Mystery: Lucky One

Of course, the change in mentality could not stop Alice from losing her temper. Out of respect for a "provocateur", Alice reasonably expressed her anger. An illusory silver river rushed over and covered the armchair in front of her. The figure in front had long disappeared, leaving only a ball of embers that were still hot.

——That is the remnant of the easy chair.

Klein swallowed his saliva, turned his head with difficulty to look at Alice, and shouted tentatively:

"Alice?"

Alice retracted her gaze, looked at him calmly, and said lightly:

"If you have no other ideas, do as He says."

Klein nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. He waited until Alice's figure disappeared from the spot before he let out a breath and muttered:

"Even if I'm an angel who's not good at direct combat, I'm only good compared to other angels... Hiss, I almost thought I was going to drown... Can the long river of fate drown people? Speaking of which, where am I now..."

……

Klein quickly found his way home. He handed over the resources of Meige Manor to Audrey. The noble lady had been busy with charity work recently, especially after the war began.

Afterwards, Klein handed over the task of purchasing food, medicine, and medical equipment to his butler. In addition to the money donated by Alice, he also did not forget to add some money himself.

Alice, who had nothing to do, took the "Staff of Life" from Klein and wandered around the community hospital, using the healing function of the "Staff of Life".

Of course, she would never do good deeds without leaving a name, but when she blurted out the answer, she did not associate herself with the night, the fool, or anyone else, but chose a seemingly plausible answer:
"Praise fate. It is fate that brings me hope for healing. It is also fate that allows you and me to meet and allows you to be healed."

The thanks and compliments made Alice feel better, so at dinner time she went to visit Miss Justice and took away Miss Justice's dinner - hoping she would have some extra.

The Hermit Cattleya finally made up her mind to buy the Druid's potion formula. Klein continued to play the role of the Trickster at night, and his first target was the Magician Fors.

So in the early hours of the next morning, the "magician" Fors, who had not slept all night, stretched himself, looked at the manuscript that was finally completed in front of him, and shed tears of emotion. Then he rushed to the magazine office without stopping, rushed in as soon as the magazine office opened, and followed up on the release of the new book.

Having solved a big problem, Klein followed Alice's instructions and wrote a letter to Bernadette to inform her of George III's affairs, and invited Bernadette to come and discuss how to stop this.

Of course, Klein did not forget to tell Alice about this, because even if Adam did not interfere, George III had the "Witch Cult" and unknown angels behind him, and he needed help.

The same message for help was also sent to Renette Tinicole, but Pales was not involved in the fight because Alice told him that if Zaratul, Pales, and he were all present, Amon would definitely appear at the scene by coincidence due to the aggregation of Beyonder characteristics.

Alice received another call for help from Klein on Sunday. After hearing from Klein that there was an unlucky demigod who could not change back after showing the form of an incomplete mythical creature, Alice immediately ran over to see what was going on. Then, she looked at the scene in the room and fell into deep thought.

The room seemed to have been kneaded by a hand. The gold foil on the pillars, the golden statues on the walls, and the magnificent staircase were squeezed together to form a giant golden hedgehog, which immediately absorbed all of Alice's attention.

She subconsciously wanted to walk forward and touch it, but her foot stopped when it landed. She looked down and saw a black shadow on the ground, flowing like liquid and avoiding her feet.

Alice hesitated for two seconds before squatting down. While trying to poke the shadow that kept evading her, she turned around and asked:
"Is this the demigod who lost control?"

"Yes," Crane replied, "Are you sure it's okay for you to touch him like this?"

"Probably not." Alice quickly touched the liquid black shadow.

The moment it touched her, the liquid no longer avoided her, but instead climbed up, spreading upward along Alice's arm and seeping inward.

"Close your eyes." Alice said to Klein without even turning her head.

Klein subconsciously closed his eyes. Silver runes had spread onto Alice's arm. Those runes successfully blocked the spreading black liquid, but they did not stop. Instead, they dyed the black shadow silver-white like paint.

The silver-white color spread quickly, coloring all the shadows. That was not the end. Alice looked up and saw many illusory bookshelves in the hall. There were also black shadows hidden in the corners of the bookshelves, sometimes stretching and sometimes curling up, like blinking eyes.

As Alice's gaze swept across, the data and the "eyes" in the corners were also wrapped in silver. Alice pulled her hand back, and the silver and white faded away, revealing the original appearance of the room and the old man who should be wearing a plain white robe inlaid with brass thread.

His hair was snow-white, but it was combed meticulously, and his eyes were gray-green. Alice looked at him for a few seconds, then turned her head away and said:
"Looking into his eyes is like touching that shadow. I feel that if I slow down a bit, the knowledge will enter my brain... I feel dizzy."

“…I always think this is a good thing.” Klein looked at her with a strange look.

Alice rolled her eyes at him, then looked at the old man, who was looking at her in amazement. When he noticed Alice's gaze, he looked up and asked:
"Can I ask what this ability is? It's amazing. I feel as if time has gone back and I'm back to the original state. Not only has the pollution been cleared, but even my spirituality has been restored..."

"It's not time, it's state," Alice shook her head. "This is... uh, this can be considered a 'restart' of the 'Destiny' Path Sequence 1... although a normal 'restart' may be difficult to achieve?"

"?" The old man frowned as he looked at Alice's right hand which had returned to its original state.

Alice turned to Klein and asked, "Can I ask him for a reward?"

Klein made a gesture to invite him to go ahead. Alice turned to the old man in front of him with shining eyes. Before he could speak, she said:
"I want that golden hedgehog!"

"Uh," the old man's voice was stuck, "Well, it has been changed back by you..."

