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Chapter 25 Wedding

The words formed by the ashes lost the residual warmth of the flame, revealing a cold truth to Alice - the goddess did not trust her.

This is the most fundamental reason.

This was a matter of course, because even Alice herself felt that she was not trustworthy, but this did not prevent her from making a note for the goddess in her little notebook.

Although she actually can't and won't do anything about it.

Unable to think of anything else to do, Alice, who had nothing to do, focused her attention on Dunn.

She really wanted to know why the Captain's first reaction was to write to Ms. Daly.

She waited and waited, but until the next night, Dunn still didn't get a reply from Ms. Daly, but met Ms. Daly directly.

Watching Ms. Daly walk into the church from a distance, and then watching Ms. Daly sitting in the front row of the church seats and praying quietly, Alice blinked, hid herself, and sat down not far from Ms. Daly, imitating her posture.

It really feels better to eavesdrop in person...

Alice let out a breath quietly and waited in her seat.

Although you will get help if you knock on the church door at night, the church does have closing hours - when the door is closed but there is someone on duty.

The existence of the Sleepless Ones has greatly reduced the personnel burden of the Church of Night. If they just sit in the church on duty, these Sequence 9 Beyonders only need to sleep for three to four hours, and one person can do the shift of two people.

However, it seemed that Dunn did not intend to be the extraordinary person on duty that night. After nightfall, he closed the door of the church and walked to the seat where Daly was.

Daly also seemed to have noticed something, put down her hand, opened her eyes, raised her head and looked at Dunn with a smile. Alice heard her ask,

"What's wrong, Dunn? You said in the letter that you wanted to see me... It sounds like something happened to you?"

Alice shuddered at the sound.

This was not Daly's most common frivolous tone. Instead, it carried a gentle concern that Alice had never seen before. She quickly opened her eyes in fear and turned to look at the expressions of Dunn and Daly.

The atmosphere between them revealed a sense of harmony. Just by looking at each other, there was an inexplicable atmosphere that no one could interfere with, as if they should be one.

For a moment, Alice felt that she should not be here, but should be lying in the coffin in Raphael's cemetery.

What happened next further confirmed her thoughts. She watched Dunn sitting next to Daley. He sighed and asked Daley,

"Can you accompany me to Raphael Cemetery?"

Daly turned her head to look at Dunn at the intersection. She didn't speak immediately, and there was no physical contact between the two of them, but Alice inexplicably felt that there was an invisible thing flowing between them.

Alice blinked her eyes, and she had a vague guess. As her mind moved, various possibilities about the future unfolded, and Alice saw what she wanted to see.

It was a wedding—Alice thought it couldn't be too far away.

Everything looked familiar. Alice watched them wearing wedding dresses and suits, exchanging rings and taking vows in front of the priest, and finally throwing down the wreath... This was exactly the wedding style she was familiar with.

She sat there in a trance, looking at Dunn and Daly in front of her. Suddenly, a new idea slowly emerged in her brain which had almost stopped working.

Can I be the captain's child...

...Will the captain stop me from eating ice cream?

Alice lowered her head again.

But when did the captain and Ms. Daly...?

How did they get together? Who confessed? It's really strange, there was obviously a little bit before... Well, there may not be no traces, or it may be that I didn't notice it.

Alice looked at the two of them in a trance for a long while. After they left the church hand in hand, she decided to share this shocking news with Klein.

Delivering the message through prayer would not allow her to appreciate the expression on Respected Mr. Fool's face when he heard the news, so Alice did not choose to pray or use any other method to deliver the message - she wanted to save this surprise for the next meeting.

Well, a meeting above the gray fog is still a meeting.

Alice returned to St. Samuel Church with shock at the news, sat in front of Archbishop Anthony, and talked to him about the topic that she had not finished before:

"Well, I want to ask.

"Can I make up my own identity in the Holy Scriptures? Are there no restrictions or anything?"

This question alerted Archbishop Anthony. He glanced at Alice and replied, "No, generally speaking."

Generally speaking, no... Alice's mouth twitched, and she nodded,

"I actually want to ask, something like Dark Night is my Favored One..."

Before she finished her words, Archbishop Anthony's gentle expression disappeared completely, leaving only a cold stare.

Alice swallowed nervously and finished her words:

"This kind of thing, even if it's true, shouldn't be written down, right...?"

