Mystery: Lucky One

Alice always knew one thing.

She had never accepted the two past selves, even if she had said so when talking to others, but in her mind, Shen Yinghuan was one person, the one with the goddess was one person, and the one with Will Auceptin was one person...

She never considered any of them as herself.

But now she was in front of Klein. Alice didn't want to be affected by something that had basically become a foregone conclusion. She urgently mentioned another matter to Klein:

"By the way, you said that the island disappeared, what happened?"

Well, she’s still not willing to talk about it... Klein glanced at Alice. He was already familiar with Alice’s way of changing the subject. The problem now was that he was not sure whether he should continue Alice’s topic or stick with the original question.

...I wonder if Miss Justice is good at this kind of stuff?
Klein sighed in his heart, then said to Alice:
"If you don't want to talk about it, forget it. As for the rest... I think we should talk about it later?"

"Are you not spiritual enough again?" Alice asked subconsciously.

"No," Klein denied. "It sounds like you can't solve Will Auceptin's problem anytime soon. As a courtesy, I should go visit the two ladies who were injured at my party."

Alice was stunned for a moment, then realized that Dwayne Dantes' image was different from hers - this image had social needs.

Alice couldn't help but worry. She was still not sure how Will Auceptin would view Klein, because Klein hadn't met Will Auceptin for a long time - at least not since she got the probability dice back.

“I think,” Klein said soothingly, as if he knew what she was worried about, “if ‘He’ intends to attack me, it makes no difference whether we’re on the same street or in the same room.”

This……

Alice lowered her head and thought.

“So you don’t need to worry so much,” Klein continued. “If I were ‘Him,’ I would just show weakness now, then gather my strength, and catch the enemy off guard in the end…”

“…”Alice secretly remembered this possibility.

However, it seems unlikely that Will will do anything to Klein. After all, Klein affects more than just me... It is better to say that the only thing He can do is to pull Klein away from me. I don’t have to stand on His side, but at least I have to help save His life!
...Why doesn't He think about supporting a new Lord of Mysteries?

I can't just give up now... I'd have been an angel for so many years in vain.

Alice shook her head with disdain, then felt relieved and patted Klein on the shoulder.
"Although what you said may not be true, I don't think there is any need for me to worry about your safety...

"After all, you should live to become a fool first!"

“…Thank you?” Klein looked at Alice hesitantly.

"You're welcome." Alice waved her hand generously.

……

After giving the drop of blood of the mythical creature to the "Hermit" Cattleya, Alice left the gray fog.

It was not until the evening that Alice, who was hiding in Klein's bedroom, saw the respected Mr. Fool again.

Klein was no longer surprised by the fact that there was someone in the bedroom. Although he was worried in his spare time that the news that there was an underage girl hiding in Dwayne Dantès's bedroom would grow wings and fly all over Backlund, he also knew that he could not stop Alice at all.

Rather, if he managed to stop her, things would become even more troublesome if Alice came to visit him through the front door at weird times every day.

He shook off the dangerous thoughts in his mind and made sure the door was closed before approaching Alice.

"Let me first tell you about the situation on that primitive island," he said.

This was one of the questions that Alice was concerned about, so she nodded and listened carefully to what Klein said about what happened at that time.

Klein did not describe his entire experience in detail. He only focused on the part about the burial hall, including his speculation about the architectural style and what he saw and heard inside. He also used the "magician" ability to create illusions to show Alice a part of the murals.

Alice listened with great interest, and only when the sighing ceased did she ask thoughtfully:

"…So, it's an imaginary island that doesn't exist?"

"I don't think so. Or at least not completely," Klein replied. "Don't forget, according to the situation in Groselle's Travels, if it is an imaginary island, there should be no Beyonder characteristics."

But what I need is not the Beyonder characteristics, but the auxiliary materials... Alice retorted in her heart, then touched her chin and asked:

"Anyway... do you think Adam can make dreams come true?"

Alice did not shy away from mentioning Adam's name because she felt that they were inevitably being watched.

Klein was surprised for a moment, but he quickly understood Alice's thinking. Although he didn't agree with it, it was undeniable that they were indeed powerless to stop it, so he simply replied:
"I don't know...why would you do that?"

"Remember the auxiliary materials for my Chaos Walker potion?" Alice sighed, "I found the right prophecy. Arrodes said it had something to do with the form of the prophecy. Unfortunately, it was a dream."

That was a dream... Klein frowned and asked her:
"Which dream?"

Alice then started talking about the black tower and the giant white snake on top of the tower in her dream again. After listening to her description of the dream and her speculations about it, Klein couldn't help but remind her:
"But, this prophecy is not unfulfilled, but...it's just that the time has not come yet!"

Alice paused.

She actually had a vague understanding of this matter in her mind. She knew that this was actually a somewhat far-fetched prophecy, because if she wanted to break this prophecy in a real sense, she probably couldn't do it now.

“But I want to use this,” Alice replied. “Fate cannot prevent me from advancing to Sequence 3. But if I succeed in the advancement, this will be a suitable prophecy. In other words, this prophecy has failed!”

This was a brilliant idea. Klein immediately understood why Alice said this was a suitable prophecy. He realized that what Alice overlooked was actually another problem:
“But we all know…

"Auxiliary materials cannot really determine the success or failure of promotion. They are just icing on the cake. With a complete ceremony, it is not necessarily impossible to be promoted just by taking Beyonder characteristics."

