Alice is sent to "Beheading House No. 3" (Zanbeyasumi No. 3), a special facility for potential criminals who haven't yet fully triggered the curse. There, she meets:
High on a mushroom that grew in loops (no beginning, no end), the Caterpillar smoked a hookah that released no smoke—only silence.
"You’re looking for guilt," he said. "But there is none here. No one has done wrong because no one remembers what 'wrong' means." Mugoku no Kuni no Alice
Alice demanded, "Then what happened to this world? Why is everyone… empty?"
The Caterpillar blew a ring of quiet. "Once, we had a Heart. It was heavy. It hurt. It caused wars, tears, betrayals, love so fierce it destroyed cities. So the Queen removed it. She buried it in the Forest of Forgetfulness, and now we are free. Free from sin. Free from conscience. Free from the terrible weight of meaning." Alice in the Country of Cluelessness 4
Alice felt a cold shiver—not fear, but something close. The last shred of something real.
"If I find the Heart," she said, "can I break the spell?" Kai: A boy who tried to kill his
The Caterpillar’s many legs twitched. "You can try. But to find it, you must first commit an act of true, irreversible wrong. You must feel guilt in a land without guilt. You must choose to be cruel."
In the realm of fiction, some stories transport us to fantastical worlds where the ordinary rules of reality do not apply. "Mugoku no Kuni no Alice," or "Alice in a Country without Heroes," invites readers into a unique narrative that seems to blend elements of fantasy, adventure, and possibly a touch of psychological insight, all set against a backdrop reminiscent of the classic Wonderland.