Mystery: Lucky One

This idea was not a spur-of-the-moment one. Arrodes had proposed to Klein many times that he should take him away. Klein also sincerely felt that Arrodes was useful, and each time he agreed, it was not entirely perfunctory.

He really wanted to take Arrodes away, but he never had the right opportunity or reason, and it was difficult to pay the right price. At this moment, facing the defeated Steam Church, Klein, who had been promoted to a "Miracle Master" and had basically digested the potion, finally had enough confidence.

Moreover, if you choose the route of hunting Zaratul, Arrodes will undoubtedly be an excellent helper.

Come to think of it, Zaratul should be looking for me too? But, it might be hard to find Him... After all, if he attacks me, theoretically, Alice is more likely to be affected? Hiss, so, with her around, I'm actually quite safe...

Thinking of this, Klein didn't know what to say for a moment. He stayed in Backlund again. No longer busy with acting and promotion, he spent a few rare days of leisurely life.

With the death of the true God, the role of the Church of the God of War on the battlefield became very limited. The lower-level people who were not devout in their faith sought their own ways out, and the higher-level people who were devout in their faith or deeply bound to the church were also affected and showed signs of fatigue in the war.

Without the God of War, his allies would of course no longer exist, such as the Steam Church, which had already begun to study how to minimize the losses.

Loen's army advanced all the way and won the victory with overwhelming force. Klein, who had been observing the current situation of the Steam Church, thought of Melissa after a long time.

Through the Tarot Club and "Justice" Audrey, Klein actually understood the current situation of Benson and Melissa.

Benson demonstrated his sophistication and tact in the Treasury Department during the war and was promoted several times. He has become the deputy director of the Fifth Department with an annual salary of 300 pounds.

Melissa was favored by her mentor Portland Momont, who gave her a chance to become a Beyonder. The president of Backlund University of Technology was a believer of the "God of Steam and Machinery" and had long since embarked on the Beyonder path. He was currently a Sequence 7 "Appraiser". He hoped that Melissa would become a Sequence 9 "Generalist" so that she could better learn knowledge, improve her memory, and lay a good foundation for her future development in the field of machinery.

Audrey told Klein that Melissa seemed inclined to agree. Klein did not object. After all, the "universalists" were not dangerous Sequence 9s like "monsters". He was not too worried about this, not to mention that he, the "miracle master", was secretly helping.

...Come to think of it, Melissa and Benson must really want Klein to be resurrected. If I were to appear in front of them now, the last bit of my potion would have been digested, right?
A joking thought came to Klein's mind, but it was impossible to do it. Klein never wanted to see the example of Will Auceptin happen to him.

- Think about it, if he showed his concern for Benson and Melissa in front of Alice, would Alice have one more option when considering the "restart" partner?

It wasn't even malicious!
Although, Alice probably wouldn't do that in the end...

Klein sighed sadly and shook his head.

While he was waiting, the treatment of the Steam Church finally had results. The Church of Night and the Church of Storm gave the Steam Church a deadline, requiring them to transfer all extraordinary people above the level of demigod and all sealed objects above level "2" out of Loen within the specified time.

In other words, they had lost their original status and could only preach in Loen like the Church of the Earth, and could only maintain a small number of churches.

Similarly, a small number of churches only need a small number of "Mechanical Heart" members, and most of the Beyonders of the Steam Church in Loen will have to migrate to Intis.

The Steam Church, which was ready to go, finally boarded a steam train. Klein estimated the departure time of the train and drew the symbol to summon Arrodes on the mirror in the hotel room.

As soon as he finished sketching the mixed symbol of "secret" and "peeping", the mirror began to ripple with light, and golden runes appeared one after another:
"Supreme, Great, Supreme Master, you are finally here! Your humble, loyal, poor servant Arrodes has missed you so much!"

Klein's excessive enthusiasm made him retreat uncomfortably. He thought of Alice's sticky "Mr. Fool" and inexplicably felt a chill as if he had been swept by a snake's tongue. He shuddered in fear and said,

"Be normal."

"Yes, Master." Arrodes was able to control himself.

Klein paused strangely, then spoke jokingly:
"The rate of scandals in Trier far exceeds that in Backlund. This should be a place you like."

"Because you, my master, don't want to go to Trier." The golden words on the surface of the mirror faded and turned light silver.

Klein secretly said, "You are on that steam train?"

The mirror released a hand-drawn emoji of a man nodding frantically. Klein looked at the emoji in silence for a few seconds before giving instructions:

"Maybe you should add a pitiful expression to it."

Arrodes followed suit and modified his expression.

Klein didn't know what to say. Fortunately, Arrodes quickly put away his expression and new words appeared on the mirror:
"Master, are you going to bring me back?"

Oh no, it has learned emoticons... Klein felt mixed emotions, but nodded calmly.
"Ah."

The mirror instantly displayed an animation of fireworks. Klein no longer wanted to watch. He shook his head and stretched his hand out into the air. In front of him, Arrodes, who had not yet left, showed a line of golden text:

"Praise the great master!"

……

In the middle section of the steam train, in a simply furnished room.

A tall, handsome young man with long chestnut hair sat on a hardwood chair, facing the triangular holy emblem, clasped his hands, closed his eyes, and prayed devoutly.

On the narrow table to the side of him, there was a doll made of metal parts. Behind the doll, there was a faint light interweaving.

Suddenly, the young man opened his eyes and looked to the other side.

I don't know when a figure appeared there.

"German Sparrow." The young man read out a name calmly.

All the objects around him floated up at this moment, but there was no wind in the room.

Klein adjusted his hat, revealing his human face, and said, "I don't know what to call you."

The young man nodded slightly and said, "Bonois Gustave."

