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Chapter 56 Take a sip and try it
"I'm watching what you're watching," Alice replied matter-of-factly.
Cattleya didn't know what to say, so the scene fell silent again. She tried to start a conversation several times, but when she turned around and saw Alice's focused attitude, she gave up.
It would be bad if I diverted her attention...
Thinking of Frank Lee, Cattleya thought it would be a good idea to let Alice stand there and be in a daze for a while.
Alice was not a patient person. After staring at the unchanging sea for a few minutes, she began to feel bored. At this time, she suddenly remembered the "Key of Light" given to her as a birthday gift.
Alice guessed that she was probably very similar to Him, maybe she was influenced by Him - obviously, or maybe her personality was very similar to His - the age of "Huanhuan" in her memory seemed to be only in the single digits.
But anyway, if she is really similar to Him, it can be expected that the "Key of Light" probably doesn't like boredom very much.
What does He like?
Alice didn't know, but Alice was sure that she liked changes, changes that could not be predicted.
If it was prey, she would prefer the ones that were elusive, the ones that seemed foolproof but suddenly broke free...
Perhaps, the Key of Light hopes that He will lose in His own game more than I do...
Perhaps, He Himself did not know He had such thoughts, because He was confident that He would not lose, just like me in the past...
——Alice had to admit that although the birthday gift made her extremely angry, it did arouse her rare fighting spirit.
Well, it aroused.
But the absurd idea that just arose did not disappear with Alice's fantasies. It took root in Alice's mind and began to grow wildly like weeds.
"If that's the case..." She curled her lips slightly, "This is my chance."
Cattleya's hesitant gaze fell on Alice. She was struggling over whether she should say something to complement Alice's performance when a group of pirate ships gradually emerged on the sea in the distance.
Before Cattleya could react, Alice excitedly grabbed her wide robe, leaned over and asked:
"Is there going to be a fight?"
At that moment, the demeanor of the hermit disappeared completely.
Cattleya subconsciously lowered her head, her eyes falling on Alice's hand that was grabbing her robe. Alice paused for a moment, then retracted her hand in an instant, moving so quickly as if she had done something wrong.
…?
Cattleya began to seriously consider the possibility of taking off her robe for inspection.
Alice looked toward the window guiltily, and discovered that the pirate ships had already fled to all directions as nimbly as fish, avoiding the huge stone ship "Future".
Alice felt as sad as a fisherman who had waited for a long time and finally saw hope, only to find that the school of fish was scattered by a stone falling from the sky.
But Alice soon noticed that the "Future" had started to slow down for some reason. Alice turned around in surprise and asked:
"What happened?"
She was happy again.
"...No," Cattleya denied Alice's words and took out a pair of thick glasses and put them on. "There is a relic of the Fourth Epoch nearby. I plan to take a look on the way."
As she said this, she walked to the door, opened it, and found German Sparrow who was about to knock on the door.
"The remains of the Fourth Epoch?" Alice came forward and asked, "Is it the giant deep-sea well?"
A deep-sea well? Klein cast a puzzled look at Cattleya.
Cattleya nodded in response to Alice, and then she walked out while repeating what she had said to Alice.
Although he was not as excited as Alice, Klein was also curious about the deep-sea well. He did not ask any more questions and followed them.
They walked onto the deck, where Frank Lee was waiting. He was still wearing yesterday's clothes with his sleeves rolled up. Alice noticed with her sharp eyes that there was a little dirt on his arms.
"Good morning, Hermann!" Frank Lee greeted the two guests. "Good morning, Alice!"
Alice waved at him and was about to say something when she suddenly heard Klein cough.
"Are you sick?" Frank Lee asked kindly, "You can wait a moment, I——"
His voice stopped abruptly, and he saw that Alice just reached out and patted Gehrman Sparrow, which made the adventurer's face become radiant.
Frank Lee looked at Alice in surprise.
——Among the extraordinary abilities he knew of, none could cure diseases so easily.
Alice didn't notice anything wrong. She looked back in confusion and asked curiously, "What did you want to say just now?"
Frank Lee instantly forgot his doubts and said happily:
"I wanted him to wait a moment.
"So that when I have finished showing you this great invention, I can show you another invention—but it seems that it will not be of any use now."
As he said this, Frank Lee raised his other hand and opened his palm, revealing a broad, fat fish.
Alice suddenly remembered what she saw in the cafeteria of the Future, and she asked hesitantly:
"What did this fish crossbreed with?"
Klein took a half step closer to Alice, then moved back after thinking for a moment.
Frank Lee was unaware of their strange attitude. He pulled out a dagger from his waist and stabbed the poor fish, saying excitedly:
"It's definitely the most popular thing on the sea!"
His dagger cut a hole in the fish, and blood gushed out of the fish's body and fell precisely into the large beer mug on the deck.
Alice realized that the blood did not smell bloody. She smelled a scent of alcohol in the air, which seemed to be the smell of red wine.
...Huh?
A bit weird, but...
The spirit did not sound the alarm. Alice thought for a moment, picked up the wine glass on the ground, and did something that no one expected - she took a sip.
Worst case scenario, I can just restart... Oh my god, it's red wine!
Alice opened her eyes in horror and found that everyone was looking at her.
"Ha!" Frank Lee seemed to be the only one who was happy at the scene. "You are really different from others! How about it? You are the first taster of the finished product. This is a fish whose blood is red wine!"
"Hmm..." Alice carefully savored the aroma of wine in her mouth, "I don't like drinking... Can you try sweet iced tea next time? No, forget it, it's far from good. Maybe you can try grape juice..." (End of this chapter)
Chapter 57 Can I touch it?
As Alice continued to talk, Cattleya turned her neck stiffly and looked at Gehrman Sparrow.
Gehrman Sparrow stared ahead with a cold and ruthless gaze, looking down upon everything.
Don't you care? Didn't you say you could control her? This was the question Cattleya was trying to express with her eyes.
Unfortunately, Gehrman Sparrow did not give any response. Instead, Frank Lee answered Alice seriously:
"We don't drink beverages, but we can consider it.
"They will be divided into different varieties. Some will produce Lilanzi, some will produce Nepos, some will produce red wine, and some will produce beer. The beer must be made from sharks and whales, otherwise there will not be enough to drink!"
Alice opened her mouth in surprise. Not knowing how to respond, she changed the subject:
"What was the other achievement you wanted to show us?"
Frank Lee happily introduced:
"I hybridized medicine and fruit, making taking medicine a pleasure!"
