"..." Although Edwina did not say a word, Alice could still feel the intense confusion in her gaze.
Alice silently lowered her head.
Only after Edwina looked at her for more than ten seconds did she withdraw her gaze and say slowly:
"If you are telling the truth, then compared to the endings of similar situations I know of... your condition is unnaturally good."
Remembering how the Goddess had said that she claimed to have fished the Key of Light out of the River of Fate, Alice fell silent.
...She kept feeling that she might have "accidentally" swallowed the Sefirah.
No, perhaps the Key of Light had delivered itself to her... Forget it, they were practically the same thing.
"Alice," Edwina said as she paced toward the door, "you can familiarize yourself with the Golden Dream first, and get to know the other people... Hmm, I heard you know Dunn?"
Alice nodded instinctively, then remembered that Edwina had her back to her and spoke up. "Yes..."
After hesitating for a moment, Alice swallowed the words that said Dunn probably did not want to see her.
"You can have him introduce you to the other people." As Edwina said this, she opened the door to the captain's cabin.
That immediately caused trouble. Five or six people at the door were pushing one another as they backed away, and when they saw the two women come out, a head of tawny blond hair was shoved to the very front.
"H-Hi, Captain." He steadied himself, raised his head, and greeted her.
Eh, it was that Provoker who only knew how to stomp his feet... Alice's beautiful blue eyes darted around before she revealed a shy smile and called timidly:
"Dunn... C-can you show me around the Golden Dream?"
As she spoke, she even