Mystery: Lucky One

Chapter 587 Chapter 165 The King's Secret

In the evening, Meige Manor held a barbecue dinner. After Klein told Alice that others had stopped speculating about their relationship, Alice chose to attend the dinner.

She soon got together with a group of teenage children, and after introducing games such as "Drop the Handkerchief" and "Eagle Catches Chicken", she was successfully elected as the leader of the children.

When Arianna came, Alice was working as a hen, leading a group of chicks to avoid being hunted by an eagle.

She opened her arms and led the children to dodge and move. The abilities provided by the "machine" have never been so handy. Alice thought that she would be the best hen tonight!
Then Arianna came along.

Alice, who was working as a mother hen, had to abandon her little brothers - in fact, no one called her, but she felt it would be rude if she didn't go to take a look.

Although she and Klein had not yet had a detailed discussion, Klein immediately told her about the existence of this "Secret Servant" when he found the opportunity.

It was too easy for her to leave a banquet inconspicuously, so she quickly stood with Klein and Arianna - she and Arianna stood, and Klein sat on a chair.

Arianna didn't seem to mind this. She glanced at Klein, then glanced at Alice, nodded slightly at her, and then said to Klein nonchalantly:

"There is nothing special in that underground ruins..."

She knows me? That's right...

"What underground ruins?" Alice interrupted.

Arianna didn't say anything. She looked at Klein calmly. After a moment of shock, Klein began to explain:

"I haven't had time to talk to her yet."

Arianna nodded and continued to look at Klein.

Alice also looked at Klein. Her attention at the moment was not on the topic at hand, but on the white wooden chair under him and the secret doll standing next to him.

"Is this place very secretive?" Klein asked.

"Would you like to stand up first?" Alice asked at the same time.

Klein was stunned for a moment and then stood up. Arianna only glanced at them without expressing any opinion. She answered the question calmly:

“Very secretive.”

Alice didn't say anything else. She looked behind Arianna thoughtfully. There were people coming and going there, as if there was a dividing line. Outside the line was the celebrating crowd, and inside the line was them who were talking.

At this time, Klein explained to Alice, "Qunas Kilger explained something involving a relic."

"There's nothing in the ruins?" Alice asked immediately.

Arianna nodded steadily, and Alice frowned and asked:

"How did you find out? Could it be that Qonas Kilger has something that would be exposed if we ask him?"

Arianna shook her head, stretched out her hand and drew a crimson moon symbol on her chest, and then said:
"I exercise the goddess's secret authority."

...That's okay.

Alice pinched her brows. Klein thought for a moment and asked:
"Is there a possibility that the ruins you saw were actually imaginary?"

"Fantasy..." Arianna repeated the key words in Klein's words in a low voice, as if she had made some guesses.

Except for outliers like Alice who suddenly became angels, extraordinary people who reached the angel level would not be too unfamiliar with ancient history and the main features of the twenty-two paths.

Even Alice is no stranger now.

After a few seconds, Arianna asked:

"Psychological Alchemy."

Klein nodded and wanted to say something. Alice frowned and continued:
"Maybe we need to go a little higher up, to the upper echelons of the Psychological Alchemy Society..."

Except for not mentioning the name, this was already made clear as it could not be made clearer. Arianna nodded and said:
"I see.

"The underground ruins are now open to us. I will find a way to verify it when I get a chance. If it is true, it means that one or several archbishops of the Storm or Steam Church are his people."

Why the goddess...oh, it's unlikely that anyone could deceive the goddess in this regard.

The doubt disappeared from Alice's eyes, and Klein asked with a little surprise:

"That underground ruins is open to the three major churches?"

"Yes, if it is really a fantasy, then it means that their cooperation is close to success and only needs to be delayed for a while." Arianna said, looking at Alice.

Alice was stunned for a moment, then spoke hesitantly:

"The revelation of fate told me...

"A new god will be born, or..."

"A new god is born?" Klein suddenly frowned.

