Mystery: Lucky One

Alice was very angry.

Although she was smiling, her eyes were almost sparkling. Audrey sensed her anger that was about to overflow, and for a moment she did not dare to interrupt.

After cursing Mr. Fool, Alice managed to calm down a little. She looked at Audrey in front of her, and after a moment of silence, she said:

"...You know what I'm going to say, right?

"What happened today..."

"I, I hypnotize myself to forget?" Audrey asked tentatively.

Alice said "hmm" and looked up at her. Audrey immediately began to hypnotize herself. Alice said nothing during the whole process. She just watched Audrey finish everything and then leave.

Then she sneered and stayed quietly in the room.

She did not look for Klein now, because Klein's situation was different from hers. The "Key of Light" was far away in the Western Continent, but the "Source Castle" was in his hand. Becoming a god was not the end for him. He still needed to accommodate the "Source Castle", or at least let the "Source Castle" calm down temporarily.

As the end of the world approaches, the will of the Lord of Mysteries has become very weak. After realizing that Klein became a god by fooling her, Alice was angry, but she could also confirm that Klein's condition should be considered good.

——He avoided the portion of “Servant of Mysteries” that directly belonged to the “Lord of Mysteries”, and instead took in the portion that belonged to Zaratul first, and only faced Antigonus’s portion after completely digesting the two portions of “Servant of Mysteries”.

Lacking other investment targets, both the righteous and evil gods seemed to have reluctantly reached a consensus at this moment. After all, they all needed a "Lord of Mysteries", and others had lost their qualifications to compete. No one would cause trouble for the future "Lord of Mysteries" at such a critical moment of the deification ceremony.

——Perhaps she is the only one who, as a ritual material, would like to cause trouble for Mr. Fool.

However, by the time she knew about this, the godhood ritual had already been completed. Alice couldn't do anything. Even if she had a way, she wouldn't do it. Arguing was one thing, but could she really push Klein down to Sequence 2?

…It would be possible to ask Klein to assign a Sequence 2 puppet to her to use as a punching bag.

Wait, sandbags...

Alice blinked, and suddenly she thought of someone. She cared about the Captain and Ms. Daly's feelings about this matter, so she had not touched Will Smith yet, but...

I can't kill him, but at least I can let him suffer the consequences, right?

As the true god of this path, Alice can easily locate the angels of this path. If she wants, even the saints cannot escape.

Of course, Alice didn't care much about the saints, at least not until the church was formed. At this moment, her attention was only on Will Smith. She condensed her anger towards Klein into a huge amount of misfortune and gave it to Will Smith.

Inside the monastery of the Church of Night, the little baby seemed to be aware of something. His mouth pursed and he began to cry loudly.

After venting her anger, Alice's anger was somewhat relieved. Besides, she couldn't argue too much with Klein, so she was willing to wait at this moment.

And Klein... Klein's condition was actually a little better than Alice had expected.

All this was thanks to Alice, who fooled a real "Wheel of Fortune" and made Klein's ritual perfect. As the time was approaching doomsday, the consciousness of the "Lord of Mysteries" had already dissipated, and only the indomitable will within his spiritual characteristics remained. In his current state, unless he took the initiative to wake him up, the other party would not be able to get up at all.

There was no way he could awaken the "Lord of Mysteries", and as early as when he descended, he could be called the master of "Source Castle". What he was worried about at the moment was...

...How should he face Alice?

This was something that would inevitably be exposed once the deification ritual was completed. After all, the abnormal movements during deification would definitely be detected by the Wheel of Fortune. Klein had no doubt that Alice had already learned the truth and was now waiting to bring charges against her.

——In fact, he sent such a large cart of ice cream before leaving, the hidden meaning of which was to please...

The newborn Fool left without stopping. He stood outside the baby room of Meige Manor and raised his hand several times at the door, but he didn't have the courage to knock. Finally, he gritted his teeth and pushed the door open, but the room was empty.

