Mystery: Lucky One

...That's too much.

Alice put her hand down, glared at Klein fiercely, and said with bared teeth:

"I didn't think so!"

This sentence is true.

Although her original intention was not to comfort Klein, and although Alice really thought this was a good idea after Klein said so, she did not think so at first - she just wanted to take a photo with the future "Lord of Mysteries" who was crying in depression and loss.

Obviously, the plan failed.

After thinking for two seconds, Alice glared at Klein and fulfilled his wish:
"abnormal!"

Klein pressed his brows and confirmed two things.

First, he guessed wrong.

Second, Alice didn't really mean to comfort him.

Unexpected, but reasonable. Klein shook his head and sat down on the ground. He looked at Alice who was sticking to him and laughed.

"I'm going to take a look at the huge pit that Kotal created. I suspect that what landed here was the Beyonder characteristic of 'Mysterious Servant'.

"That's right, Zaratul, Antigonus... With this calculation, we now have three copies of 'Secret Servant', and the missing 'Miracle Master' Extraordinary Characteristics mentioned by Arodes..."

Alice nodded in agreement.
“That makes sense… From this perspective, you should have been promoted to Sequence 1 directly upon waking up, and then…”

“No,” Klein interrupted her. “I should have to wait until I entered Sefirah Castle before I could directly become Sequence 1. However… maybe the Goddess interfered with the process?”

He looked at Alice as if to confirm, and Alice nodded and said:

"There's no other answer, right?"

"In that case, can I ask a question?" Klein frowned and looked at Alice. "'Source Castle' is related to the three paths of 'The Fool', 'Error', and 'Gate', right?"

Alice nodded.

Seeing this, Klein asked in confusion:

"It was obvious that I was arranged to take the path of 'Fortune Teller'. Even though the Goddess interfered with the landing of the 'Mysterious Servant' Beyonder characteristic, I still took this path.

“But didn’t the goddess and Emperor Roselle who landed there have this problem? Why did they take the path…”

Not to mention the Goddess of Night who landed directly and became a demon wolf, even Roselle, who was a little closer, took the "Universalist" path at first, and the "Black Emperor" path he jumped to later, which seemed to have nothing to do with these three paths.

This was an unsolved mystery for Klein, but not for Alice. She recalled the history of the First Age narrated by Qi Guang and had some guesses about it.

Perhaps, before the real fight broke out, "God" and "Lord of Mysteries" did not let go of other old ones...

...and he must have eaten more than one.

But speaking to Klein...

Alice paused, glanced at Klein, and said after a few seconds of silence:

"You're going to cause trouble for Kotal anyway. Next, open that door and you can prepare to become an angel...

"Why don't you take care of this first?"

This is what I mean by being too lazy to write.

Klein knew what was going on. He didn't ask any more questions, but just asked in a very insecure way:
"...You'll let me go find Cottard alone?"

“I believe you,” Alice blinked. “If all else fails, just pick a real God who responds here, shout His name, and use suicide tactics!”

“…?” Klein hesitated, “What if I don’t have enough resurrections left…”

"I'll get it back for you," Alice Hat smiled at him, "and it doesn't matter if it's really gone. Anyway, there's no 'Death God' now... er, no, the goddess can be considered half a 'Death God' now if we round it up... then it doesn't matter at all!"

Alice leaned forward excitedly, her eyes sparkling as she said:
“…I don’t have to worry about losing your soul. As long as your soul is still there, I can catch it and revive it for you!
"Oh, it's not good to be too polluted. If your spirit is contaminated by something, I probably won't be able to do anything about it, such as the pollution from the 'original moon'..."

Speaking of the "original moon", Alice shuddered, a trace of disgust flashed across her face, and she was unwilling to mention it any more.

This made Klein somewhat curious. It was not like he had never seen Alice's rejection and disgust before, but it was rare to see someone fall into such a state of fear, not to mention that there was no way to deal with the pollution...

Klein looked at Alice thoughtfully, and tactfully did not ask any more questions. He only asked:

"Are you planning to look for another city?"

Alice nodded, then shook her head and explained:
"That being said, I guess you probably won't need me that much...

"I looked around and saw that there was an angel staying here... I don't know if He received the message. I'm going to pass on a message.

"Then, do you remember Leo Master? He is still alive, and I am going to send him a message...

"After all, if we're just taking someone away, it doesn't necessarily mean I need to go by myself, right?"

“…Actually,” Klein frowned and glanced at her, “Letting you go is equivalent to sharing the believers with you, right? Even if you only go to promote His return…”

"Eh?" Alice tilted her head slightly, remembering Will Auceptin's instructions to Roy King.

"If you see the person who took the 'Dice of Probability', you don't have to become her enemy.

"At least, she truly protects those she trusts..."

...?
“This is an open conspiracy…” Alice murmured, “No, not only that, He probably figured it out, I wouldn’t… Hiss, you’re not stupid, Grisha, you’re just crazy…”

Alice's voice stopped abruptly. She quickly covered her mouth and looked in horror at the shadow whose movements were different from hers.

In her field of vision, the shadow suddenly began to move. This seemed to be a warning, causing Alice to quickly shut her mouth and not dare to say another word.

Only when the shadow's fluctuations subsided did Alice let out a breath, pressing her forehead and saying:

"...No, if that's the case, if you don't allow me, I don't have the guts to spread rumors in front of your followers?!"

She cursed, jumped up from the ground, stamped her feet and said:
"Whoever wants to do this job can do it. I don't care. At most, I will tell the angel you left here - He should have a way to contact your own saint, right?
"Why don't you tell me yourself? If you tell me yourself, I won't have to make this trip..."