Alice looked over in confusion, and Klein explained with a displeased expression:

"That relic belongs to the Blood Emperor Alistair Tudor..."

Blood Emperor!

Alice's heart skipped a beat. The last time she thought of this name was when she was complaining to Klein about the number of "Black Emperors". At that time, she even passionately suggested that Klein consider becoming a "Black Emperor"...

"You mean..." Alice frowned, "Someone... no, I should say, George III wants to be the 'Black Emperor'!"

This time, even Arianna couldn't help herself. She spoke in an excited but calm tone:

"A reigning king is not allowed to ascend to demigod status."

“So that’s why the three major churches can’t know about it…?” Klein continued.

They all fell silent at the same time, and Alice frowned the most, because this was simply not right!

The birth of a new god or the fall of an old god - Adam himself confirmed this, which was the most authoritative evidence, unless He deliberately gave a warning to cause Alice to misunderstand... Alice didn't really want to believe this.

But Alice's original consideration was that the old gods would fall. She also secretly calculated which of the existing seven gods would die. Unfortunately, she was not good at thinking about this and gave up after a simple thought.

And if the trend of the times that Adam anticipated was actually the birth of a new god...

This doesn't make sense! The cross was obviously sent by Adam, and it was most likely a relic of the "ancient sun god" - maybe even a corpse.

If Adam wanted to make George III a god, and they had already investigated this far, how could Adam's reaction be to ask his men to send him a gift? Isn't this crazy!

You can't possibly use this thing to bribe them to stop investigating, right... ?
Alice thought that Adam shouldn't be that stupid, so...if the story about George III was true, then Adam might have helped, but he actually didn't care whether it succeeded or not, because it wouldn't affect the overall situation at all!

...Then what am I afraid of?
Alice laughed suddenly, raised her hand and said, "Leave this to me - I want to see what sequence George III is in now!"

Arianna nodded. Just as she was about to speak, Klein frowned and said:
"If George III really plans to become the 'Black Emperor', you may not be able to defeat him now!"

“Who said I was going to fight?” Alice rolled her eyes. “Don’t you know how to tell fortunes? Don’t you know how to tell fortunes?” Klein shut his mouth.

Alice then turned around and gave Arianna some information that might be useful to her:
"There is news that the White Witch Katarina has appeared beside Viscount Stratford. In addition, the royal advisor Hvin Rambis is a demigod of the Psychological Alchemist Society."

Arianna nodded and responded:

"I will follow up on Katarina's lead. Also, Hvin Rambis has disappeared."

"Missing?" Alice frowned, thinking of Miss Justice.

Arianna nodded, and then said to Klein:

"When this is over, you can try to pray to the goddess for a blessing."

Alice looked at Klein. Dwayne Dantès, who was over 40 years old, really smiled. He raised his hand and drew a crimson moon symbol on his chest, and said devoutly:

"Praise the goddess!"

Arianna also drew a crimson moon: "Praise the goddess!"

Alice joined them in order to fit in: "Praise the goddess!"

After shouting the slogan, Klein restrained his expression and said in a slightly serious tone:

"I'll also keep an eye out for clues about Katarina and Hvin Rambis."

Arianna nodded slightly and was about to disappear, but Alice suddenly thought of something and asked:
"Um...Ms. Arianna, can you contact the goddess?"

Arianna nodded and looked at her calmly. Alice clasped her hands together, tears welling up in her eyes as she said:
"Please apologize to the goddess for me... I pretended to be her child in front of Viscount Stratford on a whim... I mean, I called her mother."

"..." Arianna looked at her steadily without saying a word.

“…” Klein swallowed and looked at her with horror.

Alice looked at Arianna pleadingly. After a long silence, Arianna spoke calmly:
"You should talk to the goddess yourself."

After saying this, He disappeared from the spot without waiting for anyone to react.

The guests at the dinner were still laughing and talking, and didn't notice anything unusual here - after all, Alice was still here.

