Mystery: Lucky One

Angel...Richard finally realized that the girl who came to him was not favored by anyone, but an angel herself.

She is Ouroboros? Ouroboros is a girl this time? No, that's not right, what's the revelation? That's right, revelation!

Chaotic thoughts jumped in his mind. Richode closed his eyes, trying to calm himself down and concentrate on thinking of a solution to all this - he was very sure that there was no possibility of him escaping, let alone defeating such an enemy.

But at the critical moment, fate favored Rejord. He remembered Alice's dissatisfaction with fate since she entered the door.
Perhaps...Richaud's mind moved, and he closed his eyes and shouted:
"If you kill me, wouldn't that be submitting to fate?"

Alice had to admit that she paused for a moment because of this sentence, because it sounded quite reasonable at first glance.

But it was easy to understand this point. Alice soon discovered that there was an obvious mistake in this passage - if fate wanted Richaud to die, there was no need to let her do it in such a troublesome way.

It was indeed very troublesome, because Alice realized that she had no good way to deal with Richaud who was staring at her. She couldn't strangle Richaud, nor could she pounce on him and fight him...

Well, it doesn't seem impossible?

Alice stopped this horrible thought from spreading further with mixed feelings, and then she started to have trouble with Richaud again.

If she didn't consider physical combat or wait here for Richaud to open his eyes, Alice realized that she actually only had one way.

She returned to her human form, and raised all the possibilities related to death in Richoed's future, then chuckled and said:

“You said one thing wrong.

"If fate wants you to die, you will die regardless of whether I kill you today or not."

After a pause, Alice didn’t say the second half of her sentence, which was that fate wanted her to use the other party’s Beyonder characteristics to advance. She had no interest in discussing her situation with an enemy who was not yet dead.

Alice was surprised to find that Richaud had opened his eyes for some unknown reason. She dimly realized that Richaud seemed not to think that he would deceive him until now.

Hasn't he been deceived by fate, this guy... Alice was shocked. She didn't understand, but respected him. As soon as Richaud opened his eyes, she once again chose the most brutal way to solve the problem - she turned back into a giant white snake.

As a result, Richaud's condition, which had not yet stabilized, became worse. Alice saw white scales on his exposed skin, even his face, and his eyes gradually turned blood red.

Alice stared at Rejoice without relaxing. She knew that out-of-control Beyonders did not always turn into a pool of Beyonders. Most of the time, they actually turned into monsters. This was an important reason why High-Sequence Beings were difficult to kill.

——Many times, your opponent is not about to die, but about to lose control. If you continue to force him, you may face a mutated monster.

The "fate" approach can partially solve this problem. As long as the probability is secretly adjusted, in most cases, they can be lucky enough to directly obtain extraordinary characteristics.

The reason why I say "partially" is because, after all, Richoed is also on the "Destiny" path. Since the "Mage of Doom", this path has had some capital to fight back. Maybe he will succeed in the fight and lose control and become a monster?

As for the fact that Richoed would harm the poor...Although Alice had not considered this at the beginning, she did remember it now. But it didn't matter. Even if she was unreliable, she was still an angel. It was not difficult for her to trap a Sequence 3 monster that had gone out of control.

In fact, she was trapped.

As for killing...the worst that can happen is calling for help.

With his precarious sanity, Richoed clearly realized that he didn't have much time left and he was just a step away from losing control. Even if he didn't, he couldn't think of another way to convince the unfamiliar girl in front of him.

He finally began to question the revelation of fate. As his life drew to a close, Richaud's mood calmed down. He no longer paid attention to everything in front of him, but murmured as if talking to himself:

"Does the appearance of a successor mean the death of the predecessor?"

Alice was stunned for a moment. At first glance, these words seemed to contain a lot of philosophy. She subconsciously thought about it for a while. When she came to her senses, a giant white snake had already wrapped around her and opened its mouth to bite her.

In the intuitive pain, Alice realized that the snake had teeth. Furthermore, Alice discovered that the snake was actually poisonous. Alice understood it as snake venom. In fact, she just realized that something was eating away at her sanity and its behavior was very rude, so she discovered it directly.

The snake that Richaud transformed into was actually not that big in size, and its strength was not very strong either. Alice realized this after she broke free.

Then, she discovered something that seemed to be a supernatural phenomenon - it was not so strange for a snake to have scales, teeth and be poisonous, but what if this snake had human facial features?

Looking at the human face covered with white scales, Ellie ran away without hesitation.

She decided to take a nap first to recover from the spiritual loss.

She wasn't worried about anyone being dragged into this. It was much easier to prevent people from discovering this place than to deal with Richaud, because Alice had no intention of stopping the difficult group of people.

——He can’t get out again, maybe he can help her deal with the monster that Richoed turned into when he lost control, why is she in such a hurry?

With this thought in mind, Alice lay down to sleep with peace of mind.

……

In the master bedroom of 160 Böklund Street in Backlund, Klein was thinking as he looked at the words on the full-length mirror.

The "magician" Fowles gave a clue about the angel of God that she was commissioned to assassinate. On Friday, Mr. X, the angel of the "Aurora Society" and their target, will hold a party.

After divination and consulting the Arrodes, Klein thought that was a suitable time for the assassination, but there was still a problem.

——Mr. X held the party at 8 o'clock in the evening, which was not yet Dwayne Dantes' bedtime. He needed someone to disguise himself and deal with the butler and servants.

Klein actually thought of more than one solution. One of them was to use a mirror to create an illusion of himself, and let Arrodes take charge of the speaking part.

