Mystery: Lucky

Klein tried to recall: "...Disaster?"

Alice covered her face with her hands and replied:

“Although this is true, what I actually want to say is…

"Sometimes, bad luck can also be an opportunity... At least, you can use bad luck to get out of your current predicament."

Then I will face an even greater dilemma... Klein shook his head and uttered an idiom:

"Destroy and then build?"

"Yes!" Alice's eyes lit up. "If there's really no other way, this is also an idea."

Klein glanced at Alice and agreed to the matter.

Alice did not stay to continue observing the exploration of Silver City. After realizing that Klein would be heading to the "God-Forsaken Land" soon, Alice put food that could grow in the "God-Forsaken Land" on the agenda.

——She didn’t want to deliver food to Klein outside!

The commission was in the hands of Cattleya, or Frank Lee, so Alice boarded the Future, which belonged to the "Admiral of the Stars", for the first time in a long time. At her informed request, Cattleya readily agreed and told Frank in advance.

Therefore, Frank expressed obvious excitement about Alice's arrival:

"Alice! Why did you come to see me? I was just about to write to you and Hermann. You know, my research is almost fruitful. I am only one step away from being promoted to Druid... You don't know, I wanted to drink the Druid potion directly, but the captain insisted that I perform a ritual. She said it was safer this way..."

No, why are you imitating me... Alice paused, looked at the enthusiastic Frank, and advised:

“Since we have the conditions and opportunity to hold the ceremony, we should proceed with it… I think a Sequence 5 ceremony shouldn’t be that difficult?”

"It's really not difficult," Frank smiled cheerfully. "The Druid ritual requires mastering the living habits and physical structures of a variety of common animals and three extraordinary creatures. All I need to do is write down my previous experiences and knowledge as part of the ritual. It's just that it takes a lot of time..."

Previous experience… Alice looked down at the "Future" under her feet, and recalled the grand occasion of the "Future" producing milk that day, and smiled:

“Indeed, it is really easy for you.

"I actually just came to see your research progress. I heard that it's almost successful, so I'm a little curious..."

"Oh!" Frank's expression was very happy. "Speaking of which, I have always wanted to thank you. You don't know that I was able to come up with the results so quickly thanks to my lab assistant. I heard that you helped me catch him..."

"Your lab assistant?" Alice was confused for a moment. "Uh, wait, are you talking about...Charvet?"

"Yes!" Frank nodded vigorously. "I like him very much, especially his strong desire to reproduce. However, his willpower is not strong enough and his physical fitness is not good enough. If possible, I hope to have a few more excellent assistants like him..."

As he said this, a hint of anticipation flashed through Frank's eyes.

"..." Alice pressed her brows, "There are only a few people like this, and they are hard to come by..."

"Yeah..." Frank's expression turned disappointed, but he soon regained his excitement. "But it doesn't matter. I'm almost getting results. As long as I'm promoted to 'Druid'..."

"Yes," Alice said with a serious expression, "You should prepare for the promotion ceremony. The sooner you are promoted, the sooner you can achieve results!"

Frank Lee nodded and left with the same serious expression.

Looking at Frank Lee's back, Alice murmured to herself:

"He really is... Well, anyway, Silver City and Moon City won't know the origin of this food. I just hope Klein doesn't have any psychological barriers to this... Haha.

"How about I bring him food from outside... or ask him to bring pots, pans, and food from Sefirah Castle? I remember he can cook, and he can light a fire and cook the food himself..."

Alice shook her head and decided to leave this difficult problem to Klein to solve on his own.

After saying goodbye to Cattleya, she left the Future. The next day, Alice learned from Klein about the results of the initial exploration of the City of Silver. Because he expected Derrick to talk about it at the Tarot Club, Klein did not elaborate. He only mentioned the meeting site of the Redemption Rose and asked curiously:

"What is your recollection of this incident? I thought you said you were there?"

Alice nodded, and then continued: "To be honest, I'm not even sure who they were. I only remember a few key figures."

Klein nodded, not too surprised, and asked again: "Can the Seven Gods really not find the 'God-Forsaken Land'?"

"Why do you ask?" Alice was stunned for a moment. "I thought you should have known... some of the Seven Gods actually came from the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods'."

Klein nodded and said:

“It is true…Last night, after I learned that the real name of the Cherubim was Herabergen, I suddenly realized something.

"This is the true name of the 'Dragon of Wisdom'..."

"Wait," Alice interrupted Klein. "'Dragon of Wisdom'? If I remember correctly, this seems to be from the 'Dragon of Imagination' family, which is the ancient god faction... How did he become an angel of wisdom?"

“…I don’t know.” Klein shook his head.

Alice said speechlessly, "He... Could it be that he saw the situation was not good and betrayed the 'Dragon of Imagination'?"

Klein and Alice looked at each other, both of them having already accepted this as a fact. He laughed and said:

“Is His expression of wisdom betrayal?”

"It's hard to say..." Alice shook her head. "I thought they were following the path of 'If I hear the truth in the morning, I can die in the evening', but I didn't expect that they were following the path of 'Only by living can I gain more knowledge'..."

Klein twitched his lips and continued his previous topic:

"Don't worry about that for now. I wanted to say earlier that the language used for communication and writing in the City of Silver is Giant, but it is impossible that they have not written or discussed the real name of the 'Dragon of Wisdom'.

"According to what we learned earlier, the true God has a sense of his own true name, so the 'God of Knowledge and Wisdom' should not be unable to find the 'God-Forsaken Land'..."

"…Maybe He can't get past the seal of the True Creator," Alice shook her head. "Come to think of it, since Leodro was struck by lightning and Osekus was burned by fire, then what is Herabergen…"

“…Being killed by the increase of knowledge?” Klein asked subconsciously.

