Mystery: Lucky One

In the following time, Derrick watched the mushrooms roasted with a dull face, then took the mushrooms handed to him by Alice without any taste, took a bite, chewed it, swallowed it, and took another bite...

He didn't know what he ate. He just stuffed it into his mouth when someone stuffed it into his hand. Alice was jealous and touched the poisonous mushrooms and uncooked mushrooms, but was slapped back by Klein.

“Don’t use others as experiments.” Klein gave her a warning look.

Alice had no choice but to give up the idea and continued to feed Derrick until -

"vomit!"

When Derrick took another bite of the mushroom, he suddenly covered his lips with his hands and made a violent retching sound.

Alice immediately jumped up from where she was and moved away from Derrick. She had foresight, because Derrick happened to turn his head to look at her. Just as he was about to open his mouth, the food rushed out of his throat and ran all the way to the ground.

——He vomited.

Klein watched this scene and realized what was happening after a brief moment of shock. He glared at Alice, who smiled awkwardly and explained:
“He eats whatever I give him… He looks like one of my old goldfish.

"I remember I was feeding the goldfish. When it finished eating, I would feed it a little more. When it finished eating, I would feed it a little more. I always thought it was not full, but it turned out..."

"It's dead." Klein said expressionlessly.

Alice smiled cautiously and took a step back. Klein glared at her and then looked at Derrick who was still vomiting and asked:
"How about it?"

“I feel much better now that I’ve vomited…” Derrick straightened up and shook his head, “But I still feel like vomiting…”

"If you don't mind," Alice approached Klein again and interrupted, "I can stuff the things you vomited back and turn them back into mushrooms, so that the 'world' can also eat them..."

She never mentioned herself because she was very aware of the power of this sentence. Derrick didn't react, but Klein's face became very ugly, as if he was trying his best to suppress the peristalsis of his stomach.

This surprised Alice. She stared at Derrick and asked him:

"Why don't you throw up?"

Hearing this, Derrick subconsciously asked, "Are you going to wait until I finish vomiting before turning them back into mushrooms?"

“……?” Alice was stunned. She looked at Derrick hesitantly, her tone full of shock. “No, you really want to eat it???”

“…What’s going on?” Derrick didn’t seem to understand what the problem was.

Klein's expression became even uglier. He pulled Alice aside and told her when she looked back in confusion:
"Maybe he thinks it's okay to let him eat it back, after all, he has eaten it before..."

Klein glanced at the dark surroundings and shook his head at Alice.

Alice's expression became distorted. Now it was her turn to cover her mouth. She hurriedly moved away from the puddle of vomit and Derrick, and dragged Klein up. Then she bared her teeth and said to Derrick:
"Eat here by yourself!"

"She means for you to take a break," Klein translated.

Derrick nodded blankly. Alice grabbed Klein and walked away from him. She waited until he took a breath and stood up.

"I'm ready."

After observing his condition and confirming that he was not being stubborn, Klein turned to Alice and said to her:

"Let's go then... or go somewhere else to rest for a while. Just now... um..."

He obviously didn't have the hobby of resting next to vomit, and neither did Alice, so she asked Derrick:
"What do you think?"

“I’m fine with either,” Derrick replied.

He didn't realize Alice's hidden meaning, and even if he did, he wouldn't mind it too much.

——After all, he didn’t even mind eating it back.

They left after all, without any rest, and headed straight to the next city. Klein was at the front again. Except for the fact that Klein was alert and was not thrown into the sky, everything overlapped with the scene in Moon City.

They spent a tarot meeting together, which was a little troublesome, but for a Beyonder who could develop and change the faces of puppets, it was also very simple - Klein replaced himself with a monster puppet after Derrick fell asleep, and fell behind them in the distance holding a lantern.

With the cover of illusion and Alice's cooperation, this was not exposed, and they ended the Tarot meeting safely.

Before the second Tarot meeting, Alice brought Derrick back to Silver City after he had digested the potion. Of course, Klein also came with him this time.

After handing Derrick back to the Chief of Silver City, the Chief looked at Alice, whom he met again, and the stranger whom he met for the first time, and bowed first and said:
"Ms. Destiny, long time no see."

"Long time no see~" Alice waved her hand and pulled Klein forward. "This is Merlin Hermes, my Lord's favorite... Are you ready to explore the Giant King's Court for the second time?"

"Sir Hermes," said Colin, the chief of the City of Silver, as he saluted again. "In fact, I'm not sure what the standard is for being ready. My original plan was to wait for Derrick to be promoted to a demigod. In addition, there is another demigod elder in our six-member council who is preparing a ceremony to promote him to a 'Silver Knight'. I hope to wait until he succeeds in his promotion... In addition, Derrick should have told you that I hope to explore the area around the 'Giant King's Court' first to see if there are other routes..."

"Oh~" Alice nodded thoughtfully, "Let's not talk about the 'Silver Knight' for now. Did you gain anything from your exploration of the surrounding area?"

Colin shook his head and said:
"If you mean other routes, we haven't found them yet.

"Perhaps you would like to stay in Silver City for a while? Wait until we are ready for further preparations..."

“That is to say, we still need Derrick’s promotion ceremony and…” Alice raised her eyes and looked at the chief.

"Hillmon." The chief tactfully gave out a name.

"Hillmon's promotion ceremony," Alice immediately continued, glancing in the direction of the Giant King's Court. "As for the other roads... although I recommend you give them up, I don't mind if you want to find them during the preparation period for the ceremony."

She paused and continued:

"Stay... um... Actually, if it was before, I wouldn't mind, but now, I'm worried..."

