Mystery: Lucky One

"Uh..." Alice paused, "So there is a pattern to your pulling people in?!"

“Not at first,” Klein sighed. “This is actually a coincidence. Except for Leonard, everyone I brought here was due to various coincidences, but…”

He didn't say anything else, but just frowned at Alice. Alice reached out and scratched her hair. She recalled what she had heard from Klein about the Tarot Club's background and found it to be true.

This was a bit strange. Alice moved closer to him and lowered her voice:

"I see!
“This is all destined!”

“?” Klein looked up at her expressionlessly. “What about you?”

"What?" Alice asked blankly.

Klein shook his head and reminded, "If the Tarot Club was arranged, what about you?"

Alice fell silent.

It was obvious that she and Klein were only hurting each other by discussing this, so Alice gave up on the mutual ridicule and asked again:

"But, so far, you've dealt main cards.

"It's normal for the main card to be a little special...would you consider giving them small cards?"

“Whatever you want,” Klein laughed. “After all, as long as you don’t show up here, becoming a member of the Tarot Club has no practical significance, so… just be happy.”

Alice was speechless.

Klein was right. After all, no matter how powerful they acted in the Tarot Society, they still had to face the small number of people in this organization in private.

So Alice clenched her fists, sat up straight and asked, "Why did you exclude Leonard when you said it was a coincidence?"

Klein glanced at Alice and shook his head.
“Because when I saw the angel on Leonard, I was thinking about bringing him here…even though you told me that the angel had no ill intentions.

"But in fact, Leonard is nothing special in other aspects... After all, when it comes to the Church of Darkness, I can hardly imagine anyone being able to surpass you, unless I go and get the Pope or an angel under the goddess here.

"...Don't look at me. I don't consider you an angel under the goddess's throne."

Alice swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth and changed her words:
“Pallez himself is also a force...He is an archangel, and one who has been hunted by Amon for thousands of years!
“And in the future, maybe He will be able to contact the Zoroast family…if there are still people alive in this family.

"After all, the Jacob I saw last time... um..."

Klein twitched his lips. He didn't whip the poor rat demigod. He changed the subject politely:

“…But actually speaking of it, Leonard seems to be quite a coincidence.

"After all, among the people in Tingen City back then, besides you and me, he was the only one sitting here..."

Alice fell silent again. The atmosphere became inexplicably sad at this moment. After she was silent for a while, she took the initiative to smile and said:
"Didn't I tell you yet? I tricked someone into writing a holy book for me!"

“?” Klein was truly confused this time.

Alice recounted the whole story between herself and Roy King in a gibberish. Klein seemed to be hesitant to speak, and his eyes were filled with the expression "the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam is crooked", which made Alice glare at him several times.

After Alice finally finished telling the whole story, Klein pondered for a moment and then asked:

"Do you really intend to make him Pope?"

Alice blinked and smiled at Klein, "You must not have read romance novels before. I mean ancient romance novels... the kind that are about rebirth and revenge."

Klein looked at Alice doubtfully. Alice blinked and said:
"At the beginning of that kind of novel, the heroine always helps the hero in this and that way, but when the hero becomes successful, he turns around and gets rid of her. Not only does he marry someone else, but he also kills her... To be honest, this hero is too shameless! If it were me, I would definitely make her queen after she dies!"

...It's obviously you who are more shameless!

Klein held his forehead with his hand. He tried to keep his facial expression stable so that it wouldn't look too distorted. Then he asked:
"…You plan to posthumously confer the title of Pope on Roy King?"

"Don't be like that." Alice blinked. "What if he lives to that age? What if I don't have a more reliable candidate by then? Besides, posthumous canonization is not popular in the church."

Klein looked at Alice hesitantly, but Alice seemed to remember something and explained to him:
"I'm not targeting Roy King, it's just that he's too fickle, I just can't trust him..."

Klein was stunned for a moment before he realized that this was an explanation to him. He felt inexplicably complicated and said with a sigh:
“You don’t have to… I just don’t like your attitude of not taking human life seriously… You know what I mean.

“But Roy King…Alice, I’m not a child who makes trouble for no reason. It’s enough for me to know that he was once Will Auceptin’s subordinate. Regardless of whether he is a good person or not, I will not persuade you to let him go.

"After all, you're not killing people for some inexplicable reason like fun."

Alice blinked and looked at Klein thoughtfully. She vaguely sensed a problem:
"...So you're not a pushover! I always thought you... uh, you were a kind god."

“…?” Klein had a strange expression on his face. “I feel like you’re scolding me. Are you trying to say that I’m…”

"Klein!" Alice interrupted him quickly, "You are such a good person!"

I see, she really was going to say I was the Holy... Holy Father?
Klein glanced at Alice expressionlessly and retorted:

"Don't you think you're a fence-sitter? You have a very good relationship with Amon..."

Alice was stunned by what he said. She stared at Klein and asked:
"You're not doubting me, are you?! How could I be...not right?"

Alice paused for a moment, then chose to be honest with Klein with a strange expression:
“At first… At first I really thought about asking Amon to take the Sefirah Castle from you. As long as you stop at the level of a demigod, you don’t have to worry about divinity…”

Klein was stunned by these words. He said he couldn't quite control his emotions. With this decision, he probably took away all of Alice's goodwill towards humans - because Alice had never thought about what would happen to humans.

Klein didn't dwell on this question. He thought that perhaps he shouldn't be the one to say this. And since Alice said it was before, someone must have advised her. So he asked:
"Who made you change your mind? Or something?" "It's hard to say," Alice shook her head, "Maybe Amon is too unreliable, maybe I found that fate is not so easy to defy, maybe..."