Alice, who hated taking medicine, was very interested in this. She suddenly became excited and asked curiously:
"Can I see it?"
Before Frank Lee could say anything, Cattleya, who had lost her patience, interrupted their increasingly dangerous conversation:
"Are you ready, Nina?"
"Well, she's already drunk a bottle of Nepos!" Frank pointed to a shadow created by the sail.
What kind of preparation is this? To build up courage...
"Captain, I would rather have a bottle of Sonia blood wine!" A female figure slowly stood up and walked out from the shadows.
She was over 1.80 meters tall, with her blond hair tied casually into a high ponytail, her facial features were distinctly Feysac-like, and her skin was light. After seeing her, Alice thought that she might indeed need to drink to prepare herself.
She was wearing a black tight-fitting outfit that looked like it was made of fish skin. It was connected from top to bottom and outlined her sexy figure. Alice stared at her swaying breasts for a few seconds and said to Klein,
"She's taller than you."
Klein, who was still embarrassed, naturally looked away and stared at Alice, reminding her:
"Not only is she taller than you, she's also..."
He glanced meaningfully at Alice's tiny breasts and successfully received a kick.
Nina's reaction was more straightforward. She didn't hesitate at all. She looked at Gehrman Sparrow generously, then smiled at Alice and asked:
"Are you the underage girl who is rumored to have supported Gehrman Sparrow?"
She was the first person to bring this rumor to Alice. When she saw Alice turning to look at him with her mouth wide open in surprise, Klein remembered that he had not discussed this matter with Alice.
"Am I supporting you?" he heard Alice ask seriously.
Klein tried to gauge Alice's expression and found that she was not angry. Instead, she was confused and looked quite serious when she asked the question.
So Klein thought about it and answered very seriously, "Probably not."
"Oh," Alice nodded and turned to look at Nina, "He said I didn't support him."
"...?" Nina looked very confused. She thought for a moment and decided to continue the conversation. "So what is your relationship?"
Alice turned to look at Klein, and after thinking for two seconds, she said to Nina seriously,
"He is my Blessed One."
"Follower..." Nina was not the only one confused now. Even the thick-skinned Frank Lee couldn't help but frowned and asked.
Cattleya spoke up in time to change the subject: "Let's get started when you're ready."
"What are you starting?" Alice started to act as a supporting role.
Cattleya did not answer Alice's question, but motioned for Alice to continue reading, so Alice looked at Nina curiously.
Nina suddenly felt an inexplicable tension. She calmed herself down a little, then strode to the edge of the boat, pushed herself with her right hand, and jumped directly into the sea, swimming downstream like a big black fish.
At the same time, there were several splash sounds, and several sailors jumped down to provide some support.
Alice leaned on the railing and looked down, only to find that they had disappeared.
"Tsk." Her feet rolled on the deck surface in dissatisfaction, and Cattleya felt a dangerous alarm suddenly sounded in her mind.
She was about to say something when Alice suddenly stopped, frowned, and turned her head sharply to look in the direction of the cabin.
"What's wrong?" Klein was the first to react.
Alice didn't say anything. The image of the pea vines falling faded away from her eyes. Before she could see him, she smiled and said:
"Perhaps we will have a visitor who will come through a forest of pea vines and knock on the cabin door."
Cattleya suddenly looked at Alice. Seeing her eagerness that could not be concealed at that moment, Alice said thoughtfully,
"It seems that you don't know about this."
After a pause, she added,
"Don't worry, I... never mind, how long will it take us to reach that ocean?"
Alice wanted to promise that she would not do anything to Bernadette, but when she was about to say it, she suddenly realized that it was hard to believe the promise given her past image, so she gave up the idea.
Cattleya didn't know what Alice was thinking. She mistakenly thought that Alice didn't want to continue the topic. Although she had concerns that she didn't want to admit, she could only cooperate and answer,
"I know a secret route that can allow us to reach that ocean in two or three days."
"Eh?" Alice raised her eyebrows in surprise. "Is this the benefit of finding a taxi driver who is familiar with the road conditions…"
Cattleya didn't seem to understand what was said, but she confirmed that Alice was in a good mood.
Alice did not speak again. Gehrman Sparrow was not the type to actively start a conversation. Worried that Alice might be bored, Cattleya looked at Frank Lee.
Frank Lee did not receive Cattleya's hint, but fortunately he was not the type to watch the atmosphere on the scene remain quiet. After a while of silence, he could not help but stand up and introduce the pirates on the ship to everyone.
Alice listened carefully to this.
After a long time, Nina and the sailors swam out of the sea and returned to the ship.
She held a metal bar that was so rusted that it could no longer be seen and a piece of hard black soil covered with honeycombs, and complained to Admiral of the Stars Cattleya:
"Captain, there is no such thing as a deep sea well!
"It's not even as big as my breasts!"
She stretched out her hand and gestured in front of her chest. Alice glanced at the waves, raised her head and asked sincerely:
"Can I touch it?" (
Chapter 58 Children, don't ask these questions
"...Ah?" Nina didn't seem to react.
"I want to be a boy in my next life..." Alice began to count on her fingers, "I want to grow two meters tall, and..."
She glanced hesitantly at Nina's breasts, then turned to ask Klein,
"Is it weird for a man to have such big breasts?"
Cattleya looked at Gehrman Sparrow in silence.
Nina and the other sailors looked at German Sparrow with blank expressions.
Frank Lee looked at Nina, then at Alice, and finally, along with the others, he looked at German Sparrow.
In the center of everyone's sight, Gehrman Sparrow calmly pointed at Alice, gave the others a warm smile, and said to Nina apologetically:
"I'm so sorry, ma'am.
"I haven't had the chance to introduce it to you yet. This is one of my sealed items."
Nina finally found the source of the abnormality in this sentence. Combining Alice's previous behavior and the rumors, she finally came to an obvious fact - Alice is not a human!
But... the Sealed Artifact?
Nina looked at Alice and found that this girl, who looked so real, did not refute this statement. Instead, she asked thoughtfully:
"So, when a man grows this big..."
"Yes." Gehrman Sparrow interrupted her question without hesitation.
Alice sighed in disappointment and turned her attention back to Nina:
"It seems unrealistic that I look like this... then..."
Her curious eyes fell on Nina's breasts, and Nina realized that she was different from the pirates who wanted to sleep with her. She was just instinctively curious about new things.
She probably really just wanted to touch it, since she had never done it before.
