Mystery: Lucky

In the silence, line after line of silver text emerged bit by bit:

"To this day, I still remember the excitement I felt when I prepared the 'Prophet' potion. Becoming an angel is just around the corner. As long as I succeed, I will become a real mythical creature...

"With such a mood, I took the magic potion and learned about the ability of 'Prophet'. First of all, after being promoted to 'Prophet', I will be able to truly have a glimpse of the river of destiny and witness the changes in destiny.

"At the same time, the potion also told me that during the 'Chaos Walker' and the past stages, I have a sufficient understanding of fate and have witnessed the fate of enough people. At the moment, as a 'prophet', my most important thing is The most important thing is to observe your own destiny and find the turning point of your own destiny.

"So, I made a prophecy to myself..."

...?

Alice was lost in thought.

Frankly speaking, if you had not seen the promotion ceremony of the "Mercury Snake" beforehand and did not know the ability of the "Prophet", there would actually be no problem with this passage.

If I have to say it, it is that as the first power involved in authority after being promoted to an angel, it is too weak to just see destiny.

But reality is not a game, and it does not pay attention to balance. The overall intensity of the previous sequences of the "Destiny" path is not high. Although the ability of the "Prophet" is doubtful, it is only half-doubtful.

——Who would have thought that the description of his abilities in the potion was false?

Presumably not many people would have this as their first reaction. Therefore, following the words in the potion and trying to predict yourself is not a small probability event.

So, what does this entail?

Alice thought of the prophecies she had seen and asked bluntly:

"Have you seen your own death?"

"Of course," "Cassandra" replied, "At first, I didn't believe this prophecy. You should know that feeling, the feeling of being half-doubtful under the huge shock, not wanting to believe it, and worrying about what might happen. of……"

Alice thought of Amon and Klein.

She was silent for a moment and then changed the subject: "So, do you know... that believing in 'prophecy' will affect the outcome of 'prophecy'?"

"Yes," "Kassandra" replied, "Probably my despair and struggle pleased Him... I was lucky enough to learn the truth of the 'prophecy'."

Alice pursed her lips, but Cassandra hadn't finished her words yet:

"He told me that this is a gift He prepared for all 'Prophets'. He gave us the ritual of promotion sequence 1. As long as we get the magic potion and take it in a certain death situation, we can be successfully promoted. Sequence 1, coming back to life...

"He said this effectively prevented some of us from being limited in our ability or lack of courage to complete the ritual."

Alice took a breath.

Although she was still wary of "Cassandra", Alice had to admit that this statement seemed to be true - how similar was this statement to that birthday gift?

The most important thing is that there is not much room for deception in this passage. As long as she takes the Sequence 2 potion, she will naturally know whether "Cassandra"'s words are true or false. There seems to be no need to deceive here.

...But if what it says is true, what is its purpose? In other words, why is it like this?

Alice frowned. She suddenly remembered Arrods who called Klein master. She lowered her eyes and looked at "Cassandra" and asked thoughtfully:

"Do you know a mirror named Arrodes?"

"We are different," "Cassandra" answered without hesitation, "I don't expect to follow you... I just hope to be a step on your way to becoming a god."

...To put it nicely, isn’t that just death?

Alice felt that she still failed to understand this matter, so she simply asked directly:

"Even if you are telling the truth, but...

"Why?"

All the words on the parchment disappeared. Facing a book, Alice could not see its expression. She could only see its answer after a long silence:

“I don’t want anyone to receive a gift like this again… I hope you can put an end to this.

"You are the hope I have found."

Alice froze on the spot.

These words were light and airy, but Alice felt some kind of heavy power pressing down on her, just like what she felt from Derrick "The Sun" when she asked Cattleya about the food in Silver City. .

——That’s the expectation.

This expectation is actually not as intuitive and heavy as Derrick's, because Alice did not know "Cassandra" before. She had not seen its struggle with her own eyes, but she had indeed seen the struggles of Silver City and Moon City. People have experienced that perseverance in despair.

But this expectation seems to be much heavier than theirs - after all, Silver City is looking forward to a savior. It doesn't matter whether it is her or not.

But here, maybe it has to be her.

It’s not that Alice is narcissistic, but the reason why “Cassandra” said she was hope is obvious, because the “Key of Light” chose her, and the reason why the “Key of Light” chose her is also obvious – she may not belong this world.

In this matter, she is truly irreplaceable.

The atmosphere solidified little by little in the silence, turning from gas into some kind of viscous liquid, and then into some kind of plasticine-like solid, giving Alice, who no longer needed to breathe, the illusion of being out of breath.

The first person to break the silence was "Cassandra":

"Please kill me."

Alice looked at "Cassandra" in silence. After a long time, she sighed and said in a calm voice:

"good."

At this time, she really looked like a god.

It is said to be killing, but in fact it is to use power to destroy the extraordinary characteristics and then reunite them.

Although according to the information Alice had learned in the past, all she needed to do this was angelic status, but she was still worried about what would happen if she faced a Sequence 2 extraordinary characteristic, so she chose to pray to the goddess.

The abnormality happened at this time. The ritual strangely received no feedback. After Alice was stunned for two seconds, she jumped up in shock.

- Something is terribly wrong.

It is definitely impossible to rush into the church with "Cassandra". After all, she is not a real child, so she naturally knows that there is no benefit to such things being known to ordinary believers.

After only a few breaths of panic, Alice quickly calmed herself down. She began to search her mind for someone with whom she could discuss this matter, and the first person who came to mind was naturally Klein.

But Alice did not contact Klein directly. She first did a test to confirm whether the goddess could respond to ordinary rituals.

The incident ended with her obtaining a sleeping charm.

