Mystery: Lucky One

As if thinking about what was wrong, Alice's voice fell silent for a moment before she asked again with uncertainty:
"Klein, you're not really lying to me, are you?

"History... time... seems to be within your authority? If so, fate shouldn't be left out either... could this really be your ritual?"

She is more alert than I thought... Hiss, but if I want to deceive her, this is necessary. I can't keep the content of the ritual from her forever... Fortunately, she doesn't have the ability to read minds. This should just be an instinct, an instinctive alertness to threats involving herself... However, if no real harm is caused, she shouldn't be too alert. As long as I insist on denying it and don't show any abnormality, this step should be easy to fool...

Klein's mind was turning, but he denied it with a smile on his face:

"What on earth are you thinking about... Alice, do I look like someone who can't lie? I want to lie to you, and I ask you this on purpose?
"Or do you actually want me to question you? Alice, you really disappoint me. You actually suspected that I would lie to you!"

"Maybe you're the anti-routine..." Alice muttered in response.

She still had a lot of doubts in her heart, and that hidden suspicion could not be dispelled no matter what. However, Klein's honesty in front of her worked. After confirming that the spirit worm had no abnormalities, Alice said suspiciously:
"Never mind... Do you have any idea how to fool history or time?"

Klein actually thought about this question a little bit—thought about how to deal with it. He shook his head and nodded, explaining:
“I don’t have a specific plan. I asked the goddess about the method used by Antigonus, but her method is not suitable for me.

"First, He asked Amon for help... Of course, I can actually do this level of deception now, but there is another key point... Alice, are the requirements for the rituals of accommodating uniqueness and becoming a god different?"

"That's right," Alice affirmed. "If you just want to accommodate uniqueness, the ceremony can be simpler and more perfunctory. But if it is a ceremony to become a god, you can't take shortcuts like this. You must really meet the requirements. Or, if you plan to directly become a god without relying on the ceremony... Of course, I don't recommend you to use this method. After all, I think..."

Alice paused, then spoke in a strange tone:

"...Even if the ritual you told me is fake, your real ritual can't be something like 'the turning point of destiny' - this ritual is almost equivalent to directly gathering into a god. If it succeeds, it means it's the right turning point, and if it doesn't succeed, it means it's not...

"Although we do have some sense of opportunities, this thing... this kind of sense may be clear sometimes, but most of the time, it is similar to a prophecy, and you have to interpret the prophecy and confirm your own opportunity, which leads to...

"In a sense, the opportunity you sensed might be wrong."

“…6.” Klein was speechless. He suddenly felt that his ritual seemed quite simple. At least it had a real requirement, although this requirement sounded a bit too embarrassing.

Moreover, if they can’t wait for this opportunity, then they really can’t wait...

Klein shook his head slightly and added to his previous words: "Antigonus only accommodated the uniqueness. This was a test made by "He" and Amon and others to become gods, but unfortunately, this test failed."

"Test..." Alice repeated his words, "Well... Actually, you can also consider using a similar method to accommodate uniqueness first, and then consider becoming a god?"

"Actually, I did have an idea..." Klein said leisurely, "But I don't think it's feasible at all. To be honest, I think it might be more dangerous than directly gathering into a god."

"What is it?" Alice asked.

Klein replied softly:
"Do you still remember the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Attendant of Mysteries'? The one that came directly from the 'Lord of Mysteries'.

“I think I only need to accommodate that Beyonder characteristic after being promoted to Sequence 1, and then separate it and use it as the main body to revive the spirit of the Lord of Mysteries…”

"...That's enough," Alice interrupted him, "Don't even think about it - if that's the case, you won't be able to solve your 'real body' at all!"

She understood what Klein meant. If that was done, the Fool could, in a sense, become a god resurrected from ancient times, but at the same time, the Fool could also be a new god on the way to becoming a god. The coexistence of these two states could indeed fool history, but - when the ceremony was over, what should be done with the resurrected Lord of Mysteries?
She knew that Klein definitely didn't have a solution, and even if he did, it probably wouldn't be reliable. After all, the Creator of Silver City, who had once truly become a quasi-pillar and was only one step away from that realm, had failed and even split because of it. In Alice's opinion, what Klein did was no different from seeking his own death.

She immediately rejected Klein's idea, and Klein had no intention of continuing. He sighed and said with regret:

"Oh, if only there was an incarnation of history or time... Alice, tell me, why isn't my ritual fooling fate?"

"?" Alice felt that she should say something. She actually still had doubts about Klein's deification ceremony, but Klein's performance was indeed not fake, and the regret in his tone was real, which made Alice full of doubts.

Maybe it’s true… ?
Alice recalled how honest Klein had been with her for a long time. Coupled with the fact that she could sense the fluctuations of the spirit worm at any time, Alice hesitated and began to think that the abnormality might just be her own suspicion.

She finally gave up pursuing her remaining doubts. Firstly, Klein's performance was flawless, and secondly...

If his ritual really requires this, it's not impossible to let him lie... I'd better not ask, what if it's true and he really reveals it...

Alice sighed inwardly, burying her last doubts deep in her heart.

Alice completely let go of the matter and stopped trying to figure out the deeper meaning of Klein's words. She just repeatedly emphasized not to use the method he just mentioned, and then she stopped answering him.

After confirming that Alice was no longer moving, Klein breathed a sigh of relief. After pondering for a few seconds, he recalled Alice's words, climbed up to Sefirah Castle, and contacted the Hanged Man, Alger:

"Observe whether there is any abnormality in Verdu Abraham's recent actions."

