Red tightened his fingers. "I... I understand."
"Go on."
Watching Red call over a pirate and head belowdecks, Edward suddenly muttered, "Why do I feel... like I'm not exactly acting like a good person?"
Lilith immediately said, "You should be a bad person!"
"Why?"
"Because bad people bully good people."
"Yes, you have a very good point."
"Exactly!"
"But that's no reason for you to want to be a bad cat!"
"Oh, all right."
Krismona kept telling Miss Lilith never to be a good person, but Edward won't let me be bad either.
Then am I supposed to be good or bad?
Sigh...
A cat's life was hard. Lilith sighed yet again.
The Nameless.
Early the next morning,
Klein was jolted awake by a woman's piercing scream.
Something had happened.
But he was not surprised at all.
It felt just like the detective novels he had read before. When a group gathered together or set out on a journey, smooth sailing would have been the abnormal outcome.
Klein put on his clothes and hat, wrapped a furry scarf around himself, and gently flipped a coin before leaving.
The number side landed faceup, indicating no danger.
As soon as he stepped outside, he saw three or four bodyguards gathered at a doorway six or seven rooms away, all staring inside with shocked expressions.
Klein raised his guard and walked slowly over. The bodyguards immediately made way for him.
"What happened?"
He asked casually.
One bodyguard said gravely, "Miss Adelaide, who was staying in Room 6... is dead. Miss Olivia found her when she came to call her for breakfast."
"What was the cause of death?"
The bodyguard hesitated. "...Hard to say."
Klein went inside and found Aldrich bent over beside the bed, examining the corpse. He took a few steps