Mystery: Lucky One

Time seemed to stop briefly at this moment. Alice felt silence all around her for a moment. Then, she grabbed the three historical projection ice creams in front of her and smashed them on Klein's face.

Klein canceled the historical projection, allowing the melting ice cream on his face to disappear, and then asked:
"You don't want to eat this? Then I'll buy you a new one?"

Alice was silent for two seconds, then suddenly stretched out her hand and asked:

"Do you have any Coke, potato chips, spicy strips... In short, there are no snacks in this era. Also, I want a game console..."

"Stop," Klein interrupted her. "No, this is your first reaction?"

“…That’s not the case.” Alice looked at Klein with a complicated expression. “Maybe I really need to go to the spirit world… to find the River of Destiny.”

Klein was about to say something, but Alice interrupted him quickly:
"Otherwise you'll really become an angel soon! And, and...

"I came to this world from there, maybe I should go there... Although I don't have any idea of ​​going back, and I don't really want to go back at the moment, but...

"There might be something in there..."

There is a clue to the "Key of Light".

Alice sighed lightly, but didn't say anything. She just shook her head and said:

"Anyway, don't worry about me - I'll be back safe and sound... Oh, and give me the skin I left with you, maybe I can scoop some river water back?"

The joy of the potion melting in his mouth was diluted and turned into a long melancholy. Klein looked at Alice and said after a long silence:

"Can you bring me some too? Considering that I have been your warehouse for so long."

Alice was so angry that she wanted to jump up and hit him on the spot.

Klein turned and ran. Alice chased him for two steps before gradually stopping and asking sincerely:
“Mr. Fool, could you be more gentle when you comfort me next time?”

"I learned this from you," Klein paused and turned back to answer, "I have always been gentle to others."

Alice opened her eyes wide, clenched her fists and rushed forward. This time she did not stop. She kicked Mr. Fool hard, then said proudly in front of his painful expression:
"Okay, give me the stuff."

Klein didn't say anything more. He used the ritual to take the skin from Sefirah Castle that was used to hold Will Auceptin's blood. He handed it to Alice and said,

"I feel that my control over Sefirah Castle has deepened, and the ability I just gained... Well, I'll study it. Don't forget to come find me when you come back."

Alice waved her hand and walked away.

……

Stepping into the spirit world again, Alice looked up at the sky, where there were seven rays of light in the sky. Those were the seven pure lights. Just as Alice was thinking, the seven rays of light seemed to be sensitive and rose up in front of Alice, then turned into seven figures.

An old man wearing a bright red robe and looking very dignified took the initiative to speak:

"Hello, Your Highness."

Alice paused, her eyes swept across the old man, and she counted silently in her mind: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, purple...

The old man in red robes maintained his dignified face and said, "Please allow me to introduce myself first. I am Red Light El Moria."

Alice nodded, her eyes curious:
“Hello, hello…Wow, you guys actually came straight down?
"You have a name, do other people have names too?"

She looked over curiously, and the "red light" introduced them one by one along her line of sight: "This is orange light... this is yellow light..."

Alice listened carefully, then nodded and said:
"Well, I…uh, I need to ask you guys something."

"That's why we are here," Red Light replied. "You want to find the River of Destiny, right?"

Alice nodded and said, "Yes, that's right. Do you know how to get to the River of Destiny?"

“You can say you know, or you can say you don’t know,” “Red Light” shook his head. “The River of Destiny is not in the spirit world…” Note ①

"Ah?" Alice looked surprised. "Really not here?"

She was really a little surprised, because she had always thought that the River of Destiny was in the spiritual world. Firstly, it was because the "Lord of Mysteries" also had the titles of "Lord of the Spiritual World" and "Beacon of Destiny", and secondly, divination was indeed closely related to the spiritual world, and the extraordinary people on the path of "Destiny" were also closely related to the spiritual world. But now, this cognition was broken.

Red Light nodded in confirmation, and Alice asked, "Then is there anything like a projection?"

