Although he really wanted to question Alice, Klein knew this was not the time. His right hand touched the "Ninth Law" charm while his left twisted the doorknob and opened the room door.
The first thing that entered his sight was a waiter in a red vest across the corridor, along with the many familiar and unfamiliar foods before him.
Steak, Dragonbone Fish, lamb, Aulavy Lobster...
Klein was counting the types of food when he saw the waiter pick up a large fish that had just stopped struggling. The waiter looked up at him and smiled vacantly.
"General, I've always envied your food..."
Klein's gaze fell on his abdomen. It was swollen high, as though there were an already formed fetus inside.
Gluttony... Klein successfully matched him with one of the words Alice had listed. Just as he was about to take a step, he heard Alice's voice.
"Don't you want to save him?"
He turned his head. At some point, Alice had leaned against the corridor wall, her eyes lowered as she watched the waiter. Yet the waiter seemed not to notice her at all. He raised both hands and viciously bit into the raw Dragonbone Fish.
Bright red blood ran down from the corner of his mouth, but he seemed utterly unaware of it, chewing and swallowing rapidly and greedily. Klein felt a wave of revulsion at the sight.
He looked away, ignoring the waiter on the floor. As he cautiously headed toward the master bedroom, he answered Alice's question.
"If the root of the problem isn't resolved, nothing we do will have any effect."
Alice lightly followed after him and asked from behind, "So you do want to save them after all?"
This Question was no different from the previous one, and Klein had no choice but