Mystery: Lucky One

"Anyway, it should be a place He is very familiar with," Alice continued to guess, "Maybe He thinks we will be very familiar with it too... Oh, by the way, was there anything you wanted to ask just now?"

“It’s nothing, actually.” Klein shook his head. “I just felt that you seemed to know a lot about the seal hidden in the Western Continent? Even if that seal is related to this… Sefirah Castle, how did you know that I could unlock it? And you said that you know other people like this?”

"Hmm..." Alice frowned and looked at him, "Let me think about what I can tell you..."

Is this another secret that only angels can know...? Klein glanced at Alice, and the desire to be promoted began to brew again.

——He didn't even seem to be qualified to know what he was about to face.

Alice explained carefully:
"Anyway, I can't tell you what's in front of me, and the rest... well, I feel like if I tell you too clearly, you'll guess things you shouldn't guess...

"Anyway, the other person I'm talking about is Amon - there may be more than one person who meets the requirements, but for now, Amon is the only one I know."

Amon... Klein glanced at Alice after hearing this name. After a moment's hesitation, he asked bluntly:
"…You're not really betting on both sides, are you?"

"?" Alice stared at him in shock. "Are you crazy? I feel like Amon wants to strangle me to death - no, I should say that He wants me to become His 'favored one'."

Alice emphasized the word "favored one" and then looked at Klein and sneered:

"Just like Mr. Fool's 'Follower', except that yours is a puppet and Amon's is a clone. They are both figurines placed in the cabinet, there is no difference... uh."

Her voice suddenly paused, and then her eyes reflected a kind of fear. She looked at Klein with a terrified look and asked cautiously:
"…You're not going to make a figurine of me and put it in your closet, are you?"

She should be asking me if I would turn her into a doll... To be honest, if turning her into a doll won't kill her, I really want to do it, so I don't have to worry about her not being obedient...

Klein glanced at Alice subtly and avoided answering her question:
"Your choice of words makes me feel like a pervert..."

"Why do you think you're a pervert if you don't have such thoughts?" Alice opened her eyes wide.

Klein looked at Alice in silence for two seconds before cutting off her connection with the gray fog.

Falling back to the real world from the gray fog, Alice opened her eyes angrily and jumped up from the ground. Then she paused and looked around cautiously.

After carefully observing the surroundings and confirming it with her spiritual intuition, Alice slowly breathed a sigh of relief and muttered:
"Fortunately, he didn't come..."

Her figure flashed and disappeared on the spot.

……

After driving Alice away, Klein did not leave the gray fog immediately. Instead, he sighed in the empty palace.

There was still one last sentence left to promise Alice her honorific name, but it didn’t matter, it wasn’t urgent - after all, judging from Alice’s attitude of not being worried at all, she probably had forgotten about this matter completely.

This also indirectly reflects that the matter is not urgent, otherwise she would have been anxious.

Klein shook his head and began to think about the most important issue at the moment—the gift prepared for Alice has not been found yet!

What should I give her?

Klein now deeply regretted his decision.

Ask her for ice cream... No, that's definitely not okay, anything like that won't work, it shouldn't be considered a gift...

The monocle originally belonged to her, so she couldn't just use it to be perfunctory...

...What on earth should I give you?!
Klein pondered over what Alice wanted. He thought and thought, and finally dug up something from his memory that happened a long time ago - Alice once wanted a messenger of her own.

...How about sending her a messenger?
No, let's not talk about how to do this, I may not be able to find the messenger she wants... Let me think about it, maybe I can give her a contract, the kind used to contract a messenger...

Klein's eyes suddenly lit up, and he felt that he had come up with a brilliant idea.

……

The deck of cards that had been left behind by Chief Colin Iliad of the City of Silver served as a guide at this moment. Alice had gained experience from directly feeling the chaotic rules and power of the "God-Forsaken Land" for the second time.

This experience was not enough to help her stay fully awake, but if the program was set in advance, she could execute it - I mean, she would not be so confused about the direction, and if there were road signs, she could choose a sign and walk towards it.

This doesn't require any brainpower, you just need to move a little bit at the beginning to choose a target.

……

A few people were left behind to guard the camp, while the rest entered Afternoon Town, clearing the streets one by one and exploring the interiors of the houses. This was the work arrangement for Silver City over the next few days.

As the overall leader, the chief is of course the one who takes the lead in the exploration.

After Alice dropped a deck of tarot cards and left, he did not immediately send people to collect potion materials for Alice, nor did he immediately enter Afternoon Town to explore. Instead, he tested the deck of tarot cards first.

It seemed that every card in that deck had the power to make people lucky. The specific degree of luck each card brought and whether they could be combined was difficult to judge. Therefore, after confirming that there was at least no problem with this deck of cards in general, the chief chose to cheat.

——He handed the decision-making power to Derrick.

Of course, it wasn't a direct question, but it wasn't too subtle either. He just called Derrick over, told him the origin of the deck and the test results, and asked him if he wanted to take it with him.

So the little "Sun" set out with trust in Miss Destiny. He did not encounter any accidents along the way. He reached his destination and brought back the body of a "Raven Shadow Snake".

The chief couldn't help but want to use this deck of tarot cards.

Derrick was very hesitant in answering this idea:

"That... that lady seems to be fickle. Although she... uh, she doesn't look like someone who would harm anyone, it's best not to rely too much on the luck she gives you. Note ①

"Also, when He comes back later, maybe I should ask Him about this..."

The Chief easily understood what Derrick wanted to say—it can be used, but don’t rely on it, and remember to ask Alice when she comes back.

So, in the following time, he took this deck of tarot cards and led the team to explore the afternoon town. The progress... cannot be said to be fast, but it can only be said to be very fast.

