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71 Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital on the Moon

On Monday morning, Allen went to work at the hospital as usual.

The hospital where he works is very large. In addition to various functional buildings, there is also a square for patients to relax, and there is even some greenery inside.

Before Wilma's accident, Alan would admire the surrounding scenery and greet the patients he knew when he passed by the square on his way to work every day.

However, Allen was too worried about Wilma to do these things. He hurried across the square, but was stopped by an anxious female voice:

"Dr. Allen!"

Alan turned his head and saw Selina with long burgundy hair trying to push the wheelchair over here. She was not very good at driving a wheelchair. Alan frowned when he saw the wheelchair swaying with her movements.

Out of professionalism, Alan stepped forward to push the wheelchair and asked:

"You have something to ask me?"

This was the only answer he could think of.

Selina nodded hastily, then looked around. After seeing that the surroundings were relatively quiet, she whispered:

"Dr. Allen, two days ago, on Friday..."

——After thinking about it for two days, Selina finally decided to tell Alan about Velma's abnormality.

She told the truth about what happened that day, and finally whispered to Allen:

"Dr. Allen, you'd better pay more attention to Ms. Wilma recently..."

Allen said nothing. He remained silent throughout the whole process. He had already pushed Selina into the hospital building. He glanced at the stairs and said to Selina in a voice that did not reveal any emotion:

"I'll find a nurse to take you back to the ward."

Selina subconsciously turned around to look at Alan's expression, but there was not much emotion on Alan's face. He just looked at her quietly, then turned around to call the nurse.

Selina opened her mouth and wanted to speak but didn't know what to say, so she just stood there in a daze and was carried upstairs by the nurse.

...

Alan returned to his office without saying a word. As an excellent surgeon, he had his own office - although it was not big.

He closed the door, then covered his face with his goose-yellow hands, slid down the door little by little, fell to the ground, and buried his head between his knees.

In the small office, sobbing sounds began to rise bit by bit, and finally turned into a hoarse roar. Alan smashed his fist on the ground as if to vent his emotions. Then, he stood up and murmured,

"Your honorable name..."

He had no confidence that Alice would protect his wife, and as for Will Auceptin in Velma's belly...to be honest, it looked like he couldn't protect himself.

By now, Alan has understood that among the three people who appeared in his dream, the strongest white snake is now the only one who can possibly help him.

As for other ideas, Alan is not completely without them. For example, he can go to the church for help, hoping that the God he believes in will protect him and his wife in this fight.

Maybe?

Alan sighed, knowing that this was not a good idea - something like this would definitely anger Alice and Will Auceptin.

No idea... Alan closed his eyes in pain and thought of Selina's magic mirror divination again.

During this time, he tried hard to find people who had knowledge of the occult and related deeds, and he also went to many places like divination clubs, but things were never satisfactory and he found nothing.

In the end, the magic mirror divination that Selina didn't introduce in detail turned out to be his only hope. Apart from that, his only gain might be fame in high society.

——Now many people know that Dr. Allen sought help from the occult for his pregnant wife.

...

Alice had a very boring two days because she fell into a similar state as before - she didn't know what to do.

She idled around until 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon. After listening to Miss Justice's greetings, Cattleya, the Hermit, was the first to speak:

"Dear Mr. Fool, this time I have two pages of Roselle's diary."

Why isn't there one book yet… Alice glanced at Cattleya and lowered her head again.

Klein didn't have any objections. He nodded and chuckled.

"very good."

Alice glanced at Klein, but she was reluctant to ask him right away if this was the only thing he could say.

After a brief silence, Cattleya the Hermit materialized two pages of yellow-brown paper and watched them jump into Mr. Fool's palm as if they were traveling through the spirit world.

She watched Klein finish reading the diary and then made it disappear. Then she tilted her head and asked, "What do you want to ask?"

Cattleya pushed the heavy glasses on her nose and bowed her head respectfully.

"Dear Mr. Fool, I want to know if it is possible that Emperor Roselle is still alive?"

Alice paused for a moment, and looked at the Hermit Cattleya with difficulty concealing her expression.

Regarding this issue, she and Klein have made many speculations in private. The current version is that Emperor Roselle may have given birth to a child on the moon.

