Mystery: Lucky One

This is a question that Alice still hasn't figured out.

She was sure that one of the seven gods would die in this sudden war, but until now, Alice had no idea who the dead person would be.

Since she couldn't figure it out, she stopped thinking about it. The morning passed quickly, the air raid ended, and the newsboy on the street brought the news of the declaration of war. Alice had nothing to do after leaving the church, so she subconsciously searched for Klein.

Sparks flashed in the field of vision for a moment, and then blood and rust corroded it. Alice's face changed, and her figure appeared beside Klein in an instant.

In front of them was a spacious living room. A handsome man with a pale face was lying on an armchair. He was playing with a ball of red flame in his hands and was amazed at the two of them:

"It seems that the rumors are indeed somewhat misunderstood... You are more like his nanny."

Alice was stunned for a moment before she realized that he was talking about her. She opened her eyes wide and glared at the "Red Angel" evil spirit in front of her, and replied:
"Those are just rumors. Unlike you, you are really babysitting Amon."

The relaxed smile on the face of the Red Angel evil spirit mostly disappeared. He looked at Klein who was extending his hand to Alice and sneered:
"You have a talent for provocation, but it's a pity that your friend lacks a bit of courage."

Alice turned her head to look at Klein. Klein did not stop moving. He grabbed Alice and pushed her right in front of him.

“……?” Alice turned around and glared at Klein.

The Red Angel evil spirit seemed to be enjoying the fun and said, "If I were you, I would kick him right now."

“I’d rather kick you.” Alice turned her attention away from Klein. “What do you want to do?”

"Are you really a nanny?" The "Red Angel" evil spirit rocked the reclining chair.

Alice was choked. She actually wanted to fight back, or even jump up and hit him, but Klein held her back and took the initiative to speak:

"What do you want to do?"

——Through the communication between the "Red Angel" evil spirit and Alice, Klein has determined that the "Red Angel" evil spirit has not attacked him, and has no plans to attack him for the time being.

Sure enough, the young man was lying on the armchair. He glanced at Klein and his personal manservant and praised:

"Nice secret doll, but it's a pity there's no demigod."

Alice looked at Klein's secret doll, recalled the knowledge about evil spirits in her mind, and said thoughtfully:

"You need to supplement your characteristics urgently?"

“Won’t you sit down?” He didn’t say anything, but pointed to the other two chairs. “Although there are only two chairs here…”

Before He could finish, Alice had already sat down. Seeing this, Klein sat on another chair and asked his personal servant, the secret doll, to stand behind him.

——What he brought with him this time was the "reaper" captured by Bernadette.

After they all sat down, the "Red Angel" evil spirit shook the easy chair under him and spoke leisurely:
“You must have heard that when you choose an extraordinary path, your corresponding friends and enemies are determined.

"We are not friends, but we are not enemies either..."

"Did you think the same when you were killed by Blood Emperor Tudor?" Alice asked politely.

"...You really have a talent for provocation," the smile on the face of the "Red Angel" evil spirit completely disappeared, "You don't look like that snake, but a bit like someone I hate..."

"If you mean Amon, I think it should be some," Alice corrected.

"..." The Red Angel ghost glanced at her and stopped talking to her. Instead, he turned to Klein and said, "We did have some conflicts, but no one suffered any major losses. It's over. In addition, your growth will cause great trouble to some of the guys I hate, so I don't want to kill you in advance. I'm happy to see you continue to advance."

It really is Amon... Klein glanced at Alice, then asked calmly:
"Then you can definitely choose Zaratul. If He can improve himself, it will also bring great trouble to Amon. Compared with him, I am still too weak and it will take a long time for me to grow. There are too many unexpected possibilities in the process."

You know, I thought you sold my information to Zaratul at first...

The "Red Angel" evil spirit nodded seriously:

"Indeed, that's what I thought at first. How can a fellow like you, who is not much stronger than a wild dog, compete with Zaratul who is already Sequence 1? Are we going to see who dies faster? Or should I trust the judgment of this lady of destiny? By the way, can I ask where you came from? I haven't had time to ask in detail..."

