Mystery: Lucky One

Alice shook her head instinctively, then suddenly stopped and asked seriously, "Did you forget to bring anything up here?"

"What?" Leonard didn't understand.

Alice pointed to her head and asked him sympathetically, "Did Pales steal your brain?"

Miss Fate and Mr. Star really have a good relationship... Pales? It seems that this is the angel that Mr. Star knows... Steal? Could it be that He is...

Audrey had a bad guess.

“Pfft.” Klein didn’t hide his laughter. “I know what she wants to say… Do you have a mask or something? Do you need to cover up?”

"Uh," Leonard was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, "I... uh, I didn't expect..."

"That's not necessary," Alice came back, "Look, I'm not blocking anything, am I?"

Miss Destiny, this is not the same thing...

Audrey, the Justice, looked at Alice hesitantly, then turned to Leonard, the Star, and suggested:

"Perhaps you could consider going back and preparing a mask now?"

Going back now would be troublesome and time-consuming. In fact, they should all know that I am from the church, but they are not sure of my specific identity... Besides, Klein will definitely not harm me. Although Alice likes to make jokes, she will not do anything too outrageous. Miss Justice is just as her name suggests...

"No need," Leonard said. "That's it. Don't waste any more time."

Since he himself didn't mind, Klein naturally didn't say anything more. He immediately took out the three metal bottles and glanced at Alice.

Then, he poured out a little of the blood and smeared it on the cover of Groselle's Travels.

So this is the effect of Blood Night... One bottle is missing... Whose is it? As soon as Audrey had this thought, a vast expanse of white snow suddenly appeared in front of her.

Amidst the goose-feather-sized snowflakes and the biting cold wind, she saw the “world” Gehrman Sparrow and the “star” Leonard beside her.

When Klein spilled blood, Alice entered directly with her spirit body. As soon as she entered, she was met with a vast expanse of white snow and wind. Having had this experience once before, Alice changed into a down jacket very immersively. When Audrey opened her eyes, she saw her wearing a down jacket to catch snowflakes.

She let the snowflakes hit her head. When Klein saw this, he twitched the corner of his mouth. He ignored Leonard and Audrey who were still sighing and pulled her back. He shook her twice, as she had no intention of resisting. He wanted to shake off the snowflakes, but found that the snowflakes returned to their original positions after loosening a little.

"?" Klein looked at her in surprise, and quickly realized what she had done. "You used the cycle of fate to play with the snow?!"

Leonard and Audrey looked over at the suppressed exclamation. Alice blinked innocently, shook her head to shake off the snowflakes, and then replied:

"I don't want this to happen, but the snow here melts so easily... It's so strange, such a heavy snow shouldn't melt so easily."

This time, no more snow fell on her.

Audrey didn't say anything. She was observing "Star" Leonard at the moment. His free and unruly hair matched his personality, which made Audrey feel a little sorry for that face.

However, it was only for a moment. She looked away politely without taking a few glances. At this time, Klein had already placed Alice next to them and said to them who were still in a state of novelty:
"Our first target is Mr. Snowman, the ascetic from the Third Age."

As he said this, Klein's hand was pointing at a city standing in the snow not far away. The city wall was fifteen meters high. The gatekeepers wearing leather armor huddled in a place that was sheltered from the wind and snow. They looked like they wished no one would enter or leave the city.

Leonard and Audrey nodded, and Alice was fine with it. She urged:
"Hurry up."

Klein turned around and led the way. After Alice's eyes rolled around in her sockets, she turned around and called out to Leonard and Audrey:
"Let's go!"

Having said this, she followed.

They walked through the snow and wind, stepped over the shivering soldiers, and finally entered a remote church.

The church is built of stones and has a rough appearance. The most conspicuous and exquisite thing inside is an altar, on which stands a wooden cross and a tall statue carrying the cross.

The ascetic Snowman was sitting in the front row, facing the statue, with his head buried, eyes closed, and praying intently.

He was a middle-aged man who was not old but had some wrinkles. He wore a simple white robe that had been washed countless times. He had short brown hair and his exposed skin was covered with various old scars.