The others could not hide their curiosity and looked at Mr. Fool, who was sitting at the head of the bronze table. Only Derrick the Sun was not curious. The only time he had heard of Emperor Roselle was at the Tarot Club. In fact, he didn't know this person at all. It was just that everyone was looking at him, so he followed suit.

Cattleya refrained from looking at Alice. Klein, who was sitting in the first seat, chuckled and gave an ambiguous answer:

"Maybe."

...a profiteer.

Alice glanced at Klein and did not complain about him being a profiteer again. Instead, she consoled Cattleya, the Hermit:

"It depends on whether the obstetrics and gynecology hospital on the moon is reliable enough."

"...Ah?" Cattleya made a confused sound.

"Obstetrics and gynecology hospital on the moon?" "Justice" Audrey also expressed her confusion.

The Hanged Man Alger also didn't understand this, but he didn't make any sound and only expressed his emotions with his eyes.

The "magician" Fors looked at Alice, and remembered Miss Fate's commission to find his "mother", and through the associative power of a best-selling author, he came up with an extremely unreliable guess.

Could it be that Emperor Roselle was this young lady's former "mother"...?

Without anyone else saying anything, "Magician" Fors was the first to deny this idea.

Emlyn the Moon also opened his mouth, but he said nothing. Instead, he seriously considered whether this sentence might have other deeper meanings.

For example, the moon she refers to is not the same as the moon I understand...?

As for "Sun" Derrick, he looked at "Moon" Emlyn with a hesitant expression.

A few seconds later, Emlyn the Moon yelled in a rage:

"Why are you looking at me?"

"Sun" Derrick apologized sincerely: "I'm sorry, I haven't seen the real moon, I've only seen you..."

Emlyn the Moon was choked by these words, as if he was saying nothing. Finally, he responded dryly:

"No, it's okay."

Others tried hard not to laugh.

In the strange atmosphere, the "Hermit" Cattleya tentatively asked:

"Ms. Destiny, could you please elaborate on what you just said?"

"Well," Alice smiled and shook her head, "No."

She paused, looked at Cattleya who was about to speak, and explained:

"It's not that I don't want to tell you, but...

"This involves a secret that only angels can know."

Cattleya looked at Alice's smiling face, swallowed the question she hadn't asked, and stopped asking.

——As a veteran "secret peeper", she is no stranger to the fact that knowledge is toxic.

On the other hand, "Justice" Audrey was slightly excited. She looked at Alice with anticipation yet restraint, and seemed to be very curious about such high-level knowledge.

There was also a hint of hidden fanaticism in the eyes of the Hanged Man, Alger. His emotions were more deeply suppressed than Audrey's, but also more passionate.

Alice was attracted by these two gazes. She glanced at them and her expression became unusually serious. She warned solemnly:

"Don't go into such things!"

The rare seriousness of her expression made Alger, the Hanged Man, wary. He immediately suppressed his curiosity and said in a serious tone,

"I will remember your warning."

Alice ignored him and glanced at the others in turn, not leaning back in her chair until everyone indicated that they had remembered.

In the gray fog, Klein looked at Alice thoughtfully, his expression unable to hide his confusion.

He noticed that sometimes Alice seemed to care about the members of the Tarot Club a little more than he thought, such as now, but sometimes...

Klein looked away in confusion, trying to understand the possible reason.

Miss Fate was so serious just now... It seems that this matter is really dangerous... But, come to think of it, Miss Fate sometimes seems to be quite kind...

"Justice" Audrey silently withdrew her gaze from Alice and lowered her head to think.

She tried to compare Alice's personality with that of children, and indeed found a similar phenomenon - children who wantonly destroy toys will also resist when someone comes to ask for their toys.

When Audrey discovered this phenomenon, she couldn't tell her emotions for a moment. She wasn't sure whether she should be happy or not. After all, comparing herself to a toy sounded really strange.

She silently gave up on analyzing Alice.

The surroundings fell silent again. Magician Fors wanted to take the opportunity to speak, but unexpectedly, Hermit Cattleya took the lead again:

"By the way, Miss Destiny, the blood of mythical creatures..."

"Ah!" Alice remembered this. "Are you in a hurry? I...well, no, it's not convenient for me to draw blood from you recently..."

