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91 New Mother

Alice and Amon looked at Hazel together.

At this moment, Hazel clearly realized that she seemed to be the redundant one in this negotiation. She was afraid and confused, but unexpectedly she still stood there.

Will Auceptin didn't seem to want to respond. After staring at Hazel for two seconds, Alice said something completely inappropriate:

"How about...you sit down first?"

These words were like a switch, and Hazel's legs went limp and she fell to the ground. Amon sneered and turned to Alice and said,

"You are quite kind."

Alice blinked.

This was her usual move when she was pretending to be stupid. Amon glanced at her with a smile, then stood up, took a few steps forward, then bent down and stretched out a hand to Hazel.

"Do you need help?" He asked.

Hazel collapsed on the ground, her body shaking like a sieve, and a voice that did not belong to Hazel rang out:

"No——!"

The voice was a little weak, but it could be heard that he was trying his best. Amon laughed, bent down and supported Hazel.

Hazel had no power to resist. Alice didn't say anything. Her eyes stayed on Amon for a moment, then she slid out the door, her spirit rising, and she looked down at the entire manor.

The servants...are disappearing...

She withdrew her gaze and looked back at Amon, thought for a moment, and tentatively touched Amon's fate.

Amon had successfully helped Hazel up and pressed her down on the sofa. Then, he turned his head naturally, hooked his lower lip at Alice, and then looked at Hazel who had not stopped trembling, and reminded her with a smile:

"Aren't you going to say thank you?"

Alice looked at Hazel. Will Auceptin, who had already spoken, was no longer pretending to be dead. He stretched out his hand to control Hazel's fate. Alice slapped him back without thinking.

"Thank you, thank you." Hazel didn't dare to resist and responded tremblingly.

Will is so easy to bully at this moment... Alice sighed in her heart and looked at Amon and Hazel thoughtfully.

She knew what Amon was doing, but she was not Amon himself, and she didn't even know Amon's specific abilities - all she knew was stealing and cheating.

Alice couldn't understand Amon's operation. She frowned and hesitated for two seconds. Then she tried to do two things at the same time, watching Hazel's fate while tentatively changing Amon's fate.

Make Him lucky enough...? And make Will unlucky enough... Actually, it's a bit difficult, but it's easy to make Will unable to affect Hazel...

Will Auceptin did not just stand there and watch. He actually tried to stop it, but his own condition was very poor and he could not use his full strength. He was obviously at a disadvantage.

This was not unexpected. What actually made Alice feel strange was Amon - Amon seemed to trust her a little too much. It was difficult to control the fate of a unique person, especially a unique person with relevant authority, but what if the other party did not try to stop her at all?

Even welcome... It's almost like I've brought good luck to myself... Although I don't think I've ever done that.

Probably not...

Alice wasn't actually sure about this, she just knew that most of the time she was bringing bad luck to others rather than good luck to herself.

As she argued with Will Auceptin, Amon's aura rose steadily. By the time Will Auceptin stopped the fight, the Amon clone in front of him had already climbed to the level of Sequence 2.

Alice didn't know why Will Auceptin stopped suddenly. She was just stunned for a moment, and then followed her promise and tried to make Amon lucky enough.

Then, she discovered that Amon was pregnant.

The faint breath of life lingering in Hazel's lower abdomen disappeared in an instant. Alice saw that thing change position in Amon's body and finally disappeared.

…?

Alice looked at Amon.

At this moment, an illusory sound of shattering sounded in Alice's ears, and she felt as if something had merged into her spirit. With her experience, she understood that this was a sign that the potion was being digested.

——Her "Doom Wizard" potion was finally digested.

Alice's thoughts suddenly became clear. She remembered that Will Auceptin tried to refuse Amon's offer to help Hazel up, and tried to stop Hazel from thanking him. Suddenly, she had a guess in her heart.

——Will Auceptin, this is exactly the "thank you gift".

Alice realized that this was probably related to Amon's authority. Considering the name of "bug" and observing the low-sequence capabilities, Alice guessed that this was probably some kind of concept substitution.

Or is this a more advanced form of stealing and cheating?

But why did Will Auceptin give up resistance in the end... Did he talk to Amon about something?

In her sight, Amon smiled and said to her affectionately:

"Little Alice.

"I know who my past lover was."

Leonard!

