Mystery: Lucky One

Who needs to be in charge?
Luca Brewster was stunned for a moment and stayed where he was. While Alice was talking, Klein broke free, activated "Creeping Hunger", and used "Travel" to escape from the scene.

Alice didn't stop him. She stood up and straightened her non-existent image, then said goodbye to Luca Brewster:
"Then I'm leaving too, bye~"

She waved her hand and disappeared on the spot.

……

"Extra! Extra! Feynaporte has brazenly invaded Lenburg!"

When Leonard, wearing red gloves, got off the carriage and prepared to enter St. Samuel's Church, he saw newsboys waving newspapers and running quickly on the streets and squares.

He walked over and bought a newspaper, and while flipping through it he chatted with Pales in a low voice. When he finished flipping through the newspaper, he walked towards the church again.

He chatted with the archbishop in St. Samuel's Church, straightened his clothes, said a simple prayer, and then walked underground.

After entering the underground, his new teammates saw him and stood up to greet him:
"team leader."

Leonard, who thought he was used to it, was dazed for a moment. He responded casually, walked into his own office, and spoke as if talking to himself:
“I kind of want to go back and take a look.”

……

After receiving the news from the "magician" Fors that the book had begun to be printed, Klein gave himself a short vacation. For the rest of the day and the night, he did not go out to play the "trickster", but read Russell's diary.

He had actually read most of the valuable diaries before, so he read very quickly, but this did not make Klein ignore key information. He quickly found the content worthy of attention.

Alice learned the news at lunch on Monday. Klein asked her to find a time to see him before the Tarot meeting. Alice thought about it, and after lunch, she knocked on the door of Sefirah Castle and asked about his findings in the diary.

"Read it yourself," Klein shook his head and handed over the diary. "I've marked the important parts."

Upon hearing this, Alice opened the diary and found the two pages marked by Klein.

A page from Russell's diary after the moon landing, theoretically the last page, contains a very clear sentence:
"I can't make any specific suggestions because I can't see the Seven Gods clearly, nor can I see the true faces of those evil gods. This may be related to the content of the second 'blasphemous stone tablet' hidden by the ancient organization. Unfortunately, I can only roughly guess that there is a hidden part, and I can't get confirmation."

Another page takes place long before the moon landing:

"July 19th, the night of the blood moon.

"Mr. Men's answer confirmed one thing for me. The second blasphemous slate I saw in that ancient secret organization was not complete!"

"......?" Alice put down the diary in her hand. "He forgot?"

"Do you think it's possible?" Klein asked.

Alice fell silent. It was obvious that she also thought it was impossible. Then, the only answer was...

"He successfully went to the moon and returned safely," Alice narrowed her eyes, "but the person who came back was no longer him... or at least not completely him."

They looked at each other and saw each other's solemn eyes. Klein couldn't help but ask again:
"What on earth is on the moon?"

"You asked Miss Justice to erase your memory last time because you knew this." Alice rolled her eyes at him.

Klein choked for a moment, then spoke:

"As for the role, I don't have much progress left. I should be able to finish it after Miss Magician's new book comes out and I promote it.

“Perhaps, I can use this time to collect Sequence 3 potion materials…”

Alice nodded in agreement and said generously, "Call me if you need help."

Klein didn't bother to be polite with her and easily agreed to the matter. After all, he already owed enough, so owing a little more wouldn't matter.

He said generously:

"I asked Arrodes before. I can exchange the Flocculent Heart and Frost Crystal of the Mist Demon Wolf with the goddess. After that, I can use them to fish for the Hound of Fulgrim. As for the historical records, I can write them myself..."

"What are you going to exchange with the goddess?" Alice asked with raised eyebrows.

Klein didn't say anything. He waved his hand to summon his pile of junk and started to sort through it with Alice. They picked out a bunch of unsellable junk, such as the "Biotoxin Bottle", the "Madman" Beyonder trait, and a bunch of junk that came from nowhere. Alice also generously sponsored a "Witch" Beyonder trait. Klein looked at the pile of junk and raised his head to ask:
"How would you feel if you received this?"

"I'd feel like a rag collector," Alice responded truthfully.

Klein silently put down the things. Alice looked at his expression and suggested:

"Just pick one, pick the one that's the least useful to you, because we all know it's just a formality.

"If you feel that your gift is really not good enough, you can just ask for it... Well, if you are worried about the price, I probably know what the goddess needs you to do."

Klein was stunned for a moment. He asked in surprise, "What is it?"

Alice blinked, put a hand on Klein's sleeve, and shouted in a sweet voice:
"We need you to protect us, Mr. Fool~"

Klein pulled his arm back expressionlessly, brushed off the nonexistent dust on his sleeves, and shook off the nonexistent goose bumps on his body before saying indifferently:

"Speak normally."

"Oh," Alice sat up straighter, "but I'm telling the truth..."

Klein looked up at Alice. Alice stretched out a hand, blinked, and said:
“That’s right, we need you to stand by our side when there’s a situation like the one between me, Will Auceptin, and Ouroboros… Don’t worry, you’ll definitely be strong enough by then.

"I actually think this is much easier to accept than getting you pregnant... And, Klein, you will definitely be stronger than the goddess by then... Hey, isn't it you who has the final say on whether to pay the bill or not?"

"...That's true," Klein glanced at Alice. "But, Alice... do the other people in your Path of Destiny also have this mentality? As long as I'm powerful enough, I have the final say on whether to pay or not? I remember that the doctrine you gave me advocated for equal exchange..."

“Hehe,” Alice laughed. “I’m not a ‘notary’... Klein, my Sequence 3 is ‘Chaos Walker’. Guess, for us who can walk in chaos, is it order or a deeper level of chaos?”

