Mystery: When the Fool Meets the Masked Fool

Chapter 123 Entering the Eternal Paradise
"This day has finally arrived. I've been waiting so long." Feeling Klein entering the dream, Serris stretched lazily.

[You really have a bad taste.] Erha appeared in front of Serris.

"What's so funny about this? I'm doing this for his own good, so that he can better digest the Mourning Actor potion." Cerus smiled like a ghost.

Finally, Klein can experience this positive, sunny, healthy and uplifting story.

So cool!
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Klein entered the dreamland and logged into the paradise of the afterlife.

When he returned to the paradise, Klein opened his eyes and found that he was not in the rest area of ​​the paradise of the past.

He clearly remembered that he logged off in the rest area.

Even before he opened his eyes, he was already aware that he wasn't sitting on the sofa. After all, there was no room for him in the Paradise of the Past. If he wanted to rest, he could only take a nap on the sofa.

Therefore, it became the place he knew best.

He was sitting on a bench, looking at this completely new environment with his eyes open.

This place looks like a park, with fountains, running water, and pink-tinted walls and buildings.

This is a dreamy-looking area.

Klein had also seen many memories of different heroes deep in the paradise, but he had never been here before.

However, even though it was his first time here, he could probably guess whose memories this was.

"Welcome to my memories, everyone. A new day begins with a wonderful encounter."

really.

Klein saw Alicia not far away. She was sitting on a high step, looking at him from a distance.

Next to Klein were Amon and Fujimaru Ritsuka in his normal state.

Ah, it’s really rare to see Fujimaru Ritsuka in this state. I always feel that she is very small every time I see her.

Klein's mind was rapidly analyzing the current situation. Time flows much faster in dreams than in reality, so it was obviously abnormal for three people to appear here at the same time.

It is reasonable to speculate that this simulated universe began after the three people entered the dream at the same time?

"Oh, why aren't you talking? Are you dissatisfied with my surprise?" Alicia jumped down the stairs and came to the three people on the bench.

"No, it's just that today, I feel a little uneasy for some unknown reason." Ritsuka Fujimaru's tone was quite normal, as normal as if he had been possessed by someone else.

"Is that so? That's really a bad sign. But relax, you won't be in danger with me here." Alicia said in a cheerful tone.

"Ha, then I'm relieved." Fujimaru Ritsuka replied, but still maintained his original appearance and did not turn into Gudako's form.

On the back of her hand, two Command Seals emitted a faint red light.

Alicia's gaze shifted slightly, looking behind Fujimaru Ritsuka, and then she looked away again.

"Well, this should be your first time here. After all, this is a world constructed by my memories. Just like other memory spaces deep in the paradise, you will soon be able to truly understand the lovely Alicia. How about it? Will you be excited?" Alicia said in a light tone and turned around in place.

After she finished speaking, she stared at Fujimaru Ritsuka, as if hoping that he would pick up on her.

But unfortunately, Fujimaru Ritsuka just smiled and shrugged without saying anything.

"Oh, why are you so dull today, my little cutie? Am I not good-looking today? It seems I should put on some makeup before coming to see you." Alicia pretended to be distressed.

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Time goes back to half a day ago.

The place abandoned by gods, Moon City.

Gudako is drawing cards. Before this, she had already drawn 327 times.

There are only three draws left to reach the guaranteed 330 draws.

She took out three Saint Quartz stones, held them between her fingers, and said to Cu Chulainn, who had been refreshed beside her and had a look of as if he had eaten shit on his face, "Look, three chips are enough. All or nothing."

"Okay, okay." Cu Chulainn looked ashen. Why was he summoned again? In just a few months, he had died several times.

He completely became the messenger between Gudako and Chaldea.

Three Saint Quartz stones were thrown into the card pool, and a blue beam of light shot up into the sky.

"Wow." Gudako exclaimed.

Just as he was sighing, a figure emerged from the beam of light. He was shrouded in brilliant golden light, and his facial features could not be seen clearly.

"It's the God of Guaranteed Wins!" Gudako raised her hands and cheered.

"Doesn't this just prove that you, Master, are a nobody? What are you so excited about?" Cu Chulainn said sarcastically. "You don't understand. Guaranteed success is faith." Gudako said nonchalantly.

The God of Guaranteed Bottom casually threw two pieces of garbage out of the light column, indicating that nothing good was drawn from the first 329 draws of Gudako.

Gudako didn't care and continued to stare at the God of Guaranteed Results.

The God of Guaranteed Wins gave a thumbs up and showed his beautiful teeth: "Remember, I didn't win once by chance, I have never lost."