Alice's pupils suddenly shrank. She almost instantly thought of the possibility that Will Auceptin would use Leonard as a bargaining chip. In her astonishment, Leonard's name and appearance flashed through her mind. Then, Amon showed a wicked smile:

"oops.

"So, his name is Leonard?"

Alice was stunned for two seconds before she realized that Leonard was not Will Auceptin's bargaining chip. This was what Amon had just stolen from her mind. And the reason why Amon was able to steal it...

"...Liar!" She glared at Amon angrily.

"I thought you knew it a long time ago," Amon looked at her in amazement, "Do you actually trust me so much?"

——It was the luck she had just given to Amon.

Alice pursed her lips and looked at Amon. She knew very well that Amon was actually trying to provoke her - there was some truth in Song Shu's almost fabricated words, for example, the character of this time angel was as bad as she described.

She stood up amid Amon's smiling face, without even glancing at him, and after observing the entire manor, she took away the only living person, Hazel.

Watching her figure disappear on the spot, Amon put away the evil smile on his face, only slightly raised the corners of his lips, and said to himself as he walked:

"He has the aura of the mist of history...He once died and was resurrected...His fate points to the Lord of Mysteries...He has a good relationship with her...

"Sherlock Moriarty... What sequence is he in now?"

After the sound stopped, a few seconds passed before His voice sounded again:

"I left Backlund in January. I was Sequence 6 at that time... What happened next?"

After a pause of a few seconds, Amon's voice sounded again:

"You don't know? That's a shame... Come to think of it, if you tell me everything, aren't you worried that I'll lie to you like I lied to her?"

…

Alice had been to Hazel's room, so she would not have trouble finding it, but when she remembered that Hazel had appeared in a carriage, after hesitating for two seconds, Alice chose to take her home.

She knew that Amon had never parasitized Hazel, and she could not hide it from her. As for the reason, Alice did not care.

Today's events seemed to have caused a great deal of irritation to Hazel. Alice hesitated for two seconds, then remembered Klein's plan to steal something from the church basement. She thought of Audrey again:

"Ms. Justice, are you there?

"I have someone here who needs your psychological treatment!"

…

Inside the Hall family's castle.

Audrey was sitting at her desk, admiring the magical item she had just obtained.

It takes the form of a pair of long black tulle gloves that reach the elbows, as if they came from the royal family, and has a noble and elegant temperament.

This is due to the non-linear properties of the "Chaos Mentor" sold by German Sparrow in the "World", and it took a certain amount of time for the "Craftsman" to make it.

Audrey consulted her father, Earl Hall, in advance and got the answer, "You can buy it and use it yourself. It's a good idea to show your filial piety." So she specifically instructed Mr. "The Hanged Man" to ask the "craftsman" to make it into an item that the lady can carry with her.

This also made her wonder if her father had any better magical items, or if the Goddess Church provided a very high level of protection.

While she was thinking, she heard the long-lost voice of Miss Destiny:

"Miss Justice, are you there?

"I have someone here who needs your psychological treatment!"

Audrey was stunned for a moment. She was not unfamiliar with this method of contact. It was somewhat similar to Mr. Fool's method of contact, except that there was no gray fog in front of her. Audrey believed that this was something that any being at that level could do.

But Miss Destiny rarely contacts her like this, not to mention that the reason for contacting her is to provide psychological treatment... Could it be that something happened to Mr. "World"?

This thought was rejected in just a moment. Alice clearly showed her concern for the "world" no matter what the occasion. Audrey didn't think this was an act, and there was not much urgency in this passage, which showed that this person was actually not important.

As for the problem not being serious… If the problem is not serious, Mr. World can ask Mr. Fool for help himself. It won't be Miss Fate who comes to me…

While Audrey was thinking, there was a knock on the door, and her personal maid Anne said outside the door:

"Miss, the Earl wants to see you."

Audrey put the matter aside for the time being. She chatted with Earl Hall who came in inconspicuously. After he left, she found an excuse to ask people not to disturb her, and then responded to Alice by her honorific name.

Alice brought Hazel to Audrey's study. Audrey saw the girl brought by Alice at a glance. She looked at Alice with questioning eyes. Before she could speak, Alice asked:

"Um...should I tell you what happened?"

Audrey nodded and looked at the girl behind her.

