Mystery: Lucky One

"In this area, supernatural things within the authority of the 'Mother Earth' will undergo changes, including your abilities." Cattleya explained.

While she was speaking, Anderson seemed to see something, and a bright white flame burst out of his body. The flame flashed forward, jumped out of the side of the ship, and landed on the claw that was on the side of the ship.

Then, the blazing white light quickly engulfed the part that was holding the "Future" and spread downwards.

Nina reacted quickly. She and Frank led the sailors and followed the command of the navigator Ottolov. They quickly adjusted the sails and moved away from the monster that was trapped in place.

"Eh," Alice fell back to the ground in surprise, "You're not going to fight?"

She seemed very sorry about this matter... Anderson glanced at the rather disappointed Alice, and suddenly remembered his right foot that had been healed. He smiled slightly and asked Alice:

“Miss Destiny.

“Do you really control who gets hurt and who doesn’t?”

Alice stopped and turned to him and said:

"I made a decision!
"When we return, I will return your bad luck twice as much!"

Anderson smiled habitually, opened his mouth, and swallowed his words back.

He suddenly understood why Alice covered her mouth with her hand - after all, sometimes you really can't control what you say.

Alice, who had accomplished the feat of shutting up the hunter, walked forward. Klein followed her and asked:
"Is 'Admiral of Hell' Ludwell nearby?"

“Probably,” Alice spread her hands. “Anyway, it looks like we might run into him at any time… Hey, so why didn’t you just kill that monster? Why did you run?”

"What will happen if he's beaten to death?" Anderson asked doubtfully, "You look like you're looking forward to it."

"If we delay, we will collide with the legendary 'Black Tulip'~" Alice blinked, "and there is still 55,000 pounds."

"Can you beat him?" Klein's heart skipped a beat.

Alice suppressed her excitement and turned her gaze towards Klein. Klein felt the hair on his body suddenly stand up. He immediately stressed nervously:

"I don't want to meet the 'Black Tulip' at all!"

"It's too late," Alice walked into the cabin, "You'd better prepare for battle now."

"You should be able to adjust now..." Anderson finally couldn't help but interject.

Alice ignored him, pretending she heard nothing and left quickly.

So, a quarter of an hour later, Alice stood in Cattleya's captain's cabin.

Cattleya frowned slightly and looked at Alice, successfully making Alice shrink her neck and defend herself:

"You were going to meet the Black Tulip!

"I just made what was supposed to happen happen!"

She actually felt a little guilty... Although she was always noisy, she didn't seem to have done anything serious... Was she afraid of Mr. Fool's punishment? No, it didn't seem like it. She wasn't afraid of Mr. Fool at all.

She didn't want to cause any serious consequences!
Cattleya stared at Alice for more than ten seconds, realized this, and had an idea in her mind.

Under Alice's nervous gaze, Cattleya shook her head and walked to the window of the captain's room. Just as she was about to raise her voice to remind everyone to be careful, a huge dark green sailing ship appeared in her sight.

"Prepare for battle." That was all she could say.

When Alice heard the sound, she walked to the window and saw a huge sailing ship. On the pale sail, a blooming black tulip revealed its identity.

"Actually, you're right," Cattleya's calm voice sounded, "'Admiral of Hell' Ludwell is a frequent visitor to this sea area. It is a high probability event to encounter the 'Black Tulip'. Even if he avoids it once, there will be a second time, a third time..."

Alice turned her head hesitantly, and Cattleya stared out the window and continued:

"At least when we encountered the Black Tulip this time, it was still in good condition. If it had just experienced a battle and suffered heavy losses..."

"That won't happen!" Alice interrupted her immediately.

Cattleya turned her head, gave Alice a gentle smile, and said to her:

"On behalf of the crew of the 'Future', I thank you, Miss Fate."

Alice pursed her lips.

She's still thanking me... Complex emotions surged from the bottom of her heart. Alice finally chose to turn around and run away, leaving only one sentence in the distance:

"I'll go check on the deck!"

Standing on the deck, Alice began to recall the information about Ludwell:

The bounty for "Admiral of Hell" Ludwell in Loen alone reached 55000 pounds.

He is an extremely powerful psychic and has the highest bounty among the seven pirate admirals.

There are not many living pirates on his flagship, the Black Tulip, and most things are handled by the undead and spiritual creatures he commands.

He killed indiscriminately, but he had no perverted liking for killing. He was just conscientiously completing the task of sending living beings to hell.

He has a close relationship with the Spirit Cult and is said to possess a ring left by an ancient god of death.

The "Black Tulip" was moving very fast, and in just a few seconds, it entered the warning range of the "Future".

The dark green sailing ship slowed down and stopped at the edge. Alice saw an almost transparent eye with pale pupils appearing in the air opposite to the "Future". It was looking down without blinking.

Is this... a telescope?

Alice looked at the eye in surprise and turned to say something to Klein, only to find that he had pulled out a revolver.

...So I should take action?

Alice reacted and turned her head, just in time to see the transparent illusory eye disappear.

As the Black Tulip gradually approached, Alice could already see its entire appearance.

On it, white skeletons, some naked and some wearing leather armor, were busy operating the sails. Pale zombies with long swords were patrolling back and forth, looking around with eyes stained with dark green flames. Ghostly shadows, resentful spirits, and various strange spiritual creatures were sometimes flying and circling, and sometimes drilled into the hull, revealing transparent faces with unclear eyebrows and eyes on the side.

Through clairvoyance, Alice discovered that there was only one living person on the "Black Tulip", and that was the man dressed as the captain who was standing on the front deck and looking at this side quietly.

He wore an exaggerated tricorn hat embroidered with a white skull and feathers, a white shirt with lace, and an intricate and gorgeous brown short coat. A thin rapier was hung on the cowhide belt that fixed his white tights.