And during this conversation, Frank Lee seemed to gradually figure out the truth - Cattleya was not sure about this, she just noticed that Frank Lee's eyes were looking at Alice with more enthusiasm than one degree.
If I had to describe it, it would probably be... even more fanatical than the way German Sparrow looked at Jin Pound.
Alice would certainly notice such fanatical gazes, but she still kept her eyes on Nina. After all, she and Nina were not very familiar with each other. If she missed this opportunity, she would not be able to make such a request next time.
Oh, yes, Alice judged from the other people's reactions that her question was not appropriate for two people meeting for the first time, even though they were both women.
But since I've asked, let's achieve our goal first...
Alice just stared at Nina like that until she, who was isolated and helpless, answered uncertainly:
"Is it okay...?"
Her eyes lit up, but before she could react further, a gaze suddenly appeared.
Alice frowned, looked back at the cabin, and then turned to Nina.
Bernadette is watching. If I touch her now, my image... uh, do I really still have an image?
Alice looked at Cattleya hesitantly, then turned back to Nina. The bright light in her eyes had disappeared. After the passion of that moment faded, Alice began to feel that there was no point in doing this.
——If it doesn't work, I'll be reincarnated as Nina's child, and not only can I touch her, but I can also suck her... Why does it sound so perverted?
Alice stopped where she was and blinked twice. After looking around, she said to Nina:
"No, thanks, thanks."
After saying this, she turned and walked away, as if Amon was chasing her.
Cattleya looked at Alice's back and thought for two seconds. Then she showed her professionalism in participating in the Tarot Club and said to Nina as if nothing had happened:
"Exaggeration is a common trait among pirates and adventurers.
"Tell me about the specific situation."
Alice paused, then she stepped back along the path she had taken when she left. If the deck was covered with snow or soft soil, people would find that her footprints were exactly the same as when she left.
Alice thus completed a manual restart, sending herself back to where she was, and pretending that nothing had happened.
In response, Klein and Cattleya chose to cooperate with her performance.
Frank Lee was still in that excitement. As for the other sailors...haha, is there a place for them to talk here?
Nina didn't understand all this, but as a pirate who came from the bottom, she still made the most appropriate choice with her experience. She began to answer questions as if Alice didn't exist:
"The well is at a deeper bottom of the sea. I must have enough buffer time to adjust to the pressure and temperature there, so it took a long time to arrive.
"It's not easy to spot in itself, but the remaining steel buildings are really obvious, and I found them once I got used to the environment there.
"They have completely collapsed and decayed. It is impossible to imagine what they looked like originally. However, it can be seen that they must have been quite large in the past, but now they have shrunk a lot."
At this point, Nina chuckled twice as she usually did, and glanced at the men around her.
...?
Alice felt that Nina must have some other meaning in this sentence, but she couldn't understand it, so she looked around and looked at a certain experienced adventurer.
"What does this mean?" Alice asked in confusion.
Klein turned his head and looked at Alice. After confirming that she really didn't understand and wasn't making fun of him, he thought for a moment and asked,
"Have you ever seen a shrunk sponge?"
"Yes." Alice nodded as a matter of course.
…It seems like she really didn't understand at all.
Klein looked at Cattleya. Cattleya looked at him with sympathy in her eyes, but she immediately looked away after making eye contact with him. It seemed that she had no sense of alliance at all.
This shows how loose the Tarot Club is.
As the founder, Mr. Fool had mixed feelings about this, but now was not the time to think about this. As Mr. Fool's beloved "world", he was also responsible for educating Miss Destiny.
So, Klein sincerely said to Alice,
"Be obedient, kid, don't ask these questions."
"...?" Alice looked at Klein as if he were an idiot.
…Actually, I should be older than him, right?
Seeing that this approach would not work to appease Alice, Klein thought about it and changed his approach.
He made his expression solemn and his voice low, and then spoke in the tone of Alice when she suddenly fell ill:
"Fate tells me that now is not the time for you to know all this.
"When the wheel of fate turns to the right position, you will naturally clear the fog and see the dawn of hope.
"Please be patient and wait."
...?
What is he...doing?
Alice's eyes gradually became blank.
Chapter 59 Why doesn't she scream?
Alice stood there in a daze, announcing that the farce had come to an end. Cattleya took the opportunity to point at the rusty thing in Nina's hand that could hardly be called a metal bar and asked:
"Is this part of those steel buildings?"
"Yes, Captain, you know I don't know much about history and mysticism, so I can only bring some back for you to study. You are an expert in this field." Nina said as she handed over the "metal bar".
Alice was also not good at history and mysticism, but she had other ways to solve the problem. She looked at Cattleya:
"Can I try it?"
Cattleya handed it over without hesitation.
Alice took the "metal bar" and tried to find its source. Chaotic pictures flashed by, and the last picture that froze was a collapsed and decayed steel building and a well.
The well mouth was not big, but very deep. The dark black seemed to have a strong attraction, leading people to fall. When faint whispers sounded from a place that seemed far away but also close to the ears, those images were shattered.
"when!"
The "metal bars" fell on the deck, but Alice had no time to pay attention to them. She subconsciously covered her ears with her hands.
This was actually ineffective and could not stop the whispering from spreading, but Alice was not worried. When the light she had hidden reappeared, she knew she was safe.
After she calmed down, Alice looked up and found that the people present were normal and seemed not to notice what had happened. Even Cattleya, who was most likely to be affected, just frowned and looked at her with worry in her eyes.
It is hard to say whether he is worried about Alice or the "Future" - after all, an angel's loss of control is not a trivial matter no matter where he is.
Eh, she didn't show any signs of losing control just now, did she...?
Alice recalled the ugly flesh buds in her memory and frowned in disgust, feeling very resistant to herself becoming like that.
But, they are all fine...
Alice blinked, the doubt flashed across her mind for a moment, and she didn't dwell on it any further.
After all, this is very normal. Maybe everyone felt uncomfortable in their eyes and rubbed them at the same time, and just missed that period of time.
What's so strange about that? Nothing is strange to fate.
Alice was more concerned about other issues, such as - where did the collapsed steel building come from?
The spirit world did not give any response to this question. She now knew as much about the building as Nina did - no, maybe even less than Nina.
This realization made Alice unhappy. She glanced at Nina calmly and decided to find an opportunity to scare her.
"...As expected," Alice picked up the "metal bar" and returned it to Cattleya. "For questions like this...divination really won't give any feedback."