It was an unconscious girl with dark green wavy hair. Alice threw her onto the sofa. Audrey frowned at her not-so-gentle behavior. She couldn't help but stepped forward to lend a hand and asked,

"What happened?"

"Fright, I suppose," Alice answered.

After a pause, she recounted Hazel's unfortunate experience from the beginning:

"She is Will Auceptin's new 'mother', Hazel Macht.

"Well, you know who she is, right?"

Audrey nodded.

Born into an aristocratic family, for social needs, she needed to remember the surnames of other nobles and part of their family history, as well as the kinship and interest relationships between the major families.

In addition, she also has to be familiar with the preferences of different young ladies and ladies, master "noble" skills such as painting and music, understand the country's political direction, learn "noble" knowledge such as classical literature and philosophy, as well as "noble" sports such as golf.

All of this is just to avoid dull conversations when chatting with other people.

Hazel Macht's name was also in this part of the information. Although they had never met, Audrey knew her age and education background, her family background, that she didn't like to go out, and...

Audrey was searching her mind for everything about Hazel when Alice's voice interrupted her:

"Well…it's a long story.

"In short, she met me and Amon when she was pregnant with Will Auceptin..."

Audrey couldn't maintain her expression, she fell out of the audience state and took a breath.

Without Alice continuing to talk, she understood why Hazel was frightened - she knew how difficult Alice was to get along with, and the Amon in Alice's description seemed to be an even more lawless guy.

"I need to talk to her..." Audrey said with a slight frown.

Alice subconsciously stood up and was about to leave. Audrey saw her intention and hurriedly stopped her:

"I'll have to trouble you to wake her up first."

So Alice stepped forward and performed a pinching move on Audrey's Ren Zhong. After that, she temporarily stepped aside at Audrey's request.

While waiting for Audrey to finish her psychotherapy, Alice thought back to her experience.

First, I have to tell Leonard and Pales that Amon already knows that Pales is parasitizing Leonard...

Alice nodded, forcing herself to remember the first thing.

Then came the second thing. She frowned and thought seriously about Will Auceptin's possible bargaining chips.

...Besides Leonard, what other bargaining chips can he use to exchange with Amon?

...Klein?

This was the only possibility Alice could think of. She clenched her fists for a moment, then relaxed them.

——She has been keeping an eye on Klein for years. Although she doesn't pay much attention to details, she will definitely be the first to discover something as big as Amon coming to Klein.

...Then, can I be Amon's toy together with Klein?

Alice lowered her head and fell into deep thought.

Audrey called her at this time, and she returned again, only to see Hazel still in a coma.

"?" She looked at Audrey in confusion.

Audrey noticed her confusion and took the initiative to remind her,

"She was seriously frightened, and one treatment won't completely relieve her pain.

"Besides, you'd better not provoke her anymore..."

Alice glanced at Audrey's hesitant expression and asked as if she had suddenly realized something,

"During her treatment, I don't want to appear in front of her again?"

Audrey exhaled, nodded, and then added:

"It's best if no one wears a monocle in front of her..." (End of this chapter)

92 Ending

Alice reached out and pinched the monocle on her face.

Audrey noticed her action and paused before adding:

"Even if you're not wearing a monocle, you'd better not appear in front of her..."

Alice nodded indifferently and asked,

"Is there anything you want?"

Hearing this, Audrey hesitated a little. She asked hesitantly: "...Is this what I should do?"

Alice frowned, and Audrey realized that this was not a satisfactory answer. After two seconds of hesitation, she suddenly asked,

"Tomorrow night is my 18th birthday party - maybe I can get your blessing at the party?"

This request was not difficult, but Alice frowned and asked Audrey,

"Did He inform you that the Tarot Club this week was cancelled?"

Audrey was slightly startled.

She did receive a notice that the tarot club was cancelled this week, but she didn't think about it. Now, looking at Miss Fate's attitude...?

A trace of uneasiness filled Audrey's heart. She was thinking about what to say, but Alice continued:

"It's not convenient for me... Well, I might have to go look for... the goddess."

After hesitating for two seconds, Alice chose a slightly respectful title.

This did not attract Audrey's attention. She had a vague sense that the Goddess of Night seemed to be in the same position of elder as Mr. Fool to some extent.

But these words suddenly made her thoughts active, and she realized that the cancellation of this Tarot Club seemed to be related to some major event - it sounded like it was related to the Goddess of Night.