Klein was stunned. He subconsciously tried to use his spiritual power to search for Alice's location, but his ankle suddenly felt cold. He lowered his head and saw a giant white, scaleless snake climbing up the rock, wrapping around his left leg. In an instant, it completely wrapped around him, opened its blood-red mouth, and stared at him with its cold and ruthless blood-red eyes.

“…I can explain,” Klein tried to struggle. “Calm down, Alice!”

"Of course I have to calm down..." A childish voice rang out in the room. The giant snake crawled off him, crawled all the way back to the bed, and turned into a human baby girl. "After all, you can barely be called the 'Lord of Mysteries' now. I still need you to help me open the door to the Western Continent... How can I argue with you?"

This sarcastic tone left Klein speechless. He thought Alice was indeed angry. He shamelessly walked forward, knelt down beside the bed, climbed on the edge of the bed, and shouted while looking up:
"Alice... I can't help it..."

"Yeah," Alice said in a relaxed tone, "I know. I'm not really a child. Why would I bother with you about this?"

"..." Klein felt speechless and didn't know what to say. He wanted to complain but didn't dare to. After all, this was really his fault. Some of the original methods were obviously not suitable for use here. He carefully reached out his hand and poked Alice.

Alice turned over.

Klein poked her again, and Alice crawled back into the bed. Klein poked her again, and Alice continued to crawl back into the bed until she had no way to avoid it. Then Alice turned over and questioned him:

"Are you done yet?"

Just be angry...

Klein breathed a sigh of relief. He withdrew his hand and persuaded with a flattering expression and voice:
"Alice, I really have no choice. If there is another plan, I will definitely choose it...

“Look, in order to avoid doing this, I even considered separating out a portion of the Beyonder of Mysteries’ Beyonder characteristics, allowing the spirit of the Lord of Mysteries to revive within it, and completely confirming that the Fool is a revived Ancient God…”

Alice snorted and said in a cold tone:
"Bullshit, you mentioned that method just to fool me!"

“No,” Klein shook his head. “It’s actually quite troublesome to lie to you. I thought of the excuse carefully and rehearsed it many times beforehand…”

"Should I feel honored?" Alice interrupted with a sneer.

Klein showed that flattering expression again. This time he didn't say anything, but just looked up at Alice. Alice stared at Klein in silence for a few seconds, then suddenly made a request:
"I remember you can transform, right? Can you make yourself... a little more two-dimensional?"

"Huh?" Klein was confused.

"Is it not possible?" Alice asked, "You can turn into a little girl from the second dimension..."

Klein made an attempt hesitantly. He adjusted his appearance under Alice's guidance. Only after Alice smiled did he heave a sigh of relief and tentatively said:

"Are you still angry?"

Alice stared at him for a few seconds and said sincerely:
“If you agree to let me draw your current appearance and add it to the Church of Fools’ brochure, I won’t be angry.” “…Change it.” Klein bargained.

Alice stared at Klein for a few seconds and realized that this request could not be granted. She thought for a while, raised her head and asked:
"Klein, your Church of Fools...

"Have you decided on the name of your Beyonder team?"

“Let’s call him Demon Hunter for now,” Klein replied.

"No creativity," Alice slammed. "Have you ever thought about changing the name?"

"What do you want to change it to?" Klein looked alert.

“Let’s call them…” Alice gave a wicked smile, “Let’s call them the Fatui!”

Klein was stunned for a moment. It was still too early for him to travel through time. He had not experienced three years of isolation, nor had he seen the release of the original God - he didn't know what the Fatui meant.

Therefore, he just thought about the name for a moment, frowned and said:

"It actually sounds pretty nice... um... no, would you be so kind?"

He stared at Alice warily. Alice looked at him without any guilt. After more than ten seconds, Klein sighed and asked:
"What does this mean? I promise you can tell me what this name means?"

"Don't worry," Alice smiled, "Can you call the executive officer of your higher-level combat team?"