Neither Snowman nor anyone else noticed them, which was normal. Audrey, who had already entered the formal action state, glanced at Alice who was looking at Snowman with great interest, and reminded her:

"The most important issue now is to get Mr. Snowman to sleep, otherwise we have to wait until night."

The night of this world.

"Relax, it's just a small thing." "Star" Leonard responded with a smile.

Alice finally came back to her senses. She looked at Leonard. Klein, who looked like Gehrman Sparrow, spoke coldly:

"Then let's get started."

Klein did not forget that he still had the cross on him. After some experimentation, he confirmed that if he did not ask Alice for help, he would regress to Sequence 5 in three hours at most.

He did raise this issue when he borrowed the cross from Alice, but Alice, who was planning to come in herself, told him that she would return it to him when the time was almost up. Klein had no choice but to agree.

Leonard didn't know the connection here. He just realized that the person standing in front of him was not his former colleague, but the crazy adventurer German Sparrow. So he lost interest in joking, raised his hand to tidy up his hair, and the green lake in his eyes suddenly turned into a dark pool.

Silently, Snowman, who closed his eyes and prayed, fell into a deep sleep. "Justice" Audrey raised her hand and watched the three people hesitate for a moment. Alice turned her head and told her:
"I can enter his dreams myself."

Leonard reacted and followed closely, "So can I."

As he said this, he grabbed Klein and took him into Snowman's dream.

Audrey felt relieved, looked over to see that she had caught up with Alice, and followed her.

Snowman's dream was still a church, but it was unusually gorgeous and magnificent.

Classical stone pillars support the towering dome, but do not divide the hall into pieces, making it still extravagantly wide.

The door of this church was too high and too wide even for a giant, and on either side were candles in silver cups that emitted a warm glow.

The altar in the front was magnificent, with a gray cross and a statue carrying the cross on top. The face of the statue was not very clear, but it gave the impression of being compassionate to the world. Snowman also sat in the first row, facing the altar, bowing his head and closing his eyes, concentrating on praying.

"This place is very similar to the abandoned church in Afternoon Town that Little Sun showed me. It should be a building from the same era." Justice Audrey glanced at the brick and stone arches and said in a low voice.

At the same time, she tried to calm her inner curiosity and told herself to stay calm.

Little "Sun"? How is it small? That guy is obviously taller than me and... Abandoned church in Afternoon Town? "Star" Leonard thought half inwardly and half in confusion.

When he joined the Tarot Club, "Sun" Derrick had already returned to the City of Silver. Although he occasionally mentioned exploring the "Giant King's Court", he never materialized the corresponding scene again.

"Alice?" Klein shouted as he tried to keep his eyes on Alice.

Audrey and Leonard followed the gaze of the World Gehrman Sparrow and saw that their Miss Destiny had sat down next to Snowman without them noticing. She opened and closed her mouth, making a soft and deceptive sound:

"Hello? I didn't expect to meet an ascetic serving the Lord nowadays... maybe you know me?"

Snowman opened his eyes and looked at Alice with a confused look. Alice sighed and said:

"I almost forgot. You probably won't recognize me in this state... I am the angel of destiny under the Lord's throne, and a follower of the Lord just like you..."

"?" Leonard turned to look at Klein in surprise, seeking an explanation.

"Mr. World... this..." Audrey, who had heard of Alice's heroic deeds before, hesitated to speak.

Klein pressed his forehead, ignoring Alice and Snowman who were still talking, and turned to Justice Audrey and said:
"Although this is also a method, but... ignore her. Try to guide Snowman's dream and make him speak out the important information in his subconscious mind. The key point is that it is related to the Angel King."

"Justice" Audrey had no objection. She said "hmm", took a few steps forward, and came in front of Snowman.

Alice frowned and turned back, just in time to see Audrey's emerald green eyes rippling with illusory ripples, driving the entire dream.

The altar in front of the church suddenly became blurred, out of focus and distorted, then suddenly expanded, bursting out with not very strong light and shadow.

