Mystery: Lucky One

Alice's answer confirmed Klein's guess. He ignored Alice's "intimate" address to Amon and silently raised his vigilance against Mr. "Door".

These are the only diaries Cattleya or Bernadette sent this time. After discussing these, Alice glanced at Klein and thought of Anderson, who was nowhere to be found.
"…Do you know where Anderson is?"

Klein spread his hands.

The answer was obvious. Alice gave up asking further questions and sighed:
"Alas... I hope he can arrive before the new holy book is compiled."

The compilation of the new holy book of the church still needs time. Even if it is compiled, it will not be published in a short time. Theoretically, it should be smooth sailing for Anderson to find a night church to pray during this period.

Even if he is unlucky.

Alice sincerely hoped that Anderson would return her monocle before then, so that she would have a unified image in public.

As for privately...haha, who cares.

However, Alice's mention of the Holy Scripture reminded Klein of another thing: "Did you remind Leonard..."

When it comes to the Church of Night, there are always a few people who cannot be avoided. The hurdle of Captain Dunn, at least for Alice, is temporarily over - the captain did not blame her, nor did he resent her, but he would never regard her as the original Alice again.

Alice knew very well that there was no way to solve this problem. She was sad, and the matter ended just like that. She did not dwell on it, just like Evelyn - perhaps this state of affairs was the best for them.

As for Klein...how to explain it is his business.

After all, Melissa and Benson didn’t know the truth either—Alice felt that Klein would face no fewer farewells than she did.

But there is one person's question that they may have to face together - after all, Alice once reminded Leonard about the protagonist of the era.

She wasn't sure if Leonard would think of related issues from her resurrection. In fact, Alice suspected that the captain had thought about it, but he might not take the initiative to dig the grave.

Because once the grave is dug up, whether there is a body inside or not, things will become different. And judging from the captain's decisive "Sir", he obviously does not want to explore these issues.

Unless the captain thinks they are monsters or evil gods...well, they seem to be
Alice closed her eyes and asked Klein, "If he comes to ask, which card should I give him? Or... let him draw it himself?"

"... Star brand, I guess." Klein concluded.

Alice nodded thoughtfully, and then asked:

"Can I deal cards to other people?"

This was not a question, it was more like a notification. Although Alice had never actively dealt cards, she believed that she should have this right.

The fool is her favorite!
Of course, Klein would not reject Alice on this point, but he looked at Alice and made a request:
"If you meet the right person, can you ask me what I think first?"

This was the insurance he gave Alice to prevent her from accidentally bringing in any strange people.

Alice looked at him doubtfully after hearing what he said, and couldn't help muttering:

"There's no way I could bring anyone in without your consent.

"I will definitely ask you and get your consent. Otherwise, how can I recruit people... Hmm, do you mean that I have to ask you first, then tell him about the Fool and the Tarot cards, and then draw the cards?"

“Yes,” Klein nodded, “Besides, you always have to test the other party’s credibility…”

“No need for that,” Alice raised her hand. “In fact, I have a simpler way to solve the credibility problem.”

Klein looked at her and motioned for her to continue, so Alice replied triumphantly:
"We can learn from the Aurora Society and the True Creator that all people, no matter if they are good or evil, or what they have done before, will become devout believers as long as they pray.

"Of course, this is just my guess, but I think the truth of the matter is still very high. If it doesn't work, we can still learn from 'Eternal Blazing Sun'.

"I remember that the Church of Storms had a table that praised the 'Eternal Sun'... although it was dismantled."

The corner of Klein's mouth twitched.

This refers to an incident that happened in the Church of Storms. Inside the Church of Storms, there was a table that was contaminated by the seal of the "Sun" path, and it turned into a fool who could only praise the sun. So, the gang of punishers dismantled the table and threw it into the fireplace...

It can be regarded as praising the sun with one's life.

This seems to be a true portrayal of the entire "Sun" path - most of the side effects of the magical items made with the extraordinary properties of the "Sun" path are the same, which is to praise the sun and let others praise the sun.

This kind of brainwashing missionary method is actually similar to the "real creator" in a sense. Both of them turn people into fools with only faith.

It is undeniable that Alice's words make sense. As long as he has the ability to turn all those who have read the Fool's name and all those who have prayed to the Fool into fools who only know how to praise the Fool and the Tarot Club, then the problem will be solved.

But he would not like the end result of doing so. Although he knew Alice was just joking, he still looked at Alice with a pious face and said:

"Praise you, great lady of destiny."

Alice shuddered.

Klein laughed at her expression and asked her:
"Ms. Destiny, you probably don't want all your believers to treat you like this one day."

Alice began to shake her head rapidly.

Klein reached out and knocked on her head to stop her action, then said to her seriously:

“I don’t want that either.

“This is not faith, this is foolishness without self-thinking.

"I don't want my believers to be like this, just like Emperor Roselle doesn't want his child to really become an angel - although this example doesn't seem so appropriate."

“…But,” Alice couldn’t help but correct him, “You’re only Sequence 5 now. Isn’t it too early to consider becoming a believer?”

Mr. Fool, who had just revived to Sequence 5, remained silent.

They didn't talk for long. Alice soon returned to the real world and tried to divine where Anderson was at Klein's suggestion. ...

