Mystery: Lucky One

Compared to Alice who was doing nothing and throwing a tantrum in front of the Chief, the exploration team members from Silver City each had their own duties. The camp that only had two animal skin lanterns when they first saw it has now changed a lot.

The progress is fast... Alice retracted her gaze and looked in the direction of Afternoon Town, curiously asking, "Do you want to explore the 'Giant King's Court'?"

A few seconds later, Alice heard the Chief's answer: "...Yes."

The chief's voice was a little low. Alice turned her head and looked at the chief. His expression did not show much emotion, but his muscles were tense. If he was given a sword, this would probably be the posture of preparing for battle.

Why did he...Oh, it's because of what I said!

Alice suddenly realized something. She frowned and said carefully, "I didn't plan to do anything... I, I just said it casually."

It would be impossible to say that she had never thought of using the City of Silver to test the role-playing method, but in the final analysis, she had too many choices and there was no need to poke the little "Sun" in the lungs.

She's not in a hurry.

...No, she seemed a little too unhurried.

Alice finally remembered the purpose of coming to the "Forsaken Land of Gods". She stopped arguing with the Chief about the previous question and suddenly jumped up from where she was. Then, in the Chief's puzzled eyes, she asked:
"You don't really have a way to teleport me from one place to another, right?"

The Chief nodded affirmatively.

Alice glanced at the top of the mountain irritably and muttered:
"Looks like I have to make another trip... No, I can ask Leo Master... Hey, saints also need to eat, right?"

Alice looked at the chief for confirmation.

The chief stood there in a daze for a moment, then answered seriously:

"...For a Sequence 4 Saint, it doesn't matter if they don't replenish food and water for several days."

It doesn’t matter if you don’t eat it, so you still have to eat it… Alice nodded thoughtfully and suddenly said:
"I haven't eaten for a long time..."

The chief was even more confused. After hesitating for two seconds, he extended an invitation based on his understanding of Alice:
"Want to eat together?"

"...No thanks," Alice declined the invitation, "I'll order takeout on the way back."

Judging from the Chief's look, he didn't understand what Alice said.

Alice was not interested in answering this question. She looked at the Chief curiously and asked him:

"What are you going to do with Leo Master?"

"He will leave in a few days," the chief replied truthfully, "he claims he is here to spread the glory of the Lord."

...also makes sense.

This answer left Alice speechless, but when she thought about it carefully, she felt happy again - to spread glory, she should run around everywhere, right?

Alice suddenly felt that her future became brighter, and she left the chief on the spot and went to find Leo Master.

The chief stood there, his expression unchanged, staring at Alice's back motionlessly, with a confused look in his eyes.

...What should I do?
Alice excitedly asked Leo Master, who was trying to spread the glory of the Lord:

"Do you have a way to teleport from one place to another here?"

"A 'traveler' is grateful for the Lord's gift and is willing to become a lamb under my hand and spread the Lord's glory with me." Leo Master made a cross on his chest with a pious look on his face.

Oh, there is a “traveler” who volunteered to be herded by him…wait, this must be voluntary…no, why can he “travel” here?
Alice, who understood the abilities of the Shepherd, automatically translated Leo Master's words, and then realized two problems with the passage.

She did not bother with Leo Master about whether the "traveler" was willing, but asked:

"Can the spirit world here be used?"

"I have received the grace of God." Leo Master continued to cross himself.

Alice was speechless.

The good news is that she now has two choices - go back and ask Ouroboros, or threaten Leomaster to continue to lead her.

Both methods have their own problems. After hesitating for a moment, Alice decided to ask Ouroboros first.

——She really needs the spiritual world.

"You won't be leaving for a few days, right?" she confirmed with Leo Master.

"Yes." Leo Master nodded.

Alice felt relieved and went back to find the chief who was still standing there at a loss.

"I'll go up again," she said, pointing to the top of the mountain, "and ask if there's a way to teleport."

"Are you going far away?" the Chief asked tentatively.

“I don’t know,” Alice spread her hands. “But if the continent is about the same size as I remember, well…”

She looked in the direction of the Giant King's Court expressionlessly and replied indifferently:
"Maybe you found a way out, but I haven't come back yet."

The Chief stopped talking.

Saying goodbye to the Chief, Alice flew towards the top of the mountain.

She did not follow Ouroboros's example and walked up step by step. After all, she was not a believer of the "True Creator", nor was she an angel under the seat of the "True Creator".

Standing at the door of the sanctuary again based on her memory, Alice was stunned for two seconds, and suddenly realized that Ouroboros might have left.

…Hope He hasn’t left yet.

Alice shook her head, took a deep breath, and stepped into the sanctuary.

The gloomy decoration style did not conform to Alice's aesthetic taste, and the rotten flesh and blood that fell from time to time made Alice frown. She endured it again and again, and did not do anything like scolding other people's ugly decoration in front of others in their homes.

——Even though she didn't listen to the cursing voice of the "True Creator", Alice knew that the gaze of the "True Creator" had always stayed on her and never left.

...I just pretended to be Ouroboros, you can't be so stingy, right?

Ouroboros himself didn't care!
It seems like the husband is helping his silly wife vent her anger... No, wait, don't think about that anymore!
Alice quickened her pace in fear to stop herself from thinking too much.

Alice recalled the location of the mural corridor and walked along it. At the end of the corridor, she found Ouroboros, who was about to put down his pen.

——He has just finished a painting.

Alice walked over curiously, stared at the mural for a few seconds, then suddenly turned around and asked:
"Have you ever learned to draw?"

“No.” Ouroboros shook his head calmly.

So Alice asked naturally, "Are you giving Anderson bad luck because you are jealous of his professional background?"

Ouroboros turned his head and asked with a bit of confusion: "Anderson?"

