After Hazel left Harvest Church, both Emlyn and Alice felt relieved.
Emlyn's reason for relaxing was simple. The matter was finally over, so it was only natural for him to relax. Unlike Alice, half the reason she relaxed was that Amon had not appeared.
—She actually could have avoided being there, but what if Amon had come?
Wonderful... Alice glanced at the holy emblem of the Mother Goddess of Depravity. After frowning and trying to recall the prayer gesture of the Mother Goddess of Depravity's church, she raised a hand and drew a Crimson Moon over her chest.
Praise be to You, Mother Goddess of Depravity... I don't know Your prayer gesture. You won't mind if I use the Goddess's, will You? Oh, if You're still alive, that is.
After completing her prayer in an exceptionally irreverent fashion, Alice did not linger. She left the church and wandered about with the relaxed mood of someone whose major undertaking had finally ended.
No city, no matter how large, could withstand a full month of her wandering, let alone with her Beyonder Ability to assist her. Thus, Backlund had nothing new left for Alice. Before long, she grew bored and decided to go home and lie down for a while.
She strolled leisurely to her front door and opened it. The room looked no different from when she had left. Two two-seater sofas stood on either side of the coffee table, and someone was sitting on one of them... Wait, wasn't she standing at the door? Why was there still someone on the sofa?
...Help aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Alice slammed the door shut and ran.
After running over a hundred meters, Alice hesitantly stopped. No one seemed to be chasing her.
...Should I keep running?
Alice stood there blankly. After hesitating for a moment,