Lucky person?

"Huanhuan, if you transmigrated into Mystery, you'd definitely be a born monster!"

The girl called Huanhuan looked over with a confused expression. Black student-style hair, deep brown eyes, classic Asian features, a heavy school bag, loose sportswear, and something seemingly printed on her chest... What was it? She couldn't see clearly, but her memory told her this should be a school emblem.

Huanhuan—let's call her Huanhuan for now—looked around again. Thick white mist obscured her surroundings; the girl in front of her, who had spoken, was the only clear presence.

At this moment, the girl stood beside her, holding her arm, talking animatedly to her. They seemed to be... yes, on a road!

Huanhuan blinked, looking at the white mist filling the area. As her memory became clearer, the thick white mist gradually dispersed, becoming thinner. The surroundings were still blurry, but at least she could make out some things.

They were standing on a road, and she was wearing the same clothes as the girl, in the same color. They should be classmates, perhaps with a very good relationship. This thought entered Huanhuan's mind, and she felt as if she understood something; her mind felt clear for a moment—but it wasn't enough.

Those things of different heights, scattered on both sides of the street, with signs hanging on them... those were shops.

The iron boxes with four wheels that occasionally passed by, making sharp noises... those were cars.

What else?

Mystery... Monster... It seemed to be the setting of a book the girl in front of her liked very much. The protagonist was called... called what? Hiss—a sharp pain in her head interrupted Huanhuan's thoughts. She decided to think in a different direction.

What just happened? Why was she here? This place was—the girl in front of her, why was her expression gradually turning to horror?

"Huanhuan—!" Time unconsciously slipped away in Huanhuan's thoughts. She only had time to see the girl's increasingly horrified expression and that piercing scream—and then, intense pain.

"!" Huanhuan suddenly sat up, lowering her head in confusion to look at her intact body. A vague realization dawned in her mind—everything that just happened seemed to be a dream.

...So, who was she?

Huanhuan—maybe she was Huanhuan, she was about to lower her head to examine herself carefully, but suddenly her heart trembled. She instinctively followed this feeling and looked up in a certain direction—there, a person almost merged with the darkness was watching her warily.

"...Who are you?"

The voice that came out surprised Huanhuan, because the language she blurted out was not the same as the language she heard in the dream—and the person in front of her responded in the same language.

"Do you remember what happened?"

...It was a man's voice. Huanhuan blinked thoughtfully, her brain subconsciously starting to think along with his words—what happened? Or rather, what did this body experience?

The man with the terrified expression retreated, but accidentally stepped on a stone and fell to the ground, his head hitting a sharp rock.

A beautiful, glittering crystal slowly separated from the man who had stopped breathing. She walked forward as if drawn to it, picked up the crystal—and then, while examining it carefully, she didn't know what she stepped on and also fell to the ground.

The crystal flew out of her hand as she fell—and then, happened to land in her open mouth.

And then? Or even earlier?

A slight stinging pain came from her brain, and a premonition from the unknown told her—don't think about it anymore.

So she gave up trying to remember and looked at the wary man in front of her—if his voice matched his gender.

"I remember, a man died in front of me, and a very beautiful, glittering crystal appeared on him. I walked over to pick it up and look at it carefully..."

"And then?"

"Then, I fell."

"Fell...?"

"Yes, that crystal, it fell out, it seemed to fall into my mouth..."

"..."

"Did I, eat something I shouldn't have?"

The man didn't answer her, but the surrounding scene began to shatter. She suddenly sat up again—that was another dream.

She looked around in confusion. This time it wasn't pitch black; it was a small room, and she was lying on a bed. The man from the dream was looking at her with a complicated expression.

This man was wearing a police uniform, with three silver six-pointed stars on his shoulder boards. He looked about thirty, with a straight nose bridge and deep gray eyes.

Beside him was a man with black hair and green eyes, with a relaxed and casual posture, messy hair, and two silver six-pointed stars on his shoulder. Unlike his companion's complicated expression that she couldn't understand, this man's expression was much more obvious—it was clearly astonishment.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Also, that dream..."

Perhaps noticing the girl's confusion, the man with the casual posture showed a gentle smile and slowly said to her, "Alright, it seems we need to let you understand the current situation first... First of all, what's your name?"

Name? The girl's expression became blank. She tried to remember, but besides the sound "Huanhuan," there were no other clues... Wait.

A strange scene flowed before her eyes—a girl chasing a talking white rabbit with a pocket watch fell into a rabbit hole. Along with the scene, there was a faint impulse, and she almost subconsciously blurted out, "Alice Kingsley."

"That's right, Miss Alice, have you heard of... Beyonders?"

"...Beyonders?"

"Yes."

"...I don't remember."

"Hmm?"

"I don't remember... Besides what I just told you, I don't remember anything."

The man with black hair and green eyes and the man with gray eyes exchanged glances. It seemed they communicated something through their eyes, or perhaps not. In any case, the man with black hair and green eyes looked at Alice again.

"Hmm... Alright, then I'll introduce you to Beyonders first."

"So, I am now... a Sequence 7 of the Monster Pathway, a Lucky One?"

After being introduced to the concepts of Beyonders, Pathway, and Sequence by the two officers, Alice finally understood and confirmed with them.

"That's right. We didn't expect something like this to happen either..."

As he spoke, the gentleman with black hair and green eyes clearly winced again—an ordinary person who had accidentally swallowed a Sequence 7 Beyonder Characteristic not only survived but became a Beyonder. Although she seemed to have lost her memory, they had already checked—the young girl was completely "normal" in both body and spirit, making it impossible for anyone to believe she had actually swallowed a Sequence 7 Beyonder Characteristic raw... Should they call her a Lucky One?

Of course, it couldn't be ruled out that Alice had hidden problems – for example, they hadn't discovered her amnesia before. But, regardless, her ability to survive and become an Beyonders was clearly luck beyond common sense.

Alice Kingsley is actually the name of the protagonist in Alice in Wonderland. Alice accidentally falling into the rabbit hole is actually similar to a protagonist accidentally entering the extraordinary world. Taking this name and setting this Sequence also indicates the tone of this story – Alice is just a "lucky one" who accidentally entered the extraordinary world. She is not powerful, nor is she wise. She even possesses a simplicity and innocence that a former street girl wouldn't have, having studied for over ten years in a peaceful modern society. Perhaps she also has the impulsiveness that lucky children often have – meaning she trusts her intuition more than rational thought. Perhaps as the story progresses, Alice will contract the common ailment of the Fate Pathway due to the characteristics of her Pathway – becoming a charlatan. She will also gradually realize that this world is neither peaceful nor beautiful, and the world of Beyonders hides countless dangers and horrors. Everything in fairy tales is a lie, but that will be a long time from now. Friends who want to see this but don't have the patience to wait, this is not a suitable work for you. Let's not hurt each other.