The truth...?

Alice's arrogance and insolence can be seen from the fact that she robbed the donation box of the Storm Church. If we consider her character, it is possible that this matter is not without the possibility of nonsense.

But she said it was true...

Anthony's intuition told him that this might not be a lie.

This, this is really... At a certain moment, Archbishop Anthony had the urge to find someone to sit here to replace him.

——He was really afraid that Miss Fate would reveal some more "facts".

While he was lost in thought, Alice grew impatient and waved at his face, trying to draw his attention back:

"You, are you still listening?

"Isn't this something you can't talk about?"

She paused, then added:

"If you lost your memory because of what I said just now... the me now, uh... if you volunteer, I should be able to erase your memory?

" "No, after you lose your memory, wouldn't you forget that 'you volunteered' as well... No, it shouldn't be noticeable that a whole section of memory is missing."

"Well, do you need it?"

"No need," Anthony refused calmly, "Such statements should not be allowed."

Alice felt a little disappointed for some reason. She curled her lips and said,

"Well, then - the goddess's favored one, the wandering... saint."

"Saint?" Anthony glanced at Alice.

He did not know the specific sequence of this lady of destiny, but in the chaotic news on the sea, most people believed that Alice was an angel, but she was different from most angels - she did not call herself "Your Highness" but "Your Majesty".

Many people have wondered which god she represents, but from her attitude, Anthony determined that the true god behind her is definitely not the goddess.

At least not from her perspective.

In addition, there is a slightly more reliable speculation about Alice's specific sequence - people speculate that she is a "prophet" because according to her own claim, she swallowed a "0" level seal from the "School of Life".

However, Anthony is actually very confused now, because he has not forgotten that Alice said that Kuroyoru was her favorite - although the specific circumstances of this matter need to be verified, but, she was just a "lucky person" at the beginning...

However, he is not just an ordinary "lucky person"...

Thinking of the files on the Megose incident in Tingen City that he had later found, Anthony felt that it made sense.

——A "lucky person" would not normally be lucky enough to let a vessel of an evil god fall to its death.

After the incident report in Tingen came out, there were two main doubts at the time.

One is that the two extraordinary people who died on the scene did not leave any extraordinary characteristics. In the report, the church judged at the time that Ince Zangwill took away the extraordinary characteristics, although this behavior was puzzling... and so on.

Anthony suddenly realized something.

During the Megaose incident, there were two Beyonders who fought with Megaose and died on the spot. Neither of them had any Beyonder characteristics. Now, one of them was standing in front of him, and the other...

Is he really dead?

Anthony felt a drop of cold sweat sliding down his forehead. He didn't dare to guess any further and focused his attention on another suspicious point.

Another doubt is obvious. The way Megaus died is full of doubts. The ending at the scene makes people speculate an impossible fact - Megaus, who fell accidentally, was cut in half by her own "weapon".

It is undeniable that with the strength of Tingen's Nightlord at that time, this was indeed the only way to effectively harm or even kill Megosaurus, except for Saint Selina's ashes. However, this method was a bit...

But if there was an angel or even a higher being who might have been the path of "destiny" mixed in the Nighthawks at that time, everything would make sense.

Alice noticed Anthony's doubts about her sequence, she spread her hands and asked Anthony:

"Even if it is written in the holy scriptures that I am a saint or an angel, will you really give me the corresponding authority?"

Anthony didn't say anything.

In this case, silence was the answer. Alice shook her head and smiled at Anthony,

"I don't get paid, and I don't have authority, so it doesn't matter what I fill in - just fill in Saint for me, after all, I just..."

After all, she had just taken the potion of the "Mage of Doom" not long ago. After all, she seemed to have mentioned saints when she was joking with Klein before. After all, she actually had no experience of being a saint in life, so it would be nice to write it down on paper...

Of course, these are original ideas.

After realizing that the goddess didn't trust him as much as Klein did, this even took on another meaning - she called herself the Angel of Fools, but was only willing to admit that she was a Saint of the Church of Evernight.

This means that if Klein is ultimately dissatisfied with the goddess's arrangement, if there is a possibility that Klein and the goddess might fall out, she will choose Klein.