Alice froze in place.

"Are you going to continue doing this?" Klein reached out and touched her head, then asked her.

Alice shook her head, closed her eyes, and replied:
“Let’s talk about it later… Anyway, I haven’t digested the potion yet.

"Tell me about your story first—why did you want to see Bernadette?"

Regarding this point, Klein was not as forgetful as Alice. He had not forgotten his own needs. When Alice asked, he quickly replied:

"The internal guardians of the church have been corroded by the power of the seal core behind the Chanis Gate, and their status is different from that of ordinary extraordinary people." I asked Arrodes, there is only one way to disguise perfectly, that is to sacrifice the secret doll, let it be corroded by the power of the seal core, gradually change its status, and be consistent with those internal guardians, and then contain it in the body to deceive the seal core.

"Arrodes told me that Bernadette can do this, and I need her help."

"No wonder..." Alice nodded, "I will write to her."

After a pause, she couldn't help but ask:
"Seriously, why don't you just ask the goddess for the potion formula?"

Klein opened his mouth to answer: "I don't want to..."

This answer was quickly interrupted by Alice, who pouted and said:

"Okay, okay, I know what you're going to say, it's just the same old stuff...

"You two are just like the male and female protagonists in some novels without mouths!"

Klein began to look at Alice with a horrified look. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at the window. The moonlight was quietly falling on the ground, and there was nothing unusual.

"Don't worry," Alice noticed his uneasiness and patted him soothingly, "If the goddess is watching, I won't be able to say such words because they will be hidden."

...That would be even worse. What if He came to settle the score with us later and hid us all away!
Klein took a deep breath. He didn’t dare to speak out his complaints. He just gritted his teeth and said:

"Next time you want to say something like this, go inside that thing you call Sefirah Castle, okay?"

Alice lowered her head silently.

If I could really become a true god and be promoted to a fool, then the first thing I would do would be to beat her up...

Klein gritted his teeth and asked Alice with a fake smile:

"Do you have anything else to do?"

"Stay away from Hazel," Alice warned, "not because of Will Auceptin, but because I want to see if Amon can steal the child."

"?" Klein looked at her with an incredible look, "Are you sure Hazel will still be alive by then?"

"I haven't thought about it," Alice answered honestly, "but if you mention it... I guess Amon won't think about it by then."

This... Klein was slightly stunned. He frowned and looked at Alice. He wanted to say something, but Alice spoke as expected:
"I'll try to save her life, but I'm not sure--or rather, I haven't been sure about her life since she got involved with Will Auceptin and me.

"Alan and Velma are lucky to have survived, but for her... I can't guarantee it until the very end."

Klein understood what Alice meant. He didn't ask Alice to promise anything, but just mentioned another thing:

"But she was dragged into this because of you."

Alice frowned and reminded again:

"Even if I wasn't there, she would have been involved in something dangerous for other reasons - that's fate.

"Besides, even if it wasn't her, someone else would be in danger because of this incident."

Klein frowned. He wanted to tell Alice that she couldn't use something that hadn't happened yet as an argument, but he gave up before he opened his mouth because he realized that this wasn't the problem at all.

In fact, she still didn't take ordinary people seriously... Klein sighed and thought again of the idea of ​​turning Alice into a doll.

It would be great if the dolls could have self-awareness... Then I wouldn't have to worry that one day we would really have to stand on opposite sides.

Thinking of this possible outcome, Klein couldn't help but feel a headache. He rubbed his brows and looked at Alice. He suddenly felt a lack of words.

Alice pursed her lips. She knew what Klein wanted to say, but she had no way to deal with it. She lowered her eyes and said:

“Klein.

"When I met the captain, he called me Your Excellency."

Klein opened his mouth, but no words came out.

He understood what Alice wanted to express. Alice certainly didn't stop caring about the lives of mortals from that time on. She was just pointing out an obvious fact - she and mortals were no longer the same existence.

"What about me?" he suddenly asked, "If one day, I am the one involved..."

"...You've been dragged into this." Alice lowered her head and blurted out abruptly.

Klein was stunned for a moment. Alice raised her head in silence and said to him with a choked voice:

"You've been dragged into this a long time ago, do you think that all this has nothing to do with you?

"Klein, you don't still think that your becoming a 'fortune teller' and calling yourself a fool above the gray fog is just a coincidence, right?"

Not counting those fake cries, this was the second time Alice cried sincerely in front of Klein. Klein realized that he might have said something wrong. He wanted to do something, but Alice had already lowered her head, bent her knees, and curled up into a ball.

In the silent room, Klein heard the spherical creature in front of him making intermittent sobbing sounds:
"I, I don't want you to die...

"But, me, you, and the others who came before us, we will all die. As long as we take this path, we will all die...

"It was decided at the beginning and cannot be changed at all..."

……broken.

Although Alice's messy words seemed to reveal a lot of information, Klein didn't have time to think about it. On the one hand, it was too confusing, and on the other hand...

"You know," he said, trying to sound as calm as possible, "I'm not very good at comforting people, especially little girls your age... I mean, do you want me to call someone to stay with you? Or do you need a handkerchief or something?"

After a pause, he asked tentatively, "Or should I ask someone to bring some ice cream?"

After the words fell, Klein saw the figure in front of him move, and then a dull nasal sound came from inside:
"I want five balls..."

Klein suddenly felt the urge to laugh. (End of this chapter)