"Doctor, I've heard of this ancient relic too. You actually managed to find it?"
Luvia sat on the sofa and spoke softly.
Doctor Schneider nodded.
"Its effect is this: bring these hairs close to your head, and they will automatically attach themselves to your own hair. This effect does not work on people with no hair at all, or whose longest hair is under 0.1 inches, roughly 2.54 millimeters. Once these hairs attach themselves, your luck will become catastrophically bad. The longest record was someone who lasted until the thirteenth day before being killed by misfortune. And the only way to get rid of these hairs is—"
"To shave off your own hair?"
Shade asked. The doctor smiled helplessly.
"If only it were that simple. The only method is to obtain good luck while the relic is attached to you. Any method will do, including your Dice of Destiny. I remember the effect of your dice—it has very high priority. The number it rolls is unaffected by the luck effects of lower-priority items."
As he spoke, the doctor noticed the cat behind Shade's head and reminded him:
"This works on long-haired animals too. Shade, keep an eye on your cat."
Shade immediately turned around and grabbed Mia, holding her firmly in his arms.
Mia looked quite pleased.
"Doctor, that only gives bad luck. What about good luck?"
Dorothy caught the key point.
"It's simple. First, attach another person's hair to your own. It must be black, naturally black, not dyed. Then attach the Unfortunate One's Hair to the other end of that black hair. The Unfortunate One's Hair can only affect hair that is still growing from a scalp, so it will not affect the other person's hair. And because it is attached to your hair through someone else's hair,