Mystery: Lucky One

Grisha Adam and Klein both fell into a subtle silence after hearing this theory of repeatedly tearing apart the "Source". Klein looked at Grisha Adam, who seemed to be organizing his words to persuade the "embodiment of destiny" beside him:
"After being torn apart, the Essence will lack symbols, and thus it will be impossible or difficult to use its abilities, just like the current 'Fallen Mother Goddess', who can only partially use her own symbols unless she reintegrates with the Mother Nest.

"However, although the pillar of destiny you mentioned does not exist, there is indeed a fourth pillar in the universe..."

"I know that," Alice raised her hand. "The 'River of Everlasting Darkness' and the 'City of Disaster' are combined into one, right?"

Grisha Adam nodded. Klein's heart moved, and he asked curiously:

"From this perspective, these two paths under the source essence should also be considered adjacent paths, right? Then...

"Can the 'Sleeping One' path really lead to the 'Witch' path?"

——Alice actually mentioned this matter, but now in front of this former quasi-pillar, Klein still wanted to ask it again.

“Yes,” Grisha Adam’s gaze shifted from Alice to Klein, “But if this happens, there’s no way to become the Old One, unless we find a way to separate the Beyonder characteristics from before.”

Alice silently turned her gaze to Klein and asked politely, "Are you really planning to turn Leonard into a witch?"

“…No, I don’t have such a plan.” Klein denied it.

Alice gave him a meaningful look, then said to Grisha Adam:

"In fact, I already understand most of the things, but there is one thing that I am very confused about... No, I should say that I came to see you, in addition to the fact that you called Klein over, there is another important reason...

"Well, I'm curious, since the 'Dark Angel' Sasriel is your left hand, what about your right hand?
"I don't think you look disabled... why are you pulling me?"

Alice turned her head and glared at Klein. Klein silently withdrew his hand that was pulling her robe and turned to look at Grisha Adam.

The blond priest paused for a moment. He seemed a little confused and said to Alice, "It's just a description..."

"Then why don't you care about calling Him God's Right Hand?" Alice asked, "It's just a term anyway, why did you choose the Left Hand?"

Grisha Adam didn't say anything. He looked at Klein intently.

As a parent, Klein had an indescribable headache. He pulled Alice aside again and proposed a possibility to her:
"Maybe He determined it by flipping a coin, counting petals, or something like that."

"That makes sense," Alice nodded. "But, I actually prefer to believe that the Lord is left-handed..."

Klein was speechless. He looked at Grisha Adam. The blond priest glanced at the two of them and asked:
"Is there anything else you want to know?"

“For now… not anymore?” Klein hesitated.

"Why doesn't Sasriel call her Eve?" Alice asked again, "Or maybe Amon calling her Eve is actually... Ouch!"

She was thrown back.

In front of her was the nervous Audrey. Alice stretched her body for a moment, then smiled at Audrey and said:
“He didn’t tell me why He didn’t have a right hand.”

As the words fell, Alice seemed to suddenly think of something, and her eyes lit up:
"By the way, I can suggest to Mr. Fool that we change the name of 'The World' to 'God's Right Hand'..."

Audrey suddenly felt that she shouldn't stay here any longer. Besides, the question in her heart had been answered - at least part of it, so she called out:
"Miss Destiny."

"Hmm?" Alice looked at her and blinked.

Audrey was quiet for a moment. Alice actually had a very deceptive face. This was the case before the "restart", and even more so after the "restart". Not to mention, the cub also had a bonus in appearance...

But when she thought that Miss Destiny was hiding behind that face, Audrey didn't dare to look at it anymore. She turned her eyes away, lowered her head and said:

"Is there anything else you need from me?"

"No need," Alice thought for a moment and replied, "Are you okay?"

After asking this question, she paused for a moment, finally realizing that Grisha Adam's last words were an order to leave. She couldn't help but cover her head with her chubby paws, shaking her head and sighing:
"I didn't say anything, why are you so stingy..."

Didn't I just ask you why you didn't take the "witch" path, imagine what you would look like after becoming a witch, ask you why you didn't have a right hand, and ask Sasriel why you weren't called Eve... Well, it seems a bit too much.

After putting together a series of questions, Alice was silent for a few seconds, then opened her mouth to send the guest away.

Audrey obediently left, and Alice fell back into the crib, poking Klein from a distance.

……

When he regained his vision, he saw Amon smiling in front of him. Klein's first reaction was to check his body to see if he had been tampered with in any way. Amon watched quietly until he finished the check before asking:
"Are you worried that I might take this opportunity to parasitize you?"

“You won’t,” Klein shook his head. “Compared to that, I’m more worried about you drawing a turtle on my face.”

"Good idea," Amon showed a regretful expression, "I would have tried it earlier."

The expression on Klein's face froze. Having just experienced the harm caused by Alice, he obviously didn't want to deal with another naughty child. He turned around and left without hesitation, disappearing from the sea at the fastest speed.

When Alice contacted Klein, he was already in the study of the historical projection, thinking about whether he should go find Antigonus first, or take in another "Mysterious Attendant" extraordinary characteristic first.

They met at Sefirah Castle. As soon as Klein saw Alice, he greeted her warmly:

"I'm very curious, what was going through your mind when you asked Him whether He had completed the 'Witch' path to godhood ritual?
"It sounds like you're not thinking 'The original witch tastes really good'...but it seems like you're thinking about something more outrageous?"

Alice said "Oh" and replied:
"I... I just imagined what he would look like if he took the path of a 'witch'..."

“…?” Klein took a breath. “Alice, you won’t just let others hear your inner thoughts, right?!”

Alice gave a polite smile.

