Alice already understood that it was neither a river nor river water, but Fate made manifest.
Yet the surging glimmers of light were like waves crashing toward her, drowning her while making her feel that suffocating sensation.
But—if it clearly wasn't water, how could it suffocate her?
No one could answer that question. That memory flashed by, leaving behind only faint confusion.
Did she truly like ice cream, or did she merely want to grasp that ice cream from the past?
Alice pondered for a moment, then said firmly to Audrey, "One more serving."
Seeing Alice seemingly make some major decision after deep thought, Audrey fell into deep thought.
When the new ice cream was brought over, Alice scooped up a spoonful and put it into her mouth, feeling it slowly melt as a smile inevitably bloomed at the corner of her lips.
After a long while, when even the remaining taste of that spoonful had faded from her mouth, Alice blinked and looked at Audrey.
Seeing Audrey's confused expression, Alice sighed softly before smiling and saying, "No matter what, thank you for the reminder."
Had she been enlightened about this matter earlier, Alice would probably have been confused for a while.
But as of today, Alice had come to realize that—even if her past self was not herself, they still shared an inseparable connection.
For example, Shen Yinghuan's uncontrollable luck; for example, judging from Will Auceptin's behavior, that past self of hers with the truly awful personality; and for example...
They probably all liked ice cream?
As for why they liked it, that was no longer important to Alice. What mattered was... ice cream was delicious.
Alice scooped up a large spoonful of ice cream and put it into her mouth, smiling in satisfaction.
After returning home, Audrey