Mystery: Lucky

…I really want to scold him.

Alice gritted her teeth and came above the gray fog, but swallowed her words when she saw Klein, who was full of anxiety and worry.

Forget it, I won’t bother with him about this, anyway, I will know sooner or later... After comforting herself a few words, Alice asked Klein:

"Well... First tell me what time it is now?"

It was an expected question, Klein was not too surprised, and quickly answered Alice's doubts about the time:

"22nd, April 22nd, 11 o'clock in the evening."

April 22nd... Alice went through it in her mind and realized that it was Friday, which means that it was late Friday night outside.

"Has it been so long..." She shook her head, "But it is indeed much faster than walking here..."

At this point, Alice paused, looked at Klein with a puzzled look and explained:

"Something happened, I... I ran into Amon.

"But I ran out... Well, the good news is that I saw the Western Continent. "

Klein stared at Alice so hard that his breathing stopped. After a long time, he squeezed out a word from his dry throat:

"Western Continent...?"

He knew what the Western Continent represented and Alice's destination, but he obviously didn't expect that the news about the Western Continent would come so suddenly.

"I can't get in," Alice replied with her chin supported by her hand, "The Western Continent is blocked by a gray fog..."

Her voice suddenly paused, and she looked at the gray fog around her, her eyes hesitant.

Klein followed her line of sight and also saw a gray-white fog. He was stunned for a moment and asked Alice:

"Is it... this kind of fog? "

Alice pursed her lips and sighed, "Maybe, after all..."

She paused, but didn't say the rest of the words - that was something that only angels could know.

The Goddess of Night once told her that the "Lord of Mysteries" had sealed the seven source substances including the "Key of Light" to the Western Continent, and the "Source Castle" on Klein's body was the source substance belonging to the "Lord of Mysteries".

So, the solidified mist might really come from here... huh? Wait.

Alice looked at Klein and frowned little by little.

—— The main body of the "Key of Light" is most likely still in the Western Continent. If she wants to enter the Western Continent, she must open the seal of the fog, which means...

She needs a "Lord of Mysteries".

No, the seal left by the "Lord of Mysteries" can probably be solved by the "God" who is also a pillar, and there is also... uh, forget about the one outside the earth.

But no matter what, it seems that letting Amon be the "Lord of Mysteries" is indeed not a good idea, but Klein...

Alice pursed her lips and changed the subject: "Have you found the clue to your Sequence 4 potion formula?"

Klein was stunned for a moment, and did not answer her question immediately, but tentatively asked:

"I can't listen?"

"I guess so..." Alice pinched her eyebrows, "I should find a way to come back. If you haven't found the clue to the potion formula... wait for me to go back and ask the goddess? ”

This is not a joke. The image left by the Goddess of Night is obviously not a naive person. In Alice's opinion, if the goddess needs a "Lord of Mysteries", then there is a great possibility that becoming the "Lord of Mysteries" cannot be avoided by Him.

No, maybe the "Fortune Teller", "Thief" and "Apprentice" cannot be avoided by Him in becoming gods... So, does the goddess have the extraordinary characteristics that I lack?

This thought flashed through Alice's mind, and she kept it in mind and continued:

"I remember that the Church of Night has captive mermaids? That should be prepared for the "Fortune Teller" path?

"No, that's not right. I remember that the formula of the "Clown" potion seemed to be found by you... The church didn't know the subsequent potion formula of the "Fortune Teller" path?

"That's not right. If it didn't know, why did the church keep mermaids in captivity? Could it be that the high sequence of the "Insomniac" path also use mermaids? Or…”

Alice paused, and after more than ten seconds, she asked with a slightly hesitant tone:

“The church, or the goddess, does not want anyone to be promoted to a high sequence in the ‘Fortune Teller’ path? ”

——This is indeed possible.

Although according to the goddess, the spirit of the "Lord of Mysteries" exists in the Beyonder characteristics. In theory, any Beyonder from the "Apprentice", "Thief" or "Fortune Teller" paths are equally dangerous, but high-sequence ones are obviously more dangerous. In addition...

For the "Thief" path, the most dangerous one should be Amon, and for the "Apprentice" path, the most dangerous one is probably Mr. Men who uttered the full moon's muttering...

There shouldn't be anyone at the top of the "Fortune Teller" path chasing low-sequence people for help or eating Beyonder characteristics as snacks...?

However, in any case, this actually has nothing to do with Klein. After all, the "Source Castle" is in Klein, which means he is destined to be one of the candidates for the "Lord of Mysteries"... Hmm? Wait.

Alice looked at the candidate for the "Lord of Mysteries" and said thoughtfully:

"Logically, investors should want to see the progress of the project and the expected returns. Otherwise, if the progress of the project and the expected returns do not meet expectations, will He, He withdraw his investment...?"

Under Alice's spiritual metaphor, Klein moved the option of "asking for help from the goddess" to the back of the list, then frowned and looked at Alice, and reminded her politely:

"You are the one most likely to be divested, right...?"

"No," Alice shook her head firmly, "I'm an investor."

Klein was speechless.

After a moment, he asked as if he had remembered something: "Wait a minute, what did the goddess invest in?"

Alice put her hands on her chin. After more than ten seconds, based on her own experience, she answered firmly:

"You haven't become a god yet."

"Ah?" Klein's eyes were blank.

Alice did not continue to argue with Klein about this issue, but asked:

"So, do you have any clues about your potion formula?"

"Oh, right," Klein suddenly remembered something, "My Sequence 4 is not called 'Circusmaster' or 'Circus', it's called 'Circus Mage'!"

"Cunning Mage"? Not bad, it does sound much more advanced than "circus ringmaster" or "circus", but...

Alice frowned slightly and asked hesitantly: "...senior magician?"