Oh, the emperor’s child... Klein’s gaze slid across the face of the young man in front of him and fell on the floating objects around him and the puppet made of metal parts.

The puppet has a very postmodern style... Some of the physical laws here seem to have changed to a certain extent... Klein nodded thoughtfully and said:
"I want to take that 'magic mirror' away."

He stated his request very frankly.

Bonova's expression did not change, as if he was just a puppet: "Are you the follower of 'Night'?"

"You can say that—at least for now." Klein smiled. Bonois nodded immediately: "Then you can take it."

Well, about the accounting goddess... Klein didn't explain. He just politely took off his hat and bowed slightly.
"Thank you so much."

As he spoke, Klein's figure suddenly faded and disappeared from the spot.

He came only as an image in the gap of history.

……

In an inconspicuous hotel in Backlund, a mirror suddenly appeared in Klein's arms. Klein was not surprised. He lowered his head and spoke before Arrodes showed the text:

"Be quiet.

"I have something to ask you."

The rippling picture was silent for a moment, and then, silver characters jumped out in joy: "Yes, the great and supreme master!"

Klein walked to the table and sat down. He placed the mirror on the table and asked:
"What is the current situation? For example, the situation in Feysac."

On the mirror surface, pale silver words floated up one by one in the ripples:
"...Accept the Beyonders who are willing to surrender from the Church of the God of War and the Feysac military, and only purge the few middle and high-level people who are very devout and willing to sacrifice their lives for their faith. This is not only the tolerance and mercy of the Goddess, but also an inevitable measure to deal with the situation in the future...When the end of the world is approaching step by step, the number of Beyonder events in various places will inevitably increase. In order to maintain the stability of the entire world, we can only strengthen our strength as quickly and as much as possible.

"If we harvest the Beyonders from the Church of the God of War and the Feysac military, even if we obtain the corresponding characteristics, we will not be able to cultivate experienced Beyonders of the same level within a few years. Whether it is digesting magic potions or accumulating experience, it will take enough time..."

Seeing this, Klein said "uh" in his heart. He felt that this was not Arrodes' usual tone, but more like an official document.

It displayed the entire document that it had spied somewhere... It used the word "digest", indicating that both the writer and the reader had mastered the role-playing method, and judging from the tone of voice, it was someone from the Church of Evernight... Combining these two points, it is not difficult to conclude that this was a document circulated between the archbishop and senior deacons, and the writer should be the abbot of the Church of Tranquility... Hmm, I don't know if the goddess had let it see it on purpose, or if it was its own ability...

Klein, who already knew that Arrodes came from the "Chaos Sea", had a flickering look in his eyes. After a moment of silence, he spoke in a mechanical voice:

"Next page."

The surface of Arrodes rippled as he replaced the text. Klein sighed and said with emotion:

"Actually, I want to see if you can make a page-turning animation..."

This is Alice's style.

Just as I was thinking this, Alice's voice suddenly rang out:

"You missed me a lot, Mr. Fool?"

Klein froze suddenly. He tentatively called out, "Alice? Why are you awake?"

"You don't want me to wake up?" Alice asked back.

"No, that's not true." Klein quickly denied it.

Alice chuckled and said slowly:

"Of course it's because I sensed the change of fate, Mr. Great Fool."

At this time, Klein was no longer paying attention to the uneasy Arrodes. He was also asking anxiously:

"Wha, what?"

I always feel that it is not a good thing...

Before he could calm down the chill in his heart, he heard Alice's voice like a chant:
"This is a historic moment. The Great and Most High Spirit and His faithful Saint, Saint Arodius, met this spring. After bidding farewell to Saint Leonard, the God gazed upon His most faithful believer..."

"?" Klein had many opinions, but he couldn't help but ask a question out of curiosity, "Wait, where's the goddess? Didn't I meet the goddess after meeting Leonard?"

"That's a secret," Alice replied calmly, "and I don't know what you talked about. I just know that this happened."

Klein's mind moved, and he became more confident in his plan to deceive Alice. He tried to test her:
"Can't you see through the goddess' secrets?"

"It's tiring and troublesome," Alice explained. "If I want to know something, I might as well ask you directly."

Klein immediately laughed and said, "That's true... Well, I made a deal with the goddess."

"What deal?" Alice asked with interest.

Klein smiled and replied:

"The goddess advised me not to use the extraordinary characteristic of the 'Servant of Mysteries' to advance. I am going to hunt Zaratul. In addition, I promised the goddess that after I am promoted to the 'Servant of Mysteries', I will help her get water from the 'River of Eternal Darkness'."

Despite the blessing of secrecy, Klein still did not choose to lie. Or rather, he chose a more advanced way of lying—he used the truth to spell out a lie, so that the divination could not produce a result.

Alice really didn't react to this. She said "Oh" and then said in annoyance:
“Oh, I almost forgot to remind you of this… The Beyonder’s special properties are indeed unsafe. Well, speaking of which, you used it to advance to Sequence 2…”

Her tone gradually became filled with worry. Klein shook his head and said, "Don't worry."

Alice didn't say anything more. She just reminded him, "Remember to see the psychiatrist on time. If Miss Justice isn't good enough, call Adam!"

“I’m afraid Adam doesn’t have time to help me right now…” Klein complained, “The goddess said that Adam and the ‘True Creator’ are in the ‘Forsaken Land of God’…”

"So soon..." Alice took a breath, "Arrodes is here with you, the Steam Church... let me take a look... Hmm, they moved away? Hiss, you actually took it directly, so shameless... You are worthy of being the 'Faceless Man'!"

"I don't think that's what the Faceless Man meant..." Klein gritted his teeth and looked at Arrodes, "Go on, ignore her."

Arrodes silently played the church document he had secretly peeked at, and only drew a little man squatting in the corner next to it. (End of this chapter)