Mystery: Lucky One

Chapter 514 Chapter 92 Ending
Alice reached out and pinched the monocle on her face.

Audrey noticed her action and paused before adding:
"Even without the monocle, you'd better not appear in front of her..."

Alice nodded indifferently and asked:
"Is there anything you want?"

Hearing this, Audrey hesitated a little. She asked hesitantly: "...Is this what I should do?"

Alice frowned. Audrey realized that this was not a satisfactory answer. After two seconds of hesitation, she suddenly asked:
"Tomorrow night is my 18th birthday party - maybe I can get your blessing at the party?"

This request was not difficult, but Alice frowned and asked Audrey:
"Did He inform you that the Tarot Club this week was cancelled?"

Audrey was slightly startled.

She did receive a notice that this week’s Tarot Club was cancelled, but she didn’t think much about it. Now, looking at Miss Fate’s attitude…?
Audrey felt uneasy. She was thinking about what to say, but Alice continued:

"It's not convenient for me... Well, I might have to go look for... the goddess."

After hesitating for two seconds, Alice chose a slightly respectful title.

This did not attract Audrey's attention. She had a vague sense that the Goddess of Night seemed to be in the same position of elder as Mr. Fool to some extent.

But these words suddenly made her thoughts active, and she realized that the cancellation of this Tarot Club seemed to be related to some major event - it sounded like it was related to the Goddess of Night.

It is certain that there is nothing wrong with Mr. Fool's condition. Miss Destiny also looks good. So...

Hmm, could it be that Mr. Fool and the goddess are discussing cooperation? I really want to know what happened...

Although she was full of curiosity, Audrey was able to distinguish between inappropriate curiosity and said with understanding:

"I see.

"Well, can you give me your blessing when you are free?"

"Why not now?" Alice asked.

"Then let's do it now." Audrey did not object.

Alice quickly dealt with the matter, left Hazel to Audrey at her suggestion, and then went to find Leonard.

——She had to clean up the trouble she had caused.

When Alice habitually appeared in the basement of St. Samuel's Church and saw Archbishop Anthony working, she realized that Leonard, the "Red Glove", was actually not on duty.

He might not even be in Backlund Parish.

This was a problem. Alice frowned and looked around the entire basement of the church. She did not find Leonard, but Archbishop Anthony had already raised his head and was looking at her without hiding.

"I'm here to see Leonard," she said straight to the point.

Anthony nodded slightly, his face calm, and it was hard to tell whether he had any emotion about this matter - Alice felt that he seemed to have no emotion about most things.

This was consistent with Alice's impression of the "Night" Path. In her memory, the extraordinary people of the "Night" Path often had a calm and restrained vibe. The "Red Gloves" captain Soest that day was actually an accident among accidents.

...It is also possible that they are at work.

Thinking of Archbishop Anthony who was always working, Alice couldn't help but wonder about the huge role that work played behind the scenes.

At this time, Archbishop Anthony's voice interrupted Alice's wandering thoughts in time:
"He doesn't seem to be here right now... maybe you want to wait a while?"

Alice frowned and looked at Archbishop Anthony. After a few seconds, the Archbishop asked very tactfully:

"Shall I tell you?"

Alice hesitated for two seconds, then walked in and said:

"Will Auceptin's new mother, Hazel Macht..."

"Wait," Archbishop Anthony interrupted her, "new mother?"

Alice nodded and said:

"right.

"Don't you know? Will Auceptin was born, but Velma gave birth to a stillborn baby."

"I know," Anthony responded. "The doctors and nurses on site came to the church for help. I know you were there... So, He has 'restarted' again?"

Alice blinked and looked at Archbishop Anthony. It took her a while to realize that perhaps in Archbishop Anthony's opinion, there was a possibility that she had killed Will Auceptin.

……How can it be!

Alice took a breath and said very self-awarely:
“…I think a big part of the reason Will didn’t fight me was to avoid losing control. If we really fought, I might not win.

"After all, even if He doesn't want to live, I do."

Anthony nodded in agreement, and then asked about what happened just now:
"His new 'mother' is Hazel Macht?"

Alice nodded, remembering that Senator Macht's family was actually believers of the Night, and asked thoughtfully:

"You know her?"

Anthony shook his head and nodded again, "I have seen their family's information. They are one of the believers who need protection."

Alice paused slightly.

Although each major church has its own stance and bias, the overall idea is that believers are equal. At least in doctrine and in the scriptures, the differences between rich and poor, noble and humble are all downplayed.

But it is easy to understand that believers cannot be equal to each other. Alice was not surprised, but she had a very subtle feeling when someone put the facts in front of her for the first time.

If I had to say it, the feeling was probably irony.

She did not comment on this, and in fact she had no personal opinion - she just noticed this phenomenon and then sighed about it, which was only worth an interjection at most.

She nodded to show that she understood, and then continued:

“So that’s how it is…Hazel had a teacher before—she called that person teacher.

"She is a descendant of the Jacob family, a Sequence 4 Parasite. She lived in the body of a mouse and tricked Hazel into taking the Thief potion, but she didn't even tell her the basic common sense of Beyonders.

"Soon after the rat headed for the Macht family's suburban estate, Amon noticed it, and then...

“You can probably imagine what happened next—the bad thing was that before Amon left, Hazel went to visit her teacher as usual, and then Amon noticed Will Auceptin in her.

"Amon...Amon stole the child."

As Amon testifies, every word of what I said is true... Alice, who tried to avoid the important points and piece together a truth that had nothing to do with her, lowered her head and showed a nervous expression.

