Mystery: Lucky One

Alice's description of Mr. "Door" was not exaggerated at all - of course, this was based on the premise that Emperor Roselle's description of Mr. "Door" was not exaggerated at all.

But because of Alice's choice of words, Cattleya became wary of Mr. Door before Alice opened her mouth. When she heard Alice's words of pure praise, Cattleya gradually frowned.

She preconceived the idea of ​​the deeper meaning of this passage, but it didn't seem to have much meaning and was more of a statement of fact.

But since Miss Fate said so, there must be something wrong with Mr. Door... Well, what exactly is it?

Facts...Friendliness...King of Angels...That's right!
The Hermit Cattleya suddenly realized that the Angel King described by Alice seemed a little too friendly - look, what a good man he is, he will answer any questions you ask, and it is enough for you to just chat with him.

He didn't even ask the other party to bring the stolen goods back to the real world, he just hoped that someone would do so, but if it couldn't be done, He wouldn't force it... He really wouldn't force it?

Cattleya was thoughtful. She thought she had grasped the key point, but she kept silent and continued to look at Alice.

Alice slowly introduced Mr. "Door" in Roselle's diary, then leaned back in her chair and smiled as she repeated what she had said to Klein:
"You know what? The last angel king I met who was this friendly was named Amon."

The Hermit Cattleya shuddered.

The "magician" Fors also trembled because of this sentence. After listening to Alice's introduction, her resentment towards Mr. "Door" had faded a lot - she had a rich imagination and imagined Mr. "Door" who was trapped alone.

At a certain moment, Fors felt that Mr. Door was quite pitiful. After all, being able to force an Angel King to be so good-tempered showed how terrible loneliness was.

If Man Yue's mumbling is really Mr. Men's cry for help, then as long as Mr. Men is rescued, it will not only help Mr. Men, but also allow her to get rid of Man Yue's mumbling. Why not do it?

After a brief moment of panic, Cattleya quickly came to her senses.

She had heard Alice's description of Amon and knew the name of this fraud incarnate, so Cattleya instinctively associated Mr. Door's behavior with fraud.

If Mr. Door's goal was to escape, and if saving Him was not entirely voluntary...

...This doesn't seem to be able to withstand Miss Destiny's reminder?
The Hermit Cattleya frowned, looked at Alice and asked:
"But, Miss Fate, even if Mr. Gate offers to teach you knowledge as a reward, it wouldn't be too much to ask others to rescue him, right?"

Even though they do not worship knowledge as much as the extraordinary people of the "Reader" path, the extraordinary people of the "Mystery Peeper" path also accept the idea that "knowledge is power" well, and they are no strangers to paying for knowledge.

If things were as she guessed, then, if one had to point out what Mr. Door did wrong, it was probably that he did not state his request openly, but instead plotted behind the scenes.

unless……

Before she could come up with a clear idea, Alice sneered and asked:
"What if the Mr. Door you're talking to isn't really Mr. Door at all?

"What if the call for help was not Mr. Door's own will?"

Cattleya was stunned on the spot.

The "magician" Fors was so surprised that he immediately asked:
"Why do you say that?"

"Because," Alice turned her head and looked at the "Magician" Fors, "I just saw the source of the power that trapped Mr. Door."

The people present were slightly stunned. Alice didn't wait for them to react, she retreated into her chair and continued:

"That person's power is at its strongest during the full moon and blood moon.

"In that case, how can Mr. Door call for help only during this time?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. After a long moment, Audrey, the Justice, asked cautiously:
"Who are you talking about?"

She didn't get to finish her question because Alice put her index finger to her lips and made a "hush" gesture.

Audrey closed her mouth subconsciously, and she became nervous unconsciously.

Alice looked around and asked them, "Have you ever looked up at the starry sky above your heads?"

The members of the Tarot Club looked at each other again. They exchanged glances, and the last one to speak was Cattleya, the "Hermit" who had the most say in knowledge:
"If you mean ordinary appreciation of the night sky, I have, if you mean studying the stars...

"Never."

"Yeah," Alice spread her hands, "never."

This attitude says it all. Alger pondered and asked:

"Miss Destiny, is there something wrong with the starry sky above us?"

Alice leaned back in her chair, looked up at the dome, and said in a brisk tone:

“Don’t look up at the stars before you see an angel.

"Otherwise, the stars will see you too~"

It's a very childish statement, but when similar words come out of Miss Ming's mouth, there is always a creepy taste.

They subconsciously pondered the core of this sentence. After Alger pondered hard, he found something from his memory that might be related to it.

"Watch".

Those stars might be alive!

This realization made their hair stand on end. Unfortunately, they were just spirits above the gray fog and could not break out in a real cold sweat. Alger cautiously stopped thinking. As an experienced Beyonder, he understood that "understanding" was also part of "seeing."

The Hermit Cattleya and Klein also suppressed their thoughts. However, Klein's reasoning was not entirely due to his experience, but more because of Alice's warning. This made him understand the source of the whole thing almost instantly.

He quickly stopped his thoughts and looked around. He found that not everyone had realized this in time, so he thought for a moment and controlled the "world" to speak:

“Don’t explore.

"Such knowledge, even if it is just knowledge, can be dangerous."

Everyone gathered their thoughts in time because of this reminder, and it was at this time that "Sun" Derrick asked them:

"What does the starry sky look like?
“I don’t think I’ve seen it…it’s not in the textbooks either.

"Can you tell me about it?"

The originally silent fear was tinged with an inexplicable sadness. Suddenly, no one could speak. Even Audrey, the "justice" who was best at comforting people, had to choose her words carefully.

