Mystery: Lucky One

It’s bad... Klein’s body stiffened. He then remembered that he had not given Alice the letter and mushrooms sent by Frank.

Alice looked at Klein in confusion, not understanding why her question had caused such a big reaction. She asked in confusion:

"Can't you tell me? Is it something that cannot be seen by others?"

She blinked and remembered the painting that she was unwilling to show to Klein at first.

...It shouldn't be the invisible person coming from this direction, right?
“No, no…” Klein said after careful consideration, “This is the research result that Frank sent me. I haven’t had time to tell you yet.”

"Frank?" Alice was slightly stunned. "Mushrooms? Oh..."

When Alice mentioned Frank, she recalled her experience on the Future. Her expression twisted for a moment, and then she said hurriedly:
"You don't have to tell me!"

Klein breathed a sigh of relief.

He summoned Creeping Hunger from the pile of junk and said to Alice:

"Okay... I'll tell you about its changes."

Alice pretended to listen attentively.

Alice forgot the new features added to "Creeping Hunger" as soon as she heard them. She knew that Klein would also replace the abilities in it, so she only focused on the side effects.

"So, it eats one person every day now?" Alice reached out and took the glove. "It also praises the True Creator..."

The black glove was as quiet as death in Alice's hand. Alice turned it around several times but saw no response from the glove. She reached out and pulled it, but the glove shrank back to its original position when she let go.

"Alive?" Alice became excited and pulled again.

Klein couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so he asked Alice, "So, do you have a way to seal it?"

Alice stopped and looked at the gloves in her hand. She thought for a moment and said:
"uncertain.

"I can handle the problem of it eating a person every day, but, praise the True Creator for this...

"Random praise, I'm afraid I don't have a better way."

After a pause, she added: "Well... you know, because my way of sealing it is to trap it with a small cycle of fate."

Klein hesitated and asked, "... Can't it be so small that it won't have time to praise it?"

"You can, but..." Alice frowned.

If she carries it close to her body, she can replenish the power of the seal at any time, but if she doesn't carry it close to her body, the seal will have a time limit due to many factors such as materials and spirituality.

She needs materials of a high enough status and a path of "destiny"...

Alice's eyes suddenly lit up. She jumped up from her seat and rushed to the pile of debris next to her before Klein could stop her.

"What are you doing?" Klein asked with a question mark on his face. "Why don't you just tell me what you want?"

Alice, who had already reached out and started flipping through the pages, was silent for a moment, then continued flipping through the pages as if she hadn't heard anything.

She found the "water pipe" in the middle, opened it, and separated a drop of silver blood from it.

This was Will Auceptin's umbilical cord blood.

Alice closed the "water pipe" again, placed the drop of silver blood in her palm, and handed it to Klein:
"Look!"

Klein obediently lowered his head to look, then asked, "...What are you looking at?"

Alice paused, refusing to admit that it was her fault, and explained confidently:

“This is Will Auceptin’s blood!
"With this, I can try to seal your glove!"

Alice didn't help Klein seal his gloves in the end. She just promised Klein to help at night. As for now...

She planned to go to the church to watch the fun.

When Alice showed up at St. Samuel's Church, she was surprised to find that Anthony was not in the office.

This was undoubtedly a strange thing. Alice pushed the door and walked out of Anthony's office. There were people outside. There had to be people on duty, not to mention the clerical staff, but the number was undoubtedly very small.

"Where is Archbishop Anthony? And the others?" She thought for a moment and asked the civil servant on duty.

This civil servant had met Alice several times before, and he answered decisively:

"Inside the Chanis Gate."

Hmm, Chanis Gate? That seems normal... Thinking of Klein entering Chanis Gate, Alice shook her head and turned to walk towards Chanis Gate.

She knew where the Chanis Gate was. The layouts of the cathedrals of the Church of Evernight were basically the same. As a former "Night Watcher", she had rich experience.

When she reached the end of the road, she saw a "red glove" standing at the door. When the other party saw her, he was slightly startled, and then saluted and said:

"Your Excellency Saint Alice."

Alice was silent for two seconds, nodded, and walked inside.

Although it was the first time that she was called that, after being called the Great Miss Destiny by both Klein and Audrey in person, Alice's psychological tolerance increased a lot. She was a little embarrassed, but at least she kept a straight face.

The "red gloves" on duty did not stop her, so Alice walked inside. There were many more people inside, and most of them were frequently going towards the stairs.

This was Alice's first time stepping into Chanis Gate. She had never even been into the guard room - after all, others could go to get items.

Alice looked around curiously, and when she found nothing interesting, she looked for familiar faces among the people passing by.

Most people frequently came and went near the stairs. Alice recognized Daly Simone and Leonard Mitchell, as well as the "Red Gloves" captain Soster, whom she had met once, and the unknown "Nighthawks" captain.

Some of the others looked familiar, but Alice didn't know their names.

Whether they were acquaintances or strangers, when they saw Alice, they didn't pay much attention to her. They greeted her hurriedly and walked away, coming and going in a hurry.

Alice thought about it, walked towards the busy stairs, and saw Archbishop Anthony standing inside.

"Archbishop Anthony!" she shouted, running over quickly, but stopped when Anthony shifted his gaze to her.

As the spokesperson of the Church of Night in the capital of the kingdom, Saint Anthony had no obvious emotions on his clean, beardless face. His deep, dark eyes were also calm, but there was a fear spreading from him that penetrated into his soul.

It didn't hurt, and Alice had ways to resist, but it really made her uncomfortable. She frowned and stayed some distance away from Anthony.

"Archbishop Anthony," she called again.

Anthony nodded to her, and a "red glove" came over and said:
“Your Excellency the Archbishop, after counting, all the occult materials are found to be present, including the main ingredients of various potions and extraordinary properties…” Alice blinked, realizing that they were still counting.