“He” turned to Alice, and his expression suppressed that annoying temperament, and was rarely tinged with a bit of seriousness:

"Did Ouroboros kill the new 'God of Luck' while I was away? Did you pick up the trait this time?" Note ①

"......?" Alice looked confused. "What do you mean by the new 'God of Luck'?"

"Don't you know about this?" asked the evil spirit "Red Angel".

Alice shook her head, and the Red Angel evil spirit sneered:

"That unlucky snake finally succeeded in killing the 'God of Luck' in the Fourth Epoch. Unexpectedly, its Beyonder Characteristics and Uniqueness were accidentally picked up by someone..."

“…I may know what happened,” Alice raised her hand weakly. “Although my memory is not very clear, I think…I think I guided Will Auceptin to pick up the Beyonder Characteristics, and I recovered the Uniqueness because of it…”

"Recycle?" The "Red Angel" evil spirit repeated the word with a gloomy expression.

Alice blinked at him, tilted her head and smiled:
“Perhaps you have heard of…

"The Key of Light?"

The atmosphere suddenly became depressing, making Klein, who was standing next to him, feel a little uncomfortable. He temporarily shifted his attention away from the Beyonder Characteristics that he had worked so hard to obtain being picked up by others, and turned to Alice, trying to break the solemn atmosphere:
"So, Ouroboros was plucked by you and Will Auceptin... Didn't He kill you the last time he saw you?"

"Maybe," Alice turned her head and answered carefully, "Maybe fate told Him that the timing is not right?"

Klein was speechless, while the Red Angel evil spirit smiled again, looked Alice up and down, and asked in a very curious tone:

"So, you mean, you are the Key of Light? Or rather, the consciousness of the Key of Light..."

"...Not entirely true," Alice thought for a moment and said, "At least at the beginning, I wasn't the consciousness of the Key of Light. It was just that He happened to choose me..."

"Just right... Oh, it's fate." The "Red Angel" evil spirit still had that curious look in his eyes. "So, we are in the same boat... It sounds like you know a lot of things and have existed longer than I thought. Then you may know that the reason I am in this state now is because of... um, because of that paranoid?" "Paranoia..." Alice repeated the word, "You mean that, that... Amon's brother..."

"You really do know Him." The evil spirit of the "Red Angel" nodded in agreement.

"He harmed you?" Alice asked, "Why did He do this? What good does it bring to Him?"

"Since you mentioned the 'Key of Light', you should have heard of the 'City of Disaster'?" The "Red Angel" evil spirit sneered.

Alice suddenly realized and blurted out: "You were contaminated by the 'City of Disaster', so He killed you!"

"Yes," the evil spirit of the "Red Angel" sighed regretfully, "You have to be careful. After all, our situations are so similar. There is no guarantee that He won't..."

——This is provocation.

Alice realized that this was an undisguised provocation by the "conspirator", but she had to believe it because the evil spirit of the "Red Angel" was right about one thing - if what He said was true, then their situations were really similar!

Moreover, based on her relationship with the "Key of Light", it might not be as simple as being contaminated... Just like Song Shu said, she and the "Key of Light" are probably really inseparable. If you think in an outrageous way, maybe even if she committed suicide and made Will Auceptin a god, she and the "Key of Light" would be revived in Will Auceptin's body... Anyway, Will Auceptin would have nothing to do with it.

This situation, this situation...

The end of the world is imminent, and Adam should also know about this. If she is in a stable state, neither Adam nor the Seven Gods will mind having a new true god. In fact, since she is from the "fate" path, everyone's first reaction is to support her, or place a bet in advance...

But, what if she's not stable...?
Alice had to admit that this provocation was successful. She looked at the Red Angel evil spirit and praised:
"Sure enough, not all 'Hunter' paths are like Danitz's..."

