Compared to last year, this year's birthday seems much more lonely. Sister Rita is missing, Josh from the fighting class is also missing, Knight Wendell is busy with the war, and Issy from the Baron's family is protected at home by her father. Wild child Pat seems to have joined the Self-Defense Force. Meimi, the gardener from the neighbor's house, and her family are hiding in the church for refuge.
Only the wandering hunter Dave can come and celebrate Alice's birthday. They sit by the lake and light the fireworks in their hands. Stars splash out one by one, and the reflection on the lake is like the sky reflected in the water.
"Detective," Alice spoke in the silence.
"Um?"
"How about we get a pet?" Alice said, "I found a stray cat these days. If we don't take care of it, it will die."
"It's up to you." Su Mingan said. Alice's emotions were too depressed, and raising a pet would help her adjust her mentality.
"What do you think is a good name?" Alice thought for a moment and said, "How about... Xiao Ai? It's the first pronunciation of my name."
"Not appropriate." Su Mingan suggested sincerely. A certain fox was about to jump up and make a scene.
"Then call me Xiao Hei... No, Xiao Mo?"
"good."
Alice smiled and raised the firework stick, and the bright light shone into her eyes.
She stood up, holding the firework stick and ran around the lake. The light and fire popped out. Su Mingan sat on the grass and watched her run quietly. The sparks were like stars, falling into the lake one by one.
"Detective! When the war is over, let's go to the sea together!" Alice ran to the other side of the lake and shouted.
She had put on a warm cashmere dress, the cashmere wrapped around her small cheeks, and the exposed tip of her nose had a wet red scar.
If the distance was close enough, Su Mingan might be able to see that what was reflected in her eyes was not the full moon, the lake, or the fireworks, but the black-haired young man sitting on the other side of the lake.
Su Mingan raised his voice to make sure Alice on the other side could hear him: "Okay!"
"It's not easy, I finally met... someone very important in my life!" Alice rolled her hands into a roller and put them in front of her mouth: "Let's go to all the seas from now on! Detective!"
"If there is time!" Su Mingan shouted.
"We must go together! We'll take the airship, and Dave can come too!"
Alice seemed to be deliberately not running back. She shouted at Su Mingan across the lake. Both of them were shouting at high pitches, back and forth, as if it was some kind of interesting game.
The fireworks fell one by one into the lake, into the blue full moon reflected on the lake.
Finally, Alice lowered her voice and whispered something, but Su Mingan couldn't hear it.
…
Afterwards, Su Mingan accompanied Alice to the church.
The church was filled with poor people seeking refuge. Some were sick and could only wait to die. This hellish scene was even worse outside the church.
It was the first time that Su Mingan had seen a war similar to that of the Middle Ages. The wars of that period were extremely cruel, with large numbers of people dying every day, not to mention the plagues that were spreading.
After entering the inner room, it became a little quieter.
Alice stood under the statue and prayed. As an honorary knight, she came to the church to pray every day.
"To the loving God."
Her expression was compassionate and gentle, and her voice was like a stream.
“May justice roll down like a mighty river, and may your mercy flow like gentle rains.”
"May you stop the war, may you stop the plague, may you... have mercy on us."
She sincerely hoped that the gods would bless her and end the plague.
This was the first time Su Mingan saw Alice pray.
The fifteen-year-old girl gave people a sense of solemnity, compassion, and divinity. The moment she entered the church, he could feel her extraordinary divinity, like an angel singing a hymn.
"Detective, let's go." Alice finished her prayer: "Everyone comes here to pray every day, maybe one day, the gods will bless us?"
Su Mingan nodded. Although he knew that the gods were bastards and didn't care about the people at all.
But at this moment,
The idol suddenly began to glow.
“This… this is…?” The white-haired bishop was shocked.
Colorful lights shone from the statue and fell on Alice. She stood there in confusion, not knowing what was happening.
"The statue has been silent for decades, but it finally showed up this time... It's the oracle, the oracle has finally come! It turns out to be you, it turns out to be you!" The white-haired bishop put his arms around Alice's shoulders, his face full of tears of joy.
"What happened? Bishop." Alice was confused.
"Alice!" The bishop looked at her seriously. "Whenever the world is in a crisis of collapse and the gods judge that humans cannot survive, they will choose someone as their agent to help humans overcome the difficulties. This person is called the Son of God or the Goddess. It is said that the last Son of God was hundreds of years ago. At that time, the war almost destroyed humanity. Under the guidance of the gods, the Son of God finally succeeded in stopping the war."
"You...what do you mean? But I'm just an ordinary person. I'm stupid. I can't even beat others in swordsmanship..." Alice's face turned pale.
"——You are the goddess of this generation! Lady Tasliche!" The white-haired old man actually took the lead and knelt down.
Then, all the priests and nuns who were familiar with Alice knelt down together. It was as if she was no longer the Alice who cleaned with them at this moment, but the goddess - the goddess Tasliche.
Under the brilliant light, everyone knelt on the ground, like puppets pulled by strings, fanatically worshipping the girl standing in the light.
Even the bishop whom she once revered knelt before her, just because of a ray of light from the statue.
The girl turned around and looked at Su Mingan blankly.
"Detective...sir?"
Su Mingan saw Alice's eyes - those gorgeous, beautiful purple eyes.
She seemed to be saying,
She wanted to be Alice.
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