Alice laughed out loud at this time. This laugh was not appropriate, but it did break the deadlock. Everyone looked at her. Alice turned her head without any embarrassment and smiled at "Sun" Derrick:

"You know what, little 'sun'?
“I lived in an age when people associated the stars with miracles. “They liked to claim that miracles would happen when the stars fell to the ground.

"But in reality, when stars fall to the ground... they just become meteorites.

"Oh yeah, do you know what a meteorite is?"

Derrick shook his head honestly.

The other members of the Tarot Club swallowed and dared not speak.

Alice had no intention of letting them go. She smiled and said to the others:
"Well, I'm not good at this kind of thing... Can anyone explain it to him?"

After an awkward silence, they all turned their eyes to Alger, the "Hanged Man" who taught "Sun" Derrick the most, and used their eyes to force him to stand up.

So the "Hanged Man" Alger was forced to step forward and explain the dangers of meteorites to the innocent Derrick. Derrick nodded from time to time as he spoke.

After they finished talking about all this, Klein looked around and confirmed that no one had started a new topic, then he spoke:
"That's it."

Hearing his words, Audrey, the Justice, immediately stood up and saluted, lifting her skirt:

“Your will is our will.”

The others followed one after another, and Alice sat motionless, watching the others disappear.

After everyone disappeared, Klein waved his hand to signal Alice to move closer to him, and handed over the diary page and said:

“I suspect that Emperor Roselle may have jumped to a non-adjacent path in his later years!”

"?" Alice slowed down halfway through her walk and her eyes widened.

Unable to verbally explain why he came to this conclusion, Klein motioned for Alice to come over and look at the diary first. So Alice obediently walked over and picked up the diary to read it.

This page of the diary was indeed carefully selected by Bernadette. It contained a huge amount of information. After Alice read the method of resurrecting the "Black Emperor" and the story of the "Blood Emperor" Alistair Tudor becoming a god across paths, she finally understood the logic of Klein's reasoning.

"As long as you're alive, there's still room for recovery even if you've gone completely crazy..." Alice repeated this sentence in a low voice and fell into deep thought as she read the next paragraph.

Relying on instinct to mate with various creatures to eliminate extraordinary characteristics...?
"The Emperor..." Alice raised her head with a strange expression, "He probably didn't rely on instinct to mate with all kinds of creatures crazily in his later years, right? Those... those are his diaries from when he was young, right?"

"?" Klein looked at Alice, who had obviously skipped a few steps, and his face gradually became confused. "I don't think so... There is no rumor in history that the emperor had a promiscuous private life in his later years. It was mainly in his early years..."

Alice breathed a sigh of relief, leaned over and patted Klein on the shoulder, and said to him seriously:

"I also don't want to hear people talk about Mr. Fool or Mr. Fool's followers having promiscuous private lives."

"?" Klein began to glare at her.

Alice thought for a moment, then added:
"However, having said that, when you become my 'mother', it would be best to conceal the fact that you are pregnant.

“Otherwise, rumors might spread that Mr. Fool’s followers are pregnant before marriage…”

“We can make this rumor a little more exciting.” Klein sneered and said expressionlessly.

Alice looked at Klein doubtfully and asked curiously, "More exciting?"

Klein replied expressionlessly:
"I can emulate the Virgin Mary's virgin conception - in the Church of Fools, we can have a legend of a man getting pregnant."

"..." Alice lowered her head and thought seriously, "Holy Father Mary? No, it may not be called that at that time... However, as a myth, a man's pregnancy is indeed more shocking than a virgin's pregnancy..."

Yeah, of course, after all, the Virgin Mary is really a woman... Damn it, why is she actually seriously considering this possibility?!

Klein glared at her with gritted teeth and couldn't help but say, "There's no way I'm going to let something like this actually happen!"

"Okay." Alice nodded perfunctorily.

Before Mr. Fool got angry again, Alice raised her head and asked Mr. Fool another question that she was very concerned about:
"Do you think it's likely that Emperor Roselle intentionally jumped through a different path to become a god, and then eliminated the extra traits through death?"

"Very big," Klein said without hesitation, "You still remember the Black Emperor's deification ceremony, right? Judging from his decrees in his later years, he was likely promoted to the Black Emperor..."

"I'm not good at history," Alice interrupted calmly.

This left Klein speechless. Alice didn't wait for him to speak again before asking the second question:

"In that case, you say...

"He's been buried in the coffin for so long, is there a good chance of his resurrection?"

"...You want to revive him?" Klein asked hesitantly.

Alice glanced at Klein and shook her head.
"Do not.

"I'm afraid he'll crawl out and try the Faceless Man.

"You look more like a heroine after all."

“…?” Klein sat up straight. “What about you? Also, why do I look like the heroine?”

"I am your golden finger," Alice calmly and clearly found her position, "You are the heroine who has worked hard all her life and finally married the hero with all her achievements and the golden finger as a dowry."

"?" Klein slapped her on the head.

Alice screamed, realizing that Klein really didn't like this script. She gave up on provoking the great Mr. Fool and made a new request:
"Don't hit me, I won't say anything!
"Um...when you summon a messenger, how do you do it?"

"Have you tried it?" Klein asked subconsciously.

"No," Alice shook her head. "I just remembered it."

Klein choked. He tried to recall how long ago he had given the contract to Alice, and then he felt choked even more.

"How did you do it..." He hesitated to speak, "Forget it, I'll sort out the spells and results I used in the summoning letter and send them to you later, why don't you try it?"

Alice nodded and agreed to the proposal. (End of this chapter)