I hope he doesn't secretly run away... What I said at the end was true.
After returning home, Alice muttered to herself in her heart without the slightest guilt, then Fell Into Deep Thought.
Once she excluded the Fat Apothecary as a distracting possibility, there was only one reason that Mercury Serpent might have taken notice of her—the "Lucky One" whose Beyonder Characteristic she had swallowed had some unknown connection to Mercury Serpent.
Though it was possible that he had been cursed, since being killed by a fall was hardly "lucky," with Megose before him and Charlie King after, Alice was more inclined to believe that his death from the fall had been his own problem.
Of course, it was also possible that the obvious disturbance she had caused in the River of Fate when she had just Awakened had drawn his attention. After all, even the Goddess had noticed; it was Very Normal for Mercury Serpent to notice too.
But if that was the reason, then... weren't there a bit too many High-Sequence Beyonders with fate-related abilities? I'm just saying!
If that really was the reason, Alice would never believe she could have spent three peaceful years in Tingen City. She preferred to believe the problem had been brought by that "Lucky One."
Under the Night Sky, only a few scattered pedestrians walked the streets.
The gloomy, gray surroundings were illuminated by gas lamps, and Evelyn Greenland walked along the street amid the dim Light Rays.
Her heels landed on the pavement with her brisk steps, producing a rhythm of "tap, tap, tap."
She passed through one street after another, one alley after another, Going To her destination.
...What was that?
Evelyn Greenland's footsteps abruptly stopped. She widened her eyes in terror. Reason told her that she should