Worry flashed across Alice's eyes. She sighed, pinched her brows and said:
"If...if the situation is urgent, we might first push open the door of the Giant King's Court. Can you accept this?" "If we push open the door of the Giant King's Court..." The chief said in a low voice with a serious tone, "What will happen?"

“I don’t know,” Alice shook her head. “No one knows, but I can tell you that at least four… no, at least five great beings will fight because of this.”

"?" The Chief stood there with no expression on his face, but Alice intuitively knew that there must be turbulent waves in his heart.

"That's not all," Alice added. "I was talking about the true God just now. As for the angels and the king of angels - that's what you usually call the subordinate gods. Let me count... one, two, three, four..."

She counted on her fingers, and Colin Iliad was sweating profusely. He could no longer maintain his calm expression and hurriedly said:
"So, you're planning to...

"When the door opens, take us out before these...these beings start fighting?"

"It's not me," Alice glanced at him, "I was also among those fighting beings."

"..." The chief looked at the backdrop Merlin Hermes on the side.

"I will take you out," Klein smiled. "This is the miracle that Miss Fate promised. My Lord ordered me to come and fulfill it."

Colin nodded, then asked:
"Then I'll arrange for you to rest first? By the way, Miss Fate, I should introduce you and Mr. Hermes to the six-member council..."

"I don't want it," Alice waved her hand. "Although I haven't formally met some of the six people in your council, they must know me, right?"

Colin nodded and agreed with this:
"Yes, they have all heard of you and want to meet you... Also, there is something they may need your help with."

"What?" Alice blinked.

"You should know that the promotion of the 'Silver Knight' requires the blessing of the gods, including from the gods." Colin looked at Alice and continued speaking only after she nodded. "Since you are here, perhaps we don't need to trouble Mr. Fool?"

Your Mr. Fool is here too... Alice glanced at Klein beside her, then blinked and held Chief Colin Iliad's hands with tears in her eyes. In his eyes filled with fear and confusion, she said affectionately:
“Please be sure to trouble Mr. Fool—by the way, Mr. Merlin Hermes must be present. He has an extremely devout belief in Mr. Fool and dreams of witnessing or participating in every miracle of Mr. Fool.

“If he misses the moment when Mr. Fool bestows his blessing, he will hate himself for the rest of his life and may even lose control because of it!”

"......?" The Chief looked at Merlin Hermes hesitantly, expressing his doubts with his eyes.

Klein met Colin's puzzled look and said after a few seconds of silence:

“She was talking nonsense.

"In fact, I am a false pseudo-believer. I do not believe in the Fool. What I truly believe in is Miss Destiny. It is only because Miss Destiny has always been by the Fool's side that I chose to become his believer."

“……?” The Chief was even more confused. His eyes moved left and right in front of Alice and Klein. He seemed to want to say something, but couldn’t.

Finally, Alice couldn't bear it any longer and explained to him with sympathy:

"Actually, it's like this. Mr. Fool is my believer, and the relationship between the one in front of you and Mr. Fool is like the relationship between the Dark Angel Sasriel and the Creator - you've heard of him, right? The Creator took out his ribs and made Sasriel... It's probably something like that.

"In short, this gentleman is equivalent to the other half of Mr. Fool, so he is also my believer..."

The Chief continued to look at them in silence. He was obviously also full of doubts about this newly made-up story. In the Chief's opinion, the relationship between Merlin Hermes and the Fool was very likely true. Even if it was not completely true, it was still credible to a certain extent. But the fact that the Fool was a believer of Miss Fate...

Just listen.

However, since the Fool indulged Him and allowed Him to say such things outside, it is no wonder that He said before...

Colin Iliad recalled the original words that Derrick had brought back before, and something became clear in his mind—He dared to falsely convey the Fool's intentions, and was even certain that the Fool would acquiesce after discovering it!
Even if this is a trivial matter, it is an absolute offense to theocracy.

However, the offense at the moment was obviously even worse. Even Merlin Hermes, who seemed to be half of the Fool, was willing to play along with Miss Fate. The Chief said no more and just nodded.

"I see.

"Miss Fate, shall I let Derrick take you to rest? We can talk about Hillmon and Derrick's promotion ceremony another day..."

“Okay,” Alice agreed, “But we’ve already agreed that Mr. Fool must be invited to Hillmon’s promotion ceremony, and he must be present!”

Alice pointed at Klein. Klein held her hand, held his breath, and then bent it with force.

"Ah!" Alice screamed and retracted her hand, "You are sick!"

Colin subconsciously glanced at the retracted hand, and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that the five fingers could still be extended and retracted normally.

“Don’t point your finger at me.” Klein said to her coldly.

Alice gritted her teeth, raised her leg and kicked him, then turned around and left without hesitation, going out to find Derrick.

After watching her disappear, Klein turned to Chief Colin Iliad and told him, "Now, we can talk about business."

Colin stood there in a trance for a moment, and he realized that this might be a means - although he couldn't understand it.

But anyway, it had already happened, so he confirmed:

"…What about Miss Destiny?"

“Don’t worry about her.” Klein said nonchalantly.

Anyway, I can just ask someone to send her some ice cream to appease her...

Klein shook his head and then made his request:
“Didn’t she tell you? The miracles that my Lord brought down weren’t just for Silver City. There are several other cities like yours in this land. Their lives are worse than yours because they don’t even have black-faced grass…”

Klein briefly described some of his experiences in Moon City and other cities. Colin's face gradually became serious as he listened. Seeing that the atmosphere was almost set, Klein chose to get to the point:
“We traveled all the way from the easternmost part of this cursed land, passing through many cities, purifying and healing them, and leaving food behind - that kind of mushroom.

"Besides, we were promised miracles later - you know what I mean." (End of this chapter)