Alice's answer confirmed Klein's suspicions. He ignored her "affectionate" way of addressing Amon and silently raised his guard against Mr. Door.
This time, the diary Cattleya—or rather, Bernadette—had sent contained only this much. After discussing it, Alice glanced at Klein and remembered Anderson, whose whereabouts were unknown:
"...Do you know where Anderson went?"
Klein spread his hands.
The answer was obvious. Alice gave up pressing on and sighed.
"Ah... I hope he gets there before the new Holy Bible is finished."
The Church's compilation of the new Holy Bible would still take time. Even once it was completed, distribution could not be finished overnight. Theoretically Speaking, Anderson finding a Church of the Night to pray in during that period should have been quite easy.
Even if he was terribly unlucky.
Alice sincerely hoped Anderson would return her Monocle before then. In This Way, she would have a consistent public image.
As for in private... haha, who cared?
However, Alice's proactive mention of the Holy Bible made Klein remember something else. "Did you remind Leonard..."
When it came to the Church of Evernight, there were always several people who could not be avoided. At least for Alice, the matter of Captain Dunn had temporarily come to an end—the captain did not resent or blame her. He simply would never see her as the Alice from back then again.
Alice knew perfectly well that there was No Way to resolve this matter. She had been sad, and that was how it ended. She did not keep clinging to it, Just Like Evelyn—perhaps this state was best for them.
As for Klein's side... how to explain it was his business.
After all, Melissa and Benson did not know the truth either—Alice felt that Klein would not have fewer farewells to face than she