This successfully left Selwyn rooted to the spot.
He had clearly grown accustomed to accepting others' gifts, accustomed to people being kind to him for free. Let alone the fact that, even if he had not, no one would have ever laid things out in such painstaking detail.
This was clearly a deliberate scam.
Once he realized that, Selwyn's expression turned shocked and furious. "Liar!"
Alice silently glanced at him, not pointing out that his gambling addiction should really have been his own problem.
Under Normal Situation circumstances, it seemed the only consequence was that he had been scammed out of a little money... No, that could hardly count as an adventure...
Alice frowned. A flash of Spiritual Perception crossed her mind, and she asked:
"What was the name of the potion you drank...?"
—If there was anything that could be called a destined adventure, it could only be a Sequence 9 potion with endless consequences.
The question was somewhat abrupt. Selwyn's attitude wavered slightly when he looked up at Alice, but he still Replied:
"'Assassin.'"
He seemed to think I should know the answer... No, wait, what was it called?
Alice's eyes Opened Wide for a moment. The last shreds of reason she possessed kept her from blurting out a question, but her dramatic change in expression and movements still made Selwyn Realize that there seemed to be something wrong with the potion. He asked nervously:
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this potion?"
No, there was nothing wrong with it at all. It had even perfectly fulfilled your wish. What an exciting adventure...
Alice looked at Selwyn with complicated feelings. Knowing she could never hide her earlier reaction, she went along with it and sighed in a tone tinged with amusement:
"If you continue down this path,