Mystery: Lucky One

If one only looked at the name of Sequence 0, the "Moon" pathway seemed to be related to light, but "Moon" Emlyn himself knew that was not the case. His first association with the concept of light was holy light, and he shuddered.

As for Judge Xio and Magician Fors, they did not have much psychological activity, only a familiar sense of security.

The first thing that "Star" Leonard thought of was the goddess. "Light" and "night" are opposing concepts to a certain extent. He really wanted to ask the goddess if she knew about this, but in his eyes, there was a big difference between a true God and an angel, especially after seeing Arianna frequently for a period of time.

Alice looked around and found that no one had any opinions on the name. Audrey didn't even continue to greet her. She asked unsatisfiedly:
"Why don't you say anything?"

"Because they all think this idea is not good or outrageous, but they can't directly question you like I do." Klein, who was sitting in the "World" position, spoke lightly with his hoarse voice.

This statement immediately earned several veiled glances of admiration. Of course, they were not too obvious, just peripheral glances. Alice couldn't help but retort:

"What's so outrageous about that? It's obvious——"

She suddenly paused and asked hesitantly, "Should I let the meeting continue?"

No one responded to her, even Klein just sat there, so Alice thought for a moment and said:

"Forget it, just continue."

Continue...how to continue?

Audrey thought for two seconds and decided to finish the greeting first.

Only after she greeted everyone and sat down did Alice sigh and imitate Klein and say:
"let's start."

The next step is naturally the Tarot Club's transaction phase. As everyone's ranking gradually improves, this phase will often only take effect once in several rounds.

Naturally, the transaction process did not play a role this time. After a brief silence, the free communication session began. "The Sun" Derrick spoke first and talked about the new things around him.

Ever since they left the "God-Forsaken Land", Derrick had spoken the most during this session, because there were too many new things around him. Alice chose to listen and not speak for the time being.

But apart from Alice, not many people were listening to Derrick's speech. Most people focused their attention on Alice, wondering why she was sitting here today and the Fool's intentions. Miss Destiny might just be here to have fun, but Mr. Fool would not agree to this just because she thought it was fun. He must have his own considerations.

With trust in the Fool, Alger, the Hanged Man, thought carefully, and after Derrick, the Sun, stopped talking, he spoke directly to Alice, who seemed to be in a good mood:
"The Goddess of Light..."

His original intention was to ask directly, but as soon as he said this title, he had a strange feeling and his voice stopped abruptly. Alice also realized something and responded:

"Well...if you're planning on talking to me, just call me as you did before."

Alger asked readily:

"Ms. Fate, how did you convince Mr. Fool to let you sit here?"

Alice blinked and said as a matter of course: "He proposed it himself~"

It was an unexpected answer, but it made sense after careful consideration. Alger, the "Hanged Man", realized that just asking this question would not work. He had to ask what happened before and after that. But this question was too offensive...

While he was thinking and choosing his words, Audrey, the Justice, realized his intention and thought of the answer first:

"Ms. Destiny, have you just woken up?"

"Hmm." Alice looked at them thoughtfully and didn't speak for a while.

She was aware of the not-so-subtle probing of her by these people; they seemed to have mastered the trick of talking to her and had made their goals clear.

Alice was not disgusted. She was always tolerant of similar thoughts, unless the other party was hesitant and unwilling to speak out. But now everything was obvious, so she was happy to respond:
"More or less. Anyway, I hadn't been awake for long... I saw... I saw Mr. World doing handicrafts, but he was doing it very ugly. When Mr. Fool invited me, I had just convinced Mr. World to hand it over to professionals."

Handwork…?
This was unexpected news. Everyone looked at the World in surprise. After two seconds of silence, Klein responded to everyone’s gaze:

"I was making a machine at the time, and because I left the internal structure of the machine exposed, Miss Fate asked me to put some clothes on the machine."

What a wonderful metaphor...

A flash of surprise passed through everyone's mind, and then they heard the voice of the first lady of destiny:

"To be honest, even the internal structure of a machine, I've seen good-looking ones... The thing you made has absolutely no mechanical beauty!"

She paused, then continued:
“Oh, by the way, Mr. Fool didn’t directly invite me to host the Tarot Club—I told Him that I thought it was strange for the True God to appear as a participant, but it was even stranger for two gods to sit side by side. That is, uh…

"In my impression, at least in my impression of ordinary people's culture, the scene of two kings ruling is not common. Instead, it is more common to see the king and queen sitting side by side...

“It’s actually nothing, but I can be considered Mr. Fool’s child, so… I think this ethical relationship is a bit too confusing.”

Klein took a look at the "endless chaos" and fell into a strange silence.

Of course, the people here don't know the "Key of Light", let alone "Endless Chaos", so Audrey asked curiously:

"Do gods care about ethics? Judging from your previous attitude, I thought these ethics were meaningless to mythical creatures..."

"It would be weirder if it made sense," Alice said bluntly, "if you were to explore the ethics of mythical creatures, some scenes would be very subtle, like Amon... You all know the Amon family from the Fourth Epoch, right?"

The Tarot Club members nodded one after another, and Alice continued:

"But the Amon family in the Fourth Epoch has always had only one Amon... not only family members, but even the pet dog at home, and I even suspect that flies, mosquitoes, and those invisible microorganisms in the air are all Amon..."