After saying this, he also left without paying attention to Alger's questions.

Nearly two months had passed like a flash. By the end of September, Verdu Abraham had still not left Bayam. Alger, the "Hanged Man," had reported his actions several times. After observing him, Klein discovered that he might be trying to find out where Alice had appeared.

This was still a normal reaction, so Klein decided to leave him there and focus entirely on Utopia, even ignoring Alice's occasional harassment.

Utopia had a deeper connection with the outside world during this month, and some details became more real as he devoted himself to it. Klein watched his achievements become more and more fruitful and felt the feedback from the spiritual world. Finally, at the end of September, a tsunami submerged Utopia and destroyed it.

The tsunami was witnessed by travelers who were staying in Utopia at the time, and the news spread to the outside world. This short-lived strange city just disappeared. In the remaining ruins of the church, Klein looked at the prepared potion in front of him, sighed, and then drank it in one gulp.

As the "Mysterious Servant" potion entered his body, Klein suddenly felt a swelling sensation. In an instant, he lost his sense of his body and the spirit worms, and watched them disintegrate and merge into the spirit world that could not be described in normal language or understood with normal logic. It seemed that they were about to disintegrate into various abstract and complex information.

At this moment, only Klein's consciousness was barely preserved, and he had self-awareness.

"He" just floated in the spirit world filled with countless strange figures. After losing the sense of his body and extraordinary characteristics, he was further washed away by all kinds of thoughts, information, knowledge, symbols and logos, and was on the verge of completely losing himself and becoming one with the spirit world.

If this continued, Klein would definitely be completely lost, but at this time, a certain area in the spiritual world established a connection with his consciousness.

There corresponds to a town where people live ordinary lives. They have their own names, stories and destinies, which are intertwined and entangled with each other, bringing complete spiritual information, which is a concept in an abstract sense.

The town was eventually destroyed by a horrific tsunami and buried in the dust of history.

Klein dispersed like mist, almost merging into the body of the spirit world. Under the guidance of fate, he combined with the spirit world projections of different puppets in Utopia and regained substance.

But this is not the end, because at this moment, his spirit worms still have their own preferences and their own lives. They are not unified, and each spirit worm is a resident of the utopia.

However, their lives soon came to an end. In the terrifying tsunami, they remembered their true identities, their most essential identities—Zhou Mingrui, The Fool, Klein Moretti, Gehrman Sparrow...

These "people" raised their heads and looked towards the infinite heights at the illusory city in the spiritual world.

They saw illusory and fine spiritual threads, and a symbol composed of part of an "eye without pupil" and part of a "twisted thread".

With this symbol as the core, Klein’s figure was outlined, with his eyes tightly closed.

Spirit worms, a little bit of extraordinary characteristics, and a little bit of self-awareness flew up from the spiritual world corresponding to Utopia and flew towards Klein's slightly illusory body, making it gradually become substantial.

At this point, there was no clear boundary between Klein's spirit and flesh and blood. It was both integrated and scattered, in a very delicate state.

In other words, the spirit body can be equal to the flesh and blood body, and the flesh and blood body can also be integrated into the spirit body. As long as Klein is willing, he can transform between these two states at any time. Of course, he can also separate the flesh and blood body and the spirit body, each with its own characteristics. It is just a matter of thought.

After two seconds, the reorganization was complete. Klein, who was floating deep in the spiritual world, opened his eyes. His pupils were dark without any light.

He has become a Sequence 1 "Secret Attendant".

This was not the end. Although the vision of Sefirah Castle during the promotion could be suppressed, the changes were real. Klein's mind sank into Sefirah Castle. With the help of the momentum of the promotion, one star after another lit up in his spiritual perception. That was... those were...

Angels and angel kings of the three paths corresponding to "Source Castle"!
Some figures had been anticipated, such as the Wish Wolf Cotal and Antigonus. These were all within his expectations, but some figures...

The figure sitting on a reef in the golden ocean, gazing at the palace frozen in the dusk in the distance, is Amon.

That dim star that flashed by in an unknown place, was...

Zaratul!
Zaratul is not completely dead!
Klein regained consciousness, looked at the horizon, and said with emotion: "It's so hard to kill..."

After a pause, Klein frowned, as if he felt something was wrong. He found the cause of his discomfort within a few breaths and shouted in Hermetic:

"Alice?"

“…Mr. Fool,” Alice responded faintly, “Who are you talking about that is hard to kill?”

"You," Klein responded bluntly.

"......?" Alice hesitated for a moment, "You... Never mind, how are you doing?"

Klein didn't respond immediately. He felt it for a while before answering, "Hmm... I don't seem to need to digest the potion..."

This was as it should be. The "World" Gehrman Sparrow had always been playing the role of the "Attendant of Mysteries", and over the past six months, he had been deliberately promoting the role of the "Attendant of Mysteries". At this moment, the potion melted in his mouth, which was still within Klein's expectations.

He checked his condition and said thoughtfully:

"The condition seems to be fine. Once I stabilize for a while, maybe I can try to accommodate the second Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic... Or should I accommodate the uniqueness first?"

Without waiting for Alice to respond, he smiled as if he had just remembered:
"No, I should tell the goddess first. Now, I am ready to fetch water from the River of Eternal Darkness for her and ask her to grant me a container."

"Wait, where are you going?" Alice was suddenly surprised. "You are going to the 'River of Everlasting Darkness'?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Klein asked puzzledly.

Alice was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke in an unprecedented serious tone:

“…I want to be born before that.

"You - forget it, wait a minute, I'll pick a good day soon." (End of this chapter)