Mystery: Lucky One

Every time this happened, Klein would have some doubts about Alice.

The true gods seemed to be cautiously polite to her. Although her words and actions were often offensive, it seemed that as long as she did not cross a certain bottom line, they would not take action against her, or would only take action as a warning.

——So far, the person who has been the most rude to her is Amon. Even Will Auceptin chose to avoid her after a brief initial contact.

As for Ouroboros... let's not talk about it.

However, it seems that Amon was rude to her because of what she had done...

Klein recalled his mental state when he first heard about his and Amon's love story, and thought that Amon was quite calm to spare her life after seeing the picture.

After the small talk, Klein talked about the information about the Dark Wolf Kotar. Klein carefully expressed his thoughts:
"In fact, I think this information can only be used as a reference at best. It has been two or three thousand years since the East Continent became the 'Forsaken Land of God'. This means that the goddess has not had any contact with this former colleague for two or three thousand years. In addition, there are also the 'True Creator' and Amon as variables..."

He paused, then added:

"However, you can go and check out the places that the goddess has marked... By the way, do you know where we are now?"

Alice paused, closed her eyes, and gently felt the Western Continent, which was extremely conspicuous among all the coordinates, and replied:

“About somewhere in the middle.”

"So fast?" Klein looked at Alice in surprise.

"It's actually quite slow," Alice shook her head slightly, "The road conditions in some sections here are too bad, otherwise it would be even faster..."

Klein was silent. He could indeed feel the terrible road conditions in the God-Forsaken Land. This forced him to constantly change historical projections. Sometimes it was because the historical projections were damaged, and sometimes it was because the current road conditions required a change of vehicle type.

There were times when he even thought it would be a good idea to summon the premonition pilot and then summon another plane.

Of course, Klein's spirituality could not support such use, but Alice used the cycle of fate to paint a very good pie for Klein, and he personally experienced what endless spirituality was.

Now, Klein really wanted to become an angel and see if he could do this.

After recalling the activities of the Dark Wolf Kotar, Klein came back to his senses and shook his head.

"This... This may be a little troublesome. The place where Cottard stayed mainly seems to be behind us."

For this reason, they had to temporarily give up contact with Kotal and once again focus their attention on the distant front.

It was not until Leonard's cry for help overcame all the obstacles and appeared above the "Source Castle" that a slight change occurred in this journey.

“…I can actually survive by transforming into a Sequence 2…” After listening to Leonard’s prayer, Klein turned his head and looked at Alice with emotion.

He noticed Alice's ugly expression almost immediately, so he slowed down his voice involuntarily and asked tentatively:

"what happened to you?"

"Amon succeeded..." Alice gave a very forced smile.

“This… shouldn’t have anything to do with you, right?” Klein said hesitantly.

“No,” Alice shook her head solemnly, “This means that I have even less time left… Klein, hurry up.”

"...Should I turn around and look for Cottard now?" Klein hesitated.

“No,” Alice shook her head, “You can’t go. You have to go check out the seal first, and… you have to go to Moon City.”

She paused, then said:

"I promised a 'miracle' to the residents of Moon City... You must bring this 'miracle' to them."

Klein nodded, then looked at Alice uncertainly and asked again:

"But you said there wasn't enough time..."

"If I really have to, I can choose another 'mother'," Alice shook her head, "but I think my condition will be very bad... I can rest assured with you."

Klein wanted to say something, but Alice shook her head and said:
"Hurry up, Klein.

"Otherwise, I'm worried that Amon can't wait and will start preparing for the godhood ceremony."

"...How will he prepare for the deification ceremony?" Klein recalled the contents of Amon's deification ceremony and spoke hesitantly.

"Pour the potion into my mouth." Alice said expressionlessly.

Klein stopped talking. Alice glanced at him and then sighed.

"There is actually another reason why I insisted on asking you to see the seal...

“Until now, I still haven’t figured out how to realize the scenario in the prophecy. It’s fine to let Will hunt me down, but how can I suddenly become a god when I’m about to die? Hey, do I really have to rely on the Beyonder characteristics to…”

Her voice suddenly stopped. The scene of the last time she set foot in the "God-Forsaken Land" came to her mind. Alice sat there in a daze, stretched out her hand blankly, and muttered:
"Yes, why can't the Beyonder fly over by itself? After all, I will also fly towards the Key of Light...

"I should be able to control a portion of the power of the Key of Light, as long as that power can be revealed..."

She jumped up suddenly, then rushed towards Crane with her eyes shining, which scared the great Mr. Fool and he moved his chair to try to avoid her - although he failed.

Alice knelt on the ground in front of Klein, leaned forward, raised one hand to grab Klein's arm, and grabbed his trouser leg with the other hand, and raised her head and said:

"Mr. Fool..." "Do me a favor?"

Klein silently twitched his legs, intending to save himself from Alice.

"...Let me go first." He tried his best to pretend to be calm.

"Aren't you going to help me?" Alice blinked.

“I feel that your current appearance…” Klein was still trying to pull back his legs, “…I don’t know why, but it scares me.”

He paused, looked at Alice hesitantly, and said:
"It was like a snake licking my face with its tongue..."

"…If you like this feeling, you can close your eyes. I can do it." Alice withdrew her hand and stood up from the ground. "Although my mythical creature form has no teeth, I still have a snake tongue."