She frowned, then shook her head and said,

"I'm afraid you still have to wait for Will Auceptin to be born. I'm not sure of the exact time, but based on the time she was conceived, it should be around the due date...?"

"June or July, I'll try to get Him born earlier."

The Hermit Cattleya calculated the time in her mind, then felt relieved and nodded, saying,

"Okay."

This time, Magician Fors finally found an opportunity. She hurriedly said:

"Dear Mr. Fool, I request to have a private conversation with Mr. World. It will be over soon."

What was he communicating with Gehrman Sparrow about? Wasn't Mr. X's matter over? Klein wondered as he led the way softly:

"Can."

Alice looked at the "magician" Fors in confusion, and then looked at Klein secretly.

Klein blocked the senses of the other members, but it was in vain for Alice. She looked at the "world" and laughed hoarsely,

"Anything else?"

Fors pondered for two seconds and said,

"It's like this. I got a good reward for Mr. X's head. I feel that the reward I paid for this matter is not enough to match the difficulty of the task, so I want to compensate you with some cash.

"How much do you want?"

Alice opened her eyes wide in shock. She felt that she had never heard of such an outrageous thing. She took a breath and said,

"Can you give me the money?"

The World and Magician Fors looked at her.

Alice blinked and said confidently:

"I think we could discuss the price you should pay for your previous favor, Mr. World."

Magician Fors looked at The World hesitantly again. The World turned its gaze away from Alice and turned to Magician Fors and said,

"Ignore her.

"How much can you pay?"

Alice opened her eyes wide in anger, but considering that they were above the gray fog, she only tried to express her dissatisfaction with her eyes, and did not try to kick the respected Mr. Fool.

The dummy "world" accepted this look well. After all, it was not directed at Klein's real body. But the "magician" Fors felt a huge pressure. She swallowed her saliva and answered with some difficulty,

"5,000 pounds."

"Okay." The World nodded and agreed to the request.

Magician Fors certainly had no objection to this. She then asked:

"Mr. World, when will you need to use Lemano's Travel Notes? I plan to rent it out before or after that and make some money and extraordinary abilities."

Rent out? Rent out magical items? Klein was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Miss Magician would have such a business mind!

Alice also looked over in surprise. She was not unfamiliar with this economic situation, but in this era, there were obviously few similar things.

This undoubtedly demonstrated Fors's business acumen, so Alice had a new question. She asked in confusion:

"Why were you so poor before?"

This was Alice's most profound impression of Fors after she asked how to make money at the Tarot Club.

Magician Fors choked. This question was particularly heartbreaking. She answered dryly:

"Uh, I don't know."

Pfft, she's really amazing... Klein suppressed his laughter and glanced at Alice helplessly. He controlled the dummy "world" and replied:

"It may be needed this weekend and next week." (End of this chapter)

72 Deposit

After responding to the "world", Fors asked Mr. Fool to witness the subsequent lease agreement, and then ended the private communication.

Afterwards, Alice listened to Fors introduce the abilities and side effects of the "Lemanno Travel Notes" and explained that she wanted to rent out this magical item.

The Hanged Man Alger was the most enthusiastic about this. He asked,

"How do I rent it?"

Magician Fors thought for a moment and gave the answer:

"The basic fee for each rental is 300 pounds, and 50 pounds will be added for each additional day. When returning, the extraordinary ability in this travel notebook must be two pages more than when it was borrowed. If there is only one blank page left when it was borrowed, just fill the entire notebook."

Eh… Alice looked over in surprise and asked curiously,

"In that case, what if someone used up all the demigod abilities in the notes and only gave you Sequence 9?"

"Uh." Magician Fors looked at Alice in surprise and began to think about this problem.

Right, what should I do... Oh, no, if that's the case, sooner or later there will be only three pages recording the demigod's abilities left blank!

Fors quickly figured this out, and she told Alice her thoughts, and Alice showed a regretful expression that was visible to the naked eye.

The Hanged Man Alger spoke at this time:

"I plan to rent it for two days, but the specific price needs to be discussed further. I will make certain adjustments based on the extraordinary abilities in this notebook."

Fors immediately stopped talking to Alice and asked Alger happily, "When do you plan to rent it?"

"We'll rent it for two days between this weekend and next weekend. The exact time is yet to be determined." Alger responded without hesitation.

