Mystery: Lucky One

Chapter 543 Chapter 121 Light Chaser

In the silence, line after line of silver text emerged bit by bit:
"To this day, I still remember the excitement I felt when I prepared the 'Prophet' potion. Becoming an angel is just around the corner. As long as I succeed, I will become a true mythical creature...

"With this in mind, I took the potion and learned about the ability of the 'prophet'. First of all, after being promoted to 'prophet', I will be able to truly glimpse the long river of fate and witness the changes in fate.

"At the same time, the potion also told me that during my time as the Chaos Walker and in the past, I already understood enough about fate and witnessed the fate of enough people. Now, as a Prophet, the most important thing for me is to observe my own fate and find the turning point of my own fate.

“So, I made a prophecy to myself…”

...?
Alice fell into deep thought.

Frankly speaking, if you had not watched the promotion ceremony of "Mercury Snake" beforehand and did not know the ability of "Prophet", there would be nothing wrong with this statement.

If I have to say something, it is that as the first power involved in authority after being promoted to an angel, being able to only see fate is too weak.

But reality is not a game, and balance is not important. The overall strength of the previous sequences of the "Destiny" path is not very high, and the ability of the "prophet" is indeed questionable, but it only makes people half-believe and half-doubt.

——Who would have thought that the description of one’s abilities in the potion was false?

I don't think many people would have this as their first reaction. Therefore, it is not a low-probability event to follow the words in the potion and try to make predictions for yourself.

So, where does this lead to?

Alice thought of the prophecies she had seen and asked bluntly:
"You saw your own death?"

"Of course," Cassandra replied, "At first, I didn't believe this prophecy. You should understand that feeling, the feeling of being half-believing and half-doubting under great shock, not wanting to believe it, but also worrying that it might be true..."

Alice thought of Amon and Klein.

She was silent for a moment, then changed the subject: "So, do you know... that believing in the 'prophecy' will affect the outcome of the 'prophecy'?"

"Yes," Cassandra replied, "Perhaps my despair and struggle pleased Him... I was lucky enough to learn the truth about the 'prophecy'."

Alice pursed her lips, but Cassandra hadn't finished her words:

“He told me that this is a gift He prepared for all ‘prophets’. He gave us the ceremony to advance to Sequence 1. As long as we get the potion and take it when we are doomed, we can successfully advance to Sequence 1 and come back to life…

“He said this effectively prevented some of us from being limited by our ability or lack of courage to complete the ritual.”

Alice took a breath.

Although she was still wary of "Cassandra", Alice had to admit that this statement seemed true - how similar was this statement to the birthday gift?
The most important thing is that there is actually not much room for deception in this passage. As long as she takes the Sequence 2 potion, she will naturally know whether Cassandra's words are true or false. There seems to be no need to deceive here.

…But if what it says is true, what is its purpose? Or, why does it say this?

Alice frowned. She suddenly remembered Arrodes, who called Klein master. She lowered her eyes to look at "Cassandra" and asked thoughtfully:

"Do you know a mirror called Arrodes?"

"We are different," Cassandra answered without hesitation, "I don't expect to follow you... I just hope to be a stepping stone on your path to godhood."

...It sounds nice, but that means death!
Alice felt that she still didn't understand this matter, so she simply asked:

"Even if you're telling the truth, but...

"why?"

The words on the parchment disappeared. Alice couldn't read the book's expression. She could only see its answer after a long silence:

“I don’t want anyone else to receive a gift like this… I hope you can put an end to this.

"You are the hope I found."

Alice froze in place.

The words sounded light, but Alice felt a heavy force pressing down on her, just like what she felt from "Sun" Derrick when she asked Cattleya to commission the food of Silver City.

——That’s expectation.

This expectation was not as direct and heavy as Derrick's, because Alice did not know "Cassandra" before, and she had not seen its struggle with her own eyes, but she had indeed seen the people of Silver City and Moon City, and felt their perseverance in despair.

But this expectation seemed to be much heavier than theirs - after all, what the City of Silver was expecting was a savior, and it didn't matter whether it was her or not.

But here, maybe she is the only one.

It’s not that Alice is narcissistic, but the reason why “Cassandra” said she was hope is obvious, because the “Key of Light” chose her, and the reason why the “Key of Light” chose her is also obvious - she may not belong to this world.

In this matter, she is truly irreplaceable.

The atmosphere gradually solidified in the silence, from gas to some kind of viscous liquid, and then to some kind of clay-like solid, making Alice, who no longer needed to breathe, feel as if she couldn't breathe.

The first to break the silence was Cassandra:
"Please kill me."

Alice looked at "Cassandra" in silence. After a long while, she sighed and said in a calm voice:
"it is good."

At this time, she really looked like a god.

It is said to be killing, but in fact it is using authority to crush the Beyonder Characteristics and then let them reunite.

Although according to the information Alice had learned in the past, all that was needed to accomplish this was an angelic status, she was still worried that something might happen when faced with the Beyonder characteristics of a Sequence 2, so she chose to pray to the Goddess.

The abnormality occurred at this moment. The ritual strangely did not receive any feedback. After Alice was stunned for two seconds, she jumped up in shock.

——Something went wrong.

It was definitely impossible to rush into the church with "Cassandra". After all, she was not a real child, so she naturally knew that it would be of no benefit for ordinary believers to know such things.

After a few breaths of panic, Alice quickly calmed herself down. She began to search for someone to discuss this matter with. The first person she thought of was naturally Klein.

But Alice did not contact Klein directly. She first conducted a test to confirm whether the goddess could respond to ordinary rituals.

The matter ended with her obtaining a sleeping charm.

