproduce at all, even if they are planted in the soil..." Planted in the soil? Wait, what is he talking about...

Alice frowned and looked over. Frank Lee was still wearing the white shirt and overalls. The smile on his face that he had during the day was no longer there, and there was a shocking blood-red color under his chin.

...?
In this horrifying scene, Frank Lee raised his hands, and Alice saw that he was holding two fish that were no longer struggling.

Alice felt relieved instantly when she saw him raise his right hand and take a deep sip of the fish in his hand, staining the fish's silver scales blood red.

This, this should be considered as drowning sorrows in alcohol...

After looking at Klein who didn't move, Alice thought for two seconds, then walked over to sit opposite Frank Lee and asked him:
"Do you have any more of this kind of fish? Hmm... it'd be best if they're alive."

Frank Lee took out a fish from somewhere and handed it to Alice. He took out a dagger and was about to hand it over considerately when he saw Alice grab the fish and take a bite.

The sharp fangs pierced through the fish scales, and bright red blood spurted out. Some of it splashed onto Alice's face, while more was swallowed by her or flowed down the corners of her mouth.

It was at this moment that a silver-white lightning streaked across the night sky. Under the crimson moonlight, Cattleya walked slowly over and saw a scene that looked like something out of a horror movie.

Alice seemed unaware. She licked her lips and licked the red wine that looked like blood on her lips into her mouth. Then she reached out and wiped her face, leaving half of her face covered with blood. She raised her head and asked:

"Would you like to have one too?"

Cattleya stood there silently, watching German Sparrow order a fish as well, and then took a bite of it.

Is this... really okay?
She began to struggle with whether or not to step forward to stop this scene.

Alice didn't give Cattleya too much time to worry. After Klein accepted her persecution, Alice turned around with satisfaction and persuaded Frank Lee:

"Would you like to consider a promotion?
"Perhaps it's just because your sequence is too low and your ability is not high enough, so you can't achieve your wish?

"Look, here is the most powerful adventurer. You can entrust him to help you find extraordinary characteristics."

As she said this, Alice reached out her hand to pat Klein's shoulder, and then she found that she was sitting and Klein was standing.

After thinking for a few seconds, Alice decided that it was too strange to stand up and pat Klein's shoulder, so she reached out and patted Klein's forearm.

After a pause, Alice noticed Cattleya not far away. She thought for a moment and added:

"Oh, you should also be able to request potions from your captain, like..."

Alice's voice suddenly paused - she remembered Klein's experience of accumulating merits to exchange for potions when he was a Night Watcher.

This was obviously not a suitable example, so Alice did not say this out loud. She just turned to Cattleya and asked:

"There should also be this rule of exchanging merits for potions on the 'Future', right?"

Alice's consolation worked in a sense. Frank Lee really stopped paying attention to the failed fish. He regained his fighting spirit and answered the question for Cattleya:
“Yes, yes.

"But... Captain, do you have the extraordinary characteristics of 'Druid'?"

Frank Lee turned to Cattleya with an expectant look. Cattleya thought this scene was much more frightening than before. (End of this chapter)