Damn it, I gave too much... Alice watched reluctantly as the coffin bearer took back the coins. She glanced at the Little Girl beside her, decided to maintain her image, and put the debt on Klein's tab.
Lying in a coffin was not actually that fun. Once the novelty wore off, Alice began wanting to leave.
But when she remembered her gold coin, she felt reluctant again. She lay in the coffin, gritting her teeth in frustration.
While Thinking, familiar Gray Fog suddenly enveloped her. She heard Klein's curious voice:
"Alice, come to think of it, have I never asked you what exactly you've seen on me?"
This was a question Klein had recalled after capturing a "Winner" marionette.
When she first heard Klein's question, Alice was genuinely stunned.
What had she seen? She had seen the mist surrounding the Castle of Origin, as well as what the mist behind it represented.
—That Lord of Mysteries.
But she could not tell Klein that. Alice frowned, hesitated for two seconds, and, before Klein returned to the Real World, simply lay in her coffin and arrived Above the Gray Fog.
Under Klein's puzzled gaze, Alice Blinked Her Eyes and told him:
"I can't tell you what it represents... but if you're curious, I can materialize those scenes—the Gray Fog should keep you safe.
"And, um...
"I can probably mosaic some of the patterns and symbols? Anyway, you only need to see the general outline, right?"
That was certainly thoroughly concealed. Klein thought for a moment before confirming with Alice:
"Is what it represents something that can only be known above the level of an Angel?"
Alice Explained:
"More or less? Because you can't conceal the special nature of your body, Beyonders of the 'Monster' pathway can directly see through you to the