However, this is something that will happen a very long time in the future, at least that's what Alice thinks now—it may take decades or even hundreds of years for Mr. Fool, who is a Sequence 5, to be promoted to a True God, but it will take at least a dozen years, until the eve of Doomsday, right? !

...I hope Klein can be promoted to an angel soon, so that he can still be my mother in time.

If you can't catch up, consider...

Alice remembered the Captain and Ms. Daly exchanging rings in the prophecy scene, and moved this option to second place.

——Although the sequence is not high enough, the captain and Ms. Daly are from the church. The goddess doesn't want to give birth herself, but she can't just ignore someone in her church getting pregnant!

...As long as she and the goddess don't fight.

Alice shook her head, glanced at Archbishop Anthony, and made her closing remarks:

"Since you won't give me the corresponding authority no matter what I write, let's just leave it like this for now. You guys can write the story as you like. Don't call me if there's nothing else to do, and don't call me if there's something else to do. Remember to send me a copy of the new holy book when it comes out."

She waved her hand and left the Church of Night.

After lying on the sofa for two hours, Alice jumped up as if awakened from a dream, slapped the coffee table excitedly, and told herself righteously:

"Alice, you can't fall any further, you have to work hard!

"You have already guessed how to act as the 'Mage

of Doom', so go out and act it out!" "Otherwise, are you going to wait for the 'Chaos Walker' potion to fall into your mouth?"

Alice encouraged herself after some chicken soup-style soliloquy. She stood up, opened the door and walked out of the house, falling into deep thought at the dark sky outside.

...I almost forgot it's night time now.

Alice, who was driven crazy by her own insanity, quietly retreated into the room, closed the door, and went back to the bedroom to prepare for sleep.

When she pushed open the bedroom door, the witch's scent in the air had dissipated, but Alice was silent for a moment and then stepped out.

"Tomorrow... let's clean and tidy up tomorrow." She murmured.

——Alice had a very strange feeling when she thought that a man who turned into a woman had slept in it.

However, this also reminded Alice of one thing, and she suddenly remembered that she almost forgot about "Cassandra" and Selwyn Muggeridge again.

Alice silently added this matter to her schedule, with the progress bar placed after playing the role of "Doom Wizard" and searching for the potion materials for "Chaos Walker".

Alice half sat and half lay on the sofa for half an hour, breathing steadily.

The next day was Friday. Alice, who had decided to clean her room yesterday, excitedly opened the bedroom door. After a moment of silence, she muttered to herself,

"I wonder if there is home housekeeping service in this era..."

She has always been good at working on sudden ideas, or in other words, she has always been good at escaping from the current task - in short, giving up.

So the moment this idea came to her mind, Alice decisively decided to give up yesterday's plan and go out to look for the legendary door-to-door housekeeping service.

Where to find it...

Alice stood on the street and thought for a moment, then knocked on the door of Sefirah Castle with her spiritual power and began to call out to the respected Mr. Fool. (End of this chapter)

26 "The Prophet"

"…You're looking for me just for this kind of thing?" Above the gray fog, Klein showed an expression of disbelief.

Alice's eyes wandered.

Of course there was a reason for looking for Klein. If there was such a housekeeping service in this era and Klein knew how to find it, it would be great.

If Klein didn't know or if this era didn't have...

He should be arriving in Backlund soon, right?

Thinking of this, Alice glanced at Klein secretly and shouted warmly:

"Klein~, you, you should be almost in Backlund, right?"

Klein shook his body instinctively and told her quickly,

"I know how to hire a housekeeper!"

Alice blinked at him and drew a conclusion from his panicked attitude:

"Are you really almost in Backlund?"

"…It should arrive tomorrow," Klein replied.

Alice tilted her head and asked curiously, "Do you want me to pick you up at the station?"

She paused, then added, "The good news is that I am now truly a saint of the Church of Evernight..."

"?" Klein looked at her blankly, "…Are you serious?"

For a moment, thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind, and he seriously considered the possibility that Alice really went to the Church of Night to help him get information.

Alice stared at Klein for a few seconds, and after noticing the hint of gratitude in his eyes, she asked him seriously:

"Do you know what I sacrificed for you?"

"...Freedom?" Klein looked at her hesitantly and asked.

Alice nodded heavily and asked him, "Do you know what the saints of the church need to do every day?"

Klein shook his head honestly.

