Mystery: Lucky One

Alice was obviously waiting for a response with great interest. Roy King did not dare to take off his clothes for too long. He thought quickly and gave his answer:

"Ms. Wall once revealed in an interview that her latest naming technique was guided by you, so every time she writes a book title in a similar style, I will read the content to feel your teachings..."

Alice shuddered.

She had seen this interview, but obviously did not take it seriously. After all, she had long since escaped the limits of life span, and now she was living in human form, which was more of a recreational activity. When she got tired of playing, the Saint of the Church of Light would return to the Goddess's kingdom.

But Roy King clearly lied, that would have been fine, but he also chose such a chilling reason. Alice quickly raised her hand to stop him from speaking and said:

"If I didn't know you, I would have almost thought you were a devout believer."

Roy King paused for a moment, and after a few seconds, he said calmly:

"I follow the guidance of fate. You are the embodiment of fate. So how can I not be your devout believer?

"Do you mind that I betrayed the School of Life? Your Majesty, your Pope also came from the Aurora Society and was once the Angel of Destiny under the Creator..."

Alice couldn't help laughing. She interrupted, "He is now also the Creator's Angel of Destiny."

"?" Roy King was stunned. He raised his head, his eyes full of questions.

Alice sighed before explaining:
"Even after leaving the Aurora Society, he still insisted on praying to his old master every day, and carried with him the holy object given by his old master before he left... Perhaps you have seen it? He has a cross pendant, and on that pendant, there is a touch of the spirit of the Creator..."

"......?" Roy King was extremely shocked. He looked at Alice in shock, his eyes full of confusion. "If that's the case, why did you keep Him? And you and His Holiness the Pope seem to have a very good relationship?"

Alice glanced at Roy King with an ambiguous look. His mention of Ouroboros did remind Alice of something. Alice suddenly couldn't help but say:
“I admire His steadfastness… and, as you said, He faithfully follows the footsteps of destiny, and at least for now, I am the embodiment of destiny.

“But then again…

"Roy King, what do you think is firmness?"

Her tone suddenly became formal. Roy King was stunned for a moment and then spoke tentatively:
"I suppose for you, it should be unchanged?"

"Yes," Alice sighed, "but do you think being a fence-sitter can be considered firm?"

Roy King was stunned, but Alice didn't care. She sighed as if talking to herself:

"...The 'Dragon of Wisdom' Herabergen betrayed his former master, the 'Dragon of Imagination' Angerwede, and joined the newly rising Creator, becoming the 'Cherubim' among the eight angel kings."

"Later, He betrayed the Creator, gained benefits from the Creator's death, and became the true God...

“However, when the Creator returned, He took the initiative to hand over the Beyonder Characteristics and Uniqueness, claiming that He was only keeping them for safekeeping. At that time, Storm and Pure White’s choice made Him extremely panicked, and He had no choice but to pretend to obey and make such a choice. Now that the Lord has returned, He should also return the things to their original owners…

“Now, He has returned to the seat of the Creator and has become the Cherubim, but He is no longer the King of Angels, not even an Archangel.

"I think if there are changes in the future, He will probably not stand by the Creator's side... Tell me, can a renegade like Him be considered steadfast?"

Roy King had already started thinking when Alice started talking. When Alice asked him this question, he was not panicked at all. He just asked:

“Why did He do that?”

Alice glanced at him and replied, "He said He just wanted to live."

So Roy King nodded without hesitation:

“So, I think so.

“He has never betrayed His own heart. Living has always been His pursuit. All the behaviors you have seen are His choices for the sole purpose of living.

“Doesn’t this prove His steadfastness?”

Alice nodded thoughtfully. He looked at Roy King and smiled, "You can prepare for the ceremony to advance to Sequence 3. You should know the potion formula, right?"

Roy Jin was slightly startled, with a wild joy on his face, and immediately saluted and said:
"Praise you, great goddess of light!"

Alice didn't try to correct him. She just turned away and said lightly:

“What are you praising… I don’t intend to make you an angel.

"My first angel cannot be someone like you. He must be a true 'Light Chaser'."

This was Alice's plan a long time ago. She recruited Amon for entertainment, and she didn't need to be afraid of Amon at the moment. If Amon really planned to do something, Amon could go home and complain, so could she. Putting aside external influences such as inviting parents, she and Amon 1v1 - she would definitely win.

The extraordinary characteristics of the "Angel of Redemption" were actually a gesture of goodwill to Grisha Adam. When the "Ring of Fate" intended to descend upon his angel, Grisha Adam did not intervene, which showed his attitude. Therefore, when the war was over, Alice gave Amon a share of the spoils to make up for Amon's loss that year.

The idea of ​​recruiting Amon as her angel was born after making this decision. After all, the fact that the "Angel of Redemption" is the embodiment of fraud and mischief really fits Alice's consistent aesthetic. But that's it. The remaining extraordinary characteristics of the "Angel of Redemption" are what Alice intends to leave for the first angel trained entirely by the church.

After the church was established, the Church of Light, like other churches, also set up a monastery specifically for orphans. There were poor children who were specially placed outside the monastery, orphans who had suffered great changes, and those who were picked up by the extraordinary people of the church.

They grew up studying in the church and received church education from childhood, which of course included ideological education. What Alice wanted was an angel who grew up in such an environment.

Then, she could consider retiring Ouroboros.

Alice was still hesitant about this. After all, the lifespan of an angel was limited. If Ouroboros died as the Pope of the Church of Light, the extraordinary characteristics he left behind should belong to the Church of Light. Alice believed that Grisha Adam would not want them. Of course, she did not intend to send them back. At most, she would return the related items of Ouroboros.