“He doesn’t know?” No, it could be that he doesn’t know the name… Alice tilted her head, pointed in the direction of the outside, and replied:

"In the sea outside, an unlucky 'hunter' entered a ruin. There were many murals inside, one of which should be the one you left behind.

"He stretched out his hand and drew a line in the air, and then he became very, very unlucky - he even choked to death on a mouthful of wine before."

The angel of fate listened patiently to Alice's story, then shook his head calmly and replied softly:
"That's just residual power." Alice stared at Him for a few seconds, and suddenly realized:

"You don't want others to destroy your paintings?"

"Yes." He nodded slowly.

After two seconds of silence, Alice looked at Him and praised Him sincerely, "You have so many murals."

This is not Chinese, but the giant language that Alice has been using since she stepped into the "Forsaken Land of the Gods". Therefore, Ouroboros did not understand the deep meaning of it, and just nodded with a little confusion.

Of course, He probably wouldn't understand even Chinese.

Ouroboros obviously didn't have the same chattering habit as Alice. As soon as Alice shut up, the surroundings became quiet again. He calmly dipped the brush in paint, as if preparing to paint another picture.

“Wait a minute!” Alice hurriedly stopped him. She instinctively wanted to reach out her hand, but then she remembered Ouroboros’ cold face and silently retracted her hand. “I have something to ask you!”

Ouroboros turned his head calmly and asked her what was wrong with his eyes.

"You have a way to contact the spirit world here, right?" Alice asked excitedly, "Should there be a way to teleport from one place to another?"

Ouroboros's gaze paused on her for a few seconds, then he suddenly stood up and walked forward.

Alice stood there hesitating for two seconds, then watched Ouroboros put down his paintbrush, stepped into the mural he had just completed, and disappeared.

ah……?
Alice stared at the mural blankly for a few seconds, then reached out and touched the mural, or rather the wall - it was solid.

She stood there, looking at the silver-haired and silver-eyed angel on the mural, hesitated for a moment, closed her eyes, and bumped into it headfirst - it was indeed solid.

"Hiss." Alice took a breath, stepped back, and rubbed her head.

Perhaps she was so stupid that Ouroboros could not bear to watch it any longer. The figure in the mural moved slightly, and a living Ouroboros walked out of the painting.

"?" Alice opened her mouth in surprise.

"You don't have the ability of 'Chaos Walker'?" Ouroboros asked calmly and without contempt.

"I, I have..." Alice replied stammeringly.

She looked blankly at Ouroboros in front of her and the mural behind him. After a brief pause, an idea suddenly occurred to her. She looked up and asked:

"The rules and power here are very chaotic. If you move randomly you will get lost in it. So... you leave your power on the mural to help you locate yourself?"

Ouroboros nodded.

Alice opened her eyes wide in surprise. After more than ten seconds, she sighed and said:
"I was right not to go find Will Auceptin...otherwise I would have definitely given it away for nothing."

Ouroboros did not comment on this, but just looked at her quietly.

Alice stared at Him and thought for a few seconds, then guessed, "Are you waiting for me to confirm receipt and give you a favorable review?"

Ouroboros's eyes successfully became blank.

Alice was not happy about this. She pinched her brows and pointed out the most critical problem with this method:
“If I had a very long time, I could certainly leave murals or something else wherever I passed by to help locate the place.

"But firstly, this matter may be urgent, and secondly...

“I want to go somewhere I haven’t been before.”

After a pause, she asked tentatively, "Can I borrow your mural?"

Ouroboros looked her up and down, and asked in a calm, non-contemptuous tone:

"Can.

"Are you sure?"

Alice shuddered inexplicably. She suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of fear, so she immediately rejected Ouroboros's kindness:

"...No, no thanks."

She realized that this was most likely a free gift.

Ouroboros still looked at her with that doubtful look, and then said to her calmly:
"follow me."

It's this sentence again... I always feel that the look in His eyes has a feeling... a feeling of how on earth did I survive to this day...

Alice gritted her teeth and followed.

Ouroboros led her around and around until they came to an altar. In front of the altar was a painting of a dark baby.

After Alice stared at the baby for a few seconds, the baby suddenly gave her a weird smile.

Alice suddenly jumped behind Ouroboros and paused for a moment. Feeling that something was wrong, she asked hesitantly:

"Can't I really grab your clothes?"

Ouroboros shook his head.

Alice gritted her teeth, gave up on pondering this question, and poked her head out again, staring at the baby with a weird smile, and guessed hesitantly:
"The picture shows..."

She paused, without saying a name or anything else, and made the sign of the cross on her chest.

Ouroboros nodded.

Alice stared at the altar for a few seconds before asking again, "...You want me to, to pray?"

Ouroboros nodded again.

That makes sense. If you want authority, you should ask the master. So… Alice asked expressionlessly:

"Do I look like a fool?"

Ouroboros stared at Alice for a few seconds, then said gently,

“Not really.

"You look smart."

This familiar vision made Alice confused for two seconds, and then she asked hesitantly:
"Have you ever taken care of a child before?"

Ouroboros looked dazed again, as if he was recalling something. Seeing this, Alice immediately interrupted his thoughts:
"Is there no other way?"

Then Ouroboros came back to his senses and shook his head calmly.

Ellie turned around and walked away without hesitation. After walking a few steps, she turned back and said ceremoniously:

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." Ouroboros responded politely.

Alice left the sanctuary in silence. After two seconds of silence at the entrance of the sanctuary, she chanted the honorific name of the Fool under the gaze of the True Creator, and then said at the end:
“Mr. Fool, bring me some food, and remember to add tables, chairs, and tableware.”

The True Creator's gaze remained fixed for a moment, then suddenly disappeared. (End of this chapter)