Magician Fors frowned immediately and said timidly, "It has been rented to Mr. World for this period of time."

Alger looked at the "world" in astonishment, and then realized that this was what happened during their private conversation just now.

Why is this happening... Alger lowered his head and thought, and soon remembered that the "magician" Fors had commissioned the "world" to kill the "Aurora Society" envoy.

He has already completed the kill? I wonder if Miss Fate has helped...

Alger did not look at Alice. He knew that this would not give him an answer, and it was not important either. Gehrman Sparrow had been confirmed to be a strong man who could kill an "Apostle of Desire" independently in a battle.

He has the ability to hunt down most Sequence 5s!

Thinking of this, Alger was horrified. He remembered that he would be working with the World Gehrman Sparrow next, and he couldn't help but feel fortunate to have Mr. Fool as a witness.

At the same time, Audrey the Justice, Cattleya the Hermit, and others also thought of the recently deceased Aurora Society envoy. However, Emlyn the Moon did not think of anything and asked slowly,

"Can I rent today and tomorrow?"

"400 pounds plus two more pages of extraordinary abilities." Magician Fors directly quoted the price.

Emlyn the Moon nodded gently and said,

"First, please give me a brief introduction of the Beyonder Abilities that have been recorded. If they are of no use to me, I hope to lower the price because I still have to spend time recording them."

Alice glanced at Emlyn, the "Moon", and suddenly remembered the close connection between vampires and the full moon. She then looked at Forth, the "Magician", who would be tortured during the full moon, and her expression became strange.

The "magician" Fors flipped through "Lemano's Travel Notes" and gave a vague introduction.

Alice lost interest in listening after a few words, after all, she was not the one who borrowed the notes.

After completing the transaction with Emlyn the Moon, Magician Fors looked at Hermit Cattleya and told her about the Abraham family:

"Madam, the direct descendants of the Abraham family have already given their reply. Do you want to communicate with me alone or let me speak directly."

The Hermit Cattleya thought for a moment and said, "We will have a private discussion."

Alice listened to the conversation without much interest, and the World started the next transaction:

"I want to sell a copy of the Interrogator's Beyonder feature for only 1,000 pounds."

When saying this, The World looked at the Magician Fors with a very clear purpose.

This price is 200 pounds cheaper than the normal "Interrogator" Beyonder characteristic. Fors was stunned when he first heard it. Even "Hermit" Cattleya couldn't help but be tempted and wondered if "The World" had other intentions.

However, Fors was still one step faster: "Deal!"

After this transaction, the Tarot Club began its free exchange session. Magician Forth thought for a moment, looked at Emlyn the Moon and said,

"I'll remind you of two things. First, remember which ability each page corresponds to. If you turn the wrong page or use the wrong ability during a battle, it will be very dangerous."

"Moon" Emlyn sneered and said:

"I'm confident in my intelligence."

Alice looked at Emlyn with a very surprised look and interrupted,

"Confidence is a good virtue."

Pfft... Fors bit her lip to prevent herself from laughing. She coughed lightly and said as if to cover up:

"A serious incident involving a Beyonder occurred in the East District. The surrounding area is on high alert. If you want to take action there, you'd better be more careful."

Emlyn took this information very seriously and immediately asked:

"Do you know what the serious incident is?"

Hearing Mr. Moon's question, Magician Fors almost blurted out, "Clearly! Very clearly! I just don't quite understand the details of the process."

However, she controlled her mouth in time and looked at Mr. "World" at the bottom of the long bronze table with a little fear.

Almost at the same time, "The Hanged Man" Alger, "Justice" Audrey, and "The Hermit" Cattleya combined their previous speculations and vaguely guessed that the serious incident in the East District of Backlund was the assassination of the Aurora Society's envoy, assassinated by "the world."

Because she was not an "audience", it was difficult for Fors to understand the answer given by the "world". She thought about it and looked at Alice again.

Alice blinked twice, turned her head to look at the "world" and asked,

"Because of you?"

There was nothing to hide. The World nodded naturally and said,

"There was a little accident. I used the extraordinary ability of the demigod level in the Storm Realm."

Alice understood it immediately, but Klein didn't call her at that time, so she knew it wasn't a big deal, at least he could handle it himself.

Alice didn't ask any more questions. She just shrugged and gave Emlyn a look that told him to fend for himself.