After saying this, his body disappeared, leaving only a card emerging in the beam of light.

The back of the card is facing Gudako, and you can see that there is a mage drawn on it, which means that the card Gudako will draw this time is a five-star caster.

The card disappeared, and Caster stepped out of the light column and came in front of Gudako.

"Good afternoon, Master. I really didn't expect you to summon me. Oh, Cu Chulainn, you're here too. I haven't received any information from you for a while, so I thought you hadn't been summoned."

Cu Chulainn didn't answer. He simply didn't want to talk to this wicked fellow. He closed his eyes and vanished into a spirit body.

Caster has white hair with a hint of pink, which reaches about the shoulder level. He wears a white robe and has a few feathers sticking out of his ears.

"Oh! It's Merlin! Oh!" Gudako started cheering when she saw that it was Merlin coming.

As he said this, he was about to pounce on Merlin, but Merlin dodged easily.

"Oh, it seems that the master has made a lot of new friends. In the dream... uh huh, but in the future that I can see, they seem..." Ignoring Gudako who was rolling and crying on the ground, Merlin began to divine.

"What's wrong?" Gudako, who was rolling on the ground, was attracted by Merlin's words.

"They're all dead." Merlin had a slightly frivolous smile on his face.

"Huh?" Gudako was stunned.

With a bang, Gudako turned back into the appearance of Fujimaru Ritsuka.

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Time returns to the present.

Merlin's still frivolous, smiling voice still echoed in Fujimaru Ritsuka's ears: "Master, I will try my best to enter your dream, but that place seems to be protected by something. If I cannot follow you in, then use the Command Seal to summon me."

"Oh, Ritsuka, why are you so absent-minded today?" Alicia's voice woke up Fujimaru Ritsuka. She hadn't known when she got behind Fujimaru Ritsuka and gently hugged her.

"Maybe I didn't sleep well during the day." Fujimaru Ritsuka answered absentmindedly.

Merlin, as a candidate for the Grand Caster, is almost certain to fulfill his prophecy. Therefore, Fujimaru Ritsuka is currently struggling with how to save the heroes.

"Well, it seems that Ritsuka is not in a good mood today, but it doesn't matter. You can tell the beautiful pink fairy lady if you have anything." Alicia reminded, and then continued to introduce this new area.

"You've been in Paradise for so long, so I'm sure you've already visited the memory spaces deep within Paradise at least once, right? Those small worlds constructed from the memories of various heroes."

Klein nodded. He had been to those places quite often.

"Hmm, so you must be curious about why there are no memories of Alicia. Well, here is the answer. This place, which I call the 'Eternal Paradise', is Alicia's mind-phase space."

"How is it? It's a beautiful place, isn't it? Built entirely from Alicia's memories, recreating the eternal paradise that Alicia loved her whole life." Alicia's face was filled with praise. "As you can see, it's a dreamlike wonderland, a flawless paradise. Isn't it amazing?"

"It's indeed a beautiful place." Klein said what Alicia wanted to hear.

"Yeah, a chance to fully understand Alicia's inner thoughts. Wow, just thinking about it makes me excited, doesn't it? You can act a little happier."

None of the three showed the expression that Alicia wanted to see. Klein and Fujimaru Ritsuka were both preoccupied with their own concerns, while Amon still had that standard, evil smile.

You want a reaction from me? No.

"Really? Well, since no one wants to praise me, let's enter Alicia's inner world." Alicia came to the entrance of the park, stretched out her hands and pushed hard, pushing the closed door open.

"Okay, just go in from here. Well, there are three of you, so I won't accompany you. After all, no matter who I accompany, the other two will be upset. Well, I'll leave first." After saying that, Alicia put her hands behind her back and skipped away.

After watching Alicia walk away, Klein passed Amon and looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"You seem really strange today, is there something wrong?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka thought for a moment and replied, "Klein, I remember you are a fortune teller, right?"

Although he had been promoted to a clown, it wasn't a problem to call him a fortune teller. Therefore, Klein nodded, "Yes."

"Then perhaps you can understand my feelings. I have a feeling that many people might die here. Even the Thirteen Heroes of the Fire Chaser might be wiped out."

"Is that so?" Klein understood. Like him, Fujimaru Ritsuka had also predicted that there might be tragedy here.

　In the plot of Shattered Ice, do you want me to write out the classic lines from the original novel, or just skip them? I feel that writing them out would make them more interesting, but I'm also afraid of being accused of being too wordy.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)