Klein closed his eyes in pain. He took some time to adjust his mood. He opened his eyes and asked her:

"You... forget it, let me ask you something.

"When I asked you to call me father, why did you suddenly call me Mr. World?" "This~" Alice's tone floated, "Before you were called away by "Him", I was chatting with Miss "Justice" and happened to talk about this matter~ By the way, why did "Him" come to you?"

Klein had already prepared the answer to this question. He pretended that he didn't notice Alice was trying to change the subject and explained:
“I think maybe it’s because I went to see Amon.

"Amon is now in the ocean of the ruins of the war between gods. I went to see Him. He has changed a lot and is very different from before... He also asked me if he could really become the Angel of Time under my seat."

"Ah?" Alice was shocked. "You agreed?"

“No,” Klein shook his head. “By the way, let me tell you… do you know how Amon survived?”

"I am indeed curious," Alice raised her eyebrows. "After all, the Lord of Mysteries has revived for a very short time, probably because he hasn't had enough time to figure out the situation. But none of his clones should be able to escape."

“Yes,” Klein nodded, “But He was very lucky. When this happened, one of His clones was in the Sea of ​​Chaos.”

Alice was stunned for a moment. This answer made sense. She even quickly remembered which clone it was. She subconsciously said:
"I remember I kicked one down...?"

Klein also remembered the one she kicked and felt a subtle silence.

After a brief silence, Alice asked curiously, "How many clones does He have now?"

“I don’t know,” Klein shook his head. “I didn’t have time to ask.”

Alice was stunned for a moment, realizing that he had been called away by Grisha Adam. She looked regretful, but Klein ignored her and brought up the previous topic again:
"Why did you suddenly call me Mr. 'World' when I asked you to call me father?"

"Oh, well..." Alice blinked, "Miss Justice asked me why my last name was Moretti."

"And then?" Klein was not surprised by this question. He thought no one would not be curious about Alice's new surname. After all, considering how obsessed Miss Fate was with playing a human, the surname she changed should come from her parents, which is...

Fool.

This was a clue he had intentionally thrown out, and it was reasonable for him to be asked this question at this moment. Alice continued:

"You know, everyone would wonder if this is a fool's last name, but for Miss Justice, it's very strange, very strange - because you have asked her more than once about your brother and sister!"

"Yes," Klein admitted. "What did she think of?"

"I didn't ask her," Alice said frankly, "but there are only a few possibilities - God's descent vessel? Resurrection vessel? Incarnation? The worst case scenario is that, like before, I guessed that you two are the same person..."

“…You didn’t let her think in that direction, did you?” Klein suddenly became alert.

"No," Alice said firmly, "How could I do such a thing?"

Klein felt relieved, but within half a second, he asked cautiously, "So what did you say?"

Alice coughed lightly and explained:
"You know, The Fool is my mother...at least all the members of the Tarot Club know that I have always called The Fool 'Mother'.

“So, I asked her…

"Well, I asked her, if the Fool was my mother, had she ever considered who my father was? Before that, I confirmed that Benson and Melissa were your... no, relatives of the 'world'."

“…?” Klein’s face showed an indescribable expression, “Ah…?”

He obviously realized what Alice meant, which was that the World and the Fool had a child, and the Fool was the one responsible for giving birth to the child...

This……

This is this...

Klein swallowed, and the expression on his face became a mixture of fear and despair, and finally turned into unspeakable despair.

Alice coughed again and said hastily:

"Well, actually I made up for it. I didn't let her leave with this impression. I... well, do you remember how I explained it after I came out of Groselle's Travels?"

"You said 'the world' is my other half." Klein responded quickly, his expression softened, but still alert.

"Yes," Alice nodded. "I laughed at her for being so easily fooled, and then asked her if in her eyes Sasriel and the Ancient Sun God were the same person."

"What did she say?" Klein asked subconsciously.

"She said she felt that Sasriel was more like the child of the ancient sun god... Oh no!" Alice suddenly had an idea. "I remembered that I should ask my Lord something!"

“Which one of you…Oh, you mean “Him”.” Klein pressed his head. “What’s the matter?”

"Do you still remember my question about the Holy Scripture?" Alice tilted her head. "Although I haven't asked the goddess if she is willing to write it this way, it's not impossible to ask the Creator first, as the synthesis progress bar seems to be almost the same..."

Klein's eyelids twitched violently, but this was indeed a problem, one that should not be dragged on. He remembered Alice's previous request and suggested:
"I can help you ask the goddess - if you don't dare to ask for the time being.

“Once I have absorbed and digested the extraordinary characteristics of another ‘Secret Servant’, I will head to the main peak of the Hornachis Mountains to find Antigonus and obtain the last ‘Secret Servant’ extraordinary characteristics and the uniqueness of the Fool, while considering how to fool history or time.

"At that time, I will definitely pray to the goddess. If by that time, you still don't have the courage to explain your thoughts to the goddess in person..."

"...I'm sure I don't have the courage," Alice rolled her eyes, "but asking you to say it seems insincere and impolite, just like...like going home to call your parents when you can't win."

"?" Parent Klein fell into deep thought. "I have to remind you that, at least at the moment, I can't beat him."

"You're right," Alice nodded seriously. "I should go see my Lord again and explain my request to Him. Then I can ask Him to explain the situation to Dark Night."

“You were still calling me goddess in your last sentence…” Klein’s tone sounded extremely helpless. “You… forget it. If that’s the case, just handle it yourself.”

After a pause, he reminded again with concern:

"As for the relationship between the 'World' and the 'Fool', you can just use the example of Sasriel and the Ancient Sun God, and stop talking nonsense!" (End of this chapter)