This was Alice's guess based on the fact that Roselle's diary had not been deciphered - divination would probably not yield any feedback regarding the civilization that existed before the First Age.
The essence of divination is to obtain information from the spirit world, which means that the spirit world does not have information from earlier times...
Alice's eyes flickered for a moment, and then she said to Nina without any emotion:
"continue."
This gesture finally helped Alice get rid of the image of an underage girl. Nina instantly became much more nervous than when she was asked by Cattleya, and in her subsequent answers, she lost the intention to joke.
She pointed to the remaining piece of black soil covered with honeycombs and said:
"Not far from the Iron Ruins, I found the well. It's really not big, even a child from Nass couldn't get into it.
"This is the soil inside the deep well. It is so deep that I feel it has no bottom. In the environment there, it is dark inside, as if something is slowly calling me, yes, slowly.
"I found a few rocks nearby and threw them in, but there was no response. Anyway, it was full of water."
"Summon..." Alice repeated the word with a frown.
She remembered many things in an instant, such as the "Lucky One" Beyonder characteristic that she had no memory of, the tempting "Misfortune Priest" potion, and the dazzling "Winner" Beyonder characteristic...
These are all temptations.
So, what is a summon?
Alice frowned and looked in a certain direction, the direction she thought belonged to the Western Continent.
Something was calling her there.
Alice closed her eyes, waved away those thoughts, and shifted her attention to the present.
In fact, this is a good opportunity to scare Nina... Alice turned to Nina and suddenly realized this. She said in a soft but emotionless voice:
"You should feel lucky.
"Your sequence wasn't high enough, and you didn't stay there long enough."
"What would happen otherwise?" Alice's rare reliable state caught Cattleya's attention.
Well done, Ms. Hermit!
"Otherwise?" Alice excitedly praised Cattleya in her heart, but glanced at Cattleya lightly, her voice vague, "Otherwise, I would probably melt in it, right?"
Well, that's it, let's add some more ingredients...
After a slight pause, Alice turned to Nina again, curled up the corners of her lips, revealed a soft smile and said:
"It's just like the potion you drank~"
Nina turned pale in an instant, her legs went limp and she fell to the ground. She opened her mouth, but no sound came out for a long time.
...Why doesn't she scream?
Alice frowned and looked at her for a while, then turned to ask Klein, "Will people not scream when they are too scared?"
…She was really scaring people on purpose again.
Klein did not doubt the truthfulness of Alice's words. He was familiar enough with Alice that he could tell the difference between Alice's lies and her serious words.
She was definitely telling the truth—but she was definitely trying to scare people.
But this was mild enough compared to Alice's previous jokes, so he just glared at Alice and said to Cattleya:
"It seems that going down the well to explore is not a good idea."
As for comforting Nina - that was not his responsibility.
Cattleya obviously agrees with this.
She nodded in response to German Sparrow's words, and the next question was how to comfort Nina.
For a pirate with Feysac blood, this matter is both simple and difficult.
——Nina successfully forgot her fear under the influence of alcohol and even invited Alice to drink with her when she passed by.
...What an amazing ability of self-regulation.
Alice was once again shocked by what she felt about humans. She left the scene with mixed feelings and decided to eat an ice cream to calm her nerves.
Chapter 60 Why not ask Miss Destiny?
At around eight o'clock in the evening, Audrey frowned slightly and closed the notes in her hand.
A few days ago, she accepted a commission from the "Psychological Alchemy Society" and contacted Associate Professor Michel Deit to purchase a copy of the Twenty Years' War Notes.
Just today, she visited Michel Deit and obtained the notebook in exchange for funding the establishment of an antiquities collection and protection foundation.
Audrey flipped through the notebook before handing it over to the Psychological Alchemy Society.
Regrettably, this notebook mostly records fragmentary daily events. Apart from the grammar being similar to that of dragon language, there is nothing special about it.
What's the problem... Well, maybe the problem is not the content of the note, but the note itself?
Audrey, who had accumulated enough knowledge at the Tarot Club, gradually came up with new ideas.
What's so special about it? I didn't notice it just now... It belongs to a knight who is used to speaking dragon language. That knight must have experienced something...
Divination, yes, divination! Perhaps we can use divination, with the help of this notebook, to find the last whereabouts or the first traces of the knight, and this is likely to be related to a dragon!
Since it is a dragon, it is very likely to be a spiritual dragon, which is the representative of the "audience" path. The clues related to it are indeed worthy of the attention of the "Psychological Alchemy Society"...
Audrey's eyes gradually brightened, she clenched her fists excitedly and turned her head to look at Susie beside her.
Although Audrey didn't say that reasoning, her excitement was too obvious. Susie immediately saw Audrey's excitement and asked after thinking for a while:
"Audrey, do you want me to praise you?"
"No, there's no need..." Audrey unclenched her fist and turned her head back.
This is so embarrassing... Uh, wait, I don't know how to tell fortunes...
It would not be appropriate to say no, but the Audience Path did not enhance the ability of divination until Sequence 7, because the accuracy of the revelations Audrey received from the spirit world during divination was very low.
This does not mean that the accuracy of the conclusion drawn by looking at the opposite direction will necessarily be higher. In fact, if we take the example of tossing a coin, the side of the coin that faces up when it falls is probably related to factors such as the force used when tossing it, wind direction, etc., and has little to do with revelation.
There is no way to verify it... No, Miss Fate must be very good at divination, I can still... No, forget it, why don't I ask Mr. Fool for help...
Secret ritual? This seems to only work on oneself, not on external objects... Artificial sleepwalking? It's similar to the secret ritual, and it doesn't work either...
Sacrifice to the Fool". Sir, let Him help with divination and then give it to me. No, no, this is disrespectful. Miss Fate should not mind this, but I may not be able to get the notebook back...
With confidence in Alice's credibility, Audrey gave up the idea.
However, even so, Audrey, who loves the occult, still found a solution. She planned to perform "magic mirror divination" on Mr. Fool.
This kind of divination method that requires the power of a third party is a very dangerous behavior. Of course, Audrey is not worried about this problem - she trusts Mr. Fool very much, just as she does not trust Alice.
Audrey blinked, suppressed her inner excitement, turned her head and said to the golden retriever:
"Susie, go and stand guard outside the door. I'm going to use mystical methods to examine this notebook."
"Didn't you use it just now?" Susie asked doubtfully.
She is becoming harder and harder to fool... Audrey's eyes turned slightly, and she said frankly:
"I will try the 'magic mirror divination'.
"Don't worry, I have a safe person to ask for help."
