Mystery: Lucky One

Alice was confused, because the only way she could think of to influence Ouroboros was probably from the top of the path, but this kind of influence did not require Ouroboros to stay by her side.

——It can’t be that Ouroboros is so angry that he loses his humanity, right?

Her questioning look did not cause any unusual reaction from Grisha Adam. He simply glanced at Alice and immediately said:

"I have no idea.

"This is Ouroboros's own request."

"......?" Alice showed a look of horror. "If you put it that way, I will be even more afraid to accept it... Could it be that He has received some guidance from fate again?"

"Indeed," Grisha Adam nodded, "So I say, you can refuse."

Alice shuddered.

Frankly speaking, if we exclude the fact that Ouroboros does not believe in her, she is definitely an excellent candidate for the Pope - He is an angel of the same path as her, has rich experience in the position of Pope, and has established and led a large religious organization on his own, and everyone in the organization is a fanatic...

But the problem is that Ouroboros doesn't believe in her at all!
Alice didn't know who came first in Ouroboros' heart, his Lord or fate, but she was sure that there was absolutely no place for her in it - unless Ouroboros regarded her as the embodiment of fate.

...In fact, she is really the embodiment of destiny, at least in a partial sense. After all, a fool can become a god by fooling her...

Thinking of this, Alice's expression became a little fiercer, and she replied:

“Let Him come.

“But I may not stay like this forever… Since I want to establish a church, I will definitely collect the Beyonder characteristics of my own path and cultivate my own Beyonders. After all, that is more reliable than those who join halfway…”

"...Maybe not," Grisha Adam said with a puzzled look, "No one seems to have told you that Storm, Pure White, and Destiny, the three of them have followed me since I was weak."

“……?” Alice opened her mouth in surprise. “Two of the three ran away… and now the last one is telling you… telling you that he wants to run away. This…”

Alice even used a honorific out of guilt for such blatant sarcasm, but Grisha Adam didn't seem to care and only confirmed:
"Have you decided? If you have, I will pass your response to Ouroboros, and He should come to see you soon."

Alice moved her lips and looked at Grisha Adam. For some reason she felt as if she was looking at a lonely old man.

...It's so good, a father is like this, even if you leave your hometown and don't go home to see him for many years, he still cares about you in his heart...

Grisha Adam's expression changed again, and he stopped Alice's wandering thoughts in time: "...I think these three shouldn't be considered my children."

Alice coughed twice and couldn't help but said
"But 'God', 'Creator', these terms correspond to Heavenly Father, don't they?
"That's not right. Wait a minute. I call Klein Mom. If you are God the Father, I will call you Dad. Then..."

She raised her head and looked up at the priest with a golden beard. The priest lowered his head with a gentle expression, without any ripples. He spoke in a tone that could not be gentler:

"I'll take you back to your mother."

“…” Alice swallowed twice in horror.

But Grisha Adam didn't seem to intend to complain. Alice was still handed over to Klein steadily and placed in the crib. Then, He asked Klein beside him:
“Secret.

"How did you first come up with the idea of ​​fooling fate in that way?"

Alice covered her mouth and coughed violently.

Grisha Adam was still looking at Klein. Klein was stunned by this question. His expression became strange. He turned his head to look at Alice, and then asked as if it was a natural conversation:
"Didn't you ask Amon?"

"Amon knows that too?" Grisha Adam also turned his head and looked at Alice.

“Hmm…how should I put it…” Klein’s expression looked a little strange. “I know more complete and detailed information, but Amon saw the scene directly.”

"Picture?" Grisha Adam repeated, glanced at Alice, and his eyebrows twitched. "Is it... this picture?"

Klein blinked, and a woman with long blonde hair suddenly appeared in front of him. Her blonde hair was as dazzling as the sun, shimmering and falling to her waist. Her eyes were black and her expression was gentle and kind, reminding Klein of the statue of the Virgin Mary in his memory.

The blonde woman in the painting was wearing a white robe, her figure vaguely visible under the wide robe. She was barefoot and had a familiar silver cross pendant hanging on her chest. She placed her hands on her chest and looked at him with her eyes lowered.

Klein stared at the face blankly. After pausing for a few breaths, he suddenly turned his head and glared at Alice.

At this moment, Alice was covering her mouth with her hands and trying hard to shrink into the corner.

"Who is this?" Klein asked her calmly.

Alice's expression twisted for a moment, then she covered her mouth tightly with her right hand and stretched out her left hand, pointing at Grisha Adam.

Klein turned his head and looked at Grisha Adam again. The quasi-God spoke calmly, "This is the me in her imagination, the 'witch' path."

“…” Klein wanted to curse, but words were so weak at this moment that he couldn’t find a suitable word to describe his feelings.

"I don't know," Klein explained. "I haven't seen it, but yours is a realistic painting style. What Amon saw should be a comic..."

Grisha Adam turned to look at Alice again. Alice silently put down her hand and explained:

"I, let me first state that this is really none of my business!
"That is... I don't know what it is, but that story is a prophecy left to me by the 'Key of Light' in the past.

“He told me that Amon and Klein will be together and have a beautiful love story…

"I, uh, some of those pictures were drawn by me, and some were reference pictures she gave me, just...

“It’s really none of my business!”

Grisha Adam nodded calmly. He seemed to accept this explanation. He turned to Klein and said:

"I will come back to her after a while and ask her to help me confirm some things."

Klein nodded and said yes, then continued:

“By the way, I discovered that I seem to be able to contact people in the Western Continent through the barrier.

“I will try to communicate with them in the near future.”