Alice then began to repeat Anthony's words with a serious face:

"It's nothing, actually. I just need to come to the church on time to handle some church affairs, such as reviewing various applications from the branch churches in the area under my charge, things like the transfer of seals, personnel transfers, and promotion arrangements, as well as statistics on extraordinary events and extraordinary people in the area, communication with other churches, etc...."

Klein's eyes gradually became blank. After Alice finished speaking, he looked at Alice and asked in a daze,

"Who told you this?"

"Archbishop Anthony," Alice answered truthfully.

"...?" Klein frowned slightly.

Of course there was no problem with this answer. He had heard of Archbishop Anthony during his time as a Night Watchman. As a saint of the church, it was only natural for Archbishop Anthony to know the work of the saints. The problem was...

Could Alice's situation be the same? !

"Did he tell you that you would be doing these jobs in the future?" Klein asked her with a frown.

"Well," Alice's eyes wandered, "this is the work of the saints of the church."

The work of the saints of the church... in other words, not her work?

Klein seemed to understand something. He glanced at Alice and asked, judging from his own experience:

"Is the church uneasy about entrusting anything to you?"

"?" Alice turned her head and glared at him.

Under her threatening gaze, Klein guiltily changed the subject: "Well, I'll tell you where to find door-to-door housekeeping services..."

Klein did know where to find door-to-door housekeeping services, or in other words, temporary maids to do odd jobs.

When he, Benson, and Melissa were in Tingen City, they hired a maid to do odd jobs at home and cook for them. Although Melissa was in charge of almost everything from selecting the maid to the final hiring, he at least knew where to hire the maid.

Melissa...

Thinking of Melissa, Klein couldn't help but glance at Alice again.

Without mentioning their actual age or Alice's hard-to-define mental age, at least from the looks of it, Alice and Melissa should be about the same age.

...So why is the gap so big?

Klein glanced at Alice, who always asked him for help with everything, and then thought about Melissa, who could arrange everything on her own. He fully realized the disparity in the world.

While cursing in his heart, he told Alice everything he knew. After confirming that he didn't know more, Alice thought for a moment and dropped a bombshell:

"I...you know I went back to Tingen City, right?"

Klein nodded.

Alice took a deep breath and continued:

"When I went back, I met the captain."

Klein was slightly stunned. He remembered what Alice had said before about being depressed, and asked tentatively:

"The captain recognized you?"

He paused, remembering the vigilance he felt after reporting the changes at Chanis Gate, and advised: "It's normal for the captain to be wary of you. After all, resurrection from the dead is a thing..."

"No," Alice interrupted him, "I proved my identity to the captain - the captain believed that I was the goddess's favorite."

...Then what's the problem?

Klein looked at Alice with a hint of confusion.

Alice shook her head and said softly,

"Although this is not what I originally intended to tell you, but... the captain called me 'Your Excellency' at the time."

Klein was stunned.

Just as Alice said, the captain believed her, and that's exactly where the bad thing happened.

Klein could almost imagine Alice's feelings.

This is not difficult to imagine, because he had experienced something similar earlier, when he pretended to be a clown and gave Melissa and Benson a bouquet of daisy.

It's not entirely consistent, because he didn't reveal his identity at the time, but if he had revealed it, if he had gained the trust of Benson and Melissa, the results would not have been good.

——Whether it is resurrection from the dead or being a demigod, it means something different in the end.

He reached out his hand, wanting to pat Alice's shoulder to comfort her, but Alice seemed to have no use for it. She raised her head and said with a serious expression:

"But then I discovered something."

"What?" Klein asked in confusion.

Alice shook her head and asked solemnly, "Do you still remember Ms. Daly?"

"…What happened to Ms. Daly?" Klein subconsciously became uneasy.

He twisted his body and heard Alice's heavy voice:

"She and the captain are getting married!"

Oh, then...ah?

Klein was in a trance for a moment, then he stared at Alice with wide eyes and asked in disbelief,

"Who is getting married to who?"

"Captain and Ms. Daly," Alice repeated.

"What happened to the captain and Ms. Daly?" Klein confirmed for the second time.

'They are going to be married,' Alice answered for the second time.

"No," Klein swallowed and finally accepted the matter. "When did this happen? Why didn't I see it at all?"

Alice shrugged and shook her head.

"have no idea.

"Maybe it's because you've never been married."

