Mystery: Lucky One

Hazel was very surprised to see Hope for the first time. She listened carefully and wrote down everything, then asked:
"Where should I find you once I have prepared the herbs?"

"That's all." Emlyn replied.

So the matter was settled. After confirming some details, Hazel left. Emlyn breathed a sigh of relief. When he turned around, the mountain-like priest was looking at him, so Emlyn subconsciously clasped his hands and said:
"Father."

The priest nodded and asked him, "Are you going to tell your friends this good news now?"

"I think so," Emlyn nodded, "But maybe she is looking at this place...?"

"Watching?" The priest's face showed a little confusion.

"Nothing," Emlyn replied quickly, "I'm leaving first, Father."

The priest nodded, and Emlyn left after saying goodbye, closing his eyes and praying, relaying everything to Alice.

Following Emlyn's description, Alice cast a thick layer of anti-divination on every character and scene in the story, and told Emlyn:
"Just prepare the potion for her and let her drink it on her own... Also, let me know after you give her the potion."

Emlyn naturally agreed. Alice thought about it and decided that she had nothing more to say, so she let the matter go for the time being.

She was still in St. Samuel's Church. After the search for the role-playing method was forced to end because of Hazel, this place became Alice's daily refresh location. She opened her eyes, waved to the bishop, and stood up to go out for a walk.

When she reached the door, Alice stopped again and turned back to look at the man who passed by her. The man was gentle and elegant, wearing a pair of glasses. He looked familiar... familiar...

"Roy King!" she blurted out.

It is of course impossible to say that she has seen him, but when Alice was looking for the "Dice of Probability", she happened to have seen such a person in the revelation of fate. He was the fat pharmacist's missing teacher.

How come she is here... Alice frowned. Roy King had already turned around. When he saw Alice's face, he smiled and said softly:
"Blond hair, blue eyes, looks young... I guess it's you?"

Alarm bells that had nothing to do with spirituality rang in her mind, and Alice frowned, staring at the stranger warily.

Roy King seemed to have known Alice for a long time. He spoke to Alice in a friendly way:

"Miss Destiny? It should be you. My name is Roy King. You seem to know me already? That's right. I think you should know Charlie? We are somewhat related."

Alice opened and closed her mouth several times before trying to confirm:
"…Charlie King?"

"That's right," Roy King nodded, his face turning serious, "He has embarked on a path that is not suitable for him."

Alice pinched her brows. She was not sure whether she should speak. After all, although she did not kill Charlie King, the cause of death was closely related to her. Even the extraordinary characteristics were still in her body - she had eaten them.

This put Alice in an odd position, especially since she wasn't sure what Roy King was up to - he didn't seem hostile, but even if he was it wouldn't change anything.

"I don't think this is a good place to chat, what about you?" she asked finally.

"I thought so too," Roy King smiled. "Excuse me, Your Majesty, can I treat you... um, treat you to an ice cream?"

It hit the bull's eye, and Ellie agreed without hesitation: "I want raspberry jam with crushed hazelnuts."

After a pause, she asked again:

"Your Majesty?"

At some point in the beginning, Alice had corrected others and asked them to call her that, because Her Majesty represented the will of the true God and she never equated herself with ordinary angels.

Later, for various reasons, Alice hadn't corrected other people's address for a while. Now when she heard this address again, and it was someone else who called her on their own initiative, Alice frowned, her eyes confused and puzzled.

"Of course, Your Majesty," Roy King nodded naturally and stepped forward. "You are the incarnation of my Lord walking on earth... I'm not familiar with this place. Do you know where I can find delicious ice cream?"

Alice opened her mouth and closed it again, and finally said to him, "Come with me."

After Alice held an ice cream that was customized exactly as she requested, she asked while eating:
"Can I ask who your Lord is?"

"That's exactly what I came to ask you," Roy King answered quickly. "After hearing that our Lord had descended to the world, I immediately came to find you to ask about His name, His will, and to listen to His deeds."

"?" A question mark slowly appeared above Alice's head, "You... not, you, huh?"

Roy King looked into her eyes, stretched out his hand and drew an "∞" symbol on his chest, and said sincerely:
"Pardon me for choosing the gesture of greeting you without my permission."

"It's okay..." Alice responded subconsciously, but then she felt something was wrong, "No, wait, let me ask you something."

She paused, then frowned and asked Roy King, "Do you know how Charlie King died?"

"I will follow your instructions." Roy King bowed respectfully.

Alice felt like her brain was smoking. After hesitating for a moment, she spoke tentatively:

“I used his Beyonder characteristics to advance to Sequence 5…”

Roy King said without even looking up: "It is his honor to help you on your journey to reclaim your power."

"...You two don't have a good relationship?" Alice said hesitantly.

"Of course not," Roy King shook his head. "We both belong to the 'School of Life' and were both deceived by the Speaker of Fate in the past. How could we have a bad relationship?"

I get it. There's no contradiction, but we're not familiar with each other either. They're trying to get closer by using an unrelated blood relationship.

The corner of Alice's mouth twitched. She tried hard to control her expression and even reflected on whether she had been too harsh on Klein before.

It's not easy for him to play a fool...

Alice pinched her brows and continued to try to ask: "What do you mean by being deceived together... Did Will Auceptin deceive even his subordinates?"

"Of course," Roy King said righteously, "He pretended to be your incarnation, your messenger to deceive us!"

Alice thought that this was definitely not the truth and must have been "edited" in some way. "Very good," she nodded calmly, "Who are you?"

"We originally had many companions," Roy King said with a sad face, "but unfortunately, after noticing your incarnation, Will Auceptin retreated to a corner and completely abandoned us. In addition, we are being hunted down..."