Alice showed a look of obvious disappointment, and the old man hurriedly spoke up to make amends:
"I have a large collection, perhaps you would like to take a look?"

Alice glanced into his eyes and quickly refused:

“No, forget it.

"Why did you become like that? He told me that you couldn't change back after you changed into mythical form, but you look... those bookshelves don't look like part of your mythical form.

"Come to think of it...how do you know he knows me?"

The old man shook his head and said:

“No, I don’t know, Your Highness.

"My name is Luca Brewster, and I'm a clergyman serving the 'God of Knowledge and Wisdom.'" Before, Feynaporte's military 'Judge' Belakos and Archbishop Martina of the Church of Mother Earth jointly raided here. Their main target was me. I had no choice but to activate the mythical creature form, forcing them to retreat temporarily.

"However, I was affected by my crazy tendencies and nearly lost control. Fortunately, I used to be a 'mystic instructor' and mastered a lot of strange but effective mystic arts. So I sealed myself at the critical moment and became what you saw just now.

"But this can only last for a while. Madness is still eating away at me. Although I have contacted the Holy See and he said help will arrive soon, I don't know if I can hold on until then. At this time, your follower happened to arrive, so I asked him for help.

"As for the reason why I asked him for help, I think I should tell you, because it is really amazing, and you will know it sooner or later... I once made a prophecy that I would fall into a very troublesome predicament, and your follower will be the one who will help me solve the problem!
"Now, I am indeed in trouble, and your favored one has appeared as predicted and successfully saved me... My prophecy has come true!"

When the prophecy was mentioned, the old man became much more excited. Alice looked at him, frowned slightly, and remembered the name of the potion of Sequence 4 of the "Reader" pathway.

"Prophet"...

She shook her head and said with emotion: "It has always been the 'prophet' who believes in the prophecy... Hey."

This made Luca Brewster's eyes look confused, but Alice didn't give him a chance to ask, and instead changed the subject:

"You just said that Feynaport's military and the Earth Mother Church attacked this place?"

"Yes." Luca Brewster nodded.

Alice frowned and asked, "Feinepotter is also joining the war? You...Feinepotter is going to fight Lenburg?"

"Probably," Luca Brewster nodded, and then he looked like he was determined to continue speaking, "I have a prophecy about this war. Do you want to hear it?"

"What?" Alice raised her eyebrows.

Luca Brewster said excitedly:
“This is just the beginning and is far from its peak.

"Also, there is greater destruction caused by the war, but also outside the war. I don't know what it is specifically."

His gray-green eyes at this moment looked like a cat's eyes, reflecting a beautiful light, but Alice's heart sank. She knew that Luca Brewster was right - because in this war, a true God was destined to fall!
The fall of the true god means...

Alice looked up and let out a long sigh. Then she turned to Luca Brewster and Klein and said seriously:
"In this case, I will give you a piece of advice...

"Don't try to find out the truth of this prophecy. That's not something you should know right now."

Klein's heart sank, and Luca Brewster's expression also became serious. Alice thought for a moment, then turned to Klein and said:

"Do you have any question?"

“…I do have a question.” Klein glanced at Alice, “But I’m not sure if I can ask…”

He paused, and with Alice's tacit consent, he spoke:

"What do you know about contamination originating from underground?"

Alice was stunned for a moment, frowned and looked at Klein, then spoke directly:

"What do you know?"

“No, I don’t know anything yet.” Klein shook his head. “I just, you know, I asked that loyal servant…”

Alice paused for a moment, realizing that this was probably referring to Arrodes.

She didn't know the details of the underground pollution, she just knew that its source was closely related to the source material.

The goddess didn't tell her in detail how it was formed, and she didn't ask. Now that Klein asked this question and mentioned Arrodes, Alice suspected that this source was probably one of the two that were not sealed in the Western Continent.

The Sefirah Castle is on Klein, so the only thing left is...

"I think I know how the oil disappeared." She said to Klein abruptly.

"Oil?" Luca Brewster interrupted. "What's that?"

Alice closed her eyes, then opened them again and recited in a serious tone:
"Petroleum refers to a mixture of liquid and solid hydrocarbons in a naturally occurring state. Petroleum is divided into crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids and natural tar, but it is customary to use 'petroleum' as the definition of 'crude oil'.

"The color and viscosity of petroleum vary greatly depending on its origin and composition, ranging from golden yellow to dark brown. Light oil may even be nearly transparent and is called the 'blood of industry'..."

“Shut up!” Klein interrupted her and the confused Luca Brewster.

Then he turned to Luca Brewster and said apologetically:
"You know, angels always have some problems with this..."

He pointed at his head, and Luca Brewster showed an expression of sudden realization, while Alice had already pounced forward and started to hit Klein who was jumping left and right.

"Hey, you guys--" Luca Brewster tried to break up the fight.

He didn't dare to take action and could only try to persuade her, especially since he was sure of Alice's identity as an angel. Therefore, he was certain that Alice was not serious at all, so even his persuasion seemed perfunctory and he just shouted twice in a pretentious manner.

After hiding for a while, Klein let Alice hit him twice, then he pulled her down and said to Luca Brewster apologetically:
"I'm afraid we have to go back first. Your helpers should be here soon."

Luca Brewster did not stop him and said directly:

"If you need any help in the future, you can come to me, specifically through Edwina. Also..."

He looked at Alice again, with a troubled expression. Alice let go of Klein in her busy schedule, waved her hand, and said without raising her head:
"It's okay. If I don't have enough money, I can ask the God of Knowledge and Wisdom for it." (End of this chapter)