After staring at the spell and thinking for two seconds, Alice contacted Klein and conveyed the message directly through the connection between them:

"Did anything happen when the goddess appeared last time in the Raging Sea?"

This was the last time the goddess appeared in Alice's mind, but she ran away quickly at that time. She didn't ask about the specific situation afterwards, and Klein didn't tell her either. He didn't ask suddenly until today.

Klein had just finished chatting with Arrods. He was stunned for a moment when he heard this question. He quickly guessed that Alice was probably praying or something and had not received an answer, so he became suspicious.

This is not difficult to guess. He told Alice that the goddess was controlling the uniqueness of the "God of Death". At the same time, he briefly talked about the specific events that happened last time and suggested that she consider praying to the "Artificial God of Death" if necessary.

…it’s quite appropriate.

Alice accepted the proposal and turned to Klein to ask about the ritual materials and procedures.

In order to prevent "Cassandra" from doing something when no one was around, that afternoon, Alice took "Cassandra" to scan the underground markets of several surrounding cities and found enough materials.

After preparing everything, Alice took a step back and read out the honorable name she just learned in Hermes:

“You are the essence of death;

“You are the lord of the dead;

"You are the final destination of all living things.

"I pray for your help. I pray that you can destroy this magical object and transform it into extraordinary properties again."

After she finished speaking, the candle's flame suddenly expanded. It seemed to have become much brighter, but it was stained with a dark green color, and the surrounding area suddenly became cold.

"It's a bit spooky..." Alice murmured quietly, picking up the essential oil she just bought and dripping it on the candlelight.

After doing this, Alice threw "Cassandra" in, and with a swish, pale flames engulfed the book with a dark blue cover, obscuring Alice's sight.

After two or three seconds, the flames completely faded away, and Alice saw the powder emitting light spots spontaneously condensed, and little by little, reassembled into a book.

Alice ended the ceremony and took back the newly born book. It still had a dark blue cover and parchment inner pages. After opening it, there was no silver text emerging.

Alice paused for two seconds while looking at the book, then slowly lowered her head. She felt that the book seemed to exude an alluring aroma, making her want to take a bite and taste it... Wait a minute.

Alice suddenly woke up, and she realized that this was probably an Extraordinary property. Without any impurities, the attraction of the Extraordinary property to her was intuitively revealed, giving her the urge to eat the book.

Alice dropped the book on the ground in horror, then picked it up again and appeared in St. Samuel's Church.

Archbishop Anthony raised his head from the table with emotion, and saw a book thrown in front of him. Alice said to him seriously:

"You have a way to cover up the aggregation of extraordinary characteristics so that I won't be affected by the aggregation and eat it, right?"

She didn't go to Klein, just like the previous sealed items involving angels.

Anthony glanced at the book subconsciously, and as if he realized something, he raised his head and told her gently:

"Yes, but you might have to wait a few days to get it."

"That doesn't matter," Alice shook her head decisively, "It doesn't matter even if it's your side, you won't steal my stuff...right?"

"Of course." Anthony responded with a smile.

There was no problem, and Alice left with peace of mind. After returning home, she was silent for two seconds and contacted Audrey "Justice" herself without passing by Klein:

"Miss Justice, um...

"Is it convenient for you to get psychological counseling now?"

…

In the Hall's study room, Audrey paused slightly when she heard the voice. A harsh wrong note appeared in the originally pleasant piano sound.

She stopped and looked at her music teacher, with her usual expression on her face:

"Teacher, I'm sorry, I suddenly want to go to the bathroom..."

This would not be denied, so sitting on the toilet, Audrey carefully told Alice that she would need the evening to be free.

After a long time, Alice's response sounded: "Okay."

...

After responding to Audrey, Alice opened her eyes and exhaled, looking out the window in a daze.

It was not just today that she had the idea of ​​talking to Audrey. Alice had had similar ideas more than once, but most of them had never been put into action.

Of course, Alice did not think this was a big problem. Referring to other angels she knew, Alice thought that she was already normal among them.

She waited quietly until the agreed time, without even eating dinner. After receiving Audrey's message, she came back to her senses from the trance and appeared in front of Audrey.

"Ms. Destiny, good evening." Audrey stood up cautiously and saluted.

After Alice stared at her for two seconds, she suddenly sighed and said:

"Call me Alice...while this name is still available."

Audrey hesitated for two seconds. As a professional psychologist, she sat down and called out in a gentle voice:

"Alice?"

Alice nodded quietly.

By this point, Audrey had already noticed something obviously wrong with Alice. She paused for a moment, then suddenly smiled cheerfully:

"I rarely see you like this... Most of the time, I think you're like a little girl, only now, you really look a bit like 'Miss Destiny' - do you understand what I mean?"

The pronoun she used was "you".

Alice didn't reject this quiet attempt to get closer, on the contrary, she nodded slightly in a trance and said, "I know."

This was worse than rejection. Audrey frowned for a moment, then asked tentatively:

"Why do you suddenly want to talk to me? I thought you would go to Mr. Fool."

After two seconds of silence, Alice turned to Audrey and said:

"I went to Mr. Fool once before, and He said He wasn't a psychiatrist. If I needed it, He could help me call a psychiatrist."

Mentioning Mr. Fool really made Miss Destiny more lively... Could Mr. Fool say such things? This seems a bit like Mr. "World"...

The scattered thoughts did not affect Audrey's treatment. She was surprised:

"Pfft, can I ask who the psychiatrist Mr. Fool is going to call?"

"It's you." Alice turned her head and told her calmly.

Audrey was stunned for a moment. She stared at Alice's serious face, trying to confirm whether she was joking, but Alice's vague eyes froze on her and asked softly:

"Will you feel pressured by such trust?"