"Who is this?" the "Red Angel" evil spirit asked back with interest.

"A 'conspirator' who can only give the middle finger and curse when provoked..." Alice rolled her eyes, "So, you haven't told me why you didn't choose Zaratul? If you just need to supplement your characteristics, Zaratul should be more trustworthy and can provide more help..."

"That's right," the evil spirit "Red Angel" sighed, "However, it would be wonderful if we could choose the best solution for everything in this world..."

Before he could finish his words, a bloody gash suddenly appeared on his bloodless left cheek.

The tear was huge, and the mouth was still opening and closing, revealing two rows of illusory white teeth:

"I have investigated and found that the decline of the Soran family was caused by Zaratul and Roselle!"

Alice stared at this scene with her eyes wide open in shock. After a few seconds, she turned to Klein and asked:

"Can you do this?"

Klein silently opened a bloody gap on the side of his face facing her, and his teeth grew out. He opened and closed them to answer her question:
"I can."

Alice gave him a thumbs up, and then asked the Red Angel ghost:
"You need us... no, what do you need him for?"

The Red Angel ghost glanced at her, raised his head and rubbed his left cheek, making the mouth disappear. Then he said to Klein:
"Aren't you investigating the affairs of the Loen royal family?
"This seems to involve a high-ranking witch named Katarina. If you have any trace of her, notify me before you proceed normally."

Katarina? "White Witch" Katarina? What does this have to do with her? She should be an "immortal witch"... So, Medici couldn't find a suitable Beyonder characteristic of the "Red Priest" path, and was going to use the "Witch" path to solve the problem? In this way, isn't He...

Alice and Klein both cast their slightly hesitant gazes at the Red Angel evil spirit, and questions about his future gender emerged in their minds. The other party seemed to sense something and sneered:
“I take back what I said at the beginning.

"You also have a talent for provocation, and you are not lacking in courage at all, it's just that your friend is just too courageous."

I haven’t said anything yet… Klein replied in his mind, a little confused.

"I haven't asked yet..." Alice retorted subconsciously.

The "Red Angel" evil spirit curled his lips and said:
"I can guess what you're thinking, unless you admit you're ignorant.

“But maybe this is a good thing for them.”

"Shut up!" A bloody mouth appeared on both cheeks of the "Red Angel" evil spirit.

Seeing this scene, Alice could hardly hide the surprise in her eyes, and she blurted out:

"The ancestors of the Soran and Einhorn families were really female?"

"Shut up!" the two mouths repeated again.

Looking at the "split personality" scene across from him, Klein took the initiative to change the subject:
"It's not impossible to tell you in advance, but the problem is, how should I tell you?"

The Red Angel evil spirit laughed when he heard this:

"Of course, chant my name:

"The great god of war, the symbol of iron and blood, the master of turmoil and strife.

"Bah!" The mouths on both sides of the cheeks of the "Red Angel" evil spirit made contemptuous sounds at the same time, as if they did not approve.

"Are you also in charge of the 'uniqueness' of the 'Red Priest' pathway?" Alice frowned and asked in confusion.

The Red Angel evil spirit looked at her with a strange look and responded:
"I thought you should know that for beings like us, as long as there is no one to contain the 'uniqueness', we will always be equivalent to quasi-gods, and prayers for the 'uniqueness' will still be directed to us... Don't you know?"

How is that possible! I clearly... Alice's hairs suddenly stood up on her back. She gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice without looking at Klein who was looking at her:

"Put away your temptations!"

The Red Angel evil spirit had already gotten the answer from her reaction and said with a smile:
"So it seems that you are not completely equivalent to the consciousness of the Key of Light... There are still many differences between you two?"

Alice didn't say anything. Her expression was cold, but she agreed with Medici's words in her heart. At a certain moment, she even ignited a subtle hope.

——If that means that she is not completely equivalent to the "Key of Light", and that everything can still be redeemed, then, even if she has never truly mastered the "uniqueness", what does it matter? (End of this chapter)