He said nothing more, but Alice, who was also aware of the current situation of the "School of Life", shook her head and tried to analyze the truth hidden in this modified statement.

Will Auceptin should have received some responses to his prayers when he was with Wilma... but maybe not many? Anyway, it's better than nothing...

It's hard to say about Hazel, but the time is short anyway, so it can be ignored. As for Amon... He is not crazy, how could He respond to prayers in Amon's stomach? Maybe He will send a Time Worm to the believers...

In addition, since I killed Rejord, the remaining half of the "School of Life" has been hunted down... I understand, Roy King felt that there was no future following Will Auceptin, so he decided to... decided to turn from darkness to light!

Alice suddenly understood, but then she was even more speechless. She knew that this behavior was understandable, and she might have made the same choice, but...

...It's really insecure to be followed by such a person!

Alice gritted her teeth, thinking back to how she felt when she mocked the God of Knowledge and Wisdom for being crooked at the top and bottom. She just wanted to slap herself in the face.

——Alice, I've made you laugh at me, now it's your turn!
She looked at Roy King with a curse and praised him sincerely:

"You are worthy of being called the 'winner'."

"It's my pleasure." Roy King bowed.

Alice opened her mouth and closed it again. For a moment, she was even a little unsure whether her habit of acting and talking nonsense was influenced by her and Roy King, or by Roy King.

"I remember Will Auceptin wasn't like that either..." Alice muttered to herself, "It's okay with Ouroboros, but Will is obviously very tough..."

Roy King didn't say anything. Alice took a breath and decided to ask something relevant:

"I remember you were the teacher of that fat pharmacist...how is he?"

"Before I came here, he was running a herbal medicine store in the Rhodes Islands," Roy King replied. "He was doing very well there."

Alice blinked and said in surprise, "He didn't move the store? I remember that he ran away several times because I came to his door..."

"He's always like this," Roy King explained. "I once suggested that he choose the 'Destiny' path. He was deeply connected to this path, but unfortunately, he avoided it, and for some very personal reasons, he chose the 'Pharmacist' path..."

Alice remembered the aphrodisiac that the fat pharmacist had never forgotten. After a moment of silence, she couldn't help but ask curiously:
"Have you ever eaten it? As far as I can remember, there is a human custom that students will prepare something to honor their teachers, whether it's a treasured item, something the teacher truly loves, or something they made themselves..."

Roy King was rarely stuck, and after a while he said:

“…After I learned about the existence of the Impersonation Method and the formula for the Sequence 8 potion, I followed the guidance of fate and went to do what I was supposed to do.”

Alice blurted out, "So you haven't taken his aphrodisiac?"

Roy King opened his mouth and closed it again, and after more than ten seconds he said, "...Yes."

Alice nodded thoughtfully and muttered:

"I was actually quite curious about the effect... Mainly, I later heard that it was made with mummy powder, and I couldn't understand why mummy powder was associated with that kind of thing...

"But, it seems that girls can't drink it... Well, how about I try it when I become a boy?"

She looked at Roy King sincerely, as if she was really asking a question. Roy King opened his mouth and closed it again, and finally couldn't utter another word.

Alice shook her head and changed the subject: "From what you said, you didn't bring him along because he didn't want to?"

Roy King paused and said, "That's not the case. It's just that he always prefers a stable life, is unwilling to follow the footsteps of fate, and is repelled by change."

"I don't think he's opposed to it at all..." Alice muttered, "He moved very quickly before..."

Roy King remained silent. Alice looked at him with a slightly dark look in her eyes.

Even if it was full of nonsense, there would always be some information revealed, such as Roy King's real purpose, the fact that he and Charlie King were not familiar with each other, and...

"You care about this student a lot, don't you?" Alice blinked.

She was satisfied to see that Roy Jin's expression was briefly out of control, but it was only short-lived, because he quickly smiled and said:
"Maybe it's because I haven't received any tribute from my students yet? I'm just as curious about the effects of mummy powder as you are."

Alice curled her lips and avoided answering. Instead, she brought up Charlie King again:
“Roy King…I’ll call you Roy.

"Roy, do you want to enjoy the same honor as Charlie?"

Roy's body was completely stiff. Alice didn't say anything. She just stood there, looking at him with a smile. After a few minutes, Roy bowed respectfully and said:

"Your Majesty, I am willing to offer everything I have to show my respect for you, but I think there are some other things I need to do before doing so.

"For example, I hope to learn your honorable name and your will, spread your name to the outside world, and let more people know of your existence.

“For example, I heard that you temporarily condescended to the Church of Darkness. I think you must have your own deep intentions. I am willing to go deep into the Church of Darkness with you and help you fulfill your wish.

"For example, Will Auceptin once deceived me, and I was extremely angry about it. If you want to deal with him, I hope to return to him and become the knife you stab him with..."

“Clap, clap, clap,” Alice couldn’t help but applaud him. “You’re worthy of being the ‘winner’… Maybe I should add a sentence to the way he plays the role of the ‘winner’?”

She shook her head, glanced at Roy King, who was sweating profusely and didn't dare to look up, and said with a half-smile:

"As long as you always stand on the side of the final winner, you are the 'winner'?
"What a fence-sitter!"

Roy King bent even lower. Alice touched her chin, trying to figure out the true meaning of his words:
"Let me think about it... The first example is to show your value, and the third example is actually just a nice thing to say on the surface. In fact, as long as I nod, you will probably turn around and sell him to me to show your loyalty. And if Will fails in the end, you can still sell him back...

"But I can't figure out what your second example means. You can't be threatening me, right?" (End of this chapter)