Klein looked at the place where Arianna disappeared, turned his head, and asked with horror:
"Honestly, Alice...

"Last time it was the angel under the seat of the True Creator, this time it is the Son of the Goddess...

"What are you going to pretend to be next time?"

Alice blinked and said hesitantly, "...the Son of God of the True Creator?"

"?" Klein looked at her as if she was crazy. "No, are you serious?"

Alice told him quietly:

"Honestly, I can really act this out now, and I have strong evidence... The cross I asked you to deliver to Sefirah Castle is a relic of the Ancient Sun God."

“Relics?” Klein was slightly startled.

"Yes," Alice nodded, "I'll tell you more about it after your hunting activity is over."

Klein opened his mouth to say something, but Alice slipped away and disappeared into the crowd. When Klein caught sight of Alice again, she was chewing a piece of honey-glazed barbecue.

……never mind.

Klein shook his head and simply stepped forward to show the guests the Dixie-style barbecue.

The dinner, which was a great success for both the host and the guests, ended successfully. Klein climbed up to Sefirah Castle at night and picked up the copper-green cross above the gray fog.

The relics of the “Ancient Sun God”…

Klein looked at the cross and his heart was moved.

Of course, he didn't want to get the cross. Given his relationship with Alice, if he really needed it, there was no way Alice would refuse to lend it to him. He was mainly thinking of the sweetness he had tasted when he divined the blood of the "Eternal Sun" and was tempted.

Anyway, there is no danger here...

After struggling for a while, Klein couldn't help himself and wrote down a line of divination:
“The origin of this cross.”

Putting down the pen, he leaned back in his chair, holding the cross in one hand and the paper in the other, and repeated the divination words in a low voice.

Over and over again, Klein used the meditative state as a springboard to enter a deep dream.

In the hazy world, a gray and white building with unclear shape appeared. It was located in a dark environment, and monsters seemed to be lurking around it.

A crack appeared on the surface of the gray-white building, and a pale hand stretched out.

A figure walked out. It was a man wearing a black clergy robe with a silver cross hanging on his chest.

The man's hair was not long and was mostly black, but the roots were light yellowish and golden in color. His eyes were pure gold, his skin was fair, his features were deep, and his eye sockets were sunken, which was quite similar to the current people of the Northern Continent.

He took two steps forward, reached out and grasped the ordinary-looking cross. His eyes gradually cleared up from the confused state, and the corners of his mouth curled up a little bit.

He then spoke in a low voice! "Let there be light!"

In an instant, the darkness around the gray and white building was pierced by the bright light, revealing its true appearance.

This is a deep valley where you can't see above, and endless light fills every corner here.

Thus, there was light in this world.

The screen then flashed and jumped into the next scene:
A drop of golden blood, blooming with light and heat, dripped down and landed on the silver cross.

Following the blood upwards, there seemed to be a figure made of pure light, his face that could not be seen clearly was facing upwards, and there was tangible pain and distortion overflowing.

He looked over, above the gray fog, to Klein who was sitting in the Fool's high-back chair. The deep voice sounded again:

"Secret..."

Suddenly, Klein's thoughts exploded without warning.

The gray fog was boiling, and the blazing flames were rising like a scorching sun in the castle that remained unchanged all year round. The hurricane blew down the stone pillars and overturned the long table. On the Fool's chair, Klein's head was boiling and holes were blasted out, revealing charred worms.

But this is Sefirah Castle, so Klein only felt pain. Now that the damage had ended, he even had the mood to show a burnt smile and muttered to himself:
"Luckily Alice isn't here...otherwise she might say it smells good."

There is no scent here though.

As he spoke, Klein stretched out his right palm and knocked on the armrest of the chair. The palace returned to its original state, and the charred worms became transparent again and crawled back into his head.

At this time, he whispered to himself again:
"No... Why do I need to do this divination? Why not let Alice come?"

(End of this chapter)