Mystery: Lucky One

Roy King left with a big mission.

As soon as she heard that he had agreed to help create the Bible, Alice immediately urged him to take action. She wanted to prepare everything for him and let him only be responsible for writing. Roy King repeatedly declined, and Alice finally gave up her good intentions.

"Ah..." Roy King, who had finally gotten rid of Alice, sighed, "Pope... Am I the only one in this entire church?"

This was a question he didn't dare ask in person.

When Roy King thought of this possibility, he began to reflect on the correctness of his decision. However, things had come to this point, and continuing was obviously not a solution. It would be better...

"Before I was captured, I had already obtained the ingredients for the 'Doom Wizard' potion, and the ritual was also completed..." Roy King muttered to himself, "Now, I just need to go get the ingredients to advance. After that, I can try to recruit followers while playing the role. As for the Holy Scripture... Darkwill doesn't like to go out anyway, so I can leave the Holy Scripture to him first..."

……

Alice didn't know that the tasks she assigned were outsourced. Of course, even if she knew, she wouldn't care - as long as she didn't have to worry about it.

But she didn't get to play for too long, because the troubled Hazel got the herbs Emlyn requested in just two days, so much so that Alice even thought that she should have asked Emlyn to add a few more herbs.

The demigod-level materials were too demanding for Hazel, but there were still a bunch of people in the Tarot Club who weren't even at Sequence 5! We could just give everyone's potion materials to Hazel...

...Forget it. Mr. Moon is not Mr. Hanged Man. Whether he agrees or not is another matter. I feel that Miss Justice will hear about this tomorrow, and the entire Tarot Club will know about it the day after tomorrow... No, it doesn't seem to matter if they know. Klein won't be mad at me for this. This is at most like issuing fake invoices for reimbursement... I don't believe he hasn't done it before!
After comforting herself, Alice turned to keep an eye on Hazel's situation.

She took the abortion pills prepared by Emlyn from the Harvest Church and received some medical advice:
“Normally, the whole process should be painful, but this is the first time I’ve seen your situation, so I’m not sure.

“For safety reasons, you’d better take it with a doctor or someone with extraordinary healing abilities. It’s also OK if you have relevant items… Don’t look at me, I don’t have any healing abilities, I only know how to make potions.

“Remember to use it within the three-month validity period.”

At Emlyn's insistence, Hazel finally returned with only the potion. After finding an excuse to let the maid leave the room, she had to look at the potion in her hand and fell silent.

It was obvious that he wanted to find an extraordinary person with healing abilities. After Alice hesitated for a moment, she chose to leave quietly. After all, the psychiatrist did not recommend that she appear in front of the patient.

...It's so annoying.

Alice unhappily turned her attention away from Hazel for a moment, and couldn't help but curse Amon in her heart, then wandered around Backlund.

She had been wandering around Backlund's East District and various taverns these past few days, looking at almost every legal or illegal underground business - were there really any legal underground businesses?

This thought only came to her mind for a moment before Alice suppressed it and continued with her wandering plan.

Due to the need to play the role of "Chaos Walker", Alice gave up the behavior pattern of hiding her body directly, and chose to make herself appear, and by influencing the people around her, her strange clothes would not be noticed.

This is not too difficult. In other words, it is not too difficult for an angel to do anything to ordinary people or even mid- and low-sequence extraordinary people. As for saints... it seems that most of them have no interest in shopping.

So as an angel who loves shopping, Alice encountered no opponents. She appeared quietly and disappeared quietly. Even if she followed an interesting target for two days, she was never discovered.

——Yes, Alice found something strange.

This is a man named Sherman. At least judging from his appearance, he is a man. He looks to be about 23 or 24 years old, with long hair and cheap makeup to make his facial features soft and delicate.

He walked in a swaying manner, and was particularly fond of twisting his waist. This deliberate action made Alice involuntarily think of some customary professions, or a special way.

Of course, it made no difference, because during the few days when Alice was watching out of curiosity, Sherman was moving between the two gangs and provoking a fight between them - this was also the reason why Alice paid attention to him.

"'Instigator'..." Alice muttered softly, "Next is 'Witch', but... Tsk."

Alice pinched her brows with a headache. She had not yet carefully studied Sherman's background. She simply determined that this gentleman should perhaps be called "she".

This is nothing big. Alice has heard of the existence of transgender people in modern society. Although she has never actually seen one, it is difficult for Alice to have a big reaction - after all, she is still thinking about whether she should experience the feeling of being a man when she "restarts" next time.

To Alice, Sherman was strange, but it was not that she felt she was a woman, but that she deliberately behaved in a very "feminine" way, such as being... charming?
After choosing a relatively elegant word, Alice turned her attention back.

...So which genius fed her the "Assassin" potion?

——It seems that the role-playing method has been taught and has been fed to the "instigator".

When Alice thought about this, she felt speechless. She was even curious about how the true God who controlled the "witch" path would view this matter. After all, in Alice's impression, the original witch Chick did not like purely female witches.

But the situation at hand… in the eyes of that “original witch”, is she considered a pure woman?

Alice blinked and followed Sherman, who had just bought a loaf of bread, silently. Her eyes flickered as she searched for Sherman's past.

Alice called up the scenes of fate one by one. She skipped over the tragic experiences of discrimination and focused on the period before and after Sherman became an extraordinary person.

Alice's smile disappeared.

It was the face of a young girl with round, gentle and sweet cheeks. Compared with the last time Alice saw it, this face exuded a unique temperament that was a blend of charm and holiness.

——Triss.

Or should I call her Triss Chick...