Although he was not very smart, Emlyn understood the key points and realized that the problem in the East District might be caused by the extraordinary ability of the demigod level in the Storm Realm.

Although he didn't like going out, Emlyn knew the impact this would have. He was embarrassed at first, but soon he remembered the teleportation ability in "Lemanno Travel Notes" and relaxed again. He chuckled and said:

"I'll pay attention."

He said this very calmly and seemed very confident, as if everything was under control.

Alice glanced at Emlyn, resisted the urge to worsen his bad luck, glanced at Klein guiltily, and lowered her head to advise herself not to really kill him.

Magician Fors said no more and only responded, "Anyway, I have reminded you."

Alice glanced at Fors and suddenly realized that she actually had to take risks by renting out magical items. She did have Mr. Fool's guarantee, so she wasn't worried that he wouldn't return it, but what if he died?

Thinking of this, Alice couldn't help but remind him, "Don't you take a deposit?"

"Deposit?" Fors asked in confusion.

Alice nodded and said:

"If the rented item cannot be returned due to accidental damage, loss or other reasons, the deposit will belong to the owner of the item.

"If not, then the deposit will be refunded when the item is returned."

Emlyn "Moon" opened his eyes wide.

Fors quickly realized the necessity of doing so, but she also realized the drawbacks of the matter. She frowned and asked,

"But this way, the money needed to rent it will increase..."

"That's something you have to consider yourself." Alice spread her hands.

The watching "Moon" Emlyn tried to make suggestions that would benefit him:

"If you want to collect a deposit and you're worried about that, maybe you can set it lower."

Before Fors could speak, Alice laughed. She turned to Emlyn and said,

"If you want to set a deposit like this, it's better not to set one.

"Because if the deposit is very low, I would rather pay the deposit to get the magical item, and then I will consider it as buying a magical item at a low price."

Audrey "Justice" also agreed:

"That's right.

"Even if you really have to put down a deposit, it has to be higher than the value of the magical item."

After listening to their discussion, Magician Fors immediately made up his mind and said,

"I won't take the deposit."

Fors knew that with gods as guarantors, it was easy to deal with lost items, but it was even more difficult to deal with damaged magical items - that required the power of angels, and if a person encountered such a situation, he would probably not survive.

In addition, considering that Tarot Club members can ask Mr. Fool for help when they are in danger, Fors is relatively confident about the safety of "Lemano Travel Notes" and decides to prioritize business.

This made Emlyn the Moon feel relieved. He stopped talking, and Alger the Hanged Man asked,

"Hasn't the Shepherd elder come to see you recently?"

Alice looked over curiously.

"No." Derrick paused and said, "The 'Six-Man Council' seems to be busy with the former chief's mausoleum. I don't have the authority to know what it is."

The mausoleum of the previous chief... Alice thought about it for a moment and remembered that the previous chief of Silver City built a mausoleum deep underground and moved in. He never came out again, and it seemed that he had failed in his attempt to transfer to Sequence 3 of the "Death God" path.

She tilted her head in confusion, and the Hanged Man Alger continued:

"Please pay attention to this matter. It will not be easy to study the tomb of the former chief at this critical stage. It may bring you danger."

"Yes!" Derrick nodded vigorously, "I will try my best to find out the details."

The conversation continued. It seemed that not much had happened this week, and the scene fell silent again. Alice thought for a moment and said to them:

"If possible, stay away from Backlund for the time being, or leave for now."

Klein frowned and looked at Alice. He did not speak, but Justice Audrey immediately asked:

"What's wrong? Is something going to happen?"

——Although she herself was not in Backlund, her father and brother frequently traveled between the territory and Backlund, and she was very worried about their safety.

The Hermit Cattleya almost instantly remembered what Alice had said before. She directly linked the two things together, thinking that Alice might be going to cause trouble for another Mercury Snake.

The Hanged Man Alger also remembered this incident. As for the Magician Fors, although she was also worried about her own safety, someone had already asked her about it, so she did not speak immediately.

The Sun Derrick looked around confusedly, as if he had no idea what was going on. The Moon Emlyn frowned and waited for her answer.

"I don't know," Alice spread her hands, "It's just that Will is about to be born. Um... you can't expect nothing to happen by then, right?"

