Mystery: Lucky One

"Oh," Amon smiled, "Because I really have a former lover who I can't forget."

"?" Alice looked at Amon with a horrified look, "Ah?"

He... He really likes the angel from the Zoroastrian family?
If the matter was normal, Alice would not believe it, but this matter was a little too outrageous, and Alice had to consider the possibility that Amon was serious.

...The incarnation of fraud wouldn't tell such an outrageous lie, right?
"I have been chasing Him for thousands of years..." Amon smiled and continued, "Do you know where He is?"

If this is true, should I tell Him that the person He is looking for is in the Church of Night, parasitic on... wait a minute.

Alice suddenly became alert. She stopped her wandering thoughts and looked at Amon with cold eyes.

She finally became alert before she could associate the key information.

Amon's expression did not change under her cold gaze. He asked as if he was puzzled by her sudden change of attitude:

"What's wrong? Why do you have that expression... Is there something wrong with what I said?"

...So shameless.

Although Amon's expression looked extremely innocent, as if he had done nothing, Alice did not believe a single word he said.

But Alice had no way to deal with Amon - she was not very afraid of Amon's clone, but this was the "God-forsaken Land", and no matter whether the one standing in front of her was the real person or not, the real person should be able to appear in front of her at any time.

She had no choice but to keep this grudge in mind secretly, and then... then what should she do?

Well, anyway, her only way to deal with Amon might be to escape... What was she thinking just now?

Oh, Amon, then she must have been thinking... uh, what did she want to do just now?
"Alice," Amon pinched the monocle on his right eye and sighed slightly, "You... forget it, just go."

"Huh?" Alice became alert instinctively.

He wouldn't pretend to let me go and then... Hey, why did He leave?

——After saying what he just said, Amon shook his head, turned around and left without any regrets, leaving Alice with only his back.

...really left?

Alice stood there in a daze for a while, then decided to give up thinking and turned around to walk in the opposite direction of Amon.

After all, her original plan was to sleep until the Tarot Club started. However, this plan was disrupted by Klein and Amon, so Alice decided...

Change where you sleep.

She moved slowly forward in the darkness, and before she found the right place, the Tarot Club would be convened.

After she needs to go above the gray fog on her own, Klein will remind her while notifying "Sun" Derrick to prepare for the meeting.

When she was in the outside world, this was not a problem in itself. She would set aside the corresponding time in advance to go above the gray fog, and she had nothing to do most of the time.

But the problem was, she was now in the "God-forsaken Land" - did she really have to lie down there?
Actually, it's not impossible. After all, finding a relic is just for psychological comfort...

Alice was lost in thought.

At a certain moment, she actually regretted not staying in Yuecheng for a while longer, but it was only a moment. As long as she thought about what was in Yuecheng, she didn't dare to stay there - otherwise, who knows what she would accidentally swallow.

Alice finally chose to sit with her knees hugged and stepped into the palace where they had held the meeting. The familiar long table and high-backed chairs were still in front of her.

Alice sat in her seat skillfully, holding her chin with one hand, watching the other figures gradually solidify on the seats.

The first person to speak was still Justice Audrey. When she greeted Hermit Cattleya, Alice suddenly slapped her head and remembered Bernadette who had prayed to Mr. Fool but did not attend.

...Come to think of it, why didn't Klein pull Danitz up?
It has been a long time since a new member appeared in the Tarot Club. Alice shook her head and looked at Audrey, who was startled by her action. She blinked and said:
"Are you done with your greetings?"

Well, it looks like Miss Destiny is fine, just a little bored... a little bored?!

Audrey Justice swallowed her saliva and silently said Mr. Fool in her heart while greeting him:

"Good afternoon, Miss Fortune."

"Good afternoon." Alice nodded.

Having escaped the disaster, Audrey breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the next person with a smile on her face:

"Good afternoon, Mr. Hanged Man."

After she greeted everyone one by one, Alice looked at the "Hermit" Cattleya with great interest and asked a question:
"Ms. Hermit, I remember you were able to contact Bernadette...right?"

Cattleya nodded.

“That’s great.” Alice straightened her back. “Ms. Hermit, please tell Bernadette…if she is willing to recite Mr. Fool’s name and say good morning to him every day…um, every day at five in the morning, I will give her a chance to trade with me.”

At the head of the long bronze table, within the gray fog, Mr. Fool opened his eyes wide.

Klein tried his best to resist the urge to curse in order to maintain his image.

He also did not control the "world" to speak out to solve the matter, because the first reaction of "Hermit" Cattleya to Alice's words was to look at Mr. Fool.

Obviously, in her opinion, between Miss Destiny and Mr. Fool, Mr. Fool is the one who has the final say.

Mr. Fool, who didn't want to get an alarm clock set at 5 a.m., came up with a suitable excuse after a brainstorming session:

"Tell Bernadette that she can exchange certain things for some answers."

He did not respond to Alice's words, as if Alice had never said anything.

This attitude was enough to explain the problem. Cattleya paused for a moment, then regarded the words just now as Alice's joke, stood up and saluted:

“I praise your generosity.”

——It is indeed generous. For a god, agreeing to a deal is a gift in itself. Alice’s attitude has vividly reflected this.

After that, Audrey finally had time to ask the question that she had been curious about since she last heard the name:

“Miss Fate, Mr. Fool…Who is Bernadette?” “The Hanged Man” Alger, “Magician” Fors, and “The Moon” Emlyn were also waiting for the answer.

