Mystery: Lucky One

Alice's explanation made Klein suddenly realize something. Before he could continue speaking, he heard Alice continue:
"I'm going to take a nap, maybe for a very long time... Well, don't call me if there's nothing wrong, and try not to call me if there's something wrong... When I wake up, I'll tell you what happened.

"I probably won't be able to wait until 'birth'... I should be able to wake up before then - in fact, it's okay to wake up now? However, the baby should still have a good sleep..."

Klein nodded and agreed without hesitation: "Okay."

Then, the surroundings fell into silence. Klein tried to feel it, and then tentatively opened his mouth to call out:

"Alice?"

Of course, this was done in Loenese. Klein did not try to use a language that could manipulate natural forces. After all, he just wanted to confirm whether Alice was asleep, not to wake her up.

After confirming that the language that couldn't leverage the power of nature wouldn't cause Alice to react, Klein realized that Alice was probably really asleep. He didn't try to see if the language that could leverage the power of nature could wake Alice up because he was planning to do something.

Klein reached out his hand to the air. He thought about it and grabbed it. A ring was pulled out of the air. It was a silver ring inlaid with a strange blue gem. He played with the ring in his hand and smiled.

If I put the ring on when Alice wakes up... well, then she'll find out by accident... She has to find out by accident, without me bringing it up.

If she thinks this is true, she will definitely ask me, and then I will tell her...

No, I remember that her deification ceremony was related to Amon. I should first understand Amon's current condition. If Amon is no longer able to propose to her, or if I can't explain Amon's condition, she won't believe it.

In addition, I also need to make the historical projection more "real". This is easy. When I prepare to become a god, I should at least be the King of Angels. By then, with the help of the power of "Source Castle", it will not be difficult to hide it from her.

Especially, she should have been relatively weak at the time...

However, there is another problem. When she wakes up, I may not have become a god. According to her, this scam can only be exposed after I become a god...

It would be nice if I could get the real "Rose Oath" back... or, I could ask someone to make one that looks exactly the same and then cast anti-divination?

Anyway, it’s normal for the engagement ring sent by Amon to have anti-divination…?
Klein stealthily made the historical projection of the ring disappear again, straightened his hat and clothes, and left the spot as if nothing had happened.

……

June 1351, 6 was the first Monday after Alice became a god, and also the date of the first Tarot meeting.

Klein sat upright in a high-back chair as usual, watching figures emerge one after another on their respective seats, feeling inexplicably emotional.

I'm afraid I won't be able to see Alice at Tarot Club for quite a while... I'm not used to it...

He didn't feel too sad because Alice was relatively relaxed before she ignored him. She even had time to make jokes. And Alice had mentioned that he would enter a weak stage after the "restart".

But the members of the Tarot Club did not think so. As early as the last time Alice was absent without reason, some people had been observing the empty chair from time to time. Although Mr. Fool gave an explanation in response to the worried inquiry of "The Sun" Derrick, everyone thought at that time that Alice would show up at the next Tarot Club.

After all, it is not a good thing for the gods to go too long without responding.

Klein was prepared to deal with other people's questions, but he soon discovered that Derrick, who was most concerned about Miss Destiny's current situation, did not have any questions this time. He was in a relaxed and happy state. As for the others...

The Hanged Man Alger and the Hermit Cattleya seemed to have their own ideas, but neither of them asked, probably because they were waiting for others. Emlyn the Moon really thought the bet was not over yet, and Leonard the Star was worried, but his gaze was not towards the Fool, but towards the World. He seemed to have something to say to the World, but he was not sure if it was about this or something else.

——At the last Tarot meeting, “The World” proposed a request to find Zaratul and special products from the spirit world, and announced that it had become an angel.

Magician Fors didn't think too much about it. She was not very familiar with Alice and paid more attention to Mr. Fool. Judge Xio joined the Tarot Club for her friends.

Therefore, after the silent transaction, the first person to bring up the relevant topic was Audrey, Justice. She did not choose to ask the Fool, but asked the World:

"Mr. 'World', do you know what Miss Fate is doing?"

Audrey asked bluntly because her original intention was different from that of the others. She had witnessed with her own eyes the close relationship between "The World" and Alice. In her opinion, if something happened to Alice, "The World" would definitely need a psychiatrist - especially since "The World" had just been promoted to an angel, which was the time when problems were most likely to occur.

This wasn't a test; she was just purely curious.

The Sun Derrick also looked over. Klein thought for a moment and asked while controlling the World:
"You don't seem very worried about Him?"

He... ?
Audrey frowned sharply. In her impression, the "world" seemed to prefer to call Alice "she".

Audrey then said thoughtfully, "Because I think if something happened to Miss Destiny, you would not be able to be as calm as you are now."

She was very calm, so the "world" looked at Derrick again, and Derrick replied:

"For some reason, my companion performed a ceremony to Miss Fortune, praying for good luck, and it was successfully responded to..."

Klein suddenly realized, and then he asked the World:
"Didn't you feel a moment of trance this week? Suddenly saw something, or suddenly forgot that you had done something, or felt that you had done something even though you didn't..."

The Tarot Club members nodded one after another, and Leonard suddenly realized, "That is...?"

He had a guess, but he didn't say anything. He just looked at "The World". The others were similar. "The World" said slowly:

“Perhaps we should call her Lady Fortune instead of Miss Fortune.

"Well, if He intends to keep this name when He wakes up."

"Wake up?" Derrick looked puzzled.

