Mystery: Lucky One

When Alice woke up, Klein was making a machine.

Looking at the gears, bearings, rivets, metal tubes and other parts directly exposed on the final product, Alice finally couldn't stand it anymore and said:

"At least give it some clothes!"

This sound stopped Klein's movements. He took a moment to calm down and shouted tentatively:

"Alice?"

"Be respectful," Alice replied arrogantly, "I am now a true god - how can you call a true god by his name?"

It looks like it’s me… Klein’s mouth twitched. He ignored the words and observed the machine in front of him, thinking about what “put on some clothes” meant.

Did she want me to cover up these parts? Well, that's understandable, it's in line with her personality...

Klein nodded thoughtfully and replied to Alice's earliest question: "I can't help it. My craftsmanship is just like this."

"Why don't you find someone to help you?" Alice suggested earnestly. "Wait, what do you make this machine for?"

"I plan to make a fully automatic wishing machine," Klein replied, "Well, that is, as long as you put in a coin, you can make a wish, and then the wish will come true... I am playing the role of a 'miracle worker'."

"That's great," Alice praised. "I originally thought you would build a wishing well, and then secretly use a doll to fish out coins at night. Now that I think about it, a wishing machine is better than a wishing well, because it's coin-operated, and you can collect money directly from it!"

“…I don’t plan to stay in here,” Klein closed his eyes in pain, “and I don’t plan to make a profit from this!”

After a few seconds of pausing, he shouted even louder, "Also, I won't secretly use my secret doll to fish out coins from the wishing well at night!"

Ellie didn't care at all. She asked back lightly, "Are you going during the day, or in your real body?"

Klein felt that this topic was no longer worth discussing, so he changed the subject and asked, "Do you want to continue sleeping?"

Alice was silent for a few seconds before answering:
"You know what? Your question gives me a bad feeling. If I say I don't need to continue sleeping, are you going to let me help you in this state..."

“Is it not possible…?” Klein asked hesitantly, “Aren’t you awake?”

“…You really have this plan.” Alice cast an eye-rolling expression in Klein’s mind, “Let me think about how to tell you… Tsk, didn’t I tell you that after my ‘reboot’, I couldn’t maintain the level of Sequence 0.”

Klein nodded hesitantly.

Alice let out a breath and explained:

“It’s okay to chat with you or use some insignificant power, such as slightly changing your fate and making it easier for you to pick up money on the road. However, it’s not very realistic to do something in a real fight.

“If I had enough accumulation, I might be able to temporarily recover my strength, but… well, anyway, if you’re counting on my help now, be prepared for a ‘re-run of yesterday’.

"Oh, by the way, let me remind you of one thing - in theory, it is very dangerous for a True God in an unstable state to frequently use his authority."

"Why in theory?" Klein asked curiously.

Alice chuckled and replied, "Because in a sense, I am the danger that everyone is facing."

Klein froze in place. He hesitated again and called out tentatively, "Alice?"

"Hmm?" Alice's voice was normal. "Do you have something to say? If not, I'd better get some more sleep. It's boring to wait here for the birth... Call me when there's something fun?"

"...Wait a minute," Klein stopped her, "I do have a question...Alice, will my belly get bigger?"

“…Mr. Fool,” Alice’s tone was a little complicated, “Shouldn’t this be decided by you? If you have a similar special hobby, then I can’t do anything…”

“I didn’t!” Klein denied quickly, “By the way, Alice, I have met Emperor Roselle.”

"Huh?!" Alice's voice rose several degrees.

Klein laughed to himself, then said:

"He was indeed contaminated by the 'Fallen Mother Goddess'. Bernadette sealed him away, and after returning, he was promoted to Sequence 2. He is now an angel.

"After Bernadette left, I used the paper man to talk to the emperor... Well, I told him about your continued diary writing."

"......?" Alice's voice became tense. "What did he...what did he say?"

"He asked me what sequence you were at," Klein said frankly, "I told him that you are already a true god, and the kind that was chosen by the source essence."

Alice didn't speak for a long time, so long that Klein thought she had fallen asleep again. When he was about to continue researching his fully automatic wishing machine, Alice spoke tremblingly:
“Mr. Fool, if he wants to hit me in the future, will you protect me?”

After Klein paused for two seconds, he spoke sincerely:

“In fact, I’ve always thought that maybe I should find a way to deal with your instincts.

"For example, counter your current instinct with an opposite instinct?"

"Then I'll have a split personality!" Alice stopped him in horror, "I'll really go crazy!"

Klein thought for a few seconds and felt that it made sense. He nodded and said:

"Okay, what you said makes sense. In that case, maybe I should consider finding a gentler instinct that can balance you at the moment?
"Like, the instinct to try to hold back before you do something, or the instinct to try to stop something before it happens... something like that.

"Otherwise, if it's a true god, it's probably not that serious, but if it's at the level of the old days... I'm really a little worried about my life safety. After all, your predecessor had such a brilliant record..."

Alice was silent. She had no way of refuting this, so she could only say:

"...But instinct is related to authority and symbolism. If you say so, it means..."

She paused, and said in a somewhat strange tone: "Are you going to find a new way for me, or even a new source substance for me to accommodate?"

This question made Klein temporarily give up his current thoughts. He replied:
"Forget it, let's talk about it later. I'd better continue to study my wishing machine... Since you dislike its appearance, do you have any ideas?"

"You just need a suitable shell, right?" Alice thought, "You probably don't need any functions inside, right? It doesn't matter if it's just an empty shell?"

"Yes," Klein agreed. "Then why don't you just add parts and just assemble a shell?" Alice suggested.