It is certain that there is nothing wrong with Mr. Fool's condition. Miss Destiny also looks good. So...

Hmm, could it be that Mr. Fool and the goddess are discussing cooperation? I really want to know what happened...

Although she was full of curiosity, Audrey was able to distinguish between inappropriate curiosity and said with understanding:

"I see.

"Well, can you give me your blessing when you are free?"

"Why not now?" Alice asked.

"Then let's do it now." Audrey did not object.

Alice quickly dealt with the matter, left Hazel to Audrey at her suggestion, and then went to find Leonard.

——She had to clean up the trouble she had caused.

When Alice habitually appeared in the basement of St. Samuel's Church and saw Archbishop Anthony working, she realized that Leonard, the "Red Glove", was actually not on duty.

He might not even be in Backlund Parish.

This was a problem. Alice frowned and looked around the entire basement of the church. She did not find Leonard, but Archbishop Anthony had already raised his head and was looking at her without hiding.

"I'm here to see Leonard," she said straight to the point.

Anthony nodded slightly, his face calm, and it was hard to tell whether he had any emotion about this matter - Alice felt that he seemed to have no emotion about most things.

This was consistent with Alice's impression of the "Night" Path. In her memory, the extraordinary people of the "Night" Path often had a calm and restrained vibe. The "Red Gloves" captain Soest that day was actually an accident among accidents.

...It is also possible that they were at work.

Thinking of Archbishop Anthony who was always working, Alice couldn't help but wonder about the huge role that work played behind the scenes.

At this time, Archbishop Anthony's voice interrupted Alice's wandering thoughts in time:

"He doesn't seem to be here now... Maybe you want to wait a while?"

Alice frowned and looked at Archbishop Anthony. After a few seconds, the Archbishop asked very tactfully:

"Shall I tell you?"

Alice hesitated for two seconds, then walked in and said:

"Will Auceptin's new mother, Hazel Macht..."

"Wait," Archbishop Anthony interrupted her, "new mother?"

Alice nodded and said:

"right.

"Don't you know? Will Auceptin was born, but Velma gave birth to a stillborn baby."

"I know," Anthony responded. "The doctors and nurses on site came to the church for help. I know you were there... So, He has 'restarted' again?"

Alice blinked and looked at Archbishop Anthony. It took her a while to realize that perhaps in Archbishop Anthony's opinion, there was a possibility that she had killed Will Auceptin.

...How is that possible!

Alice took a breath and said very self-awarely:

"...I think a big part of the reason Will didn't fight with me was to avoid losing control. If we really fought, I might not win.

"After all, even if He doesn't want to live, I do."

Anthony nodded in agreement, and then asked again about what happened just now:

"Is His new 'mother' Hazel Macht?"

Alice nodded, remembering that Senator Macht's family was actually believers of the Night, and asked thoughtfully:

"You know her?"

Anthony shook his head and nodded again, "I have seen their family's information. They are one of the believers who need protection."

Alice paused slightly.

Although each major church has its own stance and bias, the overall idea is that believers are equal. At least in doctrine and in the scriptures, the differences between rich and poor, noble and humble are all downplayed.

But it is easy to understand that believers cannot be equal to each other. Alice was not surprised, but she had a very subtle feeling when someone put the facts in front of her for the first time.

If I had to say it, the feeling was probably irony.

She did not comment on this, and in fact she had no personal opinion - she just noticed this phenomenon and then sighed about it, which was only worth an interjection at most.

She nodded to show that she understood, and then continued:

"So that's how it is…Hazel had a teacher before—she called that person teacher.

"She is a descendant of the Jacob family, a Sequence 4 Parasite. She lived in the body of a mouse and tricked Hazel into taking the Thief potion, but she didn't even tell her the basic common sense of Beyonders.

"Soon after the rat headed for the Macht family's suburban estate, Amon noticed it, and then...

"You can probably imagine what happened next—the bad thing was that before Amon left, Hazel went to visit her teacher as usual, and then Amon noticed Will Auceptin in her.

"Amon...Amon stole the child."

As Amon testifies, every word of what I said is true... Alice, who tried to avoid the important points and piece together a truth that had nothing to do with her, lowered her head and showed a nervous expression.

This was not an act, she was really afraid of being discovered that she was the one who was in charge of the whole thing.

