When Klein and Doctor Aaron arrived, they saw Alice bracing herself against a tree trunk, her expression twisted as she stared at the ground.
Doctor Aaron stopped in his tracks. Before he could react, Klein, disguised as the detective Sherlock Moriarty, did what a detective ought to do—he shielded his employer behind him.
Following the sound of their footsteps, Alice raised her head. Seeing the unfamiliarity and vigilance Klein had put on his face, the corners of her mouth twitched twice before she suppressed the urge to laugh. Rubbing her aching brow, she said:
"Call the police."
"Call the police?" Doctor Aaron looked at the scene in confusion.
"...You really don't want to see what's beneath this tree. Trust me." Alice looked at the branch standing there like a marker.
Doctor Aaron looked at the birch tree he had seen in his dream, then at the branch on the ground. Suddenly, he remembered the scene at the end of the dream.
—Will Auceptin had been sitting beside the roots then, pointing at the ground!
He looked at Alice and suddenly thought of a possibility. Barely concealing his excitement, he asked, "Have you discovered something?"
"..." Alice frowned and looked at Klein in confusion.
Realizing that Alice might have been mistaken for a "professional," Klein struggled to keep his expression steady with his Supernatural Abilities. Calmly, he said, "Lady Daly, you'd better explain exactly what's down there."
"...Are you sure you want to see it?" Alice decided to ask Doctor Aaron for his opinion one last time.
Doctor Aaron's expression became conflicted. He asked hesitantly, "Will it have any negative effect on me?"
"...You might be disgusted." Alice paused before answering.
"I'm a surgeon." Doctor Aaron shook his head, looking very confident in the breadth of knowledge his profession had given