"Isn't that the 'Hidden Sage'?" Alice propped her chin up with her hand. "Come to think of it, these two paths are similar in some directions... How come they are not adjacent paths?"

Klein shrugged and did not answer. He only told Alice:

"There is one more thing... During last night's exploration, Lovia prayed to the 'True Creator'."

Alice's eyebrows jumped, and she frowned and said:

"To be honest... I believe that the True Creator has no ill will towards Silver City or Lovia, and I also believe that Lovia believes in the True Creator in order to protect Silver City, but...

"After all, the 'True Creator' is not sober. Even if he has no ill intentions, the unintentional leakage of the power of a true god may cause..."

Klein glanced at Alice and nodded in agreement: "Yes, just like you might just find it fun."

“……”Alice didn’t want to pay attention to him and left with a cold expression.

The next time she saw Klein was on Thursday. Klein just handed her a letter and told her:

"Take a look. It's from Triss."

Alice's expression immediately became serious. She realized that this matter might be related to George III, so she immediately opened the letter and read:

"The secret mausoleum required for George III's ritual should come from the 'Blood Emperor' Alistair Tudor, and there is a person who knows this very well and may be able to help us sneak in smoothly and cause damage during the ritual.

“I have a way to contact that being, but you have to wait until the next full moon, and all you need to do is provide me with some blood, hair, flesh or bones of the descendants of Abraham.

"Triss."

"Is the person she's talking about Mr. 'Door'?" Alice asked after reading the letter.

Klein nodded and said, "Probably."

Upon hearing this, Alice sighed with a very funny expression and said, "It's a pity that Miss Magician doesn't have Abraham's bloodline, otherwise this matter would be much simpler."

Klein rarely responded to Alice's joke:

"Yes, now we can only pray for shipping. I remember that Miss Magician once buried a descendant of the Abraham family named Lawrence. I hope she was not cremated."

"...You reminded me again," Alice looked at Klein, "If the 'Miracle Master' is cremated after death, how can he be resurrected?"

Klein shook his head and analyzed:

"That depends on how you cremate him. First of all, ordinary flames can't hurt, let alone kill, an angel..."

"... Not necessarily," Alice said tactfully, "Living angels are fine, but an angel in a resurrected state... judging from your performance in the previous sequence, I don't think the corpse of a 'miracle master' would be able to resist high temperatures very well."

After a moment of silence, Klein agreed with this statement:

"What you said makes sense. Then... well, based on my previous experience, the resurrection of the 'Miracle Master' does not seem to be an instantaneous task... Of course, it may also be related to my low level."

"This should be true," Alice nodded. "It should be the same as 'restarting'. In fact, it is not instantaneous. There is a process, but you can speed it up and make the process approximately equal to zero."

Klein nodded and continued, "So, if the burning is faster than the repair, or if the speed is the same, then doesn't that mean...?"

Alice's eyebrows jumped, and she patted Klein's shoulder with a heavy face and promised:

"If you unfortunately die someday in the future, I will definitely guard your body and not let anyone else cremate you."

“…Thank you,” Klein thanked him with mixed feelings. “Can we talk about something else?”

"You go ahead." Alice gestured with her hand.

Klein shook his head and said:

"I had previously discussed the assassination of George III with Renette Tinicole, who considered it a very dangerous matter and told me that if I needed her help, I would have to raise the price.

"Besides, He said He didn't want gold coins, but the 'Yesterday Reappearance' spell. But to make that spell..."

Klein's expression twisted for a moment before he continued, "It hurts. It really hurts."

Alice laughed when she heard this. She told Klein:

"If you had told me this a few days earlier, I might not have been able to do anything, because I didn't have the materials to make 'Come Back Tomorrow', and Renette Tinicole might not have been willing to provide the materials herself.

"Of course, I can actually draw my own blood, but... firstly, it's not easy to separate the blood of mythical creatures, and secondly...

"You, a Sequence 4, can't break my defense. Does that mean a Sequence 3 will be enough?"

“…Can we not bring this up?” Klein asked sincerely.

Alice shrugged and continued:

“Okay, let’s continue.

"If you come to me now, I do have a way. After all... it's such a long river of fate. I can safely scoop water from it..."

“…Is this possible?” Klein was shocked.

Alice shrugged her shoulders and replied:

"It's not that simple, but it's easier than drawing blood... Oh, if you come to me later in the evening, maybe when Will... Will Amon dies, I can bring you something back."

"Why don't you ever mention Ouroboros?" Klein asked curiously, "Even if Ouroboros gave up on his own initiative, you are still too tolerant of him."

"...Killing an angel is not an easy task," Alice shook her head, "not to mention the 'Destiny' path... I don't understand Ouroboros, but I know myself - if He is not destined to die, then I can't kill Him. If it is time for Him to die, then there is no need for me to do it at all."

“?” Klein was shocked. “Didn’t you tell me before that there was a possibility of resistance?”

“Yes, but in theory, in practice…” Alice glanced at Klein and spread her hands. “It’s like, in theory, Amon should be able to steal the authority of the true God…”

"Okay, I understand what you mean," Klein interrupted Alice. "In that case, why do you insist on Will's death?"

Alice sneered and replied:

"I have no interest in killing Ouroboros because we have no grudges in the past or today. The only conflict was over the throne, and He took the initiative to give in. But Will—Klein, I used to think that Will and I were friends. Do you understand?

“Moreover, even if we don’t consider the past, and only consider the things that happened since I became Alice, He has threatened me with the people around me!

"I think His death has nothing to do with our fight. I just want Him to pay the price." (End of this chapter)