There was no response to her mumbling this time. It seemed that the "True Creator" had a full understanding of her character and had made up his mind not to make any verbal response until the necessary moment. If he had to respond, he would not say anything unless he could take action.

This approach made Alice quite miserable. Her mumbling received no response, so she could only look at Klein, who was standing beside her with a horrified expression, and said affectionately, "You are so good, Mr. Fool..."

She fell forward, and Klein ruthlessly hid in the historical aperture.

Alice choked. This was beyond her authority. If there was anything she could do, it would probably be to expand the scope of the "restart" a little, pull Klein out of the historical pores, and let him hide again.

But she couldn't enter such a place by herself.

So Alice had no choice but to stand there, shook her head and said, "Are you going to that pit now? If it's now, I'll go with you to take a look. If it's later, I'll go find that person..."

Klein emerged from the gap in history again. Apparently, Alice's words were enough to tempt him. He immediately said:

"I go now."

“…I always feel like you’re using me as a mascot.” Alice glanced at Klein and motioned for him to lead the way.

……

On the foggy sea that was not shrouded by the clouds of war, the "Future" was slowly sailing towards the violent sea surrounded by a cluster of ships.

"Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya, who had nothing to do recently, strolled on the deck, enjoying the sunlight shining through the thin mist. She had been much less worried recently. Miss Fate, who was in the "God-forsaken Land", finally did not make any big news, and Frank Lee's experiment had no progress recently.

While she was thinking, Frank Lee's figure appeared in Cattleya's peripheral vision. She paused and looked at him intently.

The first mate of the "Future", the second-in-command of the "Star Pirates", was wearing light blue trousers made of thick canvas and a white shirt with the top two buttons unfastened, revealing thick brown chest hair, just like a giant bear in human form.

He stood at the bow, gazing into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking about, and looked quite depressed.

Cattleya involuntarily slowed down her pace a little and turned to enter the cabin.

"Captain!" Frank noticed her and looked over expectantly, as if waiting for the "Admiral of the Stars" to answer his questions.

Cattleya paused for a moment, pushed up her heavy glasses, and asked casually:
"What are you confused about?"

Frank thought about how to express his question and answered seriously: "I am re-examining my inventions and creations over the years."

"...What do you think?" Cattleya asked cooperatively.

Frank nodded and said distressedly:
“There is a lot to reflect on.

"The most important thing is that the things I created are still missing one most important thing."

Cattleya was confused for a moment, but she didn't want to ask any more questions. However, she still wanted to be responsible for all the crew members of the "Future", so she carefully asked, "What is it?"

Frank's expression suddenly became solemn: "They all lack soul!"

Cattleya's expression froze for a moment. This question seemed familiar. She quickly remembered the question asked by "Sun" Derrick when she first heard about the magical mushrooms at the Tarot Club, and Miss Destiny's thoughts on this question.

Mushrooms with souls and wisdom...

In the warm sunshine, Cattleya shuddered violently and quickly persuaded:

"It's a good thing that wheat, grapes, and mushrooms don't have souls... This is not an area you can touch right now. You are just a Sequence 5 Druid."

Frank's eyes lit up and he blurted out, "I understand!"

Cattleya's face wrinkled slightly: "What did you understand?"

Frank shook off his previous depression:

"I understand the problem. What I want to create has exceeded the limit of Druid's ability.

"So, Captain, I'm not going to be a 'Druid' anymore. I'm going to be a 'Classical Alchemist'!"

This is Sequence 4 of the Cultivator Path, the starting point for Demigods.

Cattleya's expression froze, because Miss Fate, who was eager to create chaos in the world, was holding a potion formula from the "Classical Alchemist" in her hand!

Although Miss Fate said when she got the formula that she would leave the decision to Mr. Fool, but...

Based on her understanding of Miss Destiny, Cattleya believed that this was Miss Destiny's respect for Mr. Fool, and perhaps it also included some concern for her emotions, but it did not mean that she had no right to decide!

——She may change her mind at any time.

She couldn't even comfort herself with her extraordinary characteristics. A Sequence 4 extraordinary characteristic was not a problem for an angel, and Miss Fate even had the option of buying on credit.

Cattleya took a deep breath, looked at Frank Lee with burning eyes, and forced a smile:

"Why did you suddenly think of this?"

She vowed that she would find the person who inspired Frank and make him pay the price.

"It all started with a letter Alice sent me," Frank replied with a smile, "She told me that after getting my mushrooms, someone asked a question, but that question is too dangerous for me at this stage. Maybe I can only consider it after I become a demigod..."

After a brief pause, Frank looked at Cattleya with longing, and then said:

"I thought about it for a long time. Why couldn't I, a demigod, reach this realm before? Then, I quickly thought of the most core thing for life - the soul!
"For someone like me who is not even a demigod yet, it is indeed too much of a stretch and too dangerous to rashly touch a soul. Captain, do you think so too?!"

"..." Cattleya fell into a long silence.

She gave up the desire to find the culprit to talk, and advised Frank Lee seriously:

“It’s good to have a goal, but you also have to remember to be cautious and not rush into anything.

"You have just been promoted to Sequence 5 not long ago. It will take a long time for you to digest the potion. Don't aim too high..."

"Captain," Frank Lee interrupted her, "I never told you that, in fact, my potion had already been digested when I was promoted to 'Druid'."

"..." Cattleya was completely speechless.

Frank Lee's joy was not interrupted, and he continued:

"I'm going to write a letter to Hermann and ask him to help me. As for Alice... although this may not be a big deal to her, I probably can't repay her for her help.

"Besides, if she is willing, I would rather study her flesh and blood..."

Cattleya shook her body, quickly came to her senses, and stopped him:
"I have some idea of ​​where they are going. It is not convenient for them to receive letters recently..." (End of this chapter)