After entering the book "Groselle's Travels" and returning, Anderson Hood said goodbye to German Sparrow and began to think about which Church of Night he should go to.

The sea was the domain of storms, and Anderson thought it would be better for him to go to Loen rather than enter the Church of Night to pray.

But Anderson Hood had no intention of finding a random church at night to go in and pray. Although he was not a wanted criminal on the sea and could do so, the bad luck left by this lady of fate might not be simple.

After Anderson Hood considered the matter carefully, he chose two places. One was Backlund, the capital of Loen, and the other was the legendary temple.

Anderson Hood believed that the Church of Night in other places might not meet the requirements to know the identity of Miss Destiny.

Although he was not a wanted criminal and could easily set foot on the mainland and go into any dark church to pray, he might be arrested for this ridiculous matter.

After careful consideration, Anderson finally chose the Cathedral of Saint Samuel in Backlund. Without other reasons, the cathedral in Wintershire was still a little too dangerous, especially for wild Beyonders.

After arriving at Pritz Harbor by boat and taking the subway from Pritz Harbor to Backlund, Anderson couldn't wait... and decided to rest for a night.

After resting up, Anderson Hood got up from the hotel bed early the next morning. After checking out, he had breakfast before heading towards St. Samuel's Cathedral.

……

Alice no longer needs to go through the trouble of falling asleep to complete dream divination. With just a thought, the scene of the future will appear before her eyes.

The scenes connected into a complete and smooth future. Alice saw Anderson Hood walking into the church in the dim morning light, wearing a monocle.

However, this "strongest hunter" who had not stepped into a church for a long time did not know that at least the three official churches of Loen - Storm, Night, and Steam - all banned the bringing of monocles into the church.

After observing in the future revelation that the bishop had sent someone to inform his superiors, Alice closed her eyes in reluctance and decided to wait for Anderson the next morning.

She had identified from the revelation that the church Anderson had entered was the St. Samuel's Cathedral, which she was very familiar with.

So the next morning, Alice walked into the church in the morning light, sat on the first bench at the front, closed her eyes and made a prayer posture, while focusing her attention on the door.

Angels have a great advantage in this regard. As long as there is a medium - it can be a believer, residual power, an object or something else. In short, as long as there is a similar medium, she can cast her gaze over the entire Backlund, or even the whole world.

It's just that the level of power that can be projected is different.

This way of observing the world through spirituality is often more straightforward. She can see many things that are invisible to the naked eye, and even difficult to detect with spiritual vision - for example, she can see the disguised and hidden Amon.

Despite this, she didn't need to watch like this to feel Amon's presence - this was a spiritual warning.

However, Alice no longer trusted the spiritual warnings so much, mainly because the spiritual warnings did not remind her of the goddess's watch.

This explains a lot of things - when facing certain beings, spirituality does not always work, and she cannot rely on spirituality to survive.

Just like spirituality probably wouldn't remind her about the "Key of Light".

With a slight spiritual touch, Alice "saw" Anderson Hood wearing glasses and walking into the church, and she quickly opened her eyes.

But the bishop's reaction was different from what Alice saw in the revelation. He had already recognized Alice's identity and only nodded in greeting, but now he turned his eyes to Alice.

The bishop did not come up to Alice to say anything, but Alice realized that he was waiting for her reaction, so she thought for a moment, turned her head, waved at Anderson and shouted:
"Anderson? I've finally found you - come here."

Having said this, she gave up the seat next to her.

When Anderson saw her for the first time, his expression was surprise, and then, after the shock, he felt more like he was realizing.

Alice saw Anderson smiled in realization and walked over to ask:

"Are you waiting for me here?"

Alice stared at Anderson for two seconds, then smiled and gave a response that fit her image:
"No, I came here because I knew I would meet you here today."

During their conversation, the bishop withdrew his gaze from the two of them and focused his attention on others.

This was a kind of trust that allowed her to have full authority over things. Alice had hardly experienced this kind of trust before. She was inexplicably moved and decided to thank the bishop later.

Her unfathomable answer did not make Anderson feel uncomfortable at all. Anderson even walked over and sat down with an attitude of "I expected it".

Alice looked at Anderson curiously. As she watched, Anderson took off the monocle on his right eye, handed it to her, and whispered:

"This is the item Hermann gave me. It was said to have come from you."

After a pause, relying on his previous experience of apologizing to the "audience" demigod, he asked very sincerely:
"I apologize for my earlier rudeness. Now that you are here, can I assume that, in your opinion, I have been punished enough?"

It was indeed an apology, but it didn't seem quite that way—it did a good job of irritating Alice.

She squinted her eyes at Anderson, took the monocle, and waved her hand to remove the bad luck from Anderson.

Alice chuckled and put the monocle on her right eye. After turning it to adjust the position, she looked at Anderson and said in a friendly tone:
“You know what, dear Anderson?

"I just helped you a lot - in Backlund, if you walk into a church wearing a monocle, the bishop of the church might think you want to rob the church's donation box.

“And if you give me the monocle, it will be all right.

"After all, I've just done what I wanted to do, and I'm just waiting for a monocle - oh, yes.

"Have I not introduced myself yet, dear Anderson?

"You can call me Amon... Um, Dolly Amon?" (End of this chapter)