...Come to think of it, why didn't she just drink the "Chaos Walker" potion with all the auxiliary materials?

Alice's thoughts wandered again. Anthony, who was standing in front of her, had heard the whole story. Looking at Alice, who was getting anxious and distracted, he suddenly asked,

"What about you?"

"What?" Alice asked in confusion.

Anthony sighed and spoke as if teaching:

"You've picked yourself too clean.

"You didn't say how or when you knew all this, nor did you say what you did after you knew it - it's as if this matter has nothing to do with you at all."

Alice fell completely silent. She realized the flaw in her lie—in the eyes of others, she was not a peaceful person, and of course, that was true.

She raised her eyes to look at Anthony, who asked softly, "You led Amon here, right?"

This wasn't a question, but Alice still lowered her head and said softly:

"...Hazel was severely frightened. She may need comforting."

Anthony nodded calmly.

Alice suddenly felt uncomfortable. She remembered Klein's repeated instructions and couldn't help asking:

"...Aren't you going to tell me something?"

"What can I say?" Anthony asked back. "On the surface, we are both saints of the church. I have more experience than you at most. In the more secret information, you and the goddess... Even if we don't mention this, we all know that you are actually an angel."

In Alice's silence, Anthony concluded:

"I am just doing my duty as a senior, such as pointing out the loopholes in your lies so that you can do it more naturally next time."

Alice was speechless.

She thought again of the Captain and Evelyn, and although they had nothing in common, at this moment, they, and Anthony, were actually the same.

They didn't consider her as one of their own.

If she really grew up in the church and was really an angel of the church, would they be like this?

Inexplicable thoughts popped up in her mind and quickly disappeared. Alice knew that this was not a meaningful discussion, because even saints were fundamentally different from angels.

She sighed and couldn't help wondering, is there a reason why the gods stay away from mortals?

In the chaos of emotions, Anthony's voice sounded again:

"You are looking for Leonard, are you going to tell him the news about Amon?"

Alice woke up with a start. She gathered her thoughts, nodded, and then added:

"I was there when Amon stole Will Auceptin.

"He... learned from me that there is a 'thief' angel in Leonard's body."

Anthony frowned, then nodded calmly and said,

"Okay, I understand.

"I'll tell Leonard."

Alice felt relieved that her goal had been achieved. She didn't want to stay any longer and left the church basement immediately.

It was still afternoon. Alice knew that Klein's action would begin in the evening. She did not bother Klein with this matter and planned to wait until Klein came back after stealing the diary.

She looked up at the sky out of habit. The sun was already setting and there was still some time before the sunset, but it was already a good time to have dinner. As for the red moon - she would probably have to wait a bit.

Praise the goddess…Alice muttered to herself and ate her dinner.

After dinner, Alice began to seriously think about Klein's actions.

After knowing that the goddess was watching this matter, Alice was no longer worried about Klein's safety - unless the goddess planned to choose Amon as the "Lord of Mysteries".

If there is one thing that is still a little uncertain, it is probably that there are no other candidates still alive.

But it was no secret that Zaratul, the leader of the Secret Order, was crazy. Antigonus even had his notebook stolen. Mr. "The Door" mentioned in Roselle's diary was still crying for help. Alice felt that the high sequences of these three paths were probably not very optimistic.

The "wrong" path has Amon eating everywhere, the "door" path has Mr. "door" shouting who never breaks an appointment on a full moon night, and the safest one may be the "fool" path.

...It sounds like the "Lord of Mysteries" doesn't seem like a good person?

No, good god.

Alice shook her head and thought of Klein's plan to sneak into Chanis Gate.

She knew that Crane planned to pretend to be an internal guard of the Chanis Gate to enter and steal the Antigonus notebook.

Alice didn't want to judge the pros and cons of this plan. She just remembered that as a former Night Watchman and now a Saint of the Church of Night, she had never entered the Chanis Gate.

I'm actually a little curious about what's inside… Alice muttered and decided to turn around and ask Klein.

…

Leonard came to the basement of St. Samuel's Church at night.

As a "Red Glove", he was not required to be on duty and was not in the basement of the church most of the time.

However, as an extraordinary person of the "Sleepless" path with extremely low sleep needs, sometimes on his free nights, he would come to the basement of the church to play cards with others.

Of course, more often than not, he was reading church books to enrich his knowledge of mysticism.

