Audrey remembered what Alice had said at the Tarot Club on Monday.
What was Fate?
Alice's voice continued:
"When I first woke up, a Sequence 7 'Lucky One' fell to his death right in front of me. By a stroke of luck, I swallowed his Beyonder Characteristic.
"Just from the name, you should know that this was a Sequence that improved one's luck—but he happened to die from an unlucky fall.
"After that, there was the person carrying the True Creator's child—she fell to the ground, and the bone blade her arm had turned into cut her in half at the waist...
"After that came the Devil Dog... Hmm, it didn't die. Maybe it keenly sensed the hidden danger and ran away.
"And now..."
Alice did not finish her sentence, but Audrey had already remembered Charlie King, whom they were supposedly going to encounter by chance. She hesitantly asked, "Do you think he'll suddenly fall to his death in front of you, or one of us?"
"No." Alice shook her head. "Although I think he'll definitely die for no reason at all... honestly, Fate probably isn't so uncreative that it keeps making people fall to their deaths, right?"
Watching Alice complain that Fate lacked creativity, Audrey suddenly didn't know what to say.
Amid her silence, Alice pushed out her empty cup again and looked at her eagerly.
After a moment of silence, Audrey asked, "You really didn't come here specifically for ice cream?"
"Not this time..." Alice replied softly.
"...So next time you will?" Audrey caught the implication in Alice's words.
Alice raised her head and began studying the patterns on the ceiling.
With a headache, Audrey had the maid fetch a third serving of ice cream, then asked, "Actually, I'm a little curious... How old are you exactly?"
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