The Tarot Club members came to their senses. Alice glanced at the "Hermit" Cattleya again and shifted the focus to her:

"Moreover, this phenomenon did not start with the angels. To say that the most... the most daring to break the secular shackles that I have seen so far is the 'cultivator' path of the Church of Mother Earth.

"There is a druid from this path on Ms. Hermit's ship. He is also the inventor of the mushrooms mentioned above... Mr. Sun, do you know where those mushrooms came from?"

Derrick shook his head honestly.

Alice then answered:

"Well... although there are many influencing factors, I think the most important part may come from a 'Rose Bishop' and a believer of the 'Original Moon Shell'... In other words, those mushrooms can be called their 'offspring'." Derrick found it difficult to describe his current mood. His expression was distorted, and a strange feeling of nausea emerged on his face.

The expressions of the other Tarot Club members who had never eaten mushrooms were not very good either. Klein said directly:

“Let’s discuss this, Miss Destiny.

"Since you haven't decided what you're going to look like when you're born, do you mind being mute?"

Alice was choked and retorted, "Even if I choose to be dumb, it won't affect my ability to speak, okay?"

Klein responded calmly, "I know, and I think you should know that I want you to shut up."

Alice froze for a moment. She seemed to want to say something, but in the end she just whispered back:
"At most I won't mention this... Um, by the way, can you give me some suggestions? I find it so difficult to choose... What should I look like in the future? Boy or girl? And...

"Should I get a new name?"

She paused, then added, "Oh, and the hair and eyes must be silver. I've tried, and I can't change it."

These words made the Tarot Club members look at each other in bewilderment. "Star" Leonard said thoughtfully:

"You decide your appearance yourself?"

"Yes," Alice admitted.

"Have you ever considered referring to Mr. Fool?" Leonard suggested, "Mr. Fool... should have a human form, right?"

"Yes," Alice nodded seriously, "not only yes, but there are quite a few."

"Okay, so many?" Leonard was confused.

"Well, He is a..." Alice responded as a matter of course, "Um... A God with a Thousand Faces?"

It sounds better than “Faceless Man”... Klein glanced at Alice and said nothing.

Alice continued:

“Actually, I feel like I’m cosplaying myself as an OC…oh, you don’t know what this means.

“Just like Amon plays a role as a family, Mr. Fool’s authority can also do something similar. He can create something like an avatar for himself, and then give them different names, personalities, and characters…”

"Like a 'virtual personality'?" Audrey asked thoughtfully.

"Almost," Alice agreed, "but a 'virtual personality' only has a personality."

Audrey thought for a moment and asked, "That must be Mr. World's secret puppet?"

——Klein’s ability to make puppets is no secret. Tarot Club members who have had real-life contact with him naturally know his habit of playing the role of puppets. They all think it is a role-playing requirement, and the name of that sequence is called "Master of Puppetry."

This time, Alice just hummed, turned around and said to Leonard:

"Which Mr. Fool should I refer to?"

Leonard was speechless, but Audrey spoke up:

"I think we should take this matter step by step... Appearance is a later matter, Miss Fate, maybe you should decide your gender first? You, what do you think of your gender...?"

"To be honest, I don't particularly care," Alice shook her head. "However, I have lived my entire life as a woman, especially my earliest life, so if I have to define myself by gender, I think I am a woman - but I don't have any obsession with my gender after the 'restart'. In fact, I am a little curious about the experience of being a man."

Audrey said thoughtfully:

"But you asked us to call you the Goddess of Light... I think maybe you should continue to exist as a woman? At least for now.

"After all, if the goddess was a man..."

"...That's not a big deal," Alice pressed her brows. "Disguising one's appearance and voice when facing believers is something every god can do, either in reality or in dreams... Well, there probably aren't many gods who would be free to contact their believers in reality."

You are the one who has nothing to do... Audrey glanced at Alice, but did not say this out loud. Instead, she said:

"But don't you find it strange yourself?"

This was judged from Alice's previous discussion on ethics. Combined with Alice's previous behaviors, Audrey felt that even if she became a god, Miss Fate seemed to be particularly concerned about certain things.

As expected, Alice did start to think deeply. The mercury-colored human baby could not show any emotion, but Audrey felt that she should be frowning. Just when Audrey thought her suggestion was accepted, Alice finally made a decision. She spoke thoughtfully:

"Well... that is to say...

"If the Goddess of Light is a man, it would be very strange, why don't I just call her the God of Light?
"Then I won't have this kind of trouble anymore?"

Audrey gave up, realizing that it was not feasible to make suggestions from this angle, because Miss Destiny's way of solving problems was completely different from what they thought!
Even if she failed, there were still others. Alger, the Hanged Man, said:

"I think according to your thinking, you will be born as a man sooner or later. In this case, why not experience it sooner?"

"Because if we delay it long enough, it's almost as if the thing didn't happen..." Alice muttered in annoyance, "Besides, what if I regret it after the experience... Should I commit suicide on the spot?"

“I can help,” Klein suggested helpfully.

The members of the Tarot Club looked at "The World" one after another. They seemed to want to say something but did not dare to speak. Audrey looked at "The World" and then at Alice, with a trace of contemplation in her eyes.

Mr. World seems to have no change in his attitude towards Miss Fate's becoming a god...? Not only that, Miss Fate's attitude towards the World before and after becoming an angel has not changed... But to Miss Fate, angels and non-angels are obviously completely different.

At least, angels are “the same kind” to Him… (End of this chapter)