"P-Probably?" Leomaster answered with a stutter, sounding rather uncertain.
Alice was quite dissatisfied with that. She glared at Leomaster, turned around, and walked away, leaving him with only her back.
Leomaster instinctively followed her.
As they were about to step into the Land Abandoned by God, Alice released her restraints on Apollo. Dawn-like light drifted from his body and fell upon the long bridge formed from dusk amid the Sea of Clouds. On the cliff, the others watched their figures from afar.
"Is this His purpose?" Anderson asked Klein with a smile. "Where is that place?"
Just as Klein hesitated over whether to tell the truth, a Pea Vine descended from the sky. Bernadette appeared within a forest woven from peas and looked at him as she said:
"He didn't decide that from the very beginning."
Her tone was certain, yet her gaze remained fixed on Klein without blinking.
Bernadette should know that place leads to the Land Abandoned by God... Realizing this, Klein met Bernadette's gaze and replied without changing his expression:
"Perhaps this is fate."
Bernadette said nothing. Anderson habitually opened his mouth, remembered the seven Misfortune Charms, and closed it again.
No one spoke first, and the surroundings fell silent once more. In that silence, Klein realized in a trance that he'd forgotten to ask Alice where he should look for the Potion Formula!
Having lost Alice's free assistance, he had no choice but to consider who else he could ask for help.
Antigonus's notebook definitely has it. I can ask the Goddess for help, just like Alice did... No, I'm not Alice. I haven't sheltered the Goddess, nor do I have anything to exchange with Her for a gift.
At this moment, Klein had completely forgotten that he'd pocketed Alice's seven Misfortune Charms and even used