Mystery: Lucky One

Chapter 702 Chalter94 Light Chaser and Seer

"It's not about preparing to betray," Alice corrected, "It's about actively applying to Him... Oh, to be honest, I think this is more like a diplomacy."

Klein tended to agree with this statement. He shook his head with mixed emotions, his expression tinged with emotion, but he said nothing.

Alice, on the other hand, added something else: "Oh, and..."

She frowned and said hesitantly, "He seems to think that my excessive attention to the 'Witch' path is a revelation of fate, and intends to investigate."

“…Ah?” Klein was stunned for a moment. “But you clearly…”

He paused, and suddenly stopped talking again. After looking at Alice quietly for two seconds, he said thoughtfully:
"I'm too familiar with you, so I overlooked some things.

"'Wheel of Fortune' can be regarded as the embodiment of fate to a certain extent. It is not wrong to interpret your behavior and regard it as a revelation of fate.

"Rather,... since you got the 'Dice of Probability', someone should have started doing this. After all, the angels of the corresponding path are themselves a symbol, and you who hold the uniqueness are even more special..."

He touched Alice's head as she looked at him like an idiot, then said with a smile:

"I know, maybe you didn't have much in mind when you did that, but the guidance of fate is sometimes very obscure, isn't it?"

“In other words…” Alice put away her gaze and looked Klein up and down. “Are you going to do reading comprehension on me from now on, Mr. Fool? It’s like interpreting the words and deeds of some great person…”

“…It sounds like that.” Klein glanced at Alice without changing his expression. “The great goddess of light.”

Alice's expression froze for a moment. She obviously didn't like being called that in person, especially when the person was Klein. Her expression became even weirder.

Klein didn't continue to provoke her. After shouting this out jokingly, he asked Alice:

"You should return the extraordinary characteristics to the Abraham family next, right?"

Alice nodded, and Klein smiled and said, "Then I won't bother you anymore. I'll go check on the 'traversers' on 'Source Castle'."

After saying that, Klein left without waiting for Alice to ask more questions. Alice shook her head in place, and then took the initiative to find the "magician" Fors and the Abraham family.

Alice originally wanted to keep Fors's subsequent extraordinary characteristics to prevent the Abraham family from blocking her, an "outsider", in the promotion characteristics. After all, for Klein, Fors, who stayed in the Tarot Club, was truly one of their own.

But after a brief conversation, Alice soon discovered that Fors had little desire to be promoted. Alice gave up this unnecessary help and returned all the Beyonder Characteristics to the Abraham family. As for how they distributed them, Alice didn't care.

After a few days of quiet time at Meige Manor, Alice finally received the prayer from Ouroboros. This angel of destiny was very good at choosing a place to pray - He chose the church of Grisha Adam!

Alice was speechless when she saw the cross above Ouroboros. She gritted her teeth and responded to the prayer, asking politely:

"...I don't ask you to believe in me. In other words, I even admire your devout belief, and I do have such a need myself. In addition...well, although all the angels who followed Him since childhood betrayed Him, it sounds like a joke at first, but if you think about it carefully, He is actually speaking for you, right?
“I admire your piety and your relationship, but you… you wouldn’t provoke me like this, would you?

"Why don't you pray to me somewhere else?"

Then, under Alice's gaze, Ouroboros took this revelation and prayed to Grisha Adam, asking for his next move.

Alice covered her chest with her hands and decided to ignore Ouroboros no matter what he said.

Grisha Adam seemed to have anticipated her mentality, because Alice did not receive the next prayer. Ouroboros appeared directly in the baby room. In front of Alice's stunned eyes, he knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and shouted without emotion:
"Goddess of Light."

"..." Alice raised her hands to cover her head, "I regret it a little bit...why...why don't you get up and sit? Uh, can you turn yourself into a chair?"

Alice blinked and looked at Ouroboros. Ouroboros looked up at her for two seconds, then shook his head, stood up, and answered:

"It would be disrespectful to sit in front of you."

You have always been quite disrespectful to me... Alice rolled her eyes, beckoned for Him to come over, propped herself up and sat up, saying:

"You're standing too high... Wait, I'll get you a chair."

After Alice placed a chair in front of the crib and ordered Ouroboros to sit down, she took a look at Ouroboros's linen robe, thought for a moment, and asked:

"Is this the same one your Lord gave you?"

Ouroboros nodded, but replied: "You can touch it."

"Why?" Alice asked subconsciously, and then reacted, "Oh, your Lord is alive, you don't have to rely on clothes to eat meal replacements..."

“…” Ouroboros looked at her calmly without saying a word.

Alice felt inexplicably guilty. She crawled forward, grabbed the linen robe, and looked up and asked:
"Can you hold a baby?"

Ouroboros looked down at her, then picked her up with a very skilled gesture. Alice couldn't help but sigh:
"Have you ever taken Amon with you before?"

“…Yeah.” Ouroboros nodded, his expression calm.

"...That makes sense," Alice's mouth twitched. "Don't you have anything to say to me? Didn't you ask to be my Pope?"

“I just felt I should do it,” He replied.

In other words, He didn't feel that there was anything He should do right now... Alice understood something, and she couldn't help but ask curiously:
"I want to confirm... do you think you should believe in me, or do you think you should stay by my side and become my pope?"

"The latter one." He said briefly.

"What if fate's revelation is for you to believe in me?" Alice blinked and curved her eyes in a vicious arc.

Ouroboros was silent, which was rare. Alice stared at him intently and said in a tempting voice, "Are you going to betray your dear Lord, Ouroboros?"