Klein didn't say anything. A group of worms gathered together and squirmed in his mind. Then, a bright red snake tongue stretched out from the side and swept away a small group of worms...

He shuddered, not daring to think any further. He turned to look at Alice and said seriously:
"Don't even think about it!"

"The last time you were so serious was when you refused to let me have ice cream at the Tarot Club," Alice reminded me tactfully.

“…What do you want me to do?” Klein changed the subject.

“Don’t do anything,” Alice shook her head. “Go and take a look at the seal and try to loosen it. You don’t need to remove it. Just loosen it so that some things… like a little breath, a little power or something can come through. At least the attraction can come through, or in other words, the attraction can become a little stronger…”

She pinched her brows, raised her hand hesitantly and said:

“I think I should be able to feel it… Although the influence of Him that remains on me seems to have merged into the long river of destiny, my relationship with the long river of destiny can be said to be ambiguous now… Rounding it off, I can also be considered a part of the long river of destiny.

"I should still be able to attract His power and feel His power... maybe, perhaps, I might still be able to move a little..."

“From your description, I feel like the seal isn’t very solid…” Klein glanced at Alice thoughtfully. “It’s a kind of seal that, although it can’t escape completely, it seems normal to find loopholes and let some details escape…”

“Hmm…” Alice glanced at Klein with an ambiguous look. “I think that’s normal. After all, the one who left this seal is the biggest ‘bug’… The entire seal is made up of ‘bugs’, so it doesn’t seem strange to anyone.”

"...You reminded me of some bad memories." Klein glanced at Alice. "You're still in high school. Um...Have you seen programming jokes on the Internet? Like, if the program works, don't tamper with it..."

"A little bit," Alice answered. "I've also seen memes, of programs that are full of bugs but work."

“So,” Klein spread his hands, “Isn’t that how the seal works?”

"I don't know," Alice blinked, "I just know we should go."

At Alice's urging, they set out on their journey again. At the end of January, Dorian met with the historical projection of German Sparrow, and finally chose to believe in the Fool and took the "Star Rod" from the Abraham family.

He handed the item to Alice like he was offering a treasure, and introduced the ability of the "Star Rod" to Alice's puzzled eyes:

“Dorian Abraham told me that as long as we hold the ‘Staff of the Star’ and imagine the corresponding scene in our mind, and that it really exists and still exists, it will take us directly to our destination!
"However, you must be careful. The picture you draw must be absolutely correct. Every detail must be correct and there must be no difference from the original. Otherwise, you might be teleported to an unknown place. But this should not be a problem for you?"

As he said this, Klein's eyes were bright and full of anticipation. It was obvious that he was also fed up with this boring journey.

Upon hearing this, Alice reached out to take the "Star Staff" and nodded.
"That should be fine, then we..."

"Wait a moment," Klein shook his head and stopped her. "I want to confirm one thing... You promised Moon City a 'miracle'. If I bring a miracle to the residents of Moon City, then... whose believers are they?"

"It's yours," Alice smiled, "but it's mine, too."

Klein's eyes fell into a deep confusion. Alice smiled and shook her head, put down the Star Staff, and explained:
"I told you before that the role of 'prophet' is inseparable from that of 'protagonist'.

“When you notice this, you will realize a very interesting problem… The ‘prophet’ is in a sense an opportunity for the ‘protagonist’, or maybe we should call them ‘golden fingers’, in which case…

"You know me. I'm not such a selfless person. I won't help others so willingly. If I do this, it must be for something, so...

"What did the 'prophet' gain in this process?"

Klein frowned and looked at Alice. Alice smiled and explained:

"Well, I think, as long as we don't have such bad taste in choosing the 'protagonist', and choose an ungrateful one who kicks us out once he reaches a certain position, then...

"In fact, can we share the anchor of the 'protagonist' we choose? After all, the angels and saints in the holy book can share it, so there is no reason why we can't - as long as the deeds of the 'protagonist' are spread, the anchor should be shared... Of course, it may not be so effective here, and we still need a little 'quantity' to make up for the lack of 'quality'.

"This is the most obvious and direct benefit. As for the hidden benefits...

"When I get into an embarrassing situation, can I also ask my former 'protagonist' for help?"

Klein nodded thoughtfully. He was not unfamiliar with asking for help. The relationship between Alice and the goddess was a good example of this. However, he was curious about the previous article:

"I have never really understood what an 'anchor' is. You told me at the beginning that believers are 'anchors', but now it sounds like that is not entirely the case... At least, I think those who admire the protagonist of the story will not be too impressed by the 'prophet'."

"Maybe it's to be remembered or something..." Alice touched her chin. "Speaking of which, it's a pity that there was no Internet in this era. Otherwise, the best way to develop believers or find an 'anchor' would be to become an Internet celebrity or debut as a star..."

“……?” Klein held his head. “Is this true?”

“Not entirely,” Alice shook her head. “The impression of believers does have an impact on the person, and unfortunately, whether it’s an internet celebrity or a star, establishing a persona is an essential part… Remember the statues of the six gods you saw? They may have tried to be stars before, and then found that it wasn’t feasible and would have an impact on themselves.”

“It sounds like the symbol weakens this effect.” Klein nodded.

"Yes," Alice raised the Star Staff again, "Okay, Mr. Miracle Master, are you ready? Get your image in order - we're about to make our debut, right?" (End of this chapter)