However, tonight, as soon as he entered the underground, he was stopped by someone:

"Leonard, Archbishop Anthony is calling you."

Leonard couldn't help but look over in surprise. Although all the Nighthawks and Red Gloves knew that Archbishop Anthony was in charge of the Backlund campus and was located in St. Samuel Church all year round, it was not common for a member of the Red Gloves to receive a summons.

——After all, if anything really happened, it should be his captain Soest who informed him.

Leonard looked up and wanted to ask, but the other party just called him and turned away, appearing to be in a hurry, so he had to go to Archbishop Anthony's office by himself.

Leonard knew the location of the office without being told. He knocked on the door and a calm voice came from inside:

"Come in."

Leonard opened the door, walked in, and then closed the door.

He walked to the desk, Anthony looked up and told him in a calm voice:

"I called you here because I have something to tell you—it's related to you, but it's not convenient for others to know.

"Is the angel of the 'thief' path in you here now?"

Leonard paused and nodded.

Anthony then exhaled and said to him gently:

"Alice - you should know her.

"This afternoon, she came to me and told me that Amon knew about the existence of the one in you."

(End of this chapter)

93 See You Again

Anthony faithfully conveyed Alice's reminder, including the part about Will Auceptin. After coming out of the office, Leonard greeted others as usual and then walked towards the bathroom.

After closing the bathroom door, he relaxed and asked anxiously:

"Old man, what should I do?"

With Alice's repeated disruptions and the appearance of Dwayne Dantes, Leonard already knew Pales' identity and the relationship between "He" and Amon, but he was still more accustomed to calling Pales "old man".

Pales himself was more accustomed to this name, and he didn't correct it. He just said in a tone that Leonard couldn't hear the emotion in,

"She is really good at getting into trouble."

Leonard smiled awkwardly.

After a pause, Pales continued:

"Don't worry too much.

"On the one hand, according to your archbishop's description, Amon has just become 'pregnant' with a 'mercury snake', and His current focus should still be on the illegitimate daughter of that 'mercury snake' and your goddess.

"On the other hand, you are currently in Backlund, and Amon does not have the courage to do anything in Backlund.

"However, for safety reasons, you'd better find a way to leave Backlund and go to a safer place, such as Winter County where the Tranquility Church is located..."

…

Alice woke up with a start early Monday morning.

Klein…?

She frowned. The connection between Klein and her was cut off. Alice was so frightened that she suddenly woke up and sat up suddenly from the bed.

Immediately afterwards, boundless sleepiness enveloped her, and Alice felt that a force was dragging her into a dream. After a slight struggle, she realized that this was the power of the goddess and quickly gave up resistance.

A deep black swallowed her up, and when she opened her eyes again, she saw a Gothic palace that seemed to blend in with the surrounding darkness. It had exquisite details and light colors, yet was still gorgeous.

Alice lowered her head. Around her were clusters of night-blooming herbs and dormant flowers. They stood quietly in the darkness, expressing their welcome.

She tilted her head, raised her foot and stepped over, passing through the clusters of flowers and entering the palace.

At the deepest part of the hall, the "Goddess of Night" sat on an ancient high-back chair, still wearing the layered yet simple black dress.

The bright dots on the long skirt reflect the brilliance on the palace dome, walls and columns, creating a quiet and dreamy starry sky.

The "Goddess of the Night", whose face seemed to be covered with layers of gauze, slowly stood up, walked down the stairs, and came in front of Alice.

Alice looked up at Him and asked impatiently,

"Is Klein with you?"

This was exactly what she had just thought of—Klein should have already entered the Chanis Gate by now.

"Yes." The voice of the "Goddess of Night" sounded gently, like a quiet serenade.

Alice breathed a sigh of relief and left Klein aside. She looked at the rare "Goddess of Night" and began to ask questions:

"Goddess, I remember you are also from that era, right?"

The Night Goddess nodded and then asked her:

"Is there anything you want to ask?"

Alice quickly replied,

"Yes... I want to ask you if you have ever heard of a book called "Lord of Mysteries"."

She wanted to verify whether she was the only exception among these "time travelers".

"No." The "Goddess of Night" answered without hesitation.

Alice then asked:

"What about Adam? Or rather, the Creator of the City of Silver, the one you worked with before, does He know?"