Klein looked at her expressionlessly.

After Alice was silent for two seconds, she remembered that she still had to rely on Klein to deliver takeaways. She considered trying to apologize:

"Okay, it's my fault. It's definitely not as simple as a high-level magician. After all, Sequence 4 requires a combination of the previous abilities, so you are at least a high-level magician plus a high-level clown plus a high-level puppeteer plus... "

She gradually closed her mouth as Klein's expression became more and more exciting, and finally asked hesitantly:

"How about... we can discuss this issue after you get the potion formula and know the ability of the 'Cunning Mage'?"

It was a welcome proposal, and Klein voted in favor.

But at the same time, they had nothing to say. After looking at each other in silence for more than ten seconds, Klein tentatively asked:

"Do you want some ice cream?"

Alice had just answered yes, but then quickly remembered that she had nothing on her - at least no spiritual materials to use in the ritual of asking for blessings.

She pinched her eyebrows and replied with a slight headache:

"I'm afraid it will take a while... I have no spiritual materials on me, and I am in a human city. There seems to be some problems in this city...

"Anyway, I probably won't be able to arrange the ceremony for a while, and then again...even if I say I want it, you probably won't be able to buy ice cream at this time, right?"

This is true. Klein realized this. He gave up his previous thoughts and reminded Alice:

"If you want to eat, remember to pray during the day, not in the middle of the night."

"I don't know when it will be daytime outside..." Alice complained in a low voice, and suddenly remembered her previous thoughts, "By the way, speaking of..."

She looked at Klein and said to him with a slightly weird expression:

"You know what? My current situation is in a sense very suitable for preaching...

"Can I spread your name in the 'God-Forsaken Land', great Mr. Fool?"

"?" Klein opened his eyes wide and looked at Alice, suddenly having a bad feeling, "Can I refuse?"

"Okay," Alice nodded, "but I may not listen."

Klein stared at Alice for a while, sighed in her smiling eyes, and reminded:

“…Don’t pray that they’re okay.

"Well, you know how to package this sentence, right?"

Alice nodded, patted her chest and said:

"Don't worry, Mr. Fool, I won't let others disturb your sleep!

"I am enough for this kind of thing!"

Klein looked at Alice expressionlessly again and asked coldly:

“Why don’t you just spread your own beliefs?”

"I would like to..." Alice curled her lips, "But I can't stay in the 'Land Abandoned by Gods' forever. Once I run out, won't I be unable to answer their prayers?"

Therefore, spreading the faith of "The Fool" is of course the best solution - don't ask, just ask because she is the angel under the Fool's seat.

Alice glanced at Klein and added:

"It's just...it would sound strange for a god to call himself a fool.

"So, you were lucky enough to meet Mr. Hanged Man and Miss Justice instead of meeting someone who asked you why you called yourself a fool..."

"No one would ask such a question except you!" Klein shouted angrily, "No one would suddenly ask such a question when they are not sure about the enemy or the opponent's strength!"

Alice lowered her head silently.

Their conversation ended here. After realizing that neither of them had anything to say, they each returned to the real world from above the gray fog.

Alice opened her eyes again. The room was as empty as before she entered the gray fog. The spiritual barrier had not been touched. She was still in the secret room.

Alice did not try to go out, but sat on the bed, frowned and murmured:

"Even if fusion is inevitable in the end,...it's better to be fully prepared to face everything than to rush forward in a hurry, right...?"

"After all, the 'divineer' path is not the 'destiny' path. If it is the 'destiny' path, maybe timing is the most important, and everything else is fake...

"The 'Fortune Teller' approach seems to focus more on prior preparation... That's right, after all, it's a performance, and a minute on stage takes ten years of hard work off stage!

"... Could it be that the 'Trickster' is really a high-level magician?"

Alice shrank her neck and stopped dwelling on that idea. After thinking for a moment, she lay directly on the bed and closed her eyes.

... So bright.

Alice frowned unhappily and sat up from the bed.

"I should turn off the lights when I sleep..." She muttered, took off "Apollo" from her body, thought for a while, threw it under the bed, and locked the light underneath.

"Done! "Alice clapped her hands and lay back on the bed.

Her original intention was to try to see if she could continue with the previous dream - what if?

However, unfortunately, this idea ended in failure. Alice woke up in a daze after an unknown period of time, and the room was still dark.

I...sleep again?

She looked at the dark room, and after a moment of confusion, this thought popped into her mind.

Alice closed her eyes again, opened them again, sat up from the bed, and patted her cheeks with her hands , shook her head and said:

"No, no, I'm not here to sleep..."

After waking up for a while, Alice crawled under the bed and took out "Apollo" from it.

After putting on "Apollo" and untying the spiritual barrier, Alice realized that it was not only her who blocked this secret room, but there seemed to be other forces. She was stunned for a moment and realized that this might be a quarantine area similar to what the little "Sun" mentioned.

"Is there a similar place in Yuecheng..." She muttered, and decided to be polite and not try to break the door first.

"Hey, is there anyone!" she shouted, "Let me out!"

...Why does it sound like she was arrested?

Alice looked down at her toes and thought, her voice must have been transmitted, and more than ten minutes later, someone opened the door of her room.

"Please follow me. "The man said so to her.

Alice tilted her head. The person who opened the door for her lowered his head. She couldn't see what he looked like, but she knew that his voice was probably very young.

After the young man said that, he turned around and began to lead the way. Alice thought about it and followed him.

After circling a few times, they returned to the ground along the stairs. Alice realized that she might have been underground just now. She looked around curiously, especially behind her.

It was a black tower. The surrounding scenery was a little unfamiliar, but the architectural style was similar to what I saw yesterday - this should still be Moon City. (End of this chapter)