Klein choked.

This was an irrefutable answer. He glared at Alice, stopped dwelling on the question, and asked,

"When is the wedding?"

"I don't know," Alice shook her head, "I saw it in the prophecy... But, anyway, they should have been talking about it."

Klein lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

This was a good thing. To be honest, Klein was happy for the captain, but that didn't stop him from being shocked by it—as he said, he hadn't noticed it before.

However, looking at the problem with an answer is different. Looking back at the past, Klein felt a sense of sudden realization. He murmured,

"No wonder..."

Some unnoticed details from the past became clear in my mind, and memory became evidence of the facts, making the facts no longer abrupt but rather expected.

Their chat ended here. Alice returned to the real world and asked someone to clean the room. Then she thought of a very serious question.

...How should she make money?

This is indeed a very serious issue - because judging from Archbishop Anthony's attitude, the Church of Darkness does not seem to intend to pay her a salary.

As for the comics... the scene of Amon coming to her with the comics in "The God-Forsaken Land" was still vivid in Alice's mind. Even if Alice had ten times the courage, she would not dare to continue drawing the story of Amon and Leonard - if she wanted to draw it, she would have to change it to a new version.

She didn't even dare to go to collect the remaining royalties - no, she didn't even dare to go to the magazine.

Her main fear was that Amon was inside.

Putting this aside, Alice found that she didn't know what she could do - could she really make a fortune charm and sell it for cash? Or pick up money on the street, or go to the gambling house to bet a few hands...

It's so pitiful for an angel to end up like this...

Alice was in a trance for a moment and touched the dried puppet.

This thing came from the demigod of the "Rose School" she killed. She had not looked at it carefully - the "Destiny" path was not the kind of path that relied on extraordinary items to fight, not to mention that it was only a Sequence 4 item. She was also aware of her own level, and this thing would hardly work in her hands.

She was prepared to sell her extraordinary characteristics.

However, after this is sold, she won't have to worry about money for a while...

Alice lowered her head and began to think.

No, I don't actually have to worry about money. Angels don't need to eat. I just like to eat for fun, but it's okay if I don't eat. As for where to live... If it really doesn't work out, I can always sleep on the street, or under a bridge...

...Wouldn't it be too pitiful for an angel to be in such a mess?

Alice covered her face with her hands.

Klein rejected her suggestion to pick him up, so Alice spent Saturday doing nothing. On Sunday, she received a message from Klein.

"...The 'Wheel of Fortune' card?" Alice narrowed her eyes and muttered to herself, "I almost forgot about this... Did she also mention a 'Prophet' seal?"

This was the bargaining chip that Bernadette tried to use to negotiate with her earlier, but after she had embarrassed her several times, it became a gift to please her.

Now, this card is handed over to the respected Mr. Fool.

Alice did not store this card above the gray fog. Instead, she took it down through a ritual after receiving the news. She was quite curious about the "Wheel of Fortune" card.

Alice had seen the "Wheel of Fortune" card in her dream before, but she didn't have time to take a closer look at it at that time. It was not until now that she had the opportunity to observe the card carefully.

In the dream, she only focused on the roulette wheel, which should be the wheel of fortune in theory, and the three Roselles beside it, and did not look at other parts in detail.

When Alice looked carefully at the cards in her hand, she realized that the river with surging waves rendered in the background of the cards should be the river of destiny.

The green roulette wheel rose from the waves, and a giant silver snake coiled up, like a chain imprisoning the roulette wheel, or like it was attached to it.

As for the three Roselles, one was sitting on the throne, one had tattered clothes, and the other seemed to be enjoying life.

Of course, there is another crucial reason why Alice wants this "Wheel of Fortune" card.

She flipped through the introductions on each page one by one, starting with the Sequence 9 "Monster" and ending with the Sequence 3 Chaos Walker, and simply glanced at them.

She focused on the "Prophet" page of Sequence 2.

——She wanted to know what a "prophet" looked like in the eyes of Roselle, or what a "prophet" looked like in the eyes of other high-sequence beings.

As early as when she saw the core ability of the "prophet", the "prophecy", she was doubting one thing - when the ability of "prophecy" becomes well-known, shouldn't this ability be useless?

Even if it is limited to high sequences, or even limited to angels, the effect should be greatly reduced - after all, if you can deceive an angel or a true god into believing, no ordinary person can compare to them.