This is simple, but Arrodes's characteristic of requiring one question and one answer, as well as its seemingly instinctive social-death style, make Klein deeply worried about Dwayne Dantes' image.

The second choice is Alice. Klein knows that Alice has a magical item that can change her appearance. She calls that item "Matilda"... Uh, can that item change her voice?

Klein paused for a moment, remembering this question.

Of course, even though he didn't think of this problem, asking Alice for help wasn't a good option either. In fact, Klein's concerns about asking Alice for help and asking Arrodes for help were not much different - he was also worried that Alice would destroy Dwayne Dantes's image at will.

And, unlike Arrodes, Alice had a history of doing this sort of thing - she once had Admiral Amyrius beaten in front of his brother because his belt was not fastened tightly...

Thinking of this, the corner of Klein's mouth twitched. He stopped recalling how he felt when he pulled up his pants and decisively decided to entrust this matter to Arrodes.

"Arrodes, I need your help with something." He said with a smile.

"This, this is my honor! This is the opportunity you gave me!" Words popped up quickly, fully expressing what excitement and joy are. "Excuse me, what is the task?"

Klein nodded and said:

“This Friday night, I will use a mirror as an illusion prop and transform it into my current identity… If something urgent happens, you will be responsible for manipulating the mirror, answering questions, and preventing anyone from noticing anything unusual.

"Can you do it?"

The air around the full-length mirror suddenly moved, and a very flattering voice belonging to Dwayne Dantes sounded:
"Great Master, I will do my best to complete whatever you ask.

“Although this cannot be maintained for too long and is not in line with my habits, it is enough to handle everyone here.

"I can simulate any sound if you want!"

More versatile than I thought... It's not easy to be a mirror these days... But, the last sentence always feels weird... Klein's facial muscles moved and he said:

"When dealing with it, conceal the nature of the quiz game so that no one can find out."

Arrodes immediately displayed new words on the full-length mirror:
"I will play your role well!"

"Very good." Klein said softly.

He was indeed worried that Arrodes would ask embarrassing questions to the butler Walter and the valet Richardson, such as whether he had any fantasies when facing a lady who shouldn't be impulsive, and who he was thinking about when he was solving problems by himself in the dead of night.

He believed that given the integrity of the “magic mirror”, if it was not warned in advance, it might really do this. Danitz was almost broken by it at the beginning... Hey, speaking of which, what question did it ask when it faced Alice?
Klein carefully thought about Alice's personality, then looked at Arrodes, who was still intact, and realized that the questions this mirror asked Alice were probably similar to those asked him.

Without further ado, Klein said, "That's all for today. I'll contact you on Friday night."

"Yes, great master, your humble servant can't wait to serve you!" "Magic Mirror" Arrodes first materialized a line of words, and then made a simple drawing of a waving hand.

Next, um, I should tell Alice not to come to see me for the next two days... Klein thought as he came above the gray fog.

Alice woke up in the gray mist. To be honest, she didn't get enough sleep, but she still listened to what Klein said about the cause and effect.

It doesn't sound like it has anything to do with me... Alice nodded, lay down again, and then sat up again.

While Klein was still there, Alice hurried to the top of the gray fog, knocked on the door, and then ran in with Klein's consent. She said to the confused Klein:

"Do me a favor."

"Huh?" Klein looked at her in confusion.

Alice shrugged and replied:
"Help me kill someone...if he's not dead yet."

“?” Klein looked even more confused. “Is there anyone I can kill that you can’t?”

“It’s different…” Alice pinched her brows and explained, “I don’t have the means to attack directly, and rational attacks don’t work on monsters that have lost control… I can let other high-sequences find the place, but then I won’t have the Beyonder characteristics—although I don’t plan to be promoted this way for the time being, I don’t have the hobby of giving gifts like this.”

In Alice's long speech, Klein only noticed one key word:

"...High Sequence?

"You're not going to ask me to help you kill a demigod, are you...?"

Alice shook her head and said:

"To be precise, it's a Sequence 3 monster that went out of control... Also, I'm not asking you to kill it, I'm just asking you to provide a means of attack - just chop it once with the 'Poseidon Scepter', or a few more times at most."

This wasn't a very difficult request. Klein felt much more relaxed after hearing it. Then, he thought of another question:
"I may not be able to chop your side."

"Why?" Alice asked in confusion.

Klein explained, "After you got the 'Dice of Probability', I couldn't see what was happening next to you. I wasn't sure if the power of the gray fog could penetrate it."

Alice was stunned for a moment, but she quickly realized that Klein's control over the gray fog was not that high. This was probably due to his lack of authority. With his promotion, Klein should be able to use the power of the gray fog to spy on her again.

However, if this needs to be done now... Alice frowned and said thoughtfully:
"Well, hiding one's own destiny and isolating oneself from prying eyes seems to be more passive for the 'Destiny' path...

"I haven't really taken care of this matter, but maybe I can try to take the initiative to... uh, open my defenses to you?

"Maybe then you can see?"

They looked at each other, and Klein thought for a moment before answering:
"Try?"

So Alice returned to the real world. Above the gray fog, Klein spread his spirituality, covering the deep red star that belonged to Alice, trying to see Alice's condition clearly.

Klein could clearly feel that Alice was trying, because the concealing force shook from time to time at the beginning, so Klein would occasionally feel that the fog seemed to have thinned a little, until a certain moment, everything suddenly became clear, and Klein found that he could see Alice like he saw other people.

Without hesitation, he touched the star that belonged to Alice and sent a message:
"I'm fine here!" (End of this chapter)