Someone had interfered with Evelyn Greenland's fate.
After realizing this, Alice immediately thought of the real reason she had received the prompt. "Was I their true target?"
Naturally, that question could not possibly receive an answer. Rather, if someone did answer, Alice would be the one frightened out of her wits.
After asking that, Alice disguised herself and slipped out without a sound—she had decided to Take a Look At Evelyn.
Yes, Alice suspected this was an influence from the domain of "Fate." It explained well enough why they had not attacked her directly—perhaps they had no idea where to begin?
Of course, the Main Reason Is that Alice suspected this was a warning.
After all, she had remained at Sequence 7 for too long. If the Mercury Serpent's goal required waiting until she had advanced to a certain level, perhaps it had grown dissatisfied with her unhurried attitude?
Though in truth, she had merely been waiting for the materials.
Even with divination to guide her, finding someone in vast Backlund was no easy task.
Alice first took the subway to Cherwood District—this was what the dream had told her.
Of course, the dream's information was certainly Not Just that much, but since she had to take a Public Carriage anyway, she might as well confirm the rest along the way.
Alice hailed a Public Carriage and said to the Coachman, "Head in this direction. I'll tell you where to turn when we need to."
Though the passenger's request was somewhat strange, the Coachman raised no questions and smoothly did as Alice instructed.
As she sat in the Public Carriage and guided the Coachman through the streets, Alice briefly missed the existence of Shared Bicycles.
...Getting a ride for this sort of thing really was inconvenient!
Alice had not left