Mystery: Lucky One

Alice blinked innocently and changed the subject:
"By the way, has Frank made any progress in his recent research?"

Frank... Klein showed an expression that showed he didn't want to recall the past, and replied:

"The last time I heard from him was about mushrooms... Why are you asking this?"

Alice then introduced everything about Sharf to Klein, and said in a heavy voice at the end:

"I think that from now on, Little 'Sun' will no longer be confused when hearing the name of Emperor Roselle, because the food they eat is the descendants of Emperor Roselle!"

Klein looked at Alice expressionlessly. After a few seconds, Alice smiled awkwardly and approached him with a shy face:
"I won't say anything more, Mr. Fool..."

She took the initiative to admit her mistake, and Klein had no other options. He glared at Alice, then kneaded his brows and said,
"Um...remember that circus you told me about?"

Alice nodded.

"The basic preparations are almost complete..." Klein exhaled, "Now we just need to resolve the risk of being shut down by the church, and we can resume business as usual."

"Are you really going to open a circus?" Alice sat up straight.

“I can’t catch you and scare you,” Klein rolled his eyes. “If there’s no particularly good opportunity, I’ll just use the circus for my daily performances.”

"I'll help you solve the church's problems!" Alice sat up straight. "You can also find the 'magician' and ask her to write a book for you to promote it..."

Klein nodded. He made note of this matter and then said to Alice:
"There is one thing I want to try..."

Alice blinked at him. Klein frowned and continued:
"After becoming a demigod, I was able to separate a kind of transparent worm from my body. I call that kind of worm the 'Spirit Worm', which corresponds to the 'Time Worm'..."

"Do you want to try it?" Alice hesitated. "Although Amon and I have suggested cooking the 'Time Worm', I have never seen the finished product..."

“…Not this,” Klein stopped the topic from going further with a strong sense of powerlessness. “I want to try out what kind of spells these worms can make!”

"Then try it." Alice blinked.

Klein glanced at Alice expressionlessly and spoke calmly:

"...It hurts."

Alice was stunned for a moment. She frowned and looked at Klein. Klein explained:
"There's a pain that's tearing my soul apart... and I'm not sure if I can draw the symbol successfully in one go. That means I'll have to feel the pain many times. I wonder if you can..."

Klein looked at Alice with anticipation in his eyes. Alice thought for a moment and asked, "When you fail, can I help you 'restart' the scene and make the invalid 'Spirit Worm' usable again?"

Klein nodded quickly, and Alice said nonchalantly:

"also."

After a pause, she sighed again:
"I heard you say that I wanted to ask you for a few, but now it seems that we should wait a little longer... If we wait for your angel, there shouldn't be any problem in this regard, right? At least a few shouldn't have any impact."

Klein once again began to worry about his future life as an angel.

……

The heat wave reached its peak at the end of July, but the fermentation in the air gradually decreased. After careful investigation, Alice found that it was the bicycle that was responsible.

Horse-drawn carriages were no longer popular in Backlund, so Alice, who held shares, did not hesitate to get herself a bicycle. However, she found that riding barefoot was not suitable, so she changed her appearance for the first time in a long time and put on a memorable school uniform.

At that time, school uniforms had become popular among Backlund's postmen, various workers, and some not-so-rich students. Alice blended in with them, riding around Backlund, looking for discordant places or resonance points in the melody of fate.

She would occasionally go to a few parties, eat ice cream, and watch various performances.

Klein's circus was no longer just a concept. On a calm afternoon, the first performance of the "Miracle Circus" went smoothly - this name was chosen on the insistence of Klein.

Alice, who had her random name proposal rejected, sat in the audience. Klein's plan was to first build up his reputation through a few performances and publicity before starting to create a scare, so the current performances were still normal.

The "magician" Fors took on the promotional commission at the Tarot Club, but unfortunately, until Klein prepared all the work, Fors's new book could not be completed.

Alice vaguely sensed this familiar procrastination. After she suggested that Fors join the circus, Fors was so scared that he promised repeatedly that he could finish the manuscript within a month. Under Alice's coercion, he changed it to half a month and is currently working on the manuscript.

After asking for help from "Justice" Audrey, "Moon" Emlyn finally found a way to get close to Hazel - not by crossing classes, but Audrey promised to guide Hazel to the Harvest Church again.

After Alice received the news, she immediately focused her attention on this matter. She waited from July to August, until the first hint of coolness appeared in the heat wave, until Forth's book was sent to the publishing house and officially released. Emlyn finally gained Hazel's trust and made Hazel take the bottle of medicine in the Harvest Church.

At that time, the expression on Hazel's face was painful and distorted, but Alice felt relieved in her heart. The thing that had been lingering in her mind was finally resolved.

She was smiling happily, but some people were not happy.

——Does abortion have no impact on the child if the child is away from the “mother’s” body?
No, it won't. Even if it did, I think the Angel of Time would not miss this great opportunity and would deliver another fatal attack to the already weak Will Auceptin.

So, on the same day, Will Auceptin's sharp voice rang in Amon's ears:

"Amon! What did you do!!!"

"This is none of my business," Amon laughed heartily. He stopped and leaned against the roadside. "You know, I have been helping you find Ouroboros~"

This was indeed true. Amon had been chasing Ouroboros for more than a month, but whether intentionally or unintentionally, he had never been able to catch up with him.

Will Auceptin knew this was true, but he didn't believe a word that this matter had nothing to do with Amon. However, his condition was still deteriorating, and he couldn't even find the source of this matter.

