This actually struck Alice as rather strange.
Through Shen Yinghuan's memories, Alice could catch a glimpse of the traces Fate had left on her—something that could even be called the uncontrolled Extraordinary ability of a "Winner."
Sequence 5 of the "Fate" pathway could, in a sense, be called a qualitative transformation. After becoming a "Winner," Alice had gained the initial ability to control her own fate.
She could rely on her own restraint to accumulate a great deal of "luck," turning the tables at critical moments. She could also occasionally encounter extremely improbable good fortune in daily life.
She could likewise bestow limited misfortune upon her enemies, making them rather unlucky.
The combination of her own luck and her enemies' misfortune gave Alice a preliminary ability to protect herself—though, of course, her frontal combat ability was still difficult to put into words.
This was not much of a problem for Alice, because if she really encountered a situation where she was forced to fight, her only wish was that her enemy could kill her in a less painful way.
...Perhaps she also hoped the enemy would trip and fall to their death?
Of course, "Winner" also brought a bit of improvement that was quite useless to Alice.
At this stage, a "Winner's" intuitive premonitions had greatly improved, reaching a very high standard. Whether in divination or anti-divination, they could be called experts in mysticism.
Alice shook her head and seriously considered the matter of Acting Principles.
First of all, that line about "using luck sparingly" was definitely part of the Acting Principle... Only by using luck sparingly in ordinary times and employing it at crucial moments could one become a "Winner."
It was not impossible to digest the potion with only one Acting Principle, but...
Back when she had been