This was of course unrealistic. After they figured it out, they all fell silent and frowned.

This was not difficult for Alger, the Hanged Man, and Cattleya, the Hermit. After all, they were at sea all year round. Derrick, the Sun, had no idea what was going on. The remaining few people fell into deep thought. Even Klein was a little worried and prepared to go back and ask Alice.

This was the last big news of this Tarot Club. After that, they taught Derrick some knowledge and language of mysticism, and the Tarot Club ended.

Alice stayed like she did the last few times. Although he had many questions to ask her, Klein handed her Emperor Roselle's diary first.

"It's December 29th, and the new year is almost here.

"All the mausoleums have been built. Now that the arrow has been shot, there is no turning back."

Mausoleum? What mausoleum? Alice was stunned for a moment, and then she remembered the godhood ritual written on the "Black Emperor" card. She looked up at Klein, who motioned for her to continue reading, so Alice opened the next page.

There was no date on this page of the diary, but the following line of ancient Feysac language was written at the top:

"It's right next to the one just now."

The handwriting of this line of words is beautiful and neat, which is obviously different from the handwriting of Emperor Roselle. It is obvious that it was added by others.

This should be a comment made by the "Mysterious Queen"... Alice continued to read, but after reading only the first line, she couldn't help but sigh.

"I think I'm not the only time traveler in this world."

The emperor also discovered this... But how much did he know? Alice was in a trance for a moment, raised her eyes to look at Klein, and before he could react, she lowered her head again.

...Among these "travelers", does anyone know about the existence of that book? (End of this chapter)

73 Abnormal

The book that Song Shu mentioned in her memory was a thorn in Alice's heart. Most of the time she ignored it, but whenever she noticed it, it was difficult to ignore it again.

Oh, maybe breathing is a more appropriate metaphor, after all, once you notice your breathing, you can no longer breathe automatically...

Alice couldn't help but be thankful that she didn't need to breathe above the gray fog. Of course, she didn't have this need when she returned to reality. For angels, breathing was like eating, drinking and sleeping. It was more of a habit from when they were human.

Alice didn't look at Klein's expression. She noticed that this seemed to be a message from Emperor Roselle to the newcomers, so she continued reading without saying a word.

"If anyone can still read my diary, please remember to choose your extraordinary path carefully.

"Once this is determined, it means that your allies and your enemies are roughly determined as well.

"I can't make any specific suggestions because I can't see the Seven Gods clearly, nor can I see the true faces of those evil gods. This may be related to the content of the second 'blasphemous stone tablet' hidden by the ancient organization. Unfortunately, I can only roughly guess that there are hidden parts and cannot get confirmation.

"Similarly, I have no idea what the first 'blasphemous tablet' contained.

"A useful warning is not to choose a pathway where the sequence 0 position is already occupied, and be careful of the sequence 0 and sequence 1 of similar pathways. I suffered a lot in this regard.

"As for what Sequence 0 stands for, if you don't know yet, remember to collect my other diaries.

"Haha, this page is like the postscript of my life. If I succeed, then the rest of my life will be a new life, which is another story. If I fail, then there will be no aftermath. Probably, well, you know.

"Go, my friend who can read my diary, and explore the secrets of our journey and the truth hidden in it. I will be watching you if I am still alive.

"Finally, I would like to remind you that you must remember:

"Watch out for the moon!"

It seems that the emperor failed in the end... Alice sighed lightly, looked at the last "Be Careful Moon", shook her head, and raised her head.

Klein asked as if he was waiting for her to finish reading,

"The enemies and friends have been determined. Do you mean adjacent pathways?"

Alice nodded.

This is easy to understand. If the Sequence 0s of adjacent pathways want to go further, they will inevitably become enemies. Alice confirmed with Klein,

"You know what your adjacent pathways are, right?"

Klein asked in return: "'Thief' and 'Apprentice'?"

There were no more questions. Alice nodded. Unexpectedly, Klein asked curiously:

"What are the adjacent pathways to the 'Destiny' pathway?"

"No," Alice answered bluntly.

"No?" Klein looked at her in surprise, with envy in his eyes.

Alice knew why Klein was envious, and she said ruthlessly:

"Believe me, this is definitely not a good thing.

