Mystery: Lucky

Alice followed silently, and before walking far, she was led into a building, and then walked around several times to the top of the building.

"The high priest is waiting for you inside." The person who led the way said this to her and then exited Alice's sight.

After a moment of hesitation, Alice reached out and knocked on the door twice. After a while, Nim's voice came from the door:

"Please come in."

Pushing open the door, this was supposed to be a meeting place. Alice saw a long table and tables and chairs around it, but Nim was not in front of the long table, he was in front of a window.

Alice walked over curiously and looked out through the window, finding that she could roughly see the entire Moon City from this perspective.

"How was your rest?" Nim asked.

Alice's movements paused subtly, she turned her head and asked very bluntly:

"Aren't you going to ask me who I am? Or ask me to prove my identity or something...?"

"According to the order of the great Sun God..." A look of memory appeared on Nim's face, "As soon as we find the person coming out of the fog, we should recite his honorable name immediately, tell him everything, and Welcoming visitors…”

Alice was slightly startled.

Nim continued as if he didn't notice her expression:

"But we have already lost the sun, and we have also lost the response from the sun god, but we are still here, and of course we will welcome you."

After Alice lowered her head and thought for two seconds, she turned around and asked, "Then have you...um...have you reported anything about me?"

Nim's expression gave the answer. It was obvious that this was another unanswered prayer.

Alice opened her mouth, not knowing what to say, but Nim took the initiative to change the topic:

"I remember you said before that you were guided by fate?"

"Ah!" Alice suddenly remembered the lie she had told - it might not be entirely a lie.

In a sense, she was indeed guided by fate, but her destination was not Moon City. The fact that she was discovered by the Moon City exploration team was most likely just an accident.

But, as she told Crane, the occasion was certainly fitting for a mission—so, what to say?

Alice turned to Nim, and after pondering for a moment, she said softly:

"Miracle.

"I see... you will have a miracle."

In the end, Alice did not say the name "The Fool", but went around in a circle - "The Fool" was pretended by Klein, and Klein was on the path of "Soothsayer", and "Miracle Master" happened to be "Soothsayer" "The name of the potion in Path Sequence 2... uh, wait.

Did Zaratul say that resurrection from the dead is a miracle, so is the Miracle Master... a magician who specializes in performing transformations into living people?

Alice tried hard to maintain a serious expression and not laugh out loud on the spot.

"A miracle?" Nim turned around and asked slowly.

Alice looked at Nim in silence for two seconds, then turned her head, saw the square and streets of Moon City through the window, and whispered:

"Yes, I saw it, you will have a miracle...

"Miracles will bring you new life, bring you safe food, and help you see the sun and the red moon."

Nim looked at her blankly, and after a long time, he asked in a hoarse and old tone:

"What... does this mean?"

Alice heard his voice trembling, and she suddenly felt that the "Miracle Master" joke wasn't that funny. She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her eyes were firm:

"...This is a prophecy brought to me by fate."

After I get out...wait a minute, if the spiritual world in the "Land Abandoned by Gods" is disconnected, then I won't be able to see the fate of the Yuecheng people after I get out...

Alice's words stunned Nim for a moment, and he tentatively asked Alice:

"Are you a 'prophet'?"

"...No," Alice chose to deny the speculation, "I've already told you...you can call me Miss Destiny."

"Miss Destiny..." Nim repeated the title, seeming to figure out something, "You said earlier that the Lord did not abandon us, but was only betrayed...?"

Uh, can you tell him this? Forget it, we'll talk about it later, let's just deal with it first... Alice turned her feet in a circle on the ground and gave the same answer as before:

"The gifts of fate are never free."

Having said that, in many stories, the prophets almost seem to mirror the protagonists... What do they want?

Alice was in a daze, and Nim asked tentatively:

"What do you need?"

Alice blinked twice, hesitated and asked:

"Uh... How to move quickly in the 'Land Abandoned by Gods'? Wait, I don't need this now - with that deck of tarot cards, I can at least find Silver City or Afternoon Town, which way is the exit? Very close...

"You probably don't know how to get out, so the only thing I still need is..."

Alice's voice paused for a moment, then she said in a daze:

"...the potion ingredients of the 'Mage of Doom'?"

"?" This demand obviously confused Nim, and he even looked at Alice hesitantly.

When Alice was thinking about how to make up for this problem, Nim put it all together for her:

"Do you need to add extraordinary characteristics? If so, we have a sealed artifact that may meet your requirements."

"Huh?" Alice looked at Nim, somewhat confused about the situation.

As if being encouraged, Nim introduced the information about the item to her:

"This sealed object belongs to the 'monster' path. It seems to be formed by combining some of the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Mage of Doom' with a little of the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Chaos Walker'. Its function is..."

Alice's smile disappeared from her face.

"No, I don't need this thing!" She refused with a strong reaction, as if she had heard something terrible.

This can't be blamed on her, after all, she just doesn't want to swallow the extraordinary characteristics once or twice.

Nim was obviously taken aback, and stopped talking in her excited reaction, and said to her very apologetically:

"terribly sorry……"

"No, it's not your fault," Nim's voice woke Alice up. She shook her head and spoke to comfort Nim, "This matter... this matter is very complicated to explain."

She looked at Nim, sighed softly, and then said to him:

"Let's end this matter here. Maybe when the miracle comes, you will naturally know everything, maybe you won't know anything... but this is actually a good thing.

"After all...it's better to leave matters between gods to be resolved by the gods. For mortals, it's best not to look at anything or ask questions, otherwise...