She paused, gave Klein a forced smile, and then became sad:

"Maybe, I think there are some things that you should decide for yourself... Or, I think your choice after you know will definitely not be the same as mine."

This refers to the end of days.

The barrier outside the earth is crumbling, and the outer gods are eyeing it covetously. If Alice were given a choice, she would never choose to stop it like the Seven Gods did. Of course, she wouldn't sell it either, because she still has some feelings for her home planet.

I would probably run... take some people with me, and then run... Actually, if everything goes well, I want to take the Earth with me, and then take as many people as possible, but if things don't go well, I might just take a few people with me...

Alice sighed softly, and it was obvious that her attitude towards the end of the world was to escape.

This was not as careless as those who chose to confront, but it probably did not cross the real bottom line. Besides, she was not without the space to choose confrontation, such as the current situation - if Klein knew about this, he would definitely not choose to abandon the earth and escape.

Alice was indeed more inclined to run away, but if she was the only one running away, she would feel that it was meaningless and it would be better for her to turn back and fight the Outer Gods.

Alice sighed silently. In fact, there was one last possibility. Her position was already clear because she preferred those with good intentions, and these people would definitely not choose to escape. Therefore, she was destined to be kidnapped on the side that was fighting against the Outer Gods.

Klein, who didn't even have an angel, didn't know what she was referring to, nor did he know where her changing emotions came from. He just asked her thoughtfully:

"Sefirah Castle... is it related to what you said? Only people from Sefirah Castle are qualified to make this choice?"

This time, Alice's emotions were more complicated. She asked Klein sincerely:
"Could you please stop asking?

"Honestly, if you keep guessing in this direction, I'm really worried that one day you'll think yourself to death..."

Klein was so frightened that he didn't dare to think too deeply and repeatedly diverted his attention:

"I don't want to think about it anymore, and I won't ask... No, what are you hiding from me... Forget it, I won't ask, I mean... I'm pregnant!
"Alice, do you think that Roy King's fence-sitting may be influenced by you..."

Alice rolled her eyes and said viciously, "I'm not going to influence you at all! The Hanged Man, the Hermit, and Justice all believed me and placed bets on who would win. Do you believe me too?"

Klein rubbed his head and tried to explain to her:

"Of course I don't believe this... or rather, I certainly don't suspect that you will stab me in the back one day - that's really not the case.

"I was just thinking, Alice, didn't you realize that you didn't offend Amon to death, or rather, you didn't offend anyone to death - except Will Auceptin.

"That's right. I feel like no matter who it is, they seem to be your friends, or at least not your enemies..."

Alice was lost in thought. She murmured:

"It's a bit different, isn't it? He can't be an enemy. Isn't it because there is no reason for him to be my enemy?"

This is what Alice thought when she learned that the "Destiny" path had no adjacent paths.

At the level of angels or even true gods, enemies in the true sense are rare. Most of them are disputes over the orthodoxies between high-ranking people in the same or adjacent paths. As for the others... they can probably be reconciled.

Alice was not making this up. She still remembered a few of the famous quotes she had learned in the past, such as "There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests." She thought that if friends were replaced by enemies, this sentence could be put here.

Why change? Because Alice has not yet seen Amon cooperate with any of the gods among Storm, Eternal Sun, and Knowledge and Wisdom. If Amon attacks Klein, the captain, or anyone else she cares about, then her fragile relationship with Amon will be broken on the spot.

So, this friend is probably still a little important.

But this is not entirely true. Friends are, after all, a kind of "anchor." To angels and the true God, "anchor" is undoubtedly the core of interests. If you touch someone else's friends, you are definitely infringing on their interests.

——This is probably the real-life version of “This is my friend, you have to pay extra.”

Alice shook her head, turned to Klein, and suddenly said:
"Klein, how much do you think our relationship is worth?"

"?" Klein looked at her as if she was crazy.

Alice blinked. Her memory was once good, and it reminded her of something that happened a long time ago. She said to Klein thoughtfully:
"I suddenly feel... Klein, you won't sell me out one day, will you?"

"Why do you think so?" Klein looked at Alice in confusion.

Alice had a weird expression on her face. Due to the influence of higher-level beings, the extraordinary people on each path probably had some commonalities, just like the fence-sitters shown by the "Reader" path. Now, it seems that the "Destiny" path also has similar characteristics - at least it looks like a fence-sitter.

If we follow this line of thought, then...what are the characteristics of the "Fortune Teller" path?

Klein was the only "fortune teller" Alice had ever seen, so she couldn't come up with a summary. But she had seen the adjacent paths of "fortune tellers". In the absence of a true god, the personality traits of the adjacent paths were not completely without reference value.

Amon's personality traits are really clear. If her value is high enough, Amon will definitely sell her. If her value is low, Amon might just sell her for fun...

Of course, the most important thing was that Klein had indeed betrayed her. She would never forget that day when Klein sold their friendship for a high price of 50 pounds.

She looked at Klein with a strange expression and brought up the matter again:

"Do you still remember Dr. Allen? Before, he hired you for 50 pounds to find out about me..."

Klein paused for a moment, then said without any guilt:

"I didn't reveal the key information! Besides, I even sold my own clues - don't forget the reward for Gehrman Sparrow!"

This was true. Although Klein had only agreed to sell the Hanged Man, Alice had no doubts about it. Considering Amon's cautious and selfish nature, Alice put the first label behind the "Fortune Teller" path.

——Greed for money. (End of this chapter)