“No,” Red Light said with certainty, “but the entrance to the River of Destiny is in the spirit world.”

"Eh? Wait, you mean..." Alice hesitated, "The River of Destiny is not in the Three Realms?"

“Yes,” Red Light nodded, “The Long River of Destiny is independent of the Three Realms, but there is an entrance to the Long River of Destiny in the Spirit Realm.”

"... the Lord of the Spirit World, the Lord of the Star World, and the Lord of the Real World outside..." Alice looked around hesitantly, "According to this logic, is it possible for me to become a pillar...?" Note ②

This time, Hong Guang did not answer immediately. After a brief pause, he said:
"I am not aware of that..."

"It would be too scary if you knew..." Alice's expression was hard to describe. "Let's not talk about this for now. You just said that the entrance to the River of Destiny is in the spirit world. Where is it? Can you take me there?"

"Hong Guang" paused again:
"…it has no fixed location. Even we can't find it. Maybe you have to…"

Alice had an urge to turn around and leave, but she resisted the urge and tried to speak politely:

"Then I'll go look for it first? If you guys have nothing else to do and don't have any other clues...oh wait."

She suddenly realized something, turned her head and asked Red Light, "You... When were you born? How much do you know about the First Age?"

Her eyes sparkled as she looked at the "Red Light", and she didn't even care about the majestic aura of the "Red Light" - this was a living historical record!

"Hong Guang" told the truth:
"At the end of the last civilization, when the 'First' awakened, the previous seven lights were wiped out. We were reborn by the spirit world in the First Age. We also basically understand what happened in the First Age."

Alice asked, "Then you should also be aware of the relationship between the 'Lord of Mysteries' and the 'Key of Light'!"

"Hong Guang" seemed to have not expected her to ask this question. He paused for a moment before saying:
"'Key of Light'... 'Key of Light' once voluntarily offered its authority and became the incarnation of that adult..."

"?" Alice felt that her face was full of question marks. "No, what does voluntary mean? Is it really voluntary?"

"It's like this..." "Red Light" tried to explain, "In the beginning, He first found 'God' and took the initiative to pledge allegiance to 'God'. 'God' accepted Him. Then, He took the initiative to ask 'God' to express his dissatisfaction with the 'Sign of Destiny' and said that he was willing to deal with the 'Lord of Mysteries' on behalf of 'God'..." Alice had a bad feeling.

Without pausing, Red Light continued:

"After receiving God's approval, the Key of Light stated that it was not strong enough and set its sights on the City of Disaster, asking God to provide help at the critical moment...

"Unfortunately, the 'Key of Light' failed in the end, and the consciousness of the 'City of Disaster' became 'God'. For some unknown reason, 'God' and 'City of Disaster' became entangled, and the 'Key of Light' took the initiative to find the 'Lord of Mysteries' at this time..." Note ③

“……”Alice showed an expression as if she had seen a ghost.

"Red Light" continues to tell this history:
"In exchange for offering his own authority, the Lord of Mysteries agreed to the Key of Light's request, sealed the Key of Light's consciousness in the Uniqueness of the Destiny path, and began to accommodate the Key of Light's essence.

"After that, both the Lord of Mysteries and God lost their minds. Before they were completely controlled by their instincts, the Lord of Mysteries broke the consciousness of the culprit, the Key of Light..."

"No," Alice couldn't bear it any longer, "Is He sick???"

"Hongguang" closed his mouth and looked at her without saying a word.

Alice's scalp tingled when she was looked at. She explained instinctively:

"I mean the Key of Light. No, what good will this do for Him???"

"Perhaps," Red Light tried to explain, "this is 'endless chaos'."

Alice was choked and speechless. Of course, she knew the honorific name of "Key of Light". Apart from "the embodiment of destiny", it was the phrase "endless chaos" that caught her attention - it even outshone the other phrase.