After staring at the spell and thinking for two seconds, Alice contacted Klein and conveyed the message directly through the connection between them:

"Did anything happen when the goddess appeared last time in the 'Raging Sea'?"

This was the last time the goddess appeared in Alice's memory, but she ran away very quickly at that time. Afterwards, she didn't ask for the details, and Klein didn't tell her either, until today when he suddenly asked. Klein had just finished chatting with Arrodes, and was stunned for a moment when he heard this question. He quickly guessed that Alice's prayers or something didn't get a response, so she became suspicious.

This is not difficult to guess. He told Alice that the goddess was controlling the uniqueness of the "God of Death", and briefly told her about the specific events that happened last time. He also suggested that she could consider praying to the "artificial God of Death" if necessary.

...quite appropriate for the occasion.

Alice accepted the proposal and turned to ask Klein about the materials and procedures of the ceremony.

In order to prevent Cassandra from doing something when no one was around, Alice took Cassandra to sweep the underground markets in several surrounding cities that afternoon and found enough materials.

After preparing everything, Alice took a step back and read out the honorific name she had just learned in Hermetic:
“You are the essence of death;

“You are the monarch of the dead;

“You are the final destination of all living beings.

"I beg for your help, and pray that you can destroy this magical item and return it to its extraordinary properties."

After she finished speaking, the candle flame suddenly expanded, seemingly becoming much brighter, but it was tinged with a dark green color, and the surroundings suddenly became eerie and cold.

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"It's a bit eerie..." Alice muttered softly as she picked up the essential oil she had just bought and dripped it on the candle flame.

After doing this, Alice threw "Cassandra" in. With a whoosh, the pale flames devoured the dark blue-covered book and obscured Alice's vision.

After two or three seconds, the flames completely faded away, and Alice saw the powder emitting light spots spontaneously condense, bit by bit, and reassemble into a book.

Alice finished the ceremony and took back the newly created book. It still had the dark blue cover and parchment pages, but when she opened it, there were no more silver words.

Alice looked at the book for two seconds, then slowly lowered her head. She felt that the book seemed to exude an enticing fragrance, making her want to take a bite and taste it...wait a minute.

Alice suddenly woke up. She realized that this was probably a truly extraordinary characteristic without any impurities. The attraction of the extraordinary characteristic to her was intuitively revealed, making her want to finish reading the book.

Alice dropped the book in horror, then picked it up again and appeared in St. Samuel's Church in a flash.

Archbishop Anthony looked up from the table with a sense of something, and saw a book thrown in front of him. Alice said to him seriously:
"You have a way to cover up the aggregation of Beyonder characteristics so that I won't be affected by the aggregation and eat it, right?"

She didn't go looking for Klein, just like the previous sealed objects involving angels.

Anthony glanced at the book subconsciously, and as if realizing something, he raised his head and told her gently:

"Yes, but you might have to wait a few days before you get it."

"That's fine," Alice shook her head decisively, "It doesn't matter if I leave it with you. You won't take my things for yourself...right?"

"Of course." Anthony responded with a smile.

There was no problem with that. Alice left with peace of mind. After returning home, she was silent for two seconds. Instead of going through Klein, she contacted Justice Audrey herself:

"Ms. Justice, um...

"Are you available for psychological counseling now?"

……

In the Hall family's study, Audrey paused when she heard the sound, and a harsh wrong note appeared in the originally pleasant piano sound.

She stopped and looked at her music teacher, her expression calm and she said:
"Teacher, I'm sorry, I suddenly want to go to the bathroom..."

This would not be denied, so sitting on the toilet, Audrey considered telling Alice that she would need the evening to be free.

After a long while, Alice's response came: "Okay."

……

After responding to Audrey, Alice opened her eyes, exhaled, and stared out the window in a daze.

The idea of ​​talking to Audrey was not new. Alice had had similar thoughts more than once, but she had never put them into action.

Of course, Alice didn't think this was a big problem. Referring to other angels she knew, Alice thought that she was already normal among them.

She waited quietly until the appointed time, without even having dinner. Only after receiving Audrey's message did she come back to her senses and appear in front of Audrey.

"Good evening, Miss Destiny." Audrey stood up and saluted cautiously.

Alice stared at her for two seconds, then suddenly sighed and said:

"Call me Alice...while the name still applies."

Audrey hesitated for two seconds. As a professional psychologist, she sat down and said in a gentle voice:
"Alice?"

Alice nodded quietly.

By this point, Audrey had already noticed something obviously wrong with Alice. She paused for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said,
"I rarely see you like this... Most of the time, I think you're just a little girl. Only now do you really look a bit like 'Miss Fate' - do you understand what I mean?"

The pronoun she used was "you".

Alice did not reject this subtle attempt to bring them closer. On the contrary, she nodded slightly in a trance and said, "I know."

This is worse than rejection. Audrey frowned for a moment, then asked tentatively:
"Why do you suddenly want to talk to me? I thought you were going to see Mr. Fool."

Alice was silent for two seconds, then turned to Audrey and said:
"I went to see Mr. Fool once before, and he said he was not a psychiatrist, but if I needed one, he could help me call a psychiatrist."

Mentioning Mr. Fool really makes Miss Fate more lively... Could Mr. Fool actually say something like this? This seems a bit like Mr. World...

Audrey's distracted thoughts did not affect her treatment. She was surprised:
"Pfft, can I ask who the psychiatrist Mr. Fool is going to call?"

"It's you." Alice turned her head and told her calmly.

Audrey was stunned for a moment. She stared at Alice's serious face, trying to confirm whether she was joking. Alice's vague gaze fixed on her and asked softly:

“Would you feel pressured by such trust?”

(End of this chapter)