"I don't expect to receive such a revelation..." He replied slowly, "But this is not the answer you want to hear."

Alice nodded, agreeing with what He said, so Ouroboros continued to answer with a vague look:
"I'm not sure. At the moment, I want to refuse, but before I actually receive such a revelation, I can't be sure of my answer."

"I see..." Alice nodded thoughtfully, "How should the church be built?"

"Do you have any ideas?" Ouroboros lowered his head and asked gently. Alice shook her head and answered while thinking:

"To be honest, not really... Well, what are other churches of God like?"

"They are similar in form, including the Aurora Society, the Witch Cult, and other cult organizations," Ouroboros answered fluently, "You can divide their members into ordinary members, combat members, saints, and angels. Each level has someone responsible for leading. If it is the Lord's former church, there must be an angel king who is responsible for leading the angels."

Alice was stunned for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully: "In other words, it can actually be considered to be divided into sequence levels, right?"

"Yes," Ouroboros nodded, "However, we usually give each level of members a code name."

"Ah..." Alice blinked. "I know this. The Seven Gods... uh, there are no Seven Gods now. Anyway, the saints and angels of the Orthodox Church have a 'title'. Some will take it, and some won't. Those with titles have a relatively special status, right?"

Ouroboros nodded and agreed: "That's right."

Alice stroked her chin and continued:

"Well, there's no rush. I don't have that many people in total... In comparison, the ordinary members and the elite members responsible for combat are probably more concerned, just like the 'Nighthawks' and the 'Red Gloves'... I should give them a name, right?"

Ouroboros still nodded. Alice thought for a moment and then continued:

"To be honest, I actually want to name a being like the Red Gloves the Prophet... But, I think your Lord should have told you? In the Holy Scripture, I call myself the Goddess of Light..."

"...Yes," Ouroboros nodded, "I know about this."

After receiving His affirmative answer, Alice sighed and continued:

"The name 'Prophet' doesn't sound very related to 'Goddess of Light', or at least seems far-fetched... Let me think, hmm, how about 'Seer'?"

"It's up to you to decide." Ouroboros said calmly.

This means that she has no opinion or idea. Alice shook her head, raised her eyebrows and smiled:
"That's settled for now! Let me think about the ordinary members, um...

"'Nightwatch', the Church of Night... 'Machine Heart', the Church of Steam... 'The Mandated Punisher', the Church of Storms... Light... Light..."

Her voice suddenly stopped, and she looked at Ouroboros thoughtfully, her tone becoming erratic:

“Can I…

"You call such an ordinary member a 'Light Chaser'?"

“…What?” Ouroboros was stunned for a moment, as if he didn’t react.

"'Light Chaser'," Alice repeated the name again, her tone becoming more certain, "What do you think?"

Ouroboros's expression looked a little blank, and he asked:
"You should know that Sequence 2 of the 'Sun' pathway is called...?"

"So?" Alice shook her head. "The followers of the Goddess of Light are called 'Light Chasers'. Isn't that reasonable?"

"..." Ouroboros did not speak. He did not seem to agree with this matter, but Alice's words were well-reasoned and could not be refuted.

Alice blinked innocently and said nothing.

Compared to the name "Seer" which was derived from "Prophet", the name "Light Chaser" was indeed something Alice came up with on the spur of the moment.

Alice, who had read the Blasphemous Slate, certainly knew what the Sequence 2 of the Sun Pathway was called. In fact, that was why she thought of it.

From a literal meaning, "Light Chaser" means a person who pursues light. It is reasonable that the believers of the Goddess of Light are "Light Chasers". However, there is another reason why Alice calls them that.

As a child who didn't like reading, she didn't know much serious knowledge, but she knew a lot about various myths, fairy tales and fables. Therefore, Alice remembered that when many people mentioned Apollo, their first impression was the sun god.

It seems that the images of light and the sun are too close, or it seems that due to the evolution of legend, in the era of Alice's memory, many people regarded Apollo as the sun god, but in fact, the sun god was someone else.

At the beginning, Alice called herself the Goddess of Light. In addition to the old name of the top of this path being "Key of Light", there was another important reason: Apollo had the authority of both light and destiny...

What? You said Apollo has other powers? What does that have to do with her?

In short, for this reason, when the corresponding title was mentioned, Alice actually took the initiative to look for areas related to the "Sun". If she didn't know what the members of the "Eternal Sun" Church were called, she might have considered moving here.

...No, she should actually be able to know it, just by taking a look.

Alice shook her head and did not think about it any further. Instead, she tried to persuade Ouroboros:

“Don’t you think it makes sense?

"The imagery of light and the sun is similar, so I think this name is not excessive. Moreover, I think the future sun god will not bother with me about this little thing. As for the current sun god, the 'pure white angel'...

"I say, you don't care what a traitor thinks, do you?"

Ouroboros was silent for a few seconds before saying:
“This is just the first time I’ve seen a god like you…like you.

"Have you decided yet?"

"What?" Alice raised her eyebrows, "Are you going back to ask your Lord for his opinion?"

"...No," Ouroboros shook his head, "Can I see your holy book?"

Alice handed it over with a wave of her hand. She watched Ouroboros pick up the book and suddenly reminded him as if she had thought of something:

"Yes, I remember...

"Ouroboros, I don't think I have a holy emblem yet, can you draw one for me?

"I remember you were supposed to be able to draw... and the prayer gesture. I think the prayer gesture of the Goddess of Light would be quite strange if it was the same symbol as before... Hmm, how about I change it to a circle? This way people will think I'm drawing the sun!"

(End of this chapter)