...You are really worthy of me!
Without the need for "Red Light" to continue explaining, Alice could probably guess the subsequent story - it was nothing more than the process of "God" and "Lord of Mysteries" continuing to accommodate other source substances and fighting.

As for the "Key of Light", it is also easy to guess that He, who is deeply connected with fate, may reunite his scattered consciousness there. The first answer Alice can think of is the River of Fate. Even if it is not, it is inseparable from the River of Fate.

Alice clearly remembered that she had just stepped into the long river of destiny...

There, she encountered the revived consciousness of the "Key of Light"!

As for the other content, since the River of Destiny is not in the spiritual world, Alice guessed that the "red light" was probably not clear, so she should go to the River of Destiny to take a look.

However, there is one more question I can ask...

Alice groaned and said:

"I'm curious, in your eyes, what is the relationship between me and the 'Key of Light'? I mean, in your eyes, am I the 'Key of Light'?"

"You are not Him," "Red Light" said firmly, "You are completely different from Him, but..."

"But?" Alice raised her eyebrows.

Red Light glanced at her, with a flash of worry in his eyes: "You and Him are becoming more and more alike."

Alice's heart sank, but she was not too surprised by this. After a brief silence, she frowned and asked:

"I have a question about the history you just told me... How did He deceive God and the Lord of Mysteries? They are both hard to deceive, right?"

The Red Light replied:

"In fact, I don't know the true thoughts of the Key of Light, but as for your question, perhaps you know the answer yourself."

"Myself?" Alice asked doubtfully.

"Hongguang" nodded and said, "How did you get to where you are today?"

This step today? What do you mean this step today? Is this a good thing or a bad thing... Doubt flashed in Alice's eyes, and then she opened her mouth and said:

"...Guidance of fate?"

"That's right." "Red Light" nodded.

Alice was stunned for a moment, then she realized what the "Red Light" wanted to express - the "Key of Light" was not lying at all, every choice He made was from the heart, but fate was born to be constantly chaotic.

After all, it was all just an accident.

"...I feel now," Alice glanced at the "red light" with mixed feelings, "I am still too obedient."

She paused, then said seriously:

"Thank you. Um... I'm in a hurry this time. I'll come to see you next time. I mean, I'm going to go find the River of Destiny."

She said goodbye to the seven lights one by one. After the seven figures returned to the sky above the spirit world, Alice waved her hand into the air, then looked around and randomly chose a direction.

Next, her task was to wander around.

The experience of shopping in the spirit world is not as good as that in the real world. Alice tried hard to avoid one strange creature after another. She didn't know how long she had stayed in the spirit world. Time had no meaning here. Gradually, she became numb to the appearance of these spirit creatures and began to try to communicate with them.

This is actually a dangerous behavior, because such communication between spirits also means close contact with pollution. However, the "Destiny" path has always had a keen sense of danger, and "restart" is a powerful tool for clearing pollution, so Alice has the courage to do this.

Now, in front of Alice is a spherical creature made entirely of eyeballs.

The creature told Alice that its name was Grape, and it enthusiastically grabbed two "grapes" from its body, intending to share them with its new friend.

Alice declined several times, but Grape was very enthusiastic and insisted on entertaining her new friend. Just when Alice felt that she could not hold on any longer, a silver-white spot spread in front of her and suddenly expanded.

Alice was just in a daze, and the grapes and the "grapes" in her hand disappeared one after another. There was only a silver river in front of her, sweeping in from the horizon, and the rushing river water carried the breath of destruction and hit her face.

Alice had no time to react as the river water instantly submerged her. Surprisingly, she did not feel any suffocation. On the contrary, the rushing river brought the most perfect white noise, and the river water was warm and comfortable. To her, it was like a mother's embrace.

No, in fact, maybe amniotic fluid is more appropriate. Embrace can’t wrap me so intimately… No, that’s not right, then where is my umbilical cord? !

Alice was startled, suddenly woke up, and subconsciously stretched out her hands and grabbed around. (End of this chapter)