"Could it be... Miss Rose?" Susie had a bad association.
"...No," Audrey quickly denied it, "It's...her elders!"
Mr. Fool should be considered Miss Destiny's elder...
"Okay." Susie confirmed that Audrey was not lying.
It took a few steps, turned around, and warned,
"Audrey, be careful not to be possessed by the projection of a mysterious being."
"I know." Audrey responded without any worry.
Mr. Fool would have had countless opportunities to harm me. There was no need to wait until now... He is not a god like Miss Destiny who could change her mind at any time!
After Susie opened and closed the door and walked out, Audrey sat down at the desk, chanted Mr. Fool's name, and applied to use the "magic mirror divination method."
After a while, Klein, who was on the Future, entered the bathroom and came above the gray fog. He heard Miss Justice's prayer.
Is this possible? Yes, as a mysterious and unknown existence, I can indeed serve as a third party in the "magic mirror divination"... But why didn't she ask Alice?
…It seems normal not to ask.
However, if Alice knew that Miss Justice would rather ask me for help than ask her...
Klein shuddered above the gray fog, then adjusted his state and responded with a light laugh:
"Why don't you ask Miss Fortune?"
In the real world, Audrey opened her eyes with a stiff expression and looked into the mirror on the dressing table, lost in thought.
Ask Miss Destiny... Is it really okay?
After struggling for more than ten seconds, Audrey realized that she couldn't do this. If she continued to delay, she would definitely arouse Susie's suspicion.
...Let's pray first?
After all, what if Miss Fate refuses...right?
Then I can ask Mr. Fool again...Just ask once, come on Audrey!
With this in mind, Audrey hesitantly began to arrange the ceremony.
The "World" had introduced the ritual of praying to Miss Fate at the Tarot Club. It was the first time that Audrey prayed, and even though Alice looked very unreliable, she still chose to arrange a complete ritual.
Please, Miss Fate, please don't agree, so that I can ask Mr. Fool again...
After arranging the ceremony, Audrey closed her eyes in pain, sighed deeply, and began to truly pray.
Alice, who was holding a bowl of ice cream, heard Miss Justice's prayer shortly after Klein.
"Magic mirror fortune telling"...?
Alice's eyes brightened.
It seems that I can indeed serve as a third-party force in the "Magic Mirror Divination"... Well, it is something I have never experienced... at least not after waking up!
Well, anyway, it sounds like fun...
Alice licked the ice cream off her lips and responded happily, "Okay!"
Listening to Alice's cheerful voice echoing in her ears, Audrey showed an expression as if the sky had fallen
Chapter 61 Teletubbies
Although Mr. "The Hanged Man" had already used his life to prove the safety of praying to Miss Fortune, "Magic Mirror Divination" was different. It was more intimate and more dangerous.
Even though she had never performed "magic mirror divination" before, Audrey knew that the danger level between the two was not on the same level.
…Do you really want to do this?!
Although she was filled with uneasiness, Audrey decided to give it a try when she thought that this was something Mr. Fool approved of.
Mr. Fool...you won't harm me...right?
Thinking of this, Audrey picked up her notebook, sat down in front of the dressing table, and lit a candle.
The window curtains were closed, and the wall lights in the house were turned off one by one. Audrey completed the corresponding preparations according to the requirements of the "magic mirror divination".
Of course, she didn't specifically pick a suitable time period. After all, for Miss Destiny, the best time was when she was not in a good mood but not in a bad mood.
——Then she wouldn't want to do anything.
But, it is obvious that what Miss Fate is interested in now is not something else, but the "magic mirror divination" itself...
Glancing at the candle in front of her and the mirror that reflected the candlelight and herself, Audrey took a deep breath, nervously picked up a bottle of hydrosol, and sprinkled a little liquid on the dim flame.
Sniffing the aroma of the hydrosol, Audrey was in no mood to think about other problems. Her heartbeat was like a drum, reflecting her fear.
Audrey realized something. She took off the "lie" necklace around her neck and tried to slow down her breathing and regulate her heartbeat.
It was the "lie" necklace that magnified her fear and anxiety.
After adjusting her state, Audrey clasped her hands together, placed them in front of her buried mouth and nose as if praying, and began to recite in a low voice sincerely:
"The forever innocent child,
"The embodiment of luck and miracles,
"the origin of disaster and chaos."
…
The secret spell echoed gently in the air. After repeating it seven times, Audrey realized that there seemed to be something indescribable in the darkness around her, like an undercurrent surging beneath the water.
Audrey raised her head, stretched out her right hand, passed by the candlelight that didn't waver at all, and stroked the mirror from top to bottom.
At this point, the "magic mirror divination" process is completed. If the mysterious, unknown existence becomes interested in it, it will use the mirror to give a certain response.
On the "Future", Alice's spirit followed the sound of prayer and "saw" an aperture the size of a mirror.
The periphery of the aperture was a deep black. Alice concentrated and glimpsed Audrey's vague figure through the aperture.
She is praying.
She was wearing a pure white dress inlaid with gold lace. Her long golden hair was casually tied up, falling down softly and shiny. Her emerald green eyes reflected the slightly pale firelight, as deep as the sea, and like the purest gem. Her facial features and her face shape matched her breathtaking beauty, and her temperament was elegant and pure.
Like a perfect body...
This thought frightened Alice, and she came to her senses in time. After all, Miss Justice was a psychiatrist.
This is the only imperfect part of this body... No, wait, there's something wrong with this line of thinking!
Alice, who had been scolded by Klein many times, stopped herself from thinking in this direction and just sighed softly through the mirror:
"Oh my god... I can not only help you with divination, but I can also just... occupy your body."
I'm not really occupying her body, so it shouldn't be a big deal to take advantage of it...?
If Klein asks, I'll just say I'm warning her!
Alice, who had been quiet for a long time, completed the "possession" through the mirror.
Audrey's consciousness still remained in her body. Their souls were so close that Alice could clearly feel Audrey's fear. She realized that even if she wanted to, with the gap in the nature of their souls, she could read through Audrey's memory and then throw her soul out.
Or, just crush her soul...
Alice took a deep breath using Audrey's body, left Audrey's body, and returned along the mirror's passage, just observing that side through the mirror.
Alice knew herself very well, and she couldn't guarantee that if she continued to stay, she would be willing to return her body to Miss Justice.
Just as Audrey guessed that she might not return the notes, it must be said that Audrey was right on this point.