Anthony nodded, then turned to Alice and said:

"Someone has hacked into the Chanis Gate."

Alice showed a surprised expression, but before she could say anything, a second person came forward.
"Your Excellency the Archbishop, all the potion formulas are in their original locations. It has been preliminarily confirmed that no one has opened them in the past eight hours..."

Alice gave up talking and decided to find a place where she would not be in the way and stand for a while.

This is actually a bit difficult here. Alice thought for a moment and chose to stand against the wall of the stairs.

After the second person left, Anthony glanced at Alice and found that she had found a suitable position for herself. He asked her:
"I'll explain it to you later?"

Alice wanted to say yes, but a third person came forward:

"Your Excellency the Archbishop, all the prisoners held on the first floor are here. No one has escaped, and no one has died..."

Alice exhaled, gave up the conversation, and turned to face the wall.

"Your Excellency the Archbishop, all the materials and books have not been damaged or moved at all..."

"Your Excellency the Archbishop, all the Level 3 Sealed Artifacts here are here, and none of them have been taken away..."

"Your Excellency the Archbishop, the three Level 1 Sealed Artifacts are still sealed and have not left their respective areas..."

"Your Excellency the Archbishop, the seal core is still intact and has not been damaged at all..."

"Your Excellency the Archbishop, I have confirmed that there is nothing extra here, and no dangerous arrangements remain..."

"Your Excellency the Archbishop, we failed to find the enemy who sneaked in disguised as an internal watcher. He seemed to have evaporated directly..."

"Your Excellency the Archbishop..."

The fourth, fifth, and sixth deacons of the Church of Night came to report their inspection results to Anthony. Alice listened to the whole thing from the side. After the last person finished reporting and everyone gathered here, she finally couldn't help but turned around and said:
"Isn't that nothing unusual?"

Klein, your purpose is too obvious... But, you didn't steal the notebook?

Alice complained in her heart as she walked past the others and approached Anthony.

No one stopped her from approaching. Anthony glanced at her, nodded and said:
"……yes.

"Nothing unusual at all."

The "Nighthawks" and "Red Gloves" present were all silent. They could not imagine that a cunning and powerful Extraordinary took extremely high risks, made careful plans, and tried every possible means to finally enter the Chanis Gate, but took nothing and just walked around and left!

This makes it seem like the other party is simply trying to prove their ability, or is specifically helping the church find loopholes in the Chanis Gate guarding process.

No, wait...

Deacon Soest, who led a team of red gloves, forced himself to look away from the rumored eccentric Miss Fate and tried to make other guesses:
"Your Excellency the Archbishop, could this be a requirement for some sequence promotion ceremony?"

Just as Saint Anthony was about to speak, another Night Watcher deacon, Daly Simone, proposed a second possibility:

"Perhaps the intruder was affected by the negative effect when trying to take away a certain sealed object, and died on the spot and was devoured?"

Anthony nodded thoughtfully and said, "I'll go to the third floor to take a look first."

After saying that, he walked steadily deeper into the second underground layer and opened a road to the third layer at a secret location. Ellie followed without any hesitation.

Anthony paused and turned to look at Alice. Alice had already raised her hand in a swearing gesture and promised:
“I won’t mess around!
"I'm just curious and want to follow and take a look!"

Anthony was silent for two seconds, nodded slightly, turned and walked towards the door.

The other deacons, because they were not at the right level and had no authority, could only wait where they were.

Alice followed Anthony and soon arrived at the small third floor. Alice glanced and saw a coffin.

Anthony took up a pair of spectacles and put them on his face. Alice looked over in confusion and found that he was wearing them to observe the coffin.

"...?"

Alice blinked in confusion, noticing that Anthony did not stay where he was, but let the night cover him and then moved forward.

As Alice watched, Anthony approached cautiously, opened the coffin, and then, as if he had a seizure, he suddenly retreated backwards, quickly increasing the distance between them.

"...?"

Alice's expression became even more confused.

She looked into the coffin and was surprised to find a familiar face inside. The person was wearing a black classical robe with a hood, had long black hair, and a beautiful face. It was exactly the appearance of Klein that appeared in the gray fog.

goddess!!!

Alice opened her eyes wide and realized that this was the angel that Klein had seen, the vessel of the goddess' descent.

Her body reacted faster than her brain, and before Anthony could react, she rushed forward and pinched the face of the angel in the coffin.

The angel with half-open eyes opened her eyes completely, revealing a pair of pure black eyes. The night spread from her body and enveloped Alice's hand. Alice's palm was wiped away without any resistance.

Anthony was frozen in place at this moment. Alice was so scared that she immediately withdrew her hand. The good news was that the angel's eyes closed again.

Alice breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that the intimidating force had disappeared, and silently restored her hand.

"You..." Anthony looked at her and wanted to say something, but Alice raised her hand and made a "hush" gesture.

After hesitating for a second, Anthony chose to shut up.

Alice turned around, closed the coffin, and obediently retreated behind Anthony. Anthony glanced at her without saying a word, took off his glasses and put them back in place, then recalled the situation around him.

Then he turned to look at Alice without saying a word.

The terrifying aura spread from him again. This time, Alice was closer and felt it more clearly. She shrank her head and lowered it, saying:

"…This is a matter between me and the goddess!"

Anthony frowned, glanced at the coffin reflexively, opened his mouth, closed it again, took a deep breath, and then said:
"Let's go."

After saying this, he turned and walked towards the stairs. Alice followed him with her neck shrunk and her eyebrows lowered.

Behind Anthony, she whispered, "Is it because it's not the real body? Or the human form? There's no hair..." (End of this chapter)