Grisha Adam nodded, and Klein continued:
"You should know that the situation in 'Source Castle' is different from that in 'Chaos Sea'. In addition to me, Roselle, and Hei Ye who have already come down, there are still many people. I plan to put them down..." "Really?" Alice became excited, "I want to recruit them to believe in religion!"

This interrupted their conversation. Grisha Adam glanced at Alice calmly and nodded to Klein.

“Given the current situation, this can indeed be done.

"However, the most important thing for you right now is to have a good talk with her.

"Otherwise, maybe one day you will see a prophecy about the two of us."

After he said this, he disappeared in front of Alice’s horrified eyes and Klein’s stunned expression.

Klein slowly raised his hand, turned his head towards Alice, and asked in a tone that could not reveal any emotion:

"explain?"

"...I didn't say anything!" Alice emphasized, "I just...uh, it's like this, you see, you are my mother, He is the 'Creator', the Heavenly Father, and can also be considered my father, so..."

Klein's eyelids twitched, and he shouted in a trembling voice: "Alice!!!"

Alice closed her mouth, hugged her head, and curled up into a ball.

Klein gritted his teeth. It took him some time to calm down. He gritted his teeth and said:
“You… forget it, it’s not the first day I’ve known you, I should have known what kind of person you are.

"What else did you talk about?"

Alice coughed lightly and waved her hand. With a rustling sound, gems fell to the ground like a waterfall, illuminating the room. Klein stared at the pile of gems on the ground and said in a trance:
"This is……"

“This is for the Abraham family,” Alice said coldly, “This is yours, Mr. Fool.”

Alice grabbed two gems from the top of the gem tower. One was an eyeball that hid layers of light gates, and the other was a translucent key of strange shape. She stretched out her hand and handed it to Klein, and Klein's expression suddenly became disappointed.

"They are not real gems..." He looked away without any reluctance and looked at the two things in Alice's hands.

There is no doubt that it is the uniqueness of the "Gate" path and the Beyonder characteristics of the Sequence 1 "Star Key". "Source Castle" was ready to move after they appeared, but was forcibly suppressed by Klein. He said thoughtfully:
"It's a good thing you didn't take it out when Grisha was here, otherwise I might not be able to suppress the polymerization reaction."

Raising his hand to take what he deserved, Klein asked, "And then?"

Alice waved her hand to collect the gems on the ground, took out a monocle from her body, waved it in front of Klein's eyes, and then asked:

"Does it look familiar, Mr. Fool?"

“…‘Error’ uniqueness?” Klein asked subconsciously.

Alice looked at him quietly and said bluntly: "...Our great 'Dreamer', the former 'Sun God' should not be far away. If you catch up with him now, you may be able to pray for a daydream from him."

Klein was silent for a moment, then asked as if nothing had happened:
"what is this?"

Alice glanced at Klein and said calmly, "Amon said that this is a token of love between you and "Him."

Klein almost choked on his mouthful of water, but even so, he still felt like he couldn’t catch his breath. He said in surprise:

"Can you say that again?"

Alice then repeated, "Amon said that this is a token of love between you and Him."

Klein rubbed his ears and said speechlessly:

“You don’t believe this…Okay, I know what this is.

"Amon told me that if you went to him to verify the facts after learning from me, He would need to take out something to deceive you, but the 'Rose Oath' on His body had been destroyed. After listening to him, I gave Him this monocle..."

"...6," Alice praised with a numb expression, "I thought the second reason was true... but the first one turned out to be true. Is this really a 'token of love'?"

"We are not... Never mind. You can say whatever you want. What was the reason you just gave?" Klein asked with a frown.

Alice glanced at Klein and replied calmly:

"He initially said that this was a token of love between you and him. After being scolded by his father, he changed his words and said that he stole it from you. But without your permission, he could not have stolen anything.

“Then, He said that this should be considered a purchase. After all, He helped you complete the ritual of fooling fate, and this was the reward He deserved.

"I originally thought that it would be more credible if it was stolen with your tacit consent, but I didn't expect... Klein, you actually gave him a token of love?"

"...What happened when you went to meet the Eternal Blazing Sun?" Klein didn't dare to refute. He chose to change the subject, "Did you talk about anything?"

This method was effective. Alice and Klein briefly mentioned the problem with the Eternal Blazing Sun, and then laughed:

"By the way, He also told me one thing... Did you know that among the eight angel kings back then, three of them had been attached to Him since they were weak, and gradually grew up under His support?"

"Hmm?" Klein showed an interested look. "Could it be... No, I remember that Wisdom was once a vassal of the 'Dragon of Imagination' Angerwede?"

"Ahaha." Alice knew what Klein was thinking as soon as she heard it and laughed out loud. "Of course it's not Wisdom, but Storm and... Storm and Pure White are both. There is another one, Ouroboros."

“Ouroboros…” Klein was slightly startled. “I’ve heard you talk about Him. He almost obeys fate in everything. You mentioned Him now. Could it be…”

Alice glanced at Klein and said with a puzzled expression:

"I... Grisha told me that Ouroboros took the initiative to ask Him to become my Pope. He said that Ouroboros believed that this was the guidance of fate..."

“…This is a bit scary,” Klein said sincerely, “Is He not going to stab you one day?”

"I don't know," Alice shook her head, "but I wanted to keep Him... Well, what I thought at the time was that I really needed a suitable Pope, and Ouroboros had rich experience... However, I still felt that the angels I trained would be more reliable. At this time, Grisha told me..."

She glanced at Klein with an indescribable expression. Klein's mouth twitched and he added:
"...Two of the angel kings he trained have betrayed him, and one is about to betray him." (End of this chapter)