She had always suspected that others did not know the Prophet's true abilities.

The "blasphemous cards" left by Emperor Roselle are undoubtedly an excellent proof. After all, the status of this deck of cards is extremely high, and it has an anti-divination that even gods cannot resist... Even gods cannot resist?

Alice was stunned for a moment, and she almost jumped up from her place in shock.

——Why did Roselle add an anti-divination that even gods cannot resist to the "Blasphemy Card"?

Alice frowned and looked at the "Wheel of Fortune" card in her hand, and her movements became hesitant.

"But the problem shouldn't be with the 'Wheel of Fortune' card..." Alice pointed at the cards in her hand, "Maybe it's a card that hasn't been discovered, or a specific combination, or more than a certain number of cards?"

She paused, then shook her head and said,

"But anyway… there must be something wrong with the 'Card of Blasphemy', and it's a big problem—it's possible that the card wasn't even made by the Emperor himself.

"Just like my previous prediction..."

Alice pursed her lips, remembering the "prophecy" the goddess had told her, which she herself had once said but had no recollection of.

She lowered her head with a gloomy look, skipped the potion formula and ritual, and read the corresponding introduction:

"Sequence 2: Prophet.

"An existence that has truly jumped out of the long river of fate can glimpse the truth of fate and witness the desperate and crazy nature of fate..." (End of this chapter)

27 Bitcoin

No…Alice put down the "Wheel of Fortune" card in her hand.

The introduction to the "prophet" only mentioned that the "prophet" could truly observe the future through the long river of fate, but did not mention the "prophecy" that would come true if believed.

Alice let out a breath as her original guess was confirmed.

It was hard to tell what she felt, because this incident was not too shocking. Alice had expected this, and she looked at the "Wheel of Fortune" card in her hand with a calm attitude.

...Will this thing bring about the aggregation of extraordinary characteristics?

Alice was a little worried, but she was only worried for a moment before she realized that there was no need to worry about this problem at all - the uniqueness also lay with her.

Alice put down the "Wheel of Fortune" card in her hand with mixed feelings. After thinking about it, she felt uneasy and kicked it.

…Or should I leave it with Klein?

Let's wait and see…after all, we just got here.

Alice hesitated for a moment, gave up the idea for the time being, put the cards in her pocket, and thought about what she should do next.

Theoretically, I should go and act first... Speaking of which, can I go to the church to ask for an acting opportunity?

Alice reached out and touched her chin, keeping this possibility in mind.

"But no hurry, no hurry, I should have other things to do...things..." Alice reached out and scratched her head.

...What happened?

Alice frowned. She felt as if she had forgotten something—something that seemed to be gradually becoming more and more urgent.

...What was it?

...Let's talk about it tomorrow.

She passed another day in a daze and wandering around aimlessly, and it was not until the crimson light came on again that she realized it was Monday.

…It's better to recover from the time concept of "God-forsaken Land" as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Alice remembered the precise year that the High Priest Nim of Moon City had revealed to her.

...They can tell time?

Alice tilted her head thoughtfully, and instead of thinking further, she headed above the gray fog.

The first person to speak was still Justice Audrey. She lifted her skirt skillfully and lightly, stood up and greeted:

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool~"

Alice sat up straight at her greeting and turned to look at Cattleya, the "Hermit" who had a close relationship with Bernadette, the source of the "Wheel of Fortune" card.

Cattleya was not affected by this. After Audrey finished greeting her, she stood up and saluted, saying,

"Mr. Fool, I have collected three pages of Roselle's diary."

Eh, there are only three pages?

Alice looked at Cattleya with some surprise and asked curiously:

"Why don't you just hand in a whole diary?"

The Hermit Cattleya paused and stood there awkwardly.

Of course, it's because they are testing you... After all, the fact that they were able to teach you, even though the Fool has been relatively merciful so far, at least confirms his reputation as an evil god...

Klein complained in his heart, raised his hand to stop Alice, and said:

"You can think of a request."

Alice still gave Klein face. She glanced at Cattleya and didn't ask any more questions. She waited like everyone else for the Respected Fool to finish reading the diary - even though she started playing with the bench legs out of boredom.

...Can I bring my ice cream up next time?

