Mystery: Lucky One

Alice really wanted to just agree to it and let Klein believe that the one who was about to die was the goddess. Then, when the loss really happened, she could enjoy his shocked expression - but she couldn't.

As a symbol of fate in a certain sense, Alice knew that at certain times, she couldn't speak carelessly. For example, now, if she kept Klein's misunderstanding, it would be almost the same as declaring war on the goddess.

So she denied it straightforwardly:
"What are you thinking about? How could she be a goddess? Even if the God of Death died, nothing would happen to her!

"What I mean is... don't worry about it. This matter was done by the goddess."

Klein relaxed a lot, but then he frowned again and said hesitantly, "...The goddess did it?"

Alice blinked slightly, and Klein seemed to realize something. He opened his mouth tentatively:
"Then, the war outside... the situation in Loen, and the fact that the goddess chose not to answer prayers... is the goddess showing weakness to the enemy?"

Alice blinked again.

After recognizing the culprit, some things were no longer a problem. Klein looked toward the west with a gloomy expression. Alice approached him and said:
"If you are dissatisfied with the goddess's act of sacrificing her own believers, I can only tell you that before I knew the truth, I had similar emotions as you.

"But... uh, it doesn't seem appropriate for me to tell you the situation now? After all, this is... well, wait until you see the result, then decide whether to hate the goddess or not.

"As for now, what you need to do is to have a good rest."

Alice's words calmed Klein down. He glanced at Alice with a hint of suspicion in his eyes.

Klein didn't insist on exploring the reasons. Since Alice said he would know the result, Klein thought that he should really focus on the present, such as keeping his spirits up and preparing for the promotion of "Miracle Master", or imagining the promotion ceremony of "The Fool".

After all, Alice looked as if she had not yet remembered to look at the contents of the "blasphemous slate"... That's right, she never cared about these things unless she planned to sell the potion formula for money.

But Alice is also very nonchalant about selling potion formulas. She usually doesn't take the initiative to look for business. She will only take a look if business comes to her.

So, theoretically speaking, as long as I sell the potion formula for her and give her the money, she actually won't be too interested in the potion formula. What I have to be careful about is that she suddenly becomes curious about other ways of promotion ceremonies... She is sometimes still interested in promotion ceremonies.

Even if she knew about the Fool's promotion ceremony, she probably wouldn't think about it every day. I still have a long time to prepare to become a god. As long as I can divert her attention, she won't be too wary of me at that time... However, it's easier to deceive someone who doesn't know, so I'll try not to let her notice it for now.

Having said that, I kind of hope that she can become a god soon... Then, even if the "True Creator" doesn't take it away, she won't be able to take it away...

As his thoughts turned, Klein nodded and said, "Okay."

Alice then told Klein about contacting the ship, and after Klein agreed, she did not disturb Klein's rest.

By the time everything was ready, it was already two weeks later, but Alice still hadn't brought anyone to the top of the mountain, and she also refused Klein's request to do so. She firmly told Klein that this was the only way to show her sincerity.

“But,” Klein retorted, “You saw it at the time. He even built the elevator himself.”

This made people silent for a while. Alice choked for a moment, then responded:
"If any of you can get the elevator working again, that's fine with me."

The matter came to an end, because no one here could get the elevator back in operation. Klein suspected that Alice might be able to do it, even if it was within a time limit, but Alice undoubtedly had no intention of doing so.

Finally, the long line of people formed a long queue from the bottom of the mountain to the top. The front of the line sank into the temple. Alice looked at the gate, hesitated for two seconds, then turned back and asked Klein:

"If you didn't open the door, would it affect your ceremony?"

“Probably not.” Klein said truthfully.

Alice waved to Derrick and said:
"Go ahead, open the door.

"The sun you want is inside."

Hearing this, Derrick recalled what he said when he first entered the gray fog and chose the "Sun" card. He was a little stunned, but only for a moment. He quickly smiled, said nothing, bowed, and walked forward.

Finally standing in front of the gray-blue door, Derrick stared at the door for two seconds. Many things seemed to flash through his mind, but when he came to his senses, he found that he didn't remember anything. He just put his hands on the door.

Derrick took a deep breath, leaned forward, and pushed the door open slowly. Golden sunlight appeared from a gap, becoming brighter and brighter until it turned into a sea of ​​golden light.

The hall suddenly became quiet. Everyone held their breath, almost greedily admiring the unprecedented beauty. Alice waited patiently there, not because she had patience, but because the time had not come yet - the sea outside the door connected to the dreamland of the ruins of the war of gods, and they could only leave here when night fell.

After an unknown amount of time, the sea that was shining with golden light was shrouded in darkness. Almost instinctively, several people in the hall tried to create light on their bodies, and then showed a confused look.

Alice looked at Klein, and Klein said to the others, "You can go now."

After saying that, he took a step forward without hesitation. Alice trotted to catch up with him and stepped onto the stone stairs in the darkness.

The team behind him quickly caught up, and the long team stepped on the stairs and fell into the darkness until they saw an orange-red light and a connected black monastery.

Alice sat down on the spot, and Klein turned around to remind everyone to wait where they were. This message was passed to the back of the team one by one. As everyone entered the area, the team fell completely silent in the darkness.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Alice suddenly stood up by supporting herself on the ground. Seeing this, Klein turned his head and reminded her:

"Daytime is coming."

The others were startled, and then, before they could react, a dazzling ray of sunlight cut through the darkness, and the golden ocean reappeared before their eyes. The difference was that they found themselves on an island.

Some people looked around curiously. There were many huge golden plants on the island with smiling faces on them. They looked scary, but the friendly atmosphere without any sense of decadence and filth still moved these residents from the "God-forsaken Land".