Klein shook his head and said, "But if that's the case, it won't look that technological, right? I still want something more mechanical..."

"Honestly, why don't you find someone to help you fight..." Alice rolled her eyes.

Klein finally struggled and asked, "Is what I did really ugly?"

Alice stopped talking. Klein stared at his work in silence for a few seconds. Finally, he decided to accept Alice's suggestion and go find someone to help.

After preparing the fully automatic wishing machine, Klein told Alice about what had happened in the past. He colluded with Alice about the lies he had told. Alice wrote them down one by one until she heard Klein's last question:

"...That's about it. Alice, what happened during your godhood ceremony? I checked before, and the entrance to the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods' has been sealed again. Also, is there something wrong with Amon?"

"...You may not need to worry about Amon," Alice thought for a moment and replied, "I'm afraid that His original body... I don't know what the remaining clones are like. If you are really curious, you can ask Adam and the 'True Creator'. As for the 'Forsaken Land of God'..."

Alice paused and said hesitantly:
"It was already like that. If it is flooded by the 'Sea of ​​Chaos' again, I feel like it will be uninhabitable...

"By the way, you mentioned earlier that your holy book has been written?"

“…Yes,” Klein’s tone turned ashamed. “Little Sun and the people of Silver City made this up…”

"I want to see it!" Alice made a prompt decision.

So Klein had to temporarily put aside his plan to become a wish-granting machine, and took out the holy book from the "Source Castle" that he had only flipped through two pages but didn't have the courage to continue reading. Under Alice's coercion, he began to read it to her.

His embarrassment didn't last long, because Alice had no interest in the monotonous flattery in front of her. After admiring Klein's embarrassed expression, she asked Klein to turn to the back.

Alice heard her own name among the angels under the Fool. The City of Silver recorded her as the Angel of Fate under the Fool and the Godson of the Fool. Looking back, Alice also heard the existence of someone who looked like Reinette Tinicole and the long-lost Mr. Azik. Of course, Klein's vest was not left out either. However, all of this was not as good as...

"The 'Angel of Time', born in ancient times, eventually submitted to my Lord..."

After Klein read this sentence, he stopped reading and swallowed nervously, then asked Alice:
"Writing this like this, something bad will happen, right...?"

"No," Alice replied calmly, "because it's hard to say whether the great Angel of Time is dead or alive now."

Klein paused for a moment, and then he confirmed with Alice again:

"Are you really not aware of Amon's situation? Or, tell me what happened during your godhood ceremony?"

Alice hesitated for a moment and then spoke:

"What I said to you should also... um...

"I ran into Ouroboros as soon as I returned to the 'Forsaken Land'. Then Ouroboros chased me and we ran into Will Auceptin...

"The three of us have been running around for a while, and Will is probably...By the way, do you know where Will Auceptin 'Rebooted' went?"

She seemed to be asking casually, but Klein's heart skipped a beat. He hesitated and said, "...I know."

This brief answer made Alice realize that something was wrong. In addition, Klein did not mention this matter when he was describing what happened during this period. Alice lowered her voice and asked:

"Is there a problem with the location of His 'restart'?"

After a moment of silence, Klein spoke carefully, "He is now the captain and Ms. Daly's child..."

Alice calmed down. After several minutes of silence, she asked in a voice without any emotion:
"Does the goddess know about this?"

"The goddess knows," Klein replied, "but I'm not sure about her attitude."

Alice pursed her lips and then said:

"... Let's talk about it later. Anyway, you can't take care of Him now. Forcing Him out will lead to... Let's talk about it later. Wait until He is born, and wait for me to be born.

"The goddess... the goddess probably won't intervene. She won't help Will stop me, nor will she help me deal with Will.

"However, if necessary, the goddess should be able to protect the captain and Ms. Daly."

Her voice gradually calmed down. Klein knew that she probably had the answer in her heart, so he comforted her:
"Logically speaking, he should be weaker than you now..."

Alice sighed and stopped dwelling on the question. She continued:

"Whatever. It's not time for Him to die yet anyway... Let's continue talking about what we just talked about.

“After we ran for a while, Will couldn’t help but take action first. As a result, Amon returned the stolen time to Him, turning Him back into a baby, breaking the balance between us.

"Then... using the Beyonder characteristics to aggregate, I ended this meaningless dispute, but Amon... well, let's put it this way, the 'Lord of Mysteries' revived in Amon's body, and I beat him with the 'Profane Slate'... maybe he was beaten to death, I didn't dare to see it, I only saw the 'Chaos Sea' flooding the place.

"So, I really don't know Amon's current situation. I only know that He must not be in a good condition now..."

"Is it possible that He still has a clone alive?" Klein suppressed his shock at hearing the news about the Lord of Mysteries and asked.

"Maybe..." Alice blinked. "As for others, there should be no trace of them. But as for Amon... well, maybe there is an Amon bathing in the 'Chaos Sea'? After all, he is our own child..."

Taking a bath in the Chaos Sea... Klein's mouth twitched twice. He pinched his brows and turned to Alice and asked:

"Speaking of which, Alice, what do you think of the church and the church? What should I call you now? I always feel that Miss Destiny is not very suitable for the current situation..."

Alice was stunned for a moment, then answered thoughtfully:

"Well, I originally told others that I was the goddess of fate, but actually, when I think of the 'Key of Light', I have a strange idea...

"What do you think of the goddess of light? It just so happens that Apollo also has the power of light and prophecy...

"Hey, you said that the old days of the 'Destiny' path, why was it called the 'Key of Light'?" (End of this chapter)