Alice sighed heavily, causing Audrey "Justice" to look at her.

Alice raised her head and shifted her attention away from the legs of the bench until Klein finished reading the diary.

Klein glanced at her with a smile, his eyes seemed to indicate something else. Alice sat up a little straighter, realizing that these three pages of the diary were probably not simple.

But this was not the place to talk, so Klein simply made the diary in his hand disappear, then smiled and asked Cattleya,

"Have you thought about your request?"

Cattleya bowed as if she had been prepared, and said, "I want to know why Emperor Roselle went crazy in his later years."

Audrey, the "Justice" who was sitting in the same row, blinked, wondering if she had heard wrongly. She had never expected that the "Hermit" lady would ask such a weighty question right from the start.

And how did she know that Emperor Roselle went crazy in his later years? And, and, she only submitted three pages of the diary, and asked such a question, which did not conform to the law of equivalent exchange! Audrey had all kinds of thoughts in her mind, but she did not stop Ms. Hermit from asking questions. Instead, she was very interested and inexplicably excited to wait for Mr. Fool's response.

The Hanged Man Alger, Emlyn the Moon, and Fors the Magician also held their breath and cast their gazes towards the top of the long bronze table. Only Derrick the Sun and the World did not seem to care much about it.

Alice blinked and turned to Klein, not looking at the Hermit Cattleya—she was not concerned about the question itself, she was more interested in seeing how Klein would write it.

If those three pages of the diary didn't mention the reason why Roselle went crazy in his later years... Alice looked at Klein with ill intent.

Klein ignored her gaze and chuckled.

"First, let's establish a fact.

"I am not omniscient, nor am I omnipotent."

He said this in a self-deprecating tone, but the Hermit and the others did not behave abnormally at all, and even behaved a little more respectfully.

This is reasonable. After all, there is no description of omniscience and omnipotence in the title of The Fool. In fact, none of the existing secret beings has such a description, except for the one who also has an Angel of Destiny under his seat.

But Alice raised her hand to refute this:

"If, I mean if.

"If you turn other people into fools, then in their eyes, do you become omniscient and omnipotent?"

The words Klein had originally organized were stuck, and he used a lot of effort to avoid showing a strange expression.

The members of the Tarot Club also had different dark colors, but it was not the first time that Miss Destiny had said something like this. Everyone was just a little surprised, but there was no farce like someone falling off a stool. At most, they just reached out to hold the table and sighed in their hearts, "She is worthy of being Miss Destiny."

After observing the reactions of others, Klein chuckled and joked with Alice:

"In this case, fate should also be omniscient and omnipotent.

"After all, you always get the information you need to know at the right time."

Alice lowered her head in deep thought.

After successfully convincing Alice, who had the biggest problem, Klein began to answer questions from Cattleya, the Hermit:

"I also want to know what happened to Russell in his later years.

"What is certain at this point is that, due to some unknown stimulus or influence, Roselle has set his sights on Sequence 0."

Alice realized that this was Klein's strategy - to be honest, he didn't know, but he was a true god, so why would he feel guilty?

...Is he copying me?

Alice looked around blankly, and finally her eyes fell on Alger, the "Hanged Man".

Of all the people here, the one who had the deepest understanding of how honest she was should be Alger—at the beginning, she had even revealed her amnesia and the fact that she had no attack power at Sequence 7.

And in that situation, the fact that she and Klein might know each other... can't be said to be hidden at all, but it can only be said to be hidden in some way.

You see, she is really honest.

The Hanged Man Alger had no idea that Alice was reminiscing about the past. He broke out in a nonexistent cold sweat when he saw Alice. He glanced nervously at Mr. Fool above the gray fog, and then at Cattleya, the Hermit, hoping that they would give him the chance to speak.

Neither Cattleya nor Klein noticed this, but it didn't matter. After answering Cattleya's question, Klein smiled and said,

"You guys start."

Having said this, he leaned back in his chair.

So the Hanged Man Alger turned to Alice, forced a smile and asked,

"Miss Destiny, do you have something to say to me?"

"…No." Alice silently withdrew her focused gaze.

The World spoke at this time:

"I have two magical items and one extraordinary characteristic I want to sell."

Alice looked at him in confusion and began to think about where the things came from - after all, Klein was far from being short of money to the point where he needed to start selling real estate.