"You can't be without enemies. If the quantity decreases, then the quality can only improve.

"Otherwise, why do you think I haven't become a god in thousands of years?"

Klein glanced at Alice, swallowed back the words "You have bad luck", and tried to analyze the situation calmly:

"…Because of the Key of Light?"

"Nonsense," Alice rolled her eyes at him, "Forget it, don't guess anymore. I'm afraid you'll die suddenly after guessing…"

Klein paused for a moment and quickly changed the question: "By the way, do you know what the Sequence 0 of the Fortune Teller pathway is called?"

This question made Alice stunned for a moment. She looked at Klein in confusion and murmured,

"You don't know... That's right, you shouldn't know, otherwise you wouldn't have asked me..."

"What?" Klein had a bad feeling and frowned.

Alice pursed her lips, looked at Klein, and whispered the answer:

"...The Fool.

"...Sequence 0 of the 'Fortune Teller' path is called The Fool."

This is what the Goddess of Night mentioned when she introduced the information about the source substance and the Outer Gods.

Klein reached out and pressed the table. Even with the extraordinary ability of the Joker, Alice could sense his loss of composure from his tense muscles.

She looked at Klein with sadness in her eyes and sighed, "Look, where do we get the chance to choose our own path?"

Klein opened his mouth, but could not utter a word.

Becoming a "Fortune Teller" was his own decision, based on the diary of Emperor Roselle, but becoming a Fool above the Grey Mist happened long before that.

so...

He looked at Alice with mixed feelings, took a deep breath and asked, "...So, if I hadn't made that choice, would I have accidentally swallowed something like you?"

Alice spread her hands and replied,

"I don't know.

"Perhaps fate favors you and uses gentler means of coercion on you?"

A gentler form of coercion... Klein gritted his teeth. He never dreamed that one day he would hear the words "gentle" and "coercion" appear together.

They were silent for a long time, and Alice finally opened her mouth to try to break the silence:

"Although the Emperor has warned us, but...

"Be careful with the moon."

Klein gathered his thoughts after hearing these words. He looked up at Alice and asked after a moment's silence,

"You know what's on the moon, right?"

Alice nodded and looked at Klein. Considering that he had tried to explore this issue several times, she thought about it and decided to tell Klein a truth that would be of no use:

"On the moon lives the true owner of the moon."

Klein looked at Alice with a confused look and said with emotion,

"I rarely see someone who can make a useless word sound so useful."

Alice shrugged and asked Klein, "Do you have anything else to say?"

After Klein shook his head in denial, she decisively left the gray fog.

It was not yet time for dinner. Alice thought for a few seconds, then remembered what the "Hermit" Cattleya had mentioned about the blood of the mythical creature, and took the initiative to look for Alan's location.

Alan was working at the hospital. Alice appeared in front of him during his break. Ignoring his frightened expression, she leaned over and asked:

"Have you found the honorific name of Ouroboros?"

"...No." Alan answered honestly.

Alice didn't find the answer too strange, as she expected it. She shook her head and asked:

"All right.

"Then do you have any clues?"

This time, Alan did not answer Alice's question directly, but asked in return:

"Why do you think I can find it?"

"It seems that there is none..." Alice did not seem disappointed at all. She stood up straight and responded, "In fact, I didn't expect you to find it... How should I put it? If fate thinks that Ouroboros should appear at this time, then He will naturally appear."

Alan didn't seem to understand this. Alice thought for a moment and tried to explain it to him:

"It's like if it's time for you to die, even if you escape once, twice, or three times, there will be a fourth, fifth, and sixth time. Everything will only end when you really die."

This is not a polite remark, but the huge gap made Allen helpless and angry. He just said numbly:

"…There is one thing. I don't know if it can be considered a clue."

Alice motioned for him to continue.

Alan then talked about the divination he had heard from Selina. After telling the whole story, he asked,

"I noticed that you and... you two seem to have different ideas about Ouroboros?"

Alice narrowed her eyes at him.

The little courage he had mustered just now disappeared completely, and Alan shrank back. Alice glanced at his unwilling expression and suddenly became dazed.

...That expression of fear and reluctance, isn't it her own?

Alice recalled the feeling she had just had after reading Roselle's diary. She also remembered Klein's expression when he heard about "The Fool". She looked at Allen with dark eyes and whispered,

"...If a fight really breaks out, I'm not sure I can protect your wife."

