Alice followed the address on the invitation and found the manor.
In fact, Alice had some suspicions about the invitation's owner—perhaps this had something to do with the unlucky fellow who had bought those five pages of diary entries.
That made Alice want to see this unlucky fellow for herself even more.
Yet the address on this invitation, which was wrong in every conceivable way, led to a perfectly normal-looking manor, leaving Alice somewhat disappointed.
However, that disappointment did not last long—after all, she had not entered the manor yet.
With renewed anticipation, Alice handed over the invitation and was led into a perfectly normal reception room... Fine, it seemed she really could start being disappoin—wait, who was this?
Alice looked towards the girl whom the maid had called "Miss Winifred."
The girl looked about the same age as her, with black hair and black eyes, dressed in a black dress. Her facial features were delicate, but when she sat quietly, she seemed utterly lifeless. Only the glimmer that flashed in her eyes upon seeing Alice confirmed that she was alive.
The Main Reason Is that she... no, Amon had seen this girl before.
What would make a Beyonder, a noble young lady, pretend to be robbed in the East District? By Alice's simple understanding, this was Full Of things that defied common sense.
Winifred was sitting on a single sofa with a book in her hands. Two steaming cups of black tea sat on the coffee table. Hearing the movement, she Raised Her Head from her book and gave a rather standard smile. "Please, sit."
This Made Alice feel even stranger. She Tried To conceal her astonishment. Although she suspected she had probably already been found out, she still walked over without changing expression, sat down, and took a