"That should be the automatic response ritual he left before he fell asleep..." Klein turned his head and explained to Derrick, "He is now... well, the developing fetus should have a good sleep, right?" Everyone suddenly realized and remembered Alice's original commission. They had some understanding of the current situation. Audrey subconsciously wanted to take a look at the head of the bronze table and observe Mr. Fool's waist and abdomen, but she immediately restrained herself and retracted this overly offensive idea.

Only Leonard seemed to be hesitant to speak. He raised his hand and said, “Mr. Fool, I wish to communicate with the World alone.”

Of course Klein agreed. With the others looking at him with inquiring or curious eyes, they entered into a private conversation. The World asked doubtfully:
"what happened?"

Leonard made a strange expression and told Crane: "Ms. Daly is pregnant."

“Isn’t that a good thing?” Klein was puzzled.

"No..." Leonard had a strange expression, "That child, that child..."

He paused, and then spoke in a very complicated tone:

"After learning about this, I went to see the captain and Ms. Daly. Ms. Daly told me that this child has been blessed by the goddess and he will be a lovely little angel..."

“……?” With the experience of Bonova and Zaratul, Klein suddenly had a bad feeling.

Leonard took a deep breath and continued:

“That’s nothing, but after I left, the old man told me that the child’s fate was unusual and that He might really be a cute little angel.”

He looked at Klein with a serious expression. After a few breaths, Klein figured it out. With Alice here, even if Ouroboros wants to "restart", he will not choose anyone other than the "True Creator". The child there can only be Will Auceptin!

However, is it so easy for "restart" to be discovered? No, it's not the problem of "restart", it should be caused by Will Auceptin's decline in status, and His own condition is definitely not good... But why is it Ms. Daly? Is He afraid that Alice will attack Him? But wouldn't that attract more hatred... Is there any difference between this and me finding out that Melissa is pregnant with an angel?

However, if he did so, Alice would be hesitant and would not dare to take action... Should he still seek the goddess's blessing? No, wait...

Countless thoughts flashed through Klein's mind. He suddenly grasped something and asked urgently, "Captain and Ms. Daly, don't they know about this yet?"

"It should be." Leonard nodded.

Klein felt that he understood everything at once.

He was sure that if the captain and Ms. Daly didn't know about this yet, Alice would not want them to know about it later. She would prefer that the captain and Ms. Daly remain unaware of it without being hurt. In other words, she would prefer to negotiate with Will Auceptin in private.

And the result of the negotiation... is nothing more than that Ms. Daly and the captain have an extra angel bodyguard.

Although he could basically guess it, Klein didn't intend to make the decision for Alice. He shook his head and said:
"I'll go check out the situation and talk to Him. As for the rest, we'll talk about it after Alice wakes up."

Leonard had no opinion. He just had some thoughts about what Klein said. He asked with a strange look on his face:

"Is it okay for you to yell like this?"

His eyes kept looking diagonally upwards, as if they were cramping. Klein couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so he quickly said:

"Don't worry, I've tried it several times, and she can't hear it at all."

When the address changed back to "she", Leonard's expression also took on a somewhat inexplicable flavor. He seemed to have a true understanding of the relationship between Klein and Alice. He stopped talking and simply told the Fool that his private communication was over.

The conversation ended here. No one raised any questions about Alice until the end of the Tarot Club. When all the projections in the Sefirah Castle disappeared, Klein began to think about his next move.

Play as the digestion of the "Miracle Master" potion, collect the auxiliary materials of the "Secret Servant" potion, prepare for the "Secret Servant" promotion ceremony, and investigate Amon's current situation...

After sorting things out according to their importance, Klein finally put investigating Amon's current condition at the top of the list—he was not sure when Alice would wake up.

After a moment of hesitation, Klein finally decided to try to divine Amon's current situation.

He guessed that Amon's condition would not be good. If Amon was already a true god and had the energy to do something to him, Alice would not fail to remind him. In addition, when he divined Antigonus, Klein had actually discovered that after completely digesting the "Ancient Scholar" potion, he was less likely to encounter danger when divining certain targets.

He was already able to sense danger before the divination, just like Alice, and end the divination - although according to Alice's description, she did not end it herself, but fate did not even show it to her and ended it directly.

Klein naturally didn't dare to think about this strange preference. His current premonition was enough. He stretched out his hand and summoned paper and pen in a very ritualistic manner, writing down the divination statement - although it was actually not needed.

But as it was his first real divination after being promoted to an angel, Klein still went through the entire process and started the dream divination.

He saw Chernobyl again, the series of gray and white buildings leading to the cliff, and the dry hand on the cliff.

Klein was deeply impressed by the owner of this hand. He remembered that this was Amon who was kicked down by Alice. At that time, Klein didn't know what was underneath, but now he knew that it was the remnant of the "Chaos Sea".

So... Amon climbed out of the "Sea of ​​Chaos"?
Klein's intuition told him that this interpretation was definitely wrong, but he couldn't think of the real interpretation for a while. After thinking for a long time, he found that he now had two options: one was to wake up Alice, and the other was to wake up the "real creator."

Neither of the two answers was realistic. After thinking about it, Klein decided that he could first go check out the current situation of the "God-Forsaken Land".

——After all, according to Alice, the reason why people were moved out in advance was that no one would survive if they didn't.

If things have come to this point, then... there should be some traces left, right?

Thinking of this, Klein's body fell down and returned to the real world, heading to the location where Silver City was resettled.

He was not the type to do whatever he thought of. Although he had a direction for the next step, Klein planned to first find someone who knew and paid attention to the relevant situation to find out the current situation of the "Forsaken Land of the Gods". (End of this chapter)