This thrilling experience scared Audrey a lot. Even though she had always longed for an adventure, she had never thought of going through something like this. Who would warn others to go through this?
But Alice didn't intend to apologize for this matter. She didn't even intend to speak out. She just quietly looked through the mirror and waited for Audrey's questions.
The "magic mirror divination" had already begun, and now that it was terminated, the risks she had taken before would have been in vain, so Audrey had no intention of giving up.
Moreover, although it was a bit scary, this seemed to be the way Miss Fate usually warned others... She should really be warning me, at most she was just scaring me as a prank, and she probably didn't intend to occupy my body...
And Mr. Fool will definitely not watch Miss Destiny messing around!
The last sentence was a real booster, and Audrey quickly cheered up again. She carefully considered her words and said:
"Magic mirror, magic mirror, please tell me the whereabouts of the owner of this notebook."
After Alice stared at Audrey for a few seconds, she suddenly thought of the Queen in Snow White.
She had tried a similar phrase when facing Arrodes, and now it seems that... "magic mirror divination" might be more appropriate?
Well, if that's the case, if Snow White is a true story, then... the unlucky queen might have been playing magic mirror divination and accidentally got targeted by some evil god?
Then, what about the rest of the content, again... wait, am I distracted again?
Alice silently withdrew her scattered thoughts and helped Miss Justice to tell fortunes.
She no longer needed the assistance of complicated rituals. With just a thought, a rural scene appeared before her eyes.
It starts out as a bird's-eye view, but as the scene gets closer, the giant dragon paintings on the buildings become clearer.
A church gradually enlarges and becomes the main subject of the whole picture, followed by its attached cemetery.
Finally, the picture freezes on a tombstone in the corner. The inscription on the tombstone has long been blurred by the sun, rain and wind, and only the name "Lindilla" can be vaguely seen.
Alice passed the image over without moving, and suddenly felt like an antenna receiving signals.
Chapter 62 Horror Movie Scene
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 to 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 dragon worship customs that I mentioned in the Tarot Club?
"It's called Hedrak. The village you showed me is exactly 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."
Something... happened?
Audrey's first reaction was to think about 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 movements, and reminded her,
"There's no one 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..."
Plant it 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's 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 wonder whether she should step forward to stop this.
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 that 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.
Chapter 63 Do I seem to have a better temper than the Undead King?
"No." Cattleya responded without hesitation.
Don't say that she really doesn't have the extraordinary characteristics of "Druid". Even if she does, she will answer no at this moment.
...No, forget it. It would be even worse if Miss Fate found out that I was lying.
At this moment, Cattleya suddenly felt fortunate that she really did not have the extraordinary characteristics of a "Druid".
But this is not all good news, because here stands the "world", and here stands the powerful and crazy adventurer Gehrman Sparrow.
After receiving Cattleya's denial, Frank Li was not disappointed. He immediately looked at Gehrman Sparrow and asked,
"Mr. Sparrow, if I want to entrust you to help me find a Druid's Beyonder Feature, what price do I need to pay?"
What price? No price would do... Klein glanced at Alice and calmly gave the answer:
"Beat her up."
The transaction stopped here, because when Alice jumped up in anger and grabbed Klein to hit him, she suddenly stopped.
A scene appeared before her eyes. Alice saw a hand resting on the dark blue, almost black water, with a small but delicate boat lying in the palm.
The overall shape of the ship was like a crescent moon. There were three rows of cannons arranged in an orderly manner on the side of the ship. There was also a sail on the ship with a black tombstone painted on it.
The boat was very small, occupying only a small part of the palm, which made the palm look huge. After the hand carried the boat on the dark blue and almost black water for a while, another boat appeared from the front.
The ship was much larger than the one floating in the palm of her hand, but not as big as her palm. But it was not this that caught Alice's attention. She immediately recognized the high-raised sail - it was the "Future"!
What a strange scene...
Alice let go of Klein with a frown and looked around. Cattleya and Klein both noticed something was wrong. They looked at Alice but did not interrupt her.
Frank Lee also noticed that the atmosphere was wrong, and his attention was temporarily diverted from other things. In the silence, Alice saw a huge monster gradually emerging from the darkness.
It was a black ship that was nearly two hundred meters long and at least five stories high.
"Death call..." A solemn voice sounded. Alice turned her head and found it was Frank Lee who was immersed in sadness just now.
The first mate, who had a bounty of 7,000 pounds, dropped the fish in his hand and stood up. Alice saw that his muscles were tense, as if he would attack at any time.
Cattleya's expression was equally solemn. He stared in the direction of the "Death Announcement" without saying a word.
Woo!
A low horn sounded, and the sailors in the cabin didn't even bother to put on their clothes. They rushed to the nearest gun port or came to the deck.
However, before they could react further, the "Death Announcement" turned on its own and slowly moved away from their sight.
"...?"
Everyone looked at each other, and Alice asked Cattleya,
"Do you want to let the others go back and put on their clothes?"
Everyone finally woke up from their dream. Cattleya looked at Alice solemnly and thanked her:
"Thanks you..."
Alice interrupted her:
"I didn't do anything.
"If you must say something, you should thank him... or someone on his ship who is spiritually sharp enough."
After a pause, Alice added:
"When we were in Nass, we met Gilchias, the second mate of the Death Announcement. He ran away as if he had seen a ghost.
"Well, maybe it's because I called him 9,500 pounds... Oh no, actually 9,500 pounds may not buy what I want, and his captain's 100,000 pounds is more tempting...
"Hey, wait a minute."
Alice suddenly remembered something and turned to Frank Lee who was standing there in a daze:
"Normally speaking, you can only claim the bounty once...
"Can you plant part of the corpse and then grow a complete corpse?
" "That way I can go to different places to collect more bounties!"
Is she short of money?
Cattleya looked at Alice hesitantly, and finally turned her eyes to the other sailors who had not yet dispersed. The sailors who were watching ran away at once, leaving the place to the four of them.
"Are you short of money?" Frank Lee asked the question that Cattleya wanted to ask.
Alice scratched her head and explained:
"How should I put it...
"That is, under normal circumstances, if a person drinks potions and acts as usual, by the time he is promoted to a demigod or even an angel, he should already have a large enough force under his command, or he should have been cultivated by a large force.
"In this case, they can completely let their own forces handle some trivial matters, but, but I..."
She let out a long sigh.
Frank Lee seemed to understand what Alice said, but also seemed not to understand. He asked Alice:
"Is there any difference between a completely mythical creature, a mythical creature in the process of transformation, and an ordinary person?