Klein did not answer this question. In his opinion, there was no need to guess. He just said:

"I'm going to look for the Goddess's gift tonight, the matter of the Dog of Fulgrim. I'm afraid you'll need to come with me..."

……

Finally, it was three o'clock in the afternoon of another Monday. After the greeting from Audrey, the first person to speak was the fearless Magician Fors:
"Mr. World, I have something to entrust to you."

Seeing the gaze of the World Gehrman Sparrow looking over, she hurriedly explained:
"You don't need to do much. Just drop me off at a strange place every once in a while and come pick me up after a few days. If you are really busy, you can also concentrate on one time point and show me a few more 'trips' for me to 'record'."

Alice interrupted doubtfully:
"You seem to be afraid of the World. If that's the case, why don't you entrust me with the task? After all, if it's just this level, I won't charge you too much... I might even go play with you." Fors's face became visibly terrified, and the World reminded him:
"Is it possible that she is actually more afraid of you?"

"Really?" Alice frowned and looked at Fors.

Fors didn't dare to speak. She actually wanted to respond, but unfortunately she didn't have the courage to do so. So she could only freeze in place, awkwardly pulling the corners of her mouth and smiling stiffly:

"Of course not, Miss Destiny, it's just that you seem to be very busy recently..."

"Your Mr. World has been busy lately, too," she said, "and he's always been busy."

Fors stopped talking. She really didn't have the courage to speak. Fortunately, the "world" took the initiative to ease the awkwardness:

"Why are you doing this?"

After Fors explained, Klein realized that this was to digest the potion. He thought about it and controlled the "world" and said:

"In that case, I remember that I haven't paid you for the novel I asked you to write before... This time, just treat it as a compensation."

Fors breathed a sigh of relief, revealed a grateful smile, and thanked him repeatedly.

No one mentioned a new deal, so the free discussion began, and Emlyn the Moon asked:
"If you are an official Beyonder, how would you deal with a clergyman from a hostile force under your jurisdiction during a war? He has not done anything bad yet, and he does not intend to do anything bad."

When he said this, he looked at "Star" Leonard without blinking. Leonard considered it for a moment and then said:

"Protective custody."

Hmm…Alice looked at Leonard thoughtfully.

This word was not difficult to understand, and the person they were talking about was also easy to determine. It was undoubtedly the bishop of the Harvest Church. Alice had asked Klein about this bishop whose height seemed a bit strange, and learned that this bishop was a person favored by God, and in the past... um...

What he was best at in the past and now is to win people over with virtue.

Emlyn agreed with the plan and nodded slowly without saying anything. Leonard took the initiative to ask:

"What big thing happened in Backlund recently?"

Big news? What big news was he asking about? Backlund has been a little too busy lately... Alice turned to Klein, who was already manipulating the "world" and answered:

"Zaratul, the leader of the Secret Order, a Sequence 1 angel, and an old friend of Emperor Roselle, is currently hiding in Backlund."

Seeing that the members of the Tarot Club were still a little confused and puzzled, "The World" added a few more words in a hoarse voice:
"The law of conservation of extraordinary properties that we often talk about often refers to the conservation of extraordinary properties of similar paths.

"That is to say, similar pathways also have the law of aggregation of extraordinary properties."

Leonard immediately fell into deep thought, and after several seconds he carefully asked:

"Are 'thief' and 'fortune teller' similar paths?"

"And 'Apprentice,'" Alice added.

Hearing their conversation, Fors raised his hand as if he remembered something and said:

“My teacher is a member of the Abraham family and holds a relatively important seal.

"This caused him to occasionally encounter Beyonders of higher order in the 'Apprentice' pathway. Before, when he came to Backlund, the 'Secret Saint' of the Aurora Society, Butis, appeared nearby.

"And I noticed a crow staring at the direction where Butis was heading."

"Raven? Amon?" Alice asked subconsciously.

"No," The World denied, "That should be Zaratul, otherwise Miss 'Magician' should have put on the monocle, along with Butis."

"..." Alice looked at Fors with sympathy.

There was an unconcealable fear in Fors's eyes. She almost immediately asked Justice Audrey:
"Wait, can you 'hypnotize' me to forget something? I'm afraid I'll accidentally remember it and draw attention."

"No problem." Justice Audrey answered and glanced at Judgement Xio, nodding to her.

Klein didn't continue. Alice felt itchy inside. When she mentioned Backlund's event, she would think of the question that had to be asked - who would die in this war?
She looked around, and Alger, the Hanged Man, glanced at her and finally joined the conversation:

"From what I've observed, the Storm Church is not very active in this war."

Not active? Could it be the "Lord of the Storm"... Ugh!

Alice shook her head quickly to stop herself from thinking too much, but Audrey the Justice spoke up:

"Miss Destiny, have you thought of anything?"

"I've thought about it a long time ago," Alice glanced at Audrey resentfully, "and I've been thinking about it all the time...but I dare not say it."

"Why?" Audrey asked subconsciously.

Could it be that Mr. Fool doesn’t allow…?
Similar thoughts flashed through the minds of the Tarot Club members. Alice smiled miserably and opened her mouth to say that Adam didn't allow it, but swallowed it back.

Actually, it’s not that I can’t speak up… I can’t ruin Adam’s plan, but I can help Him…

Alice rolled her eyes, sighed, and asked:

"Um……

"Are you sure you want to listen?"

This was a rare occasion for her. Audrey froze and hesitated. Instead, it was Alger, the Hanged Man, who asked:

"Will listening to it put us in any danger?"

Alice shook her head and said, "No, I was worried that I would scare you."

Audrey was no longer panicked. She immediately said that she wanted to listen. Alger and Leonard also responded. The others remained silent. Alice looked around, then took a deep breath and said,
“In the prophecy…I saw the fall of a true god.

"But I didn't see who it was." (End of this chapter)