It’s not that they didn’t encounter monsters, but the monsters they encountered not only attacked openly, but were also basically very fragile. They were either injured or not very strong in fighting.

The chief felt that his understanding of fate had been completely refreshed. While Alice was not returning, he led the team to complete another day of exploration and returned to the camp to rest. When he closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep, he suddenly subconsciously picked up his long sword and slashed in one direction.

Then he heard a familiar, shrill scream:
“It really hurts!”

With a scream, the arm put the sword back to its original position along its original trajectory. A dazzling light came through his eyelids, and the Chief quickly realized who it was. He slowly opened his eyes and saw Alice staring at him.

"...Sorry?" He apologized tentatively and began to think about what he should do to express his apology.

Alice didn't argue with him about it, but asked with a little curiosity:

“How amazing! You didn’t even open your eyes—although I can also sense the sudden appearance of a stranger in the room, our methods should be different, right?
"Hmm, let me think... I remember you were like this last time... Is this a... a conditioned reflex? No, maybe it should be called... uh...

"Battle instinct?"

The chief nodded, remembering what Derrick had said. Just as he was about to speak, Alice waved her hand and said:
"You want to sleep, right? I'll talk to you when you wake up. Bye~"

This didn't seem to be a polite remark. After waving her hand, Alice looked around and finally landed on the animal hide under the chief. She asked carefully:

"That... something similar, do you still have it?"

——Two animal-skin tents were set up in the town’s camp in the afternoon, but the chief did not rest in the tents. Instead, he spread an animal-skin mat on the ground and slept on it.

Alice's request was not difficult, and she quickly got a hide mat, spread it on the ground, and lay down on it.

She did not try to fall asleep immediately, but lay flat on her back and looked at the sky.

The sky of the "God-forsaken Land" is different from the outside world. It has no stars, no moon, and no sun. It is a dead black, with only occasional lightning flashing to bring some light.

This was a place where one couldn’t even count the stars if one was insomniac—however, compared to her, who realized she could fall asleep through meditation several years after becoming a Beyonder, everyone in the “God-Forsaken Land” should have retained this skill.

No, it should be said that for every Beyonder, there seems to be an ordinary person in their city...

Alice tried to recall what she saw in Moon City, and she soon fell silent again.

After meeting her, Moon City's High Priest Nim reported a clear year. On the one hand, this reflected that Moon City still retained the ability to tell time, and was not like Silver City, which lacked a clear concept of "day". On the other hand, it also made Alice feel indescribably shocked.

Three thousand seven hundred and twenty-one years - even though Alice felt that the time she had actually lived might be longer than this, after all, she might have slept for thousands of years somewhere, but this was still a long time that left her with no idea of ​​it.

She couldn't imagine how the people of Yuecheng had persisted. Even if one generation was one hundred years, 3,721 years would be at least 37 generations. Moreover, in a ghost place like the "God-forsaken Land", the human lifespan was probably much shorter - Yuecheng had already gone through countless generations.

Moreover, Moon City is not like Silver City. They have no food, and cannot directly see the Giant King's Court. There is only a gray fog that can't give any feedback - their only task is to guard the gray fog and pray to a god who will never respond.

"If I have to live like this, I might as well die..." Alice muttered and fell asleep.

……

On the "Future", in the pirate restaurant.

After leaving the gray fog, Cattleya kept thinking until dinner time, and finally made up her mind.

She expected to find Frank Lee in the restaurant, where he should theoretically be having dinner, but there was no sign of him.

Cattleya frowned suddenly.

She thought about it, walked to Frank Lee's room, and knocked on the door tentatively.

Frank Lee quickly came out and opened the door. After seeing Cattleya, he smiled heartily and said,

"Captain? Why are you here?"

"I have something to talk to you about," Cattleya explained as she walked in, "but I didn't see you in the restaurant."

"Oh!" Frank Lee suddenly realized, "I am writing to Hermann to share my latest research results with him!"

"The latest...research results?" Cattleya felt her brain freeze for a moment, and her hair stood on end subconsciously.

"Yes!" Frank Lee introduced excitedly as if he hadn't noticed anything, "I used the flesh and blood of the 'Rose Bishop' to successfully cultivate a new kind of mushroom..."

"The flesh and blood of the Rose Bishop?" Cattleya couldn't help but interrupt him.

Frank Lee paused for a moment, and having had this experience before, he quickly explained:

"Oh no, it's not Heath Doyle's, it's... I don't know whose it is.

"Anyway, I created a whole new kind of mushroom!"

He looked at Cattleya with an expectant look. After two seconds of silence, Cattleya asked:

"Oh? What is it?"

"As long as there are fish, this mushroom will continue to reproduce!" Frank Lee immediately introduced happily, "We don't have to worry about not having mushrooms to eat during our voyage! Moreover, it can be hybridized with beef and tastes great!"

It seems that Miss Destiny's request is not too difficult to achieve... Cattleya looked at Frank Lee with excitement in his eyes and this thought popped up in her mind.

"Its only flaw is that it can't catch fish on its own," Frank Lee continued. "It needs help, but I don't think that's a big problem - Nina said that this way they won't pollute the ocean."

Seeing that Frank Lee was about to continue sharing, Cattleya quickly stated the purpose of her visit:
"...Do you remember the lady who boarded the ship with Hermann?"

Frank Lee paused for a moment, then immediately continued:
"Of course I remember. I sent some dried mushrooms to Hermann and planned to ask Hermann to pass some to her—"

"She, no, Him," Cattleya interrupted Frank Lee again, "Miss Destiny has a commission for you to complete."

"...Commission?" Frank Lee was stunned for a moment. "What kind of commission?"

(End of this chapter)