"Can you give me some of your flesh and blood so I can study it?"
Alice took a half step back, turned to look at Cattleya, and warned solemnly:
"Keep an eye on him, and don't let him get promoted."
Cattleya responded silently, "Okay," and for a moment she couldn't tell whether she should be happy or not.
This was a rejection. Frank Lee looked extremely disappointed. In order to divert attention, he talked about the "death call":
"By the way, there have been many rumors regarding the strength of the 'Undying King'.
"Some say he is indeed a demigod, while others say he is only at Sequence 5, and only reached Sequence 4 with the help of the Death Announcement ship.
"But no matter what, he has lived long enough. Uh... do you think that if I cross him with my fish, can I increase their life span?"
Frank Lee suddenly had a new inspiration.
Alice, who was matching Frank Lee's description of the "Death Alert" with the revelation scene just now, fell into deep thought.
No, him, huh???
Did he have no research bottleneck at all?
Cattleya remained silent. In the silence, Klein made a reliable suggestion:
"You can discuss this matter with him."
Frank Lee was stunned for a moment, then sighed in frustration:
"He won't agree to this. He'll just plant me in the ground."
Hearing this, Alice finally couldn't help it. She turned to look at Frank Lee and asked in a very confused tone:
"Aren't you worried that I'll plant you in the soil?
"Does my temper seem better than that of the 'Undying King' Agaritu?"
Chapter 64 Soilless Cultivation
Klein answered the question for Frank Lee: "When did you become so uncreative?"
He hit Alice's soft spot perfectly. Alice frowned and muttered,
"No way. It's obvious that he wants to plant everything he sees in the soil... Uh, it seems a bit uncreative..."
Alice frowned and thought hard.
This was not something that would yield results immediately. Alice thought that she might need inspiration more than time, so she gave up after a short while and turned to Frank Lee, saying with great confidence:
"When we return...when we return, you will be dead!"
Alice uttered harsh words, and then took her anger out on Klein:
"But you're dead now!"
As she spoke, a strong wind blew up the waves, drenching Klein who was standing by the side of the ship.
The "Future" began to sway in the wind and waves, and at the same time, a sharp, malicious laugh sounded in the air.
"Hahaha!
"Hahaha!"
The laughter continued to echo, sometimes hoarse, sometimes chaotic, sometimes like talking, and sometimes like singing. The sailors on the deck fell to the ground one after another, covering their ears forcibly, but still twisted and struggled in pain.
Fish scales began to grow on the body surfaces of some Beyonders.
Klein was also affected. Alice, who had just frowned and looked in the direction of the Death Announcement, retracted her gaze and glanced at the ship. Her laughter disappeared in an instant.
The fish scales and granulations turned back into normal skin, and the pain just now disappeared without a trace. The shaken spirits calmed down along with the surrounding waves. The sailors who had squatted and lay down with their heads in their hands stood up again along the original trajectory. Except for German Sparrow's clothes that were splashed with water, everything was no different from before the waves rose.
"Do you have a way to make a complete body grow from part of a corpse?" Alice asked calmly as she looked at Frank Lee who had stood up.
Frank Lee nodded subconsciously.
He could...then let's put the matter of teaching him a lesson aside, as the "Undying King" was more annoying. But it seemed that, regardless of whether Agaritu really received a spiritual warning or not, he was indeed... a madman.
"Well," Alice smiled at Frank Lee, "please."
Then, Alice looked at Cattleya, who had just let out a breath, and asked calmly,
"When can we reach that sea area?"
She's pissed...but what does that have to do with when we arrive?
Oh, she can't do anything until we're on our way back...she wants us to arrive as soon as possible?
"Tomorrow." Cattleya answered without thinking.
Didn't they say there were still two or three days left… Klein couldn't help but look at them in astonishment.
I don't remember it happening so fast... Did I scare her? Should I comfort her... No, forget it, that would be even scarier, so let it be.
"That's good." Alice also smiled at Cattleya, then turned and left.
…It seems that Alice is still very intimidating when she gets angry.
Klein looked at Alice's back and thought for a moment. He gave Cattleya the same smile and quickly chased after her.
"Why don't you dry my clothes too?" he whispered to Alice.
Alice turned her head to look at Klein. His clothes were still dripping with water, leaving a trail of water on the deck where he walked.
Alice shook her head, then raised her head and said to him seriously,
"This is called soilless cultivation."
…?
Klein stopped in astonishment and watched Alice's back gradually fade away.
Is she sick?!
...
Alice didn't know what happened that night, but the next morning, when she walked into the restaurant, she had forgotten what happened the night before and happened to meet Cattleya.
Cattleya was wearing a pair of heavy glasses. When she saw Alice, she pushed her glasses down and said to Alice,
"Get ready. We will arrive at that sea area soon."
...ah?
Alice watched Cattleya leave the restaurant in confusion before she casually packed some food. After looking around, she sat down opposite Klein in a daze.
"...are we there yet?" she asked, poking at the beef-flavored potatoes on her plate.
"It seems so." Klein didn't seem to react.
Alice couldn't help looking him up and down. He had changed his clothes completely, wearing a round-necked shirt, a brown jacket, wide-leg pants and a dark baseball cap.
This was the attire of the natives of Bayam. It made him look more like an adventurer than a suit, but in Alice's impression, Klein always seemed to be wearing formal clothes... Uh, didn't he have any other formal clothes?
Alice looked at Klein with pity. As he looked puzzled, she put the beef-flavored potatoes he had never eaten before on his plate. Then she said to him lovingly,
"Eat more."
"...?" Klein showed an expression that said, "What's wrong with you again?"
Alice patted his shoulder gently, as if to encourage or comfort him. Then, she turned around and prepared to leave under Klein's puzzled gaze.
Just then, Alice saw a pirate come in with a big green fish in his arms and walk towards the corner.
Sitting in that position was Heath Doyle, the second mate of the "Future", whose face was so pale that it was transparent and whose nose was somewhat incongruous.
Bang!
The nearly one-meter-long sea fish was placed in front of the "Bloodless One".
Heath Doyle stretched out his hands, held down the big fish, bent his body a little bit, lowered his head inch by inch, and pressed his face against the scales, as if kissing it.
Suddenly, the fish stiffened, and then like a candle encountering flame, it melted quickly and turned into a disgusting pool of flesh and blood.
The blood and flesh flowed into Heath Doyle's mouth like liquid and covered the outer layer of his skin.
