Mystery: Lucky One

Coward... Alice glanced at Roy King, curled her lips, and muttered:
"Honorable name and teachings... Ugh, my new honorable name!"

She suddenly became serious, looked sideways at Roy King, and frowned slightly.

——No matter how bizarre the reason why Roy King came to visit, he at least looked like a devout believer, or even a missionary.

So, this honorific name...shouldn't it be given a more serious one?
Alice paced in place, put her hands behind her back, and spoke as slowly as possible:

"The creator of happiness and miracles...

"The ruler of misfortune and disaster...

"...The future is uncertain...

"……prophet."

The first two sentences undoubtedly came from Klein, and the last sentence was rounded off and was thought of on the spur of the moment - or perhaps not too spur of the moment.

Calling herself a "prophet" is something Alice has been doing for a long time, and it is normal to refer to herself in this way, but the future is uncertain, and it is indeed the result of a flash of inspiration.

Thinking in a negative way, the uncertain future can be regarded as a bleak future in a certain sense. This is an indisputable fact. What lies before her is the "Key of Light". Becoming a true God also means facing the "Key of Light" directly, which is an incomparable honor unique to the old days of the single path.

On the bright side, in the part that Alice can feel, the power contained in the "Wheel of Fortune" is not only the "chaos" of fate, but also the "determinacy" of fate. The extraordinary ability of the "prophet" is enough to explain the problem, and the uncertain future at least shows that what lies ahead of her is not "determined."

Then I can still struggle...

In fact, this is exactly the origin of Alice's contradictory behavior.

On the one hand, although she was too lazy to move, she would not really lie down and wait to die if someone wanted to kill her. Even if she couldn't beat the opponent, at least her first reaction should be to struggle a few times.

On the other hand, Alice always doubts how useful such a struggle is. She is obsessed with Song Shu's words "inseparable" and is terrified by the truth that may be hidden behind this sentence.

Especially, until today, Alice cannot regard herself as "Shen Yinghuan", and "Song Shu" is even more impossible. She would rather insist that she was Alice who woke up in Tingen City. As for things before that... since she didn't remember anything when she woke up, it means that these have nothing to do with her!
In other words, Alice doesn't want to recognize any of them. If she has to choose, she is slightly more accepting of "Shen Yinghuan".

As for the "self" in the past who was familiar with Will Auceptin, Alice didn't want to recognize him even more. Of course, the reason was more subjective - He was really too outrageous in some aspects!

Alice can honestly admit that she is not a good person or a good god, but she believes that she is quite friendly to her believers. At least she is different from the "real creator" who goes crazy indiscriminately. At most, she will ignore them... uh, at most she will just play a prank on them... ?
Alice blinked innocently and turned her attention to the one who had criticized the past.

——He will only treat believers worse than others. For details, please refer to the birthday gift Alice received...even though Alice cannot be considered a believer.

Alice knew what He liked to see, so how could she not understand herself? Even though they were different in many ways, Alice could still understand His intentions the moment she received the "gift".

——He loves to see people struggling hard in adversity, grabbing the last straw, climbing ashore in hope, and then suffocating to death.

It was this badness that formed the core of all Alice's anxieties. She was particularly worried that this seemingly smooth road ahead was paved artificially, and the end of the road was not the hope she wanted, but a doomed death.

So an uncertain future might be the best answer at this moment, which means that her occasional struggling still has some meaning, at least it is not a waste of effort.

But I always worry that I’m wasting my efforts, so most of the time I don’t move, not because I’m lazy, but because I’m worried... Yes, that’s the reason!

Alice nodded firmly, took a deep breath, and after a moment of hesitation, she smiled and said to Roy King:
"Have you ever heard of... Nirvana?"

This word belongs entirely to Buddhism. In fact, there is no word with a similar meaning in occult languages ​​such as Hermetic and common languages ​​such as Runic.

If Alice had learned Sanskrit, she would probably have acted in Sanskrit here, but unfortunately she didn't, so she simply gave up acting and started speaking Chinese on the proper nouns.

Roy King obviously didn't understand, and Alice's purpose was achieved. What she wanted was for him not to understand the proper nouns, otherwise what was the point of lecturing? She took out a bunch of Buddhist terms such as nirvana, reincarnation, cause and effect, and explained their meanings in Loenese.

At this time, Alice is no longer afraid of the "Hidden Sage" as before. As she is unique, there is no essential difference between her and the "Hidden Sage" in terms of status. She is even a little stronger than the lonely "Hidden Sage" - she has extraordinary characteristics!
...Although it's not even Sequence 2.

By the way, the "Hidden Sage" should really be the only one, right? It's not like he has actually become the "King of Angels"... Uh, can the uniqueness that has become a spirit be considered the "King of Angels"?
Alice was talking while she was daydreaming, and Roy King was stunned. In fact, many things were not difficult to understand, but Roy King finally asked curiously:
"Can I ask you a question?"

Alice nodded, and Roy King's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked:

"Where did those words you mentioned come from? They seem to belong to another language. I have never heard of them before..."

"That's my mother tongue," Alice said honestly. "It's normal that you haven't heard of it... It has long disappeared along with that period of history. Most of the people who could understand this language have disappeared along with that period of history. The few who survived have either become unspeakable beings or are still sleeping, waiting for a new reincarnation."

An unspeakable existence... Roy King's body trembled. He lowered his head respectfully and did not ask any more related questions.

Alice didn't show him the Chinese characters she wrote. After all, Chinese characters are distinctive in this world full of alphabetic characters. She just chuckled and said:
"I thought you were going to ask me what disappearance meant."