Mr. World has been able to bring out very valuable things at every gathering recently. He is worthy of being Mr. Fool's favored one… Audrey Justice looked towards the bottom of the long bronze table with emotion and admiration, waiting expectantly for the World to display items and introduce abilities.

Alger, the Hanged Man, was moved, knowing that the magical items sold in the World would certainly not be bad. However, when he thought of his own financial situation, he became depressed again.

I will reach Pasu Island in five hours... Once I get back to Pasu Island and finish my job report, I can leave there, find the Obnis sea monster, and be promoted to "Ocean Singer"!

At that time, I can explore that primitive island with the "world"... Then, I can get rid of my current situation!

"The Hanged Man" Alger exhaled slowly and listened attentively.

Although "Sun" Derrick, "Moon" Emlyn, and "Magician" Fors were curious about magical items, they lacked the necessary desire to buy them. Of course, they were not Klein's ideal customers.

Cattleya the Hermit looked at the World Gehrman Sparrow with great interest, wondering where the other party's magical items might have come from.

If it was suitable, she was willing to buy it - after all, she still had a fleet and she didn't mind buying something for her men.

Seeing that the two expected big customers were more or less interested, "The World" laughed deeply and said,

"One is 'Lucky Balance', which is the name I gave myself..."

As he spoke, he applied to Mr. Fool, and a silver necklace with a pendant that looked like an ancient coin appeared.

Alice glanced at him, mocking his hypocrisy in her heart, and couldn't help asking:

"How does it look like a scale?"

This is a question of Klein's level of naming.

So the "world" glanced at her and humbly asked: "Then what do you think it should be called?"

"Tell me about your abilities first," Alice requested.

Klein then introduced in detail the magical effects and negative effects of the "Lucky Scale". Just as the logic of his name suggested, this thing was like a scale - it could help people avoid deadly dangers, but at the same time it would also return with terrible misfortune in the future.

After describing all this, Klein asked again,

"What do you think it should be called, Miss Destiny?"

"Bitcoin," Alice answered decisively.

Klein paused for a moment. He was unable to understand Alice's naming logic, so he manipulated the "world" and asked,

"Why?"

"Because it sounds like taking a loan with fate," Alice shrugged. "Fate is a virtual currency—so is Bitcoin."

Audrey, who originally wanted to ask what Bitcoin was, frowned again and began to try to understand the term virtual currency.

...Why does it sound like counterfeit money?

Klein, who had just been baptized by the topic of cashing in the fortune charm, rubbed his brows while controlling the "world" and then avoided the topic:

"Does anyone need this Bitcoin?"

The others looked at each other in bewilderment. Cattleya, the Hermit, tactfully did not ask about the Bitcoin, but instead asked about the origin of the necklace:

"Senior?"

This should be the top chain of "Blood Admiral" Senior. It looks very similar and has basically the same effect! Where did Gehrman Sparrow get it? What did he do? The "Future" has not docked in the past few days. Did I miss some important news?

While she was thinking, she got the answer from "The World":

"He is dead."

Alice realized the original owner of the necklace from this conversation. She couldn't help but raise her hand and frowned and asked,

"If this necklace came from Senior, then theoretically, it should belong to me, right?"

Alger, the "Hanged Man", and Cattleya, the "Hermit", who were originally horrified by Gehrman Sparrow's strength, both breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it doesn't sound that scary, haha.

While they were thinking, Klein calmly and skillfully comforted Alice:

"After you watched me kill Senior, you didn't ask me for his relics.

"And you promised to make Senior my servant - so the things on him should belong to me, too."

Alice frowned and began to think.

Cattleya looked at them both hesitantly and interrupted,

"How much do you plan to sell it for? Or what do you want to exchange it for?

"If the price is right, I can consider it."

"Twelve thousand pounds." Klein quoted the price he had thought of earlier.

Cadeliya frowned slightly, obviously, she thought the price was a bit too expensive.

Alice looked at them thoughtfully, then suddenly raised her hand and interrupted:

"If you are willing to help me make a Beyonder Attribute into a magical item, I can lower the price on his behalf.

"This extraordinary characteristic comes from a Sequence 4 demigod of the Rose School. He is a 'puppet'."

This is exactly the extraordinary characteristic that Alice asked Klein to sell on her behalf. (End of this chapter)