Fortunately, Amon seemed to understand His predicament. When His condition was shaky and getting worse, the kind-hearted Angel of Time made a gentle suggestion: "I actually want to help you. After all, you are my ally now, dear Will.

"What a pity! This is just a clone. There are many things I can't do. I can only temporarily relieve your condition..."

At this point, Will Auceptin had already understood what Amon meant, and he shouted angrily:

"You wish! There's no way I'll go to the 'God-Forsaken Land' with you! And there's no way I'll go to look for your real body!"

“There’s nothing I can do about it.” Amon didn’t mind at all and smiled. “Then I’ll have to watch you miscarry. After you die, I’ll take away your Beyonder characteristics and go apologize to little Alice… She’ll definitely forgive me.”

"... miscarriage?" Will Auceptin captured the key information.

"Yes," Amon said in a relaxed tone, "The human body is so fragile, especially for pregnant mothers... Isn't miscarriage a normal phenomenon?"

...What a damn miscarriage!
Will Auceptin finally figured out where the constant feeling of weakness came from. He could clearly feel his condition declining, but because of this, he became even more angry:
"What on earth did you do! I know she's pregnant, but how could her miscarriage hurt me! Amon, you..."

"This is really none of my business," Amon said with a grin, "Although I haven't paid attention to her situation for a long time, the kindhearted person who helped your mother get an abortion should be little Alice~"

Will Auceptin was stunned, and Amon continued to explain kindly:
"As for her, if she doesn't want to help, then that's fine. But once she helps, she will definitely help to the end without leaving any hidden dangers... In other words, once she starts, she will definitely try her best to make things develop as she expected and will not give up easily.

"Although it is difficult to get her to do it, this step has already been completed. As for the rest...

"Okay, I admit that I did help my friend a little. I'm sorry for hurting my new friend~"

Through these words, Will Auceptin was able to roughly understand what happened. He did not pay attention to what Alice on the other side did. It was obvious that both of them were actually used by this fraud incarnation.

At this point, Will Auceptin calmed down. He snorted coldly and said:

"…You had this thought in mind from the beginning. You did it on purpose."

“That’s not the case,” Amon denied quickly. “I really want to help you find Ouroboros. If that stupid snake is unlucky and just happens to run into me, I don’t mind helping you. Isn’t this… your luck is worse?”

Will Auceptin was choked and speechless, but Amon was still adding fuel to the fire: "I'm really curious, Will, how did you offend fate? Don't you think you are a little too unlucky?"

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. Will Auceptin recalled their conversation when they first met Alice, and Alice's words that were not very hurtful but extremely insulting:
"I don't think I'm better than you. I just think that over the years, fate has always been on your side, but even so you haven't been able to become a god...

"If I were fate, I would definitely wish you would die quickly and become someone else's potion material."

...But when has fate ever been on my side!
I now feel that I am simply a stepping stone prepared by fate!

Just like Amon... My initial suspicion was correct, He never thought of helping me... No, I should say, He never thought of helping me like this.

What He wants is for me to be powerless to resist, for me to become a puppet controlled by others, for me to become one of His incarnations, and for me to change my name to Will Amon!
At this moment, Will Auceptin finally realized that his suspicions were correct. Amon was indeed not on his side. But unfortunately, Amon was far more cruel than he thought. From the very beginning, Amon had no intention of leaving him any chance of survival.

At this moment, Will Auceptin couldn't help but recall the communication between him and Alice.

——"Aren't we in a life-and-death relationship?"

——"Is there any difference between these two?"

——"You don't have to die if I live."

In fact, if she is still Alice, her words are more credible than Amon's. Moreover, according to my observation and understanding, she is indeed more human than before...

Will Auceptin suddenly felt a surge of regret in his heart, but the matter was settled, so he turned his attention to the matter at hand:
"...I don't really like the last name Amon."

"Hmm?" Amon raised the corner of his mouth.

"I will go with you to the 'Forsaken Land of God'..." Will Auceptin spoke in a difficult and slow manner, "I will stay by your side, but the premise is that I don't want to become one of your clones - you can't parasitize me."

He paused, and added:
"I think you and I both know that if I try my best to resist, it will not be a good thing for you. Maybe it won't hurt you, but it can only take away one of your clones. But I'm afraid that without me, no matter what you want to do, the difficulty will increase infinitely.

"You need me to stay with you, don't you?"

"What are you talking about?" Amon was surprised. "I've said it before, we are allies, how could I do that to my allies? Will, is my reputation so bad outside? Besides using my appearance to rob Storm of money, has she ever done anything else?"

Will Auceptin's brain froze for a moment, and his attention was briefly diverted: "...She was the one who went to the Storm Church to rob money???"

"Yes," Amon said as a matter of course, "Tell me what else she did by pretending to be me!"

"I don't know," Will Auceptin replied coldly, "but if we keep talking, you can pretend to be her and kill me."

"Sorry, I almost forgot." Amon smiled and stretched out his hand to grab the air while saying without apology, "In this case... follow me. Also, I really won't attack my allies."

...I don't believe you!

Feeling the weakening trend coming to a halt, Will Auceptin did not dare to object and began to play dead.

……

"That's the end of it... isn't it?"

Inside the Harvest Church, the pale Hazel gradually calmed her breathing. She lay on the makeshift trestle bed and did not try to sit up. Instead, she turned sideways to look at Emlyn.

The pain in her body gradually dissipated. Hazel could sense that a life had left her body forever. She felt inexplicably sad, but more relaxed:
"It's finally over, isn't it?" (End of this chapter)