But if Ouroboros retired, he might not stay. If he returned to the Aurora Society, Alice felt that it would be too embarrassing for her to go to their house and ask for their body parts.

——If the target was Will Auceptin in the past and Will Smith today, Alice would not hesitate.

As the child of Dunn and Daly, Will Smith is in the Church of Night...now called the Church of the Styx.

He grew up in the monastery of the Church of the Goddess of the Styx. Daly and Dunn would visit their children after work, but Will Smith seemed to have received some hints that he was not close to the parents. He just showed his fanatical belief in the Goddess of Night at that time.

Apart from that, Will Smith grew up like an ordinary child, nothing special about him. He even attended classes honestly - Alice was no different in this regard. Some of Klein's words were actually serious. He really hired a tutor for Alice. Even though she later became a saint of the Church of Light, the only change she had was a few more classes.

Yes, after becoming her own saint, the great goddess of light was forced to learn her own teachings and her own holy scriptures...

That’s not all. After finishing the church courses, Her Majesty the Saint returned home and took lessons from a tutor, learning painting, music, etiquette, literature, philosophy, horsemanship and many other courses. Now sixteen-year-old Alice has fully realized that no matter what era, learning is never an easy thing.

In order to avoid the tutor, Alice spent most of her time in the church. After all, the courses in the church were easy. She only needed to memorize the scriptures and did not need to learn any messy mystical knowledge. Ouroboros told others that the goddess had already given the revelation and she had already mastered the corresponding knowledge.

——She just needs to memorize the scriptures.

For a true god, memorizing is not a difficult task. In order to prevent her from being exposed, Ouroboros specially hired someone to teach her carefully and explain every chapter of the holy book to her so that she could know it by heart. After she no longer felt embarrassed, Alice learned at a rapid pace. Now, if she was asked to go out and preach to him, she could speak eloquently.

——But the tutor’s lessons are different.

In order to avoid those complicated courses, Alice often hid in the Church of Light. Later, because the male and female servants of Meige Manor were about to find out the experience, Alice also began to run to other churches, trying to avoid those who came to find her.

But such things cannot be taken too far. Klein seemed determined to make her attend the class, and he even advised her to play her role seriously. Alice was speechless about this. She had made trouble with Klein several times but it was useless. She was forced to accept this matter. She only had to escape after studying for a few days, just as if it were an extra vacation for herself.

——In comparison, Will Smith's life is indeed much easier.

The resentful Alice has actually caused trouble for Will many times. She suddenly felt that she had a deep karma with the "Speaker of Fate" of the "School of Life". From being deceived when she was ignorant of the world in her early years to being forced later, Alice unilaterally formed a mortal feud with Will Smith.

After the deification ceremony, Alice discovered that Will had become the child of Captain Dunn and Ms. Daly. She had new hatred and old grudges, but she was afraid to take action.

——She was not sure how the captain and Ms. Daly would react after knowing the truth, nor was she sure whether they would choose to protect their children. If they said nothing, their children would die for no reason, which would surely make them extremely sad.

Alice chose to escape. She said she was not in a good condition and that she felt Will Smith had not died yet. She said that at worst she could let him live until he died of old age. In the final analysis, she was just escaping.

After finding countless excuses for herself, Alice naturally ignored the matter. Later, as the end of the world approached, Alice was no longer in the mood to think about it.

So Will Auceptin Smith grew up peacefully, lived to the eve of the end of the world, and participated in the doomsday war as an angel.

So Alice thought again, maybe Will would die in the war? Then she wouldn't have to do anything - everything ended as she expected, but after the war, seeing Will still alive, Alice really felt that Will might not be destined to die.

This almost absurd good luck protected Will Smith for the last time. Alice did not do anything to Him in the end. Just as she said, she decided to give Will a chance to live to the end of his life.

She no longer interfered in Will Smith's affairs, and after negotiating with the Goddess of Night, who had changed her name to the Goddess of Styx, Will Smith left the Church of Night, bid farewell to his parents, and went out to study.

He studied and lived like an ordinary person, and Alice allowed him to live like this, without being able to establish any power or contact any past acquaintances to seek help.

As for imprisonment and surveillance——as long as He remains on the path of "Destiny" and is still an angel on the path of "Destiny", He will live under Alice's gaze for the rest of his life.

Oh, no, actually His life is not quite ordinary, because although Alice did not kill Him, she left Him with eternal bad luck. He will always be poor and penniless, and He will always sleep on the streets.

In this new world where grains have been optimized by extraordinary people from the Church of the "Mother Earth Goddess", in this new world where the new "God" is working hard to reform, he is the only homeless man who cannot afford food or a place to live.

Moreover, He would become particularly unlucky from time to time because the top gods were in a bad mood.

For an angel, such things actually have limited impact. After all, eating is just a personal hobby, and sleeping on the street is just uncomfortable. But Will Smith knows why his luck has become like this. In order to please the god who brings doom, he often stands in front of the ice cream stand with a longing look on his face.

In order to taste his favorite ice cream, Will once worked as a helper in an ice cream shop. He did not ask for wages, but only asked to have a taste of ice cream. The boss was shocked and gladly accepted. Then, he watched helplessly as the helper could not eat the ice cream every time he picked it up for various reasons, such as the ice cream slipping off, or being touched by dirt...

After repeating this over and over again, he finally understood why his helper made that request.

(End of this chapter)