“…That sounds normal.” Klein frowned. “I really think the name you asked me to choose is fine… Can you tell me about it?”

Alice blinked innocently.

"Alice," Klein called her again, "I really promised you, okay?"

Alice groaned, then finally spoke:

“It’s nothing, it’s just a… a joke?

"In a game I played before, one of the villain organizations was called Fatui and the Executor..."

Klein was stunned for a moment. He obviously didn’t expect such an answer. He immediately laughed and said:
"What's the big deal... I promised you, anything else?"

Alice gently stretched out her hand. After Klein was stunned for a moment, he bent down and picked her up. Then Alice said:
"There are some. You promised me that you would help me convince the goddess... Now let's add the one from the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods'."

“…Okay.” Klein agreed.

Alice smiled and asked, "Mr. Fool, what are you going to do next?"

"I'll help you convince the goddess, and then..." Klein said as he walked out the door, "I'll ask the goddess about Mr. Door's situation."

……

"It's not a big deal," the projection of the "Goddess of Night" stood in front of them and spoke calmly, "If it's a true pregnancy, I still need to think about it. It's just adding one more paragraph to the holy book. It's nothing."

Klein nodded. He patted Alice soothingly and then asked:

"So, do you know anything about Mr. 'Door'?"

“‘Gate’…” the projection of the Goddess of Night responded while thinking, “She possesses the Beyonder characteristics of Sequence 1 Tripartite and the corresponding uniqueness, but she has never truly become a god.”

"Why?" Klein asked curiously, "I remember that in a situation like "Him", there should be no need for a ritual to become a god."

“Yes,” the projection of the “Goddess of Night” nodded, “But on the one hand, He wants to wait for the ceremony to become a god in a better state, on the other hand…”

He paused and sighed:

"In the Fourth Epoch, among the three paths to which the Lord of Mysteries belonged, no one dared to become a god. Antigonus was just an experiment back then. When the experiment failed, no one tried it anymore.

"Besides, there is another problem with Mr. Gate... You have seen the promotion ceremonies of the Gate path, and you should know how dangerous they are."

Klein nodded and said, “He needs to go to the starry sky… If there is no one to protect him, it would be almost the same as committing suicide.”

"Yes," the projection of the "Goddess of Night" nodded and replied, "But even if someone is protecting you, it doesn't necessarily guarantee safety. The 'Gate' is a good example. He was contaminated by the 'Fallen Mother Goddess'."

"Then where is He now?" Klein asked tentatively. "I have read Roselle's diary and communicated with Mr. Door. He said that he was trapped in the depths of the storm and lost in the darkness..."

"That is the space that Storm and I created together," the projection of the "Goddess of Night" replied, "We sealed Him there."

After a brief pause, the Goddess of Night told Klein:
"Since you have communicated with the Gate and can read Roselle's diary, you should know that there is a ritual that can allow Him to return to the real world.

"That ceremony is real, but it's best not to be performed by you. Also, before the ceremony, you must make preparations in advance to block the entrance of the 'Door' to return and prevent the 'Fallen Mother Goddess' from taking the opportunity to descend into reality.

"You can use your kingdom of God, or some special high-level items, such as the first 'blasphemous slate'."

"And the second one?" Alice interrupted.

The Goddess of Night glanced at her and calmly pointed out, "I'm afraid you won't be able to get the second 'blasphemous slate'."

Alice was stunned for a moment. Klein nodded thoughtfully and responded:
"I understand."

They left the dream, and Alice asked Klein, "What are you going to do?"

"I don't trust anyone else to prepare this ceremony for me," Klein replied. "Alice, are you willing to help me?"

"...I don't want to use my kingdom of God to block the entrance," Alice made her request, "Can I?"

Klein certainly didn’t mind indulging her in such a trivial request. He smiled calmly and replied:
"Then I'm afraid you have to come with me again. Let's go check out the situation in the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods'. Oh, and by the way...

"Alice, do you think Storm has figured out who robbed the donation box?" (End of this chapter)