The man's face was covered with a silver-white mask, which concealed his facial features and contours. The holes that represented the eyes, nose, and mouth were surrounded by cold tea, which made people feel daunted.

This should be Ludwell...where are his crew?

Alice's eyes were confused for a moment, and she suddenly remembered an old joke.

She looked around, approached Klein, and asked him, "Have you heard a joke?"

"What?" Klein retracted his revolver. During this brief moment, they saw Ludwell begin to turn around and try to move away.

Running so fast...well, that's normal.

Klein glanced at Alice and felt that he understood everything—after all, the skeleton was most likely a novel toy to Alice.

Alice lowered her voice and spoke with great emotion:
“The hero’s younger brother died, and he was very angry and wanted to avenge his brother.

"The hero's first friend, a Beyonder of the Path of 'Peeper of Secrets', said to him: 'Oh, dear friend, let my knowledge help you!'

"The hero's second friend, a Beyonder of the Hunter Path, said to him: 'Oh, dear friend, let the flame of wrath help you!'

"The hero's third friend, a Beyonder of the 'Corpse Collector' path, said to him: 'Oh, dear friend, let your brother help you!'"

Klein looked at Alice in surprise.

Anderson, who had come over to find the alarm was lifted, heard the whole story and couldn't help but say to her:

"Ms. Fate, I think the fact that you didn't become a 'Hunter' is enough to prove that fate favors you."

Alice was silent for a moment, then turned to Anderson and said:

“Although your bounty is not as high as Danitz’s, there must be more people who want to kill you than those who want to kill Danitz… Uh, do you know who Danitz is?”

"We know each other," Anderson replied.

"Good," Alice nodded, "Now that's triple bad luck."

Anderson's smile froze on his face, and even Klein couldn't help but ask, "Will this kill someone...?"

Alice shrugged and replied:

“It makes no difference.

"Remember what I told you? Even if something is 100% certain to happen, there may be accidents. Even if the probability of something is zero, it may succeed.

"So, if he really died, he deserved it."

"Wait a minute," Anderson couldn't help but speak for himself, "If there's a 100% chance of death, how can I possibly survive?"

Alice turned her head, curled her lips, and whispered:

"I think this might be my Sequence 4 promotion ceremony... maybe it also includes Sequence 3?
"I'm trying to get out of some mortal situation."

Klein turned his head sharply to look at Alice, but Alice was looking at the last afterimage of Ludwell, and suddenly turned to Klein and asked:
"My monocle, you're done, right?"

Klein nodded hesitantly, not knowing whether to ask about the promotion ceremony or what she wanted to do.

Alice didn't bother him for too long. After getting the answer, Alice's figure instantly disappeared from the spot, and she reappeared about a minute later.

"What did you do?" Klein asked immediately.

Alice smiled brightly and said to Klein:

"I lost the monocle that Amon gave me on the Black Tulip."

"Amon?" Anderson repeated the name. "Are you the descendant of that...that Amon family?"

Alice was suddenly choked by this question. She thought about it, turned her head and said:

"uncertain.

"Maybe he's a descendant of the Zoroastrian family or the Jacob family?"

This… this doesn’t seem impossible… Klein remembered Amon’s parasitic ability and agreed with Alice’s words in his heart.

Leaving behind Anderson, who was full of doubt, and Klein, who was in deep thought, Alice walked to the front deck.

The aftermath of the chaos had been cleaned up and many sailors were gathered together.

Alice approached curiously. Several sailors who were close to her turned their heads impatiently. When they found out it was her, they subconsciously took a few steps back and squeezed in with the people around them.

The people who were squeezed in began to disperse after noticing the situation here, eventually revealing Nina in the middle and the pirate who had just died.

Oh, it’s that watermelon… No, it’s the unlucky guy with a watermelon growing on his head.

Alice recognized the identity of the body. She looked at the passage that the sailors had spontaneously made way for and walked over without any hesitation.

"What are you doing?" she asked Nina with a little curiosity.

Nina was surprised when she saw Alice, but then she smiled brightly:
"We're having a funeral for Revere, do you want to see it?"

Revere...is that the name of that watermelon?
"Okay." Alice nodded, her eyes full of curiosity.

Nina looked even more surprised, but she just smiled and said to Alice, "I think Revere would be happy to know this."

Alice suddenly fell silent. She stepped back quietly, but the sailors spontaneously avoided her and left her the position with the best view.

I hate this feeling... Alice pursed her lips and finally stood still, pretending that she was concentrating on looking at Nina.

So the sailors gradually became bolder, but still left a vacuum area around her.

Only Nina seemed unaffected. After everyone adjusted their positions, she led everyone in prayer in a proper manner.

Alice followed their prayer and after a simple prayer, Nina looked around and said:

"Revere's wish was to be buried on the hill above his hometown port, where there was the most beautiful sunset.

"He wanted to be cremated so he wouldn't be disturbed after death."

Cremation...? Alice's eyes showed surprise - this was the first time she had witnessed cremation in another world.

Well, the same is true for local people. After all, she has never seen with her own eyes the process of burning and burying a person.

"Storm is above, may he rest in peace." Most of the sailors believed in the "Lord of the Storm" and they all hit their left chests with their right fists.

Alice looked at the sailors who were praying in unison, and after a moment's hesitation, she followed their example, hitting her left chest with her right fist, and shouted along with them:
"The storm is above, may he rest in peace."

Forgive me, goddess, you are a tolerant god and you will definitely not care about such things... Uh, does the goddess know?

Alice confessed deeply in her heart, and suddenly looked up at the midday sun in the sky hesitantly.

——There is no scarlet moon here. (End of this chapter)