Alan raised his head sharply.

"I don't expect us to fight..." Alice didn't look at his expression, "but things have come to this point today. I find it hard to believe that we can get through the day he is born smoothly."

After a pause, she added:

"In fact, it is unlikely that Will Auceptin and I will take the initiative to stir up anything, because we are not ready yet, but Ouroboros... To be honest, I am not sure about His attitude. He looks like He will rush forward if fate gives the order.

"As Will Auceptin's 'mother', your wife must be at the center of the matter. Once a fight breaks out, I can't guarantee that..."

"That's enough." Alan said abruptly.

Alice looked up at him, and Alan murmured in a low voice in despair:

"That's enough, that's enough..."

——Having a little hope is much better than complete despair.

Alice didn't say anything. She looked at Alan quietly, and waited until he calmed down before asking:

"Where's Selena?"

Alan replied, "She's in the same ward as Velma..."

Alice frowned. Although she knew that Will Auceptin couldn't be unaware that she was currently in this hospital, she didn't really want to go to Will Auceptin's ward - it sounded too much like a provocation, and she was not sure how many times Will could endure it.

This time, Allen understood Alice's expression and said:

"In recent days, after dinner every day, Selina is pushed by the nurse to go out to the garden to relax..."

Alice nodded thoughtfully and asked about Selina's appearance.

——Although she could go directly to Will Auceptin's ward and find Selina, but... that didn't seem very polite.

After dinner, she turned her attention back to the hospital, found the girl with burgundy hair in the garden, and then looked up the experience Alan had described.

With the keyword "magic mirror divination", Alice found it easily. She easily discovered a magic mirror divination that showed something unusual. Going deeper, Alice saw a dim room with several girls in it.

She didn't know all the girls there. In fact, there were only two girls that Alice was familiar with: Selina, whom she was studying, and Klein's sister Melissa.

Alice secretly made note of this and waited for the development of the situation.

The girl named Selina was holding a mirror, which was nothing wrong considering they were supposed to be playing magic mirror divination.

What was really wrong was the scene in the mirror. Alice saw the red-haired girl standing in the mirror. She appeared in full body with a gloomy expression. It was obvious that something was wrong.

"Please tell me when I will meet a romantic and handsome gentleman this time." At this time, a girl Alice didn't know took a sip of wine, blushed, and mustered up the courage to speak under the teasing gazes of everyone.

Selina coughed twice, rubbed the back of the mirror seriously and said,

"Mirror, mirror, tell me, when will the gentleman in Yunina's mind appear?"

After saying it three times, she picked up the mirror and held it in front of herself.

A girl wearing a sky blue lace dress, with naturally curly brown hair and a little baby fat on her face, suddenly leaned forward and looked at the mirror.

Alice was stunned for a moment, then turned her attention to the girl, thinking about something.

Did she see it?

Alice continued to look, and the girl with brown curly hair suddenly leaned back, as if she was startled. Alice saw that her face was pale, and her heaving chest also revealed her rapid breathing.

Alice nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Selina. The girl didn't seem to be abnormal at all, and said with a sweet smile:

"The gentleman from Yunina will appear on the second Sunday of the sixth month..."

Amid the playful voice, Alice saw the girl with long brown curly hair tremble as she stood up and stumbled towards the door.

What was she going to do... Alice frowned, but before she could figure out the answer, the girl came back. Alice blinked and continued reading.

Alice's attention had completely shifted to the girl with brown curly hair. She watched the girl fidgeting for a while, then suddenly stood up and said:

"Selena, I, I have a surprise for you. Here, come out with me for a moment."

"Really? Didn't you give the birthday present?" Selena turned the mirror upside down and stood up in surprise.

So she looks pretty normal... Alice glanced at it and remembered that she had missed the honorific name part of the magic mirror divination. She wanted to turn it over, but hesitated.

No, she should have read it in Hermetic language...

Would the honorific name seen in the divination be discovered? Alice couldn't tell, but she had not forgotten the look Adam gave her through the prophetic dream. If there was another way, she didn't want to try it.

"The surprise is, there won't be any, any signs." The girl with long brown curly hair continued with an acting skill that even Alice could see. (End of this chapter)