At this moment, a black shadow appeared on the horizon. As the shadow grew larger, everyone recognized that it was a ship, and there was more than one ship. Klein originally planned to bring people out in batches, but after Alice refused to make a second trip, he chose to take everyone together.

Therefore, the originally planned large ship became a fleet. On the leading ship, there was a man with burnt yellow eyebrows and deep blue eyes. He jumped onto the bow wearing a black cloak. Alice recognized that it was Danitz and stood on tiptoe to wave:
"This way!"

The boat quickly docked and stopped. Alice put down her hand and looked at Danitz, and found that he was standing at the bow, and seemed to have no intention of getting off.

Alice was a little confused. She looked at Klein with questioning eyes. Klein shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either. So Alice turned back to look at Danitz. While they exchanged glances, Danitz was already standing at the bow, with his arms fully opened and a condescending smile on his face. Alice suddenly had a bad premonition. She moved her feet to avoid behind Klein, but as soon as she raised her foot, Danitz shouted:
"Welcome to the bright world promised by God!"

Alice's mouth twitched violently, and she turned her head to Klein and asked:
"Did you order it?"

Klein shook his head in horror, indicating that this was absolutely not the case.

Alice showed an expression of toothache. She glanced at Danitz with a complicated expression, then pulled Klein and disappeared from the spot.

In the blink of an eye, they appeared on an uninhabited island in the Sonia Sea. Alice took a breath and said:

"When did he become like this???"

“I don’t know,” Klein shook his head, “but maybe I should prepare for a promotion.”

Alice made an OK gesture, stretched out her hand to zip up her mouth, and then made room for Klein.

Klein took the potion ingredients from the "Source Castle" and put them in one by one. Then he picked up the potion and poured it into his mouth without hesitation.

Thinking of the "Source Castle" vision when Klein was promoted last time, Alice was very alert at first, but two or three seconds later, she looked at Klein's hat, windbreaker, socks, shoes, shirt and underwear standing in the same place as before, and fell into a long-lost contemplation.

...No, huh?
——After drinking the potion, Klein's body turned into transparent worms and crawled into the mist of history. Only his clothes remained in place.

Alice waited for a while, and after more than ten seconds, a slippery tentacle stretched out from the mist of history and pulled the clothes in.

Alice stood there, her eyes filled with confusion. She scratched her head, wondering if she should do something, when a huge suction force grabbed her spirit. Alice was familiar with this suction force, which came from the "Source Castle", but at the same time she was terrified, because -

After getting back the "uniqueness", she once again lost the right to refuse to enter the "Source Castle".

The spirit appeared above Sefirah Castle. Alice looked at Klein, who was sitting in a high seat, and she felt an unprecedented sense of awe. It wasn't obvious, at least it didn't make her dare not even look at the Fool like other people, but it did have some impact. For example, Alice subconsciously sat up straight and looked at Klein with a dignified and slightly vigilant attitude.

This made Klein stunned for a moment. Alice's attitude clearly reflected a sense of unfamiliarity. Even though he had just been promoted to a "Miracle Master" and his condition was not stable, he subconsciously became nervous and tentatively shouted:
"Alice?"

Alice relaxed a little, but not completely. She looked at Klein and told him in a meaningful tone:
"I have good news for you, Mr. Fool."

This title startled Klein for a moment. He frowned uncomfortably and asked:

"what happened?"

"At least in Sefirah Castle, I will never dare to resist your authority again." Alice smiled at Klein.

Klein was stunned for a moment. He quickly remembered the promotion vision that he had suppressed and slowly realized something. After hesitating for two seconds, he waved to Alice.

Alice subconsciously leaned her head forward, and Klein didn't hesitate to raise his hand and flicked her forehead hard.

This made Alice cover her head and open her eyes wide. Klein smiled at her and said:

"That's a good thing."

Alice opened and closed her mouth several times before she couldn't help it anymore and jumped onto the table to hit Klein.

Klein quickly held her down and tried to save himself: "Wait, wait, I'll play with you again in two days. Let me take some time off first!"

Alice retreated silently again. She exhaled, sat opposite Klein, and looked him up and down again. This time, her eyes were much more friendly than before. Klein felt inexplicably relieved. He let Alice look at him and asked curiously:
"What the hell are you looking at?"

“I can’t see through you anymore…” Alice glanced at Klein with eyes full of resentment.

Klein was speechless. He immediately realized the reason for Alice's attitude. He closed his eyes and tried to control Sefirah Castle. After a few seconds, he opened his eyes and asked:

"now what?"

Alice showed a happy expression.

Klein was also somewhat happy, but he still carefully controlled his emotions. Alice glanced at him, frowned slightly, and asked:

"what happened to you?"

Klein turned his head and looked at Alice, as if he was meeting her for the first time. He looked at her with troubled eyes. When Alice was about to lose her patience, he spoke hesitantly:
"Alice, I'm curious...

"You, do you feel uncomfortable when you have those strong emotional fluctuations?"

Alice shook her head decisively, then hesitated and said, "...What's wrong?"

Klein carefully began to describe his feelings:

"I can sense two thoughts. One is cold and superior, which seems to be the thought of the potion itself. The other is the image in the eyes of believers, which is the 'anchor'.

“But the ‘anchor’… the function of the ‘anchor’ is not to help me stabilize my state, but to confront another thought and form a balance. Then, my consciousness exists in this balance.

"'Anchor' seems to be a kind of pollution..."

Klein looked at Alice with a hesitant look. Alice opened her mouth but couldn't make a sound. After trying several times, she collapsed on the chair and said in a trance:
"If, I mean if...

"What if I don't feel these two thoughts, or these two kinds of pollution?" (End of this chapter)