This is a common Intis female name, and it should be closely related to the "Hidden Lady"...

In the midst of her confusion, Alice said something shocking: "She could be my mother."

"?" Question marks popped up in the minds of all the members of the Tarot Club. After a complex change of emotions, they looked towards Mr. Fool above the gray fog.

...?
What…?
In the gray fog, Klein praised the Joker's extraordinary abilities before controlling the World and speaking:

"In theory, any creature with a uterus could be her mother - including everyone in this room."

This was the answer to the question just now. After hearing this answer, Alger, the "Hanged Man" who reacted the fastest, felt both fortunate and regretful about the fact that he was a man.

- Fortunately, he didn't have to worry about getting pregnant with Alice for no apparent reason one day, but unfortunately, he had completely lost the possibility of getting closer to Alice in this way.

As for this incident, the women present were completely horrified.

Why are they all so scared... Thinking of her own Sequence 1 promotion ceremony, Alice pursed her lips and decided to give everyone a psychological shot:

"Well... although, I have to remind you that one day in the future, I may really need a 'mother'...

"I have seen my own death before."

This sentence provided more information. Alger, who had nothing to do with the matter, immediately reacted and asked tentatively:

"You need to die one day in the future, and then be reborn as a normal child, born and raised... just like now?"

He wanted to ask if this was a way for Alice to stabilize her state. After all, he had long guessed the purpose of Alice's immersive role-playing as a human being. However, the question seemed a little too offensive, so he carefully modified his wording.

"Hmm..." Alice raised her eyebrows and looked at him.

As one of the earliest members of the Tarot Club, "The Hanged Man" Alger had seen her in reality when she knew nothing about herself, and even knew the earliest traces she left in this world. This also meant that Alger knew much more about her than others.

His guess at this moment did not surprise Alice, and Alice even took the initiative to help him correct it:

"No, it's not quite the same. Under normal circumstances, you won't lose your memory when you are reborn and grow up. My current situation is very special...

"And the death I'm about to face is not as simple as you think. It's... well, it's a death that is destined to come and cannot be avoided.

"Before I can become my destiny again, I must die... It is inevitable.

"I saw the existence of this death a long time ago, but until now, I have not yet chosen the 'mother' of my next life..."

As she spoke, Alice's eyes swept over "Justice" Audrey, "Magician" Fors, and "Hermit" Cattleya one by one.

Audrey remained smiling and motionless, like a beautifully crafted statue of a Backlund noble girl.

Fors didn't know when she lowered her head. After Alice's eyes fell on her, she didn't raise her head - maybe she was praying that Alice would look at someone else quickly.

But Cattleya, when Alice looked at her, she hesitated for a moment and asked:

"I remember you seemed to like Nina very much?"

This way of shifting the focus provides a good idea for everyone. Emlyn, who also feels that it is none of his business, offers a reliable suggestion:

“Perhaps, I can find a way to inform the vampire leaders of your needs?
"If you don't mind."

"Sure," Alice nodded, "But you don't have to be so nervous. After all, my ideal mother should be..."

Alice looked at the head of the long bronze table.

The Tarot Club members looked at the head of the long bronze table with her.

Mr. Fool...?
Emlyn, the Moon, who had just thought that this matter had nothing to do with him, suddenly realized a crucial issue. He looked at Alice hesitantly and asked:

"It would have to be a creature with a uterus to do that, right?"

Although the members of the Tarot Club have always regarded Mr. Fool as a genderless god, Emlyn the Moon has never doubted that he can become an angel.

Theoretically, as complete mythological creatures, most angels also do not have clear gender distinctions...

Alice looked at Emlyn with a half-smile and answered his question:
"Growing a uterus isn't that difficult, is it?
"The Cultivator's path might be able to grow people out of the soil... I think Ms. Hermit should have experience in this regard.

"After all, if even her ship can produce milk, nothing is impossible."

Everyone then looked at the "Hermit" Cattleya in confusion again.

Ship...produces milk?
This bizarre story obviously did not belong to what Cattleya told last time. After Alice mentioned it, Cattleya nodded in a trance and said:

"Yes, for high-sequence 'cultivators', this may not be impossible..."

We must not let Frank become a demigod...

Cattleya made up her mind secretly.

So, it is possible for me, for me to actually grow a uterus...?
The Moon Emlyn's expression turned into horror, and the slight regret in the Hanged Man's heart disappeared, while his relief turned into complete horror.

Only "Sun" Derrick, who was younger than Alice, seemed to have different ideas from others. He looked at Alice with an inexplicable worry and anxiety.

Alice blinked and looked at Derrick. After a few seconds, Derrick seemed to have just realized what was going on and asked:
"Miss Fate... You saw your death, so did you see yourself coming back again?"

"No," Alice blinked and spread her hands. "If I had seen it, how could it be called a destined death? It was obviously me who chose death on my own initiative. It should be an unsolvable dead end, a 'destined and inevitable death'."

After a pause, she added what she hadn't finished saying before:

"In fact, I think that the most suitable 'mother' for me should be Night... What are you thinking?
"Although, although I have had your idea before, I have not yet been able to convince Mr. Fool...

“Wait a minute, come to think of it, I actually haven’t mentioned this to Hei Ye… He won’t reject me, right?
"It seems quite possible... No, I have to ask about this later." (End of this chapter)