——She decided to relate her origins and roots to herself, just like the Seven did.

Of course, Alice did not intend to bring up the concepts of Buddha, Bodhisattva, etc., after all, there was the negative example of the "Ancient Sun God" who called himself "God". Alice only intended to use doctrine but did not intend to give herself a name... What if the "Key of Light" really became the Buddha in the Western Continent!
That's really a waste.

Roy King obediently played the role of a supporting actor: "I thought you didn't say it clearly, which meant I shouldn't know that."

“No,” Alice said calmly, “You must lack experience in dealing with angels and true gods. You don’t know that some of them love to play dumb and wait for people to ask why. For example, the Fool is like that.”

"......?" Roy King hesitated.

Alice continued to spread rumors about Klein: "And the Fool is very strange. On the surface, He doesn't say anything, but in fact, He loves to be asked. Even if it's something He shouldn't know, He still likes to listen to people's questions, and then He tells people mysteriously after they've asked the questions..."

She cleared her throat, put on an indifferent and arrogant look, and spoke calmly:
"That's not what you should know."

"...I see." Roy King's face was even more colorful than Alice's palette. "Well, please forgive my curiosity... What does it mean to disappear with history? After all, isn't history something that has already disappeared?"

Alice blinked and smiled softly:
“You can try to divine the origin and meaning of these words.

"You can't tell fortunes, because the spirit world doesn't have these things. I think, at your stage, you should know that the spirit world is the sum of all information. It includes all the past, present and future?"

Roy Jin nodded. This time, he really didn't understand. He asked in confusion, "Why isn't there... in the spirit world?"

Alice smiled calmly and said:
“Like I said, they’re gone.

“Everyone knows that there is an original creator in this world. He created the world. He is the sum of all madness and reason. He is both chaos and order. He contains everything.

"And I... I am not the original creation."

Roy King's head shot up.

“That sounds like nonsense, doesn’t it?” Alice looked at him and asked, “After all, the Seven Gods are all like this. They are keen to find a lofty origin for themselves and link themselves to the beginning. If the new gods want to gain enough say, they have to elevate themselves higher... Do you think that I am doing this?”

Roy King said nothing. He looked like he didn't know how to respond.

Fortunately, Alice didn't need his answer. She just continued:
"It's normal to think this way. Well, like I said, you can try to divine the origins of those words. Believe me, no one can divine them. If you suspect that I have done a reverse divination, you can also ask Will Auceptin to try."

Roy King swallowed and gave an awkward and stiff smile.

"Why are you so flustered..." Alice muttered and glanced at him, "I'm actually very reasonable."

Roy King just forced a smile and said:

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I really don't have much experience with angels and true gods. This is my first time facing an incarnation of a god. I didn't expect your personality to be so...

"lively."

Alice blinked and said sincerely, "You are really good at talking."

"...Thank you?" Roy King responded hesitantly.

Alice had no objection, so she continued to write:

"Where were we just now? I am not the original creation? Yes, here it is.

“I was actually born earlier than the original Creator. Long before that, long before that, I was already a part of destiny. It was just that the awakening and germination of consciousness took a lot of time. When I woke up completely, the original had already completed the feat of creation and even turned destiny into concrete authority.

"When my new consciousness opened its eyes, I felt the existence of another part of me. We attracted and converged with each other, and then the situation I told you about occurred. When my mind was only equivalent to that of a mortal of six or seven years old, or seven or eight years old, I sat on the throne of destiny.

"I'm not sure of the exact age, and I think you know why - with kids, it's hard to tell.

"Some people called me the 'eternally innocent child' at that time, which was actually true. Because of this divine position that fell from the sky, I completely lost the possibility of growth, and my mind was forced to remain at the stage of a child.

“I spent a long time sleeping, looking for ways to grow, and what you see now is the final result... To be honest, I’m not sure if this can be considered a success.

"Hmm... Is that about all? What else should be written in the scriptures?"

After telling this lie that was formed by breaking up the truth and reorganizing it into an artistic form, Alice blinked twice. Roy King looked at her and blurted out subconsciously:

"… Miracles? And there are followers of God…"

"Didn't I say that?" Alice laughed, "Both the Night and the Fool are my followers. In the distant past, in the Second Age, the Night was once called 'Misfortune favored by luck'."

I hope the goddess won’t come out and slap me… No, I’m telling the truth, why should I feel guilty!

Alice, who could no longer tell whether what she said was true or false, sighed and continued:

"And there are miracles... What miracles? I don't know, you can make it up... I mean, since you've come here to surrender, you should be a little sincere, right?
“Although, to be precise, the conventional way to surrender is to bring along the fatal weakness of your former master, or simply bring your head with you… not your head, but Will Auceptin’s head.

"Oh, no, He can restart. It's useless for you to bring His head here... Forget it. Anyway, I won't ask you for this. It's not too much for you to write a holy book for me, right?
"After all, you are really good at talking..."

Alice looked at Roy King with desire in her eyes.

Regarding the matter of the Holy Scripture, she had asked Klein, the Hanged Man Alger, the Hermit Cattleya, and even the Magician Fors. Today, Roy King, who had come to her on his own initiative, could not escape this test either.

In particular, Roy King did demonstrate a necessary quality for compiling a canon - telling lies with open eyes.

Looking at Roy King, who was somewhat dazed by the task that dropped from the sky, Alice reached out her hand, patted his shoulder solemnly and said:
"Come on! I'll make you the Pope when the time comes!"

For the sake of effect, the "I" in this sentence is spoken in Hermetic language. (End of this chapter)