Alice took a deep breath. She knew this witch who was chosen by the Witch Cult as the vessel for the "Original Witch" to descend. After all, she had suggested that Klein taste the "Original Witch"...

Alice held her forehead. She stopped staring at Sherman and chose to go find Klein.

"Have you seen Triss again?" she asked.

“Triss?” Klein was stunned for a moment above the gray fog. “I’ve seen her… Have you met her?”

"...You could say we met." Alice shook her head and nodded.

She truthfully introduced Sherman's existence. Klein was shocked, so Alice couldn't help but ask him at the end:
"Tell me, in Sherman's case, is she considered a pure witch?"

"I think you should ask Chike," Klein twitched his lips. "I'll ask Triss what she wants to do about this matter. Also, Alice, have you been particularly free recently?"

“…I guess so,” Alice nodded, “I seem to have been quite free…”

This is true. Klein glanced at her and said helplessly:
"You... forget it. Do you want to watch the fun?" Alice looked at Klein with a suspicious look. Klein smiled and explained:

“You probably don’t know yet… I haven’t told you about this.

"It seems that Triss has fallen in love with the dead prince Edessak, and returned to Backlund to avenge Edessak..."

"Huh?" Alice's eyes widened. "No, who wrote this plot? What is this?"

“I don’t know,” Klein spread his hands. “But she obviously took advantage of Sherman’s desire to become… no, to regain her female identity. What purpose did she need to achieve…”

Alice maintained an incredulous attitude and asked, "... to avenge that prince?"

“At least based on what I understand.” Klein nodded.

"This is sick..." Alice felt an indescribable complex mood. "Ince Zangwill is gone, so it shouldn't be '0-08' who is still manipulating it... Could it be that this plot was written by Adam? No, Adam is so boring?"

Klein didn't respond to her last words. He just asked curiously, "Why don't you think that Triss might not be controlled, but is really in love with the prince?"

“Isn’t that even more terrifying?” Alice asked lightly, “Being controlled at least means that the hand controlling her didn’t put much effort into it and was just playing around. But if she was willing…”

Alice paused, put away her smile, and said seriously:
“Instead of directly arranging for the other party, you guide the other party to have the appropriate psychology through what happens around them, so that they can make choices that meet your expectations…

"Klein, this is what I'm going through."

Klein paused abruptly. He looked at Alice and frowned, saying, "...From your tone, it doesn't sound like Adam did it."

"Of course not," Alice raised her lips, "If He was still the 'Ancient Sun God', it would be fine, but now... He is not even a 'Dreamer', what right does He have?"

"?" Klein began to look at her with a look that seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Don't look at me like that," Alice pouted, "I don't look down on Adam, it's just... No, you're not an angel, there are many things I can't tell you, it's so troublesome... When will you become an angel?"

She raised her head and looked at Klein with a questioning look. After a moment of silence, Klein changed the subject and said,

"I have made some plans for the supernatural circus and am thinking about what form the performance will take...Also, Alice, I need you to help me pass this matter on to the church."

"Why don't you go by yourself?" Alice looked confused.

Klein glanced at her and gave an exceptionally simple answer:

"You are an angel."

Alice agreed silently.

After getting his consent, Klein put the matter aside for the time being and suggested to Alice:

"Alice, don't you really want to see how Triss avenges Prince Edessak? Even though this plot is cliché and cliché, it still makes it interesting..."

This is true.

Alice would have rolled her eyes if she had read such a story in a popular novel, but when it is a real thing that actually happened, it becomes interesting.

Even though Alice wanted to roll her eyes at Adam, the suspected creator, it did not stop her from becoming interested in Triss's affairs. She wanted to see what Triss was trying to do.

But this was not the suggestion Klein would make. Alice glanced at Klein and said directly:

"Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

“It’s nothing, actually.” Klein, who was exposed, chose to be honest. “I just want you to help me keep an eye on Triss’s situation and tell me if there’s any movement. After all, no one is more suitable for this job than you.”

"Is that it?" Alice was stunned.

"What else?" Klein was a little confused.

Alice was quiet for a moment and then reminded, "Sherman! Triss wants to use her, she should be innocent!"

“She…” Klein’s expression looked a little strange. “Okay, I think I know what you want to hear…”

After a pause, Klein tentatively said to Alice:
"If Sherman is innocent, why don't you protect her? Or remind her...

"I suspect she was influenced by Triss's extraordinary abilities... you know, the 'Instigator'.

"I'm working with Triss, so it's not convenient for me to do this. What if I get discovered..."

He glanced at Alice, who understood and rolled her eyes.

"I'm the bad guy, right?"

Klein smiled awkwardly. Alice didn't argue with him and just corrected him, "That's not what I wanted to hear. I just thought that you should... you know."

“I do have such an idea…” Klein sighed, “But I don’t think you have one, so…”

"You don't care?" Alice blinked.

"Of course not," Klein laughed. "I just wanted you to keep an eye on her. If there's a chance... maybe I'll help her? But I don't necessarily know."

Alice seemed to be thinking about something, and suddenly said, "...In that case, I have an idea."

"What?" Klein asked in confusion.

"Deal a card to both of them," Alice leaned back, "Um, I don't mean Triss... I mean Hazel."

Klein asked with a confused look in his eyes:
"Hazel? Why would you want to deal her a card? But Hazel and Sherman... maybe they're not suitable.

"The Tarot Club is a channel for exchanging information and resources. The nobility represented by Hazel overlaps with Miss Justice, and Sherman... do you want her to join the Witch Cult?" (End of this chapter)