Mystery: Lucky One

Alice slumped back in her chair helplessly.

She realized almost instantly that the owners of the two lines of pinyin were not the same person. If the first half was a warning left by her past self, then the second half was clearly a terrible joke.

——This belated happy birthday, together with the uniqueness she regained on her birthday, together constitute a "gift".

He first gave her uniqueness, making her a true mythical creature, and at the same time forced her into a position where she had no choice but to become a god, and then showed her this warning.

At this moment, she seemed no different from those in the past. She was a toy of the "Key of Light" and a toy of fate.

This ironic scene didn't seem to end there, as Alice closed her eyes and the signs of the 'Winner' potion digesting came along with the feeling of the 'Doom Wizard' ritual being completed, adding a deeper layer of irony to the scene.

——The chosen “winner” and the granted “turnaround”.

She clearly lives in arrangement!
Alice couldn't describe her feelings at the moment, but she knew that in the future she would probably never look at humans as toys again - otherwise she would remember this birthday present.

After all, "Key of Light" and Amon are different. Amon is not completely indifferent to her feelings. To Amon, she is at least a pet, but to "Key of Light", she is a toy in the full sense of the word.

"Alice?" Klein's worried voice sounded.

Alice just remembered the current situation. She gave Klein a forced smile and said as if she was talking to herself or trying to comfort him:

"I'm fine, don't worry."

This made Crane look even more worried.

After Alice said this, she gradually calmed down. She suddenly realized that her ups and downs were also part of this game. Besides...

It's already like this, how can things get worse?
Alice chose to start the swing without hesitation.

However, the anger in her heart needed to be vented by something, otherwise it would be bad for her health. Alice first ruled out the option of playing a prank on someone, looked around, and landed on the "get-rich-accessories" that had already played their residual heat.

She clenched her fist to wrap the "get-rich-accessory", then raised her hand high and swung it down vigorously, but then stopped in the air, raised her head and asked thoughtfully:

"Are you familiar with a 'craftsman'?"

The rapid change of topic caught Klein off guard. His brain briefly stopped working for two seconds, and he actually began to think about whether he had any familiar "craftsmen".

Admiral Amyrius's commission, do I still have one more chance to make a "craftsman" that I haven't used... No, wait a minute, what exactly happened just now?
Klein suddenly realized that something was wrong, and pulled his thoughts back to where they were. He frowned and asked:
"You haven't told me what happened yet!"

Alice gave a false smile and placed the brooch on the table. Then, in front of Klein's surprised look, she blew out the candles, cut the cake in half, and handed one to him.

“……?” Klein took the cake hesitantly, his eyes becoming increasingly confused.

"Fate gave me a birthday present," Alice shrugged. "It's a belated happy birthday."

After a pause, she explained: "My birthday happened to be the day I reclaimed my uniqueness..."

Klein paused for a moment. He remembered the joke Alice made when she got the uniqueness, and then thought of the line "bú yào cheng shén" just now. He suddenly felt a chill.

"What about you from the past?" he asked.

Alice nodded. But when you saw that warning, it was already... Klein looked down at the cake on the plate, and suddenly looked at Alice with some uncertainty.

The sentence "bú yào chéng shén" is a warning, of course it comes from her in the past, but what about "shēng rì kuài lè"?

Klein had no doubt about how bad Alice's character was. She was definitely capable of delivering someone else's prepared backup plan to the other party when the situation was irreversible.

With the phrase "shēng rì kuài lè", everything is complete. This is a completely Alice-style birthday gift - if it can really be called a gift.

But the problem is...is this her?
Who would do this to themselves? Who would leave a backup plan for themselves and then give it to their future self after it is useless, and then tell her that it is a birthday present?

Who would do such a thing?

No one would, at least that's what Klein thought.

He looked at Alice, frowning and wanting to ask her what she meant by birthday present, but Alice spoke first:

"So you have a familiar 'craftsman'?"

"What do you need the 'craftsman' for?" He decided to solve the problem at hand first.

Alice raised the "get-rich-accessory" in her hand and said:

“I’m going to break this thing down and redo it.

“I don’t have any requirements for the effect, as long as I can carry it for a long time, but I require it to look like a pair of monocles.

“I wish that He will meet a cheating player in the game, completely disrupting the rhythm of the entire game, and losing everything.

"Let Him use me as a toy."

No matter how stupid he was, Klein realized that the "Him" in Alice's words was definitely not her past self. There was no doubt that the warning came from her past self, but the next sentence definitely came from another person.

Besides, Klein wasn’t stupid. He frowned and asked, “Who is this ‘He’ you’re talking about?”

Alice was silent for a moment, then looked at him with a half-smile and said:
"The previous owner of the key, or rather, the previous owner of the castle I inherited."

Key... She was referring to the "Key of Light"? The previous owner... Another castle... Klein suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. He asked tentatively:

“Like the spiritual remnants of the Beyonder characteristics?”

“No,” Alice shook her head. “He is the first owner and the real owner. The ownership has always been His. We only have the right to use it.”

What if one day, “He” wants to take back the right to use it? Klein didn’t need to ask, nor did he need to think about it. Alice’s situation had already implicitly explained the answer—her personality didn’t seem to be much different from that “He”.

He wasn't sure whether he should feel sad and worried for Alice, or sad and worried about his own future - after all, he had inherited a castle too.

Although the owner of the castle has not made any move so far, but... who knows?
He looked at Alice, and before he could express his feelings, anger took over his heart - Alice grabbed the plate and slapped the cream cake on his face. (End of this chapter)