In the squirming that was too daunting to watch, the big fish's bones, flesh and blood all disappeared without leaving any trace. Heath Doyle's face became very clean, but his lips suddenly turned bright red, like a blooming rose.
Hey, why does this scene look a bit like...
Alice stood there and turned to look at the "Creeping Hunger" in Klein's hand.
She had only watched the Creeping Hunger eat once, and the two scenes were indeed very similar, especially since Heath Doyle was a Rose Bishop and Sequence Five was a Shepherd.
However, it turns out that it must eat humans... Alice blinked and asked Klein curiously:
"Have you ever tried to feed 'Creeping Hunger' something else?"
Chapter 65 Arrival
"It doesn't eat." Klein replied.
"Why is it so picky about food..." Alice muttered.
Their conversation, which seemed quite inexplicable to outsiders, attracted Cattleya's attention. After looking at Alice, Cattleya thought for a moment and explained to her:
"Every Rose Bishop needs to replenish enough blood and flesh, so that they can fully exert their extraordinary abilities, and it is not easy to lose control after being injured in a fierce battle.
"It's just that the lunatics of the Aurora Society prefer human flesh and blood. In fact, they can use something else as a substitute."
Alice nodded thoughtfully, and then asked a philosophical question out of curiosity:
"If there is a fish that tastes and feels like a human, then is the Rose Bishop eating a human or a fish?"
Yeah, so what exactly are you eating...
This was obviously the inspiration Frank Lee gave Alice. After scolding Frank Lee countless times in her heart, Cattleya said to Alice:
"I think Frank Lee and Heath Doyle are more professional than me on similar issues. You can ask them both."
Alice lowered her head thoughtfully, and Cattleya took the opportunity to move away from Alice.
This "Bloodless One" worth 7,600 pounds was indeed lucky enough. Not only did he directly become a "Rose Bishop" of Sequence 6, skipping the "Listener" stage which was most likely to get out of control, he also joined the pirate group of "Admiral of the Stars".
If it weren't for this lady who possessed a lot of secret knowledge, even if he didn't actively listen to the voice of the true Creator, he would probably lose control because of his thirst for flesh and blood, right?
From this point of view, he really is like a "protagonist"... encountering various events, and then turning danger into safety, and gaining certain rewards...
Klein couldn't help but glance at Alice.
Cattleya's suggestion was indeed what Alice wanted, and she began to seriously consider whether to ask Heath Doyle or Frank Lee.
As she lowered her head in thought, a scene appeared before her.
The azure blue sea was cut off by a crack, and the sea water fell into the bottomless darkness like a waterfall. The "Future" rushed out of the edge of the waterfall and fell rapidly.
...?
Alice blinked blankly and looked around.
She took the initiative to move away from the chandelier, the food counter, etc. and moved closer to the corner of the restaurant.
Klein looked at Alice in confusion. Just as he was about to ask her what she was doing, the entire ship suddenly heaved violently.
The plate on the table, along with the food on it, was spilling all over him who was unprepared.
This was just a prelude. Next, amid a chaotic noise, all the plates and pirates flew out and hit the ceiling.
Toast, white bread, butter, cream, beer, fried fish... In the chaos, Alice quietly spread a pair of white wings, licked her lips, looked at the food flying in the air, and flew out to play the game of catching food.
Klein fell uncontrollably into the air. Without panic, he reached out his hand to press the ceiling, and somersaulted in an acrobatic manner to stabilize his body.
The one with the best special effects is undoubtedly the "Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya. She is surrounded by starlight and steps on a bright starry sky, but she seems to be unaffected at all.
In contrast, Heath Doyle was relegated to the shadows from the beginning - no one knows how he is doing now.
As a Beyonder of the "Sailor" Path, Nina also demonstrated amazing balance. She used the ceiling to stabilize her body and "accidentally" kicked Frank Lee.
The "toxin expert" flew out at an angle, crashed into a wine barrel, and was splashed all over by the light yellow wine.
Alice thought for a moment, then went forward to pick up the barrel, took out Frank Lee from it, and placed it in the right position. She sighed,
"It looks like a flower pot..."
Nina staggered.
Amidst the chaos, sea water surged up from the bottom of the sea like a fountain, dragging up the "Future" and throwing it to the other side of the gap.
After a feeling of lightness, Alice was sure that the "Future" had landed on the sea. She fell back to the ground and the wings dissipated from behind her.
Klein put away the Seagod Domain Talisman in his hand, walked over to Alice and asked curiously,
"Do angels really have wings?"
Alice turned her head to look at him and blinked twice. The silver wings wrapped around him from behind, then passed through him and retracted.
"It's actually imaginary," she explained. "You can't really touch it... but it can fly, a bit like a special effect or something."
After a pause, she added:
"In fact, theoretically, I can fly even without opening my wings, or in other words, I can walk in the air.
"But I always feel like it makes more sense this way... You know?"
I see. It's like you think a crystal ball should go with a wizard robe... Klein completely understood Alice's thoughts. He ignored the expressions of others and looked towards the window of the restaurant.
The bright sunlight shone through the windows, revealing the mess in the restaurant. It was the scorching sun at noon, but they all remembered that it was still early morning.
Alice followed his gaze, thought for a moment, then quickly walked to the window and looked up at the sky.
"The sky... is like a huge sun." She turned around and described her feelings.
Klein couldn't understand Alice's abstract description, so he chose to walk over and see for himself.
There was no sun or clouds in the sky, only direct sunlight, making the entire sky appear golden.
As he glanced around, he found a ruin not far ahead.
Most of the ruins were submerged by sea water. What protruded beyond the plane were gray stones and stone pillars piled up into peaks. On top was a dome-like thing, which, relying on its own curvature, supported a considerable space.
This ruin must have been extremely huge. Klein saw through the transparent sea water that its bottom extended all the way to the bottom of the sea with no end.
"This is a very dangerous ocean." "Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya had come to the side at some point and said while looking out the window.
Alice turned her eyes away from the window and looked at Cattleya with a look of nostalgia and reminiscence.
"Have you been here before?" Alice asked politely to support Cattleya.
Cattleya looked ahead and said with some sigh:
"I haven't been here many times, and they were all a long time ago."
"Me?" Alice blinked twice with curiosity and asked what Klein was thinking, "Weren't you with the crew of the Future at that time? Did you come alone?"
After a pause, Alice suddenly realized what was going on without Cattleya having to speak:
"Oh, it's the 'Mysterious Queen'!"