This was not an act, she was really afraid of being discovered that she was the one who was in charge of the whole thing.

...Speaking of which, why didn't she just drink the potion of "Chaos Walker"? Alice's thoughts wandered again. Anthony in front of her listened to the whole thing, looked at Alice who was from uneasy to distracted, and asked abruptly:
"how about you?"

"What?" Alice asked in confusion.

Anthony sighed and spoke as if teaching:

“You’ve picked yourself too clean.

"You didn't say how or when you knew all this, nor did you say what you did after you knew it - it's as if this matter has nothing to do with you at all."

Alice fell completely silent. She realized the flaw in her lie—in the eyes of others, she was not a peaceful person, and of course, that was true.

She raised her eyes to look at Anthony, who asked softly, "You led Amon here, right?"

This wasn't a question, but Alice still lowered her head and said softly:

"...Hazel was severely frightened. She may need comforting."

Anthony nodded calmly.

Alice suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. She remembered Klein's repeated instructions and couldn't help asking:

"...Aren't you going to tell me something?"

"What can I say?" Anthony asked back. "On the surface, we are both saints of the church. I have more experience than you at most. In the more secret information, you and the goddess... Even if we don't mention this, we all know that you are actually an angel."

In Alice's silence, Anthony concluded:
"I'm just doing my duty as a senior, like pointing out the loopholes in your lies so that you can do it more naturally next time."

Alice was speechless.

She thought again of the Captain and Evelyn, and although they had nothing in common, at this moment, they, and Anthony, were actually the same.

They didn’t consider her as one of their own.

If she really grew up in the church and was really an angel of the church, would they do the same?
Inexplicable thoughts popped up in her mind and quickly disappeared. Alice knew that this was not a meaningful discussion because even saints were fundamentally different from angels.

She sighed and couldn't help but wonder, is there a reason why gods stay away from mortals?
Amid the chaotic emotions, Anthony's voice sounded again:
"You are looking for Leonard to tell him the news about Amon?"

Alice woke up with a start. She gathered her thoughts, nodded, and then added:

“I was there when Amon stole Will Auceptin.

"He... learned from me that there is a 'thief' angel in Leonard's body."

Anthony frowned, then nodded calmly:
"okay, I get it.

"I'll tell Leonard."

Alice felt relieved that her goal had been achieved. She didn't want to stay any longer and left the church basement immediately.

It was still afternoon. Alice knew that Klein's action would begin in the evening. She did not bother Klein with this matter and planned to wait until Klein came back after stealing the diary.

She looked up at the sky out of habit. The sun was already setting and there was still some time before the sunset, but it was already a good time to have dinner. As for the red moon - she would probably have to wait a bit.

Praise the goddess…Alice muttered to herself and ate her dinner.

After dinner, Alice began to seriously think about Klein's actions.

After knowing that the goddess was watching this matter, Alice was no longer worried about Klein's safety - unless the goddess planned to choose Amon as the "Lord of Mysteries".

If there is one thing that is still a little uncertain, it is probably that there are no other candidates still alive.

But it was no secret that Zaratul, the leader of the Secret Order, was crazy. Antigonus even had his notebook stolen. Mr. "The Door" mentioned in Roselle's diary was still crying for help. Alice felt that the high sequences of these three paths were probably not very optimistic.

The "wrong" path has Amon eating everywhere, the "door" path has Mr. "door" shouting who never breaks an appointment on a full moon night, and the safest one may be the "fool" path.

...It sounds like the "Lord of Mysteries" doesn't seem like a good person?

No, good god.

Alice shook her head and thought of Klein's plan to sneak into Chanis Gate.

She knew that Crane planned to pretend to be an internal guard of the Chanis Gate to enter and steal the Antigonus notebook.

Alice didn't want to judge the pros and cons of this plan. She just remembered that as a former Night Watchman and now a Saint of the Church of Night, she had never entered the Chanis Gate.

I’m actually a little curious about what’s inside… Alice muttered and decided to turn around and ask Klein.

……

Leonard came to the basement of St. Samuel's Church at night.

As a "Red Glove", he was not required to be on duty and was not in the basement of the church most of the time.

However, as an extraordinary person of the "Sleepless" path with extremely low sleep needs, sometimes on his free nights, he would come to the basement of the church to play cards with others.

Of course, more often than not, he was reading church books to enrich his knowledge of mysticism.

However, tonight, as soon as he entered the underground, he was stopped by someone:

"Leonard, Archbishop Anthony is calling you."

Leonard couldn't help but look over in surprise. Although all the Nighthawks and Red Gloves knew that Archbishop Anthony was in charge of the Backlund campus and was located in St. Samuel Church all year round, it was not common for a member of the Red Gloves to receive a summons.

——After all, if anything really happened, it should be his captain Soest who informed him.

Leonard looked up and wanted to ask, but the other party just called him and turned away, appearing to be in a hurry, so he had to go to Archbishop Anthony's office by himself.

Leonard knew the location of the office without being told. He knocked on the door and a calm voice came from inside:
"Please come in."

Leonard opened the door, walked in, and then closed the door.

He walked to the desk, Anthony looked up and told him in a calm voice:

“I called you here because I have something to tell you—it’s related to you, but it’s not convenient for others to know.

"Is the angel of the 'thief' path in you here now?"

Leonard paused and nodded.

Anthony then exhaled and said to him gently:
“Alice—you should know her.

"This afternoon, she came to me and told me that Amon knew about the existence of the one in you."

(End of this chapter)