Last month... Oh, I should've been volunteering at the hospital then.
While Klein was thinking, Alice's hesitant voice rang out:
"Last month...?"
Klein looked at Alice expressionlessly.
Alice swallowed the words "he was scrubbing toilets" that had reached her lips and said instead:
"Last month, he was contributing to the great cause of my Lord!"
Cattleya's expression gradually turned puzzled.
Klein fought hard to suppress the urge to call Alice insane, staring at her without expression.
"He isn't here now...?" Anderson asked dazedly.
"He's defected now," Alice replied decisively.
"Huh?" Cattleya blankly looked at Alice, then at Gehrman Sparrow.
"Uh..." For a moment, Anderson didn't know what he should say.
"When did this happen?" Klein asked calmly.
"Just now. Under my threat, you betrayed the great... Uh, can I say that?" Alice blinked her eyes.
"You'd better not talk," Klein advised her kindly.
Alice obediently shut her mouth, but a few seconds later, she couldn't help asking:
"Should I restore his luck to normal now?"
As she said this, she glanced at Klein and Cattleya.
"You can." Klein nodded.
Alice's gaze swept over Anderson. It seemed to take less than a second before Anderson heard her say:
"Done."
Cattleya looked at Alice in astonishment.
Anderson's expression was equally filled with disbelief, but Alice glanced at the devastated island and turned to ask Cattleya:
"Shouldn't we leave?"
When it came to questions phrased that way by Alice, Cattleya had always chosen to agree. She nodded without hesitation and announced that the journey would continue.
The Future continued onward into the depths of this sea. Alice leaned against the rail, looking at the seemingly calm sea surface around them.
Finally free from having to nervously endure Alice's gaze, Anderson happily chatted with the pirates aboard the ship like a fish returned to