The light and shadow intertwined into a three-dimensional picture. It was a majestic and continuous mountain range, with the main peak towering into the clouds. However, the white clouds did not dare to cover the main peak and separated to both sides.

At the top of the mountain stood a huge cross that was taller than the mountain, and in front of it sat a majestic figure covered in layers of glory.

Angels with two wings, four wings, and six wings, some holding trumpets, some playing harps, and some blowing flutes, circled and danced around the majestic figure, sometimes praising and sometimes singing.

Eight blurry human figures with twelve pairs of wings on their backs gathered around the majestic deity. Some sat down at His feet, leaning against Him in a dependent manner, while others floated on both sides, waiting for orders.

Alice had seen a similar scene before, in a painting by Ouroboros.

When Alice realized that it was the Creator and the Angel Kings, her dissatisfaction disappeared. She looked at the hazy and majestic figure curiously and observed it carefully.

——She was somewhat curious whether the figure would suddenly come to life.

Unfortunately, she was disappointed. Until Snowman opened his eyes, the figure did not move at all. Instead, Snowman's words were more concerning:
“Only the Holy Spirit can truly serve the Lord, and this is the goal I pursue throughout my life…

"I saw the Lord standing above billions of radiant lights, His mercy filling the heavens and the earth, and eight 'kings' standing beside Him.

“The ‘Angel of Darkness’ is the first angel created by the Lord, His left hand, His deputy, and the vice-prince of heaven;

"The angel of fantasy is the Lord's eldest son. The Lord said that in the distant future, you will become the savior of souls.

“The ‘Angel of Time’ is the second son of the Lord, who says, You are a god of deceit, a god of mischief, a light for the coming of the end;
“The ‘Pure White Angel’, ‘Angel of Wind’ and ‘Angel of Destiny’ are faithful followers of the Lord, steadfast, brave, and pious, and have never changed from being weak to being strong;

“The ‘angel of wisdom’ is redeemed through repentance and sanctified through redemption, which is the exact opposite of those who ate the fruit of sin and fell to the earth;
"The 'War Angel' is the Lord's wrath and punishment. He came to the earth to start a war..."

These statements were very official and undoubtedly came from the Holy Scriptures. Alice had heard some of them before, some of them she hadn’t, some of them she could understand, and some of them she didn’t understand, for example…

"Amon?" She opened her eyes wide, "The Light of Doomsday?!"

That expression was as if he had heard the most ridiculous thing in the world. Klein's thoughts were temporarily interrupted, and he began to question the matter.

Indeed, Light of Doom and Amon...?
He looked at Alice, who maintained her expression as if she had seen a ghost and said:
"Isn't your light of doom the same as the light of the Key of Light?"

The Key of Light? What is that?
Leonard and Audrey pricked up their ears, and Klein continued, "What does the light in the 'Key of Light' mean?"

“Who knows?” Alice smiled. “Maybe it’s fate, or maybe it’s… a vague and elusive hope.”

Klein was slightly startled, and Alice had already turned to Audrey and said:

"continue!
"I want to hear what else he has to say..."

Audrey continued to guide the dream, and Snowman recited a few more relevant scriptures before suddenly speaking in a serious tone:

“There are cultists who believe in the Dark Night hiding in our parish!

"This is a decree from the kings."

"Is he referring to us?" Alice turned around and asked calmly, "Cultists, quasi-high-ranking members of the cult, followers of the evil god, and..."

She paused, and finally said, "Son of the Evil God."

"?" Leonard stared at Alice with wide eyes. He didn't even bother to care about Klein, the follower of the evil god. He immediately paid attention to Alice, the son of the evil god. "Is what the old man said true? You are really a goddess..."

He swallowed and nervously uttered a word: "Son of God?"

Audrey looked puzzled. She obviously didn't believe it, but she couldn't figure it out. Fortunately, Alice quickly explained Leonard's doubts:

“I had the chance, but the goddess rejected my request.

"However, I have pretended to be the son of the goddess, and the goddess did not raise any objections." (End of this chapter)