"Knowing too much can easily lead to death, and, and I think, well...

"You probably don't have a hobby of discussing gossip between gods - the humans I know don't seem to like talking to me about this."

She paused and then said to Nim: "I think maybe I should go."

With Alice's firm attitude, Nim did not stop her in the end and just sent her to the city gate. Alice curiously asked him at the city gate:

"Speaking of which, why did you believe that I was an angel so easily?"

This was a doubt that she hadn't figured out from the beginning until now.

Nim glanced at Alice, shook his head and said:

"As you said, I think it's not just the humans you know who don't like to gossip about gods, but the ones you don't know don't like to talk about such things either."

Alice understood what he meant.

Only gods would discuss the gossip of gods - this kind of thing should be based on the equal status of both parties.

Otherwise, he might be struck to death by lightning while chatting, or his body might suddenly catch fire and be burned to death, or he might choke to death while drinking water, or he might not be able to speak at all.

For example, the hair of the demon wolf...

Alice turned and left Moon City, stretched out her hand and drew a Crimson Moon symbol on her chest.

...Stop thinking about that kind of thing!

After leaving Moon City, Alice did not directly look for the exploration team of Silver City through the deck of tarot cards. Instead, she started picking up spiritual materials in the "Land Abandoned by God".

——For Alice, who belongs to the "destiny" path, this is too easy.

At this moment, the dark "Land Abandoned by God" became a treasure trove for Alice, and she could see the fallen spiritual materials after taking a few steps.

Alice was not greedy. She only took enough spiritual materials to carry out the ritual of asking for blessings. She stopped and began to harass Klein.

The good news is that it's still daytime outside, and Mr. Fool is not too angry after receiving the news. The bad news is...

"I'm on the 'Golden Dream'," Alice received this response, "I took this from the restaurant of the 'Golden Dream'... By the way, you remember the master of Edwina Are all the missing books? Your guess came true."

Edwina's book? The books whose owners are all missing? Did my guess come true? What did I guess...?

Alice was holding the ice cream and thinking as she walked.

She quickly remembered the actual content of her guess - she once said that the owners who had disappeared over the years might have become part of the book.

...?

...Who wrote a book that is so terrifying!

Alice jumped up in horror, suddenly remembering Amon who came to the door with a comic book.

Damn... it sounds so scary. I have a feeling that one day everything around me will turn into Amon... The scariest thing is that Amon seems to be able to do such a thing.

Alice began to seriously consider the possibility of not continuing to update the comic.

Or just like this...?

She thought about this troublesome problem and finished eating the ice cream, then looked at the dark road ahead, feeling slightly confused.

I... why don't I find a place to sleep for two days?

In fact, Alice's original intention was to go find the exploration team of Silver City now, but she didn't forget that more than half a week had passed since she last slept. And according to the time reported by Klein, the next time the tower Luo Hui is only a few days away.

Falling asleep in such a position seemed a bit outrageous to Alice. Although there was nothing dangerous here except Amon, she hesitated for a moment and decided to try walking first, preferably to encounter a ruins. Places like that.

The good news is that although inhabited cities are rare, there are too many ruins in the "Land Abandoned by Gods". After walking for less than half a day, Alice came across a city she didn't recognize.

When Alice walked into this city full of ruins, she didn't find a room to go in. Instead, after thinking for a moment, she slept under the half-collapsed city gate.

She was unable to sleep until the tarot session officially started. Before that, a crimson light enveloped her dream, waking her up.

She heard the figure shrouded in gray mist say to her:

"Bernadette asked me to hand over the 'blasphemous card' of the 'Wheel of Fortune' to you."

...?

By the way, how did Bernadette find him... Was it because I followed him when we went to that sea area?

Arriving above the gray fog, Alice asked Klein this question. In response, Klein had a very strange expression:

"No, it's not your problem.

"She forged the identity of Gehrman Sparrow."

Alice looked at him in surprise and murmured: "No wonder you were discovered..."

"So," Klein looked at her and asked, "Do you want the 'Card of Blasphemy'?"

"Yes," Alice replied matter-of-factly, "She is willing to give it, why not? But I might go back soon, and she can give it to me then...Hey, why did it take so long for her to contact you? ?”

"Well..." Klein glanced at a certain crimson star with unknown meaning, "She prayed to The Fool."

Alice looked at him in astonishment.

"I now have a saint-level believer...I mean a true believer," Klein shrugged and said, "In addition, there is also a Sequence 7 believer."

The saint-level believer undoubtedly refers to Bernadette. Alice blinked twice and asked:

"Who are the followers of Sequence 7? Do I know them?"

"You know him," Klein nodded, "Danitz."

Perfect, so perfect... Alice stretched out her hand to cover her face, sighed and said, "You still have a backup believer in the city."

"?" Klein looked at her with a confused look.

"The thing is like this..." Alice shook her head and began to describe her experience after waking up next to the gray mist. "In short, this is the thing - Mr. Miracle Master."

"In other words," Klein keenly captured the key point of the matter from his words, "you didn't tell them my honorable name or the title of 'The Fool', but you just pretended to be a magic stick over there?"

"...What do you mean by pretending to be a fool!" Alice reached out and slapped the table angrily.

"That's right," Klein shook his head, "You are not pretending to be a magic stick, you are a magic stick... Mr. Prophet."

After a pause, before Alice got angry, Klein added his plan:

"I may have to go back to Backlund next... and use a new identity." (End of Chapter)