"I don't know," the "Goddess of Night" replied without any emotion, "Maybe you should ask Her yourself."

Ah, the goddess doesn't know... Alice blinked and looked at the goddess whose emotions remained unexplained. After two seconds of silence, she asked:

"Is Archbishop Anthony sleeping?"

As soon as she said this, Alice inexplicably felt that the shadow of the goddess in front of her became a little more solid.

She blinked, and the indifferent gaze of the "Goddess of Night" fell on her. Alice sensed a weight from the gaze, and she subconsciously clenched her fists.

The "Goddess of Night" didn't care about her changes at all, and a voice without any changes sounded:

"The sleep needs of saints are far less than those of normal people. They can sleep for several days at a time."

I know that! Why don't you answer me directly... Alice stared and asked persistently, "So Archbishop Anthony is sleeping?"

The shadow in front of him was silent for two seconds, and then, a calm voice sounded:

"For Nightmare, entering other people's dreams is also a rest."

Alice blinked her eyes and suddenly realized:

"So, the demigods in the church really don't sleep and work 007 every day?"

The vocabulary in the second half of the sentence seemed a little trendy, and the "Goddess of Night" repeated: "007?"

Alice blinked and stared at the "Goddess of Night" for two seconds. She realized that there might be a generation gap between them, so she explained:

"It means going to work at 0:00 every day and leaving work at 0:00 the next day, working 7 days a week."

The projection of the "Goddess of Night" was silent for a long time, so long that Alice almost thought the dream was about to end before she spoke:

"…I remember that the church didn't have such a rule."

"I know," Alice nodded convincedly, "They are doing it voluntarily - just like when I was in school, I volunteered every time I had extra classes during the holidays!"

The projection of the "Goddess of Night" stopped talking and just looked at Alice.

This didn't look like a happy expression. Alice became nervous and hastily changed the subject:

"By the way...how old were you before? What did you do?"

This is a good question. The projection of the "Goddess of Night" slowly answered:

"I can't understand Russell's diary."

Can't understand Roselle's diary? The goddess is not Chinese!

Alice's eyes widened.

As if she had noticed that her questions were becoming more and more nonsense, the "Goddess of Night" did not wait for her to come up with the next question, and only said coldly:

"If you have nothing else to do, go and settle the matter with Will Auceptin and Amon."

Alice suddenly felt guilty. She glanced at the shadow in front of her and remembered the flowers that went straight through her when she stepped on them. She gave up the idea of ​​going forward, stood up straight, put her hands behind her back, lowered her head and shouted:

"goddess..."

The voice she spoke was no longer as lively as before, with a sense of depression. However, the "Goddess of Night" did not seem to care. She just glanced at her and ended the dream.

Alice sat up from the bed again, looked around, blinked, and remembered that the goddess asked her to ask Adam directly for the answer. She opened her mouth to try it, but then she thought of another way.

...Did the creator of Silver City leave any written records? Diaries or notes?

Alice hesitated for two seconds and realized that this was not entirely the other way around, because if anyone had the notes left by the creator of Silver City, it would only be Adam and Amon.

Apparently, Alice didn't want to see Amon... No, wait.

...Did the goddess ask me to resolve the issue between Will Auceptin and Amon?

Alice gritted her teeth, having no idea how to solve this problem.

She was not worried that Amon would turn to help Will Auceptin, or in other words, even if Amon stood on Will Auceptin's side, he would not be able to help Will Auceptin become a god.

On the one hand, she was the one chosen by the Key of Light. Whether it was Will Auceptin or Ouroboros, their hopes of becoming gods were slim. The time they stayed in Sequence 1 was the best evidence.

After learning the truth behind the adjacent pathways, Alice realized that Amon had nothing to do with the "Destiny" pathway, and that he normally wouldn't bother with other "Destiny" pathways.

The reason why she is special, or what is most attractive about her to Amon, is actually the "Wheel of Fortune" ritual - this may be the simplest and most difficult ritual among the 22 paths.

On the other hand, Alice thought that if past friendships were not taken into consideration, for now, among her, Will Auceptin, and Ouroboros who was suspected to have been eliminated, her personality was definitely the one that best matched Amon's aesthetics.

But this did not prevent Alice from not knowing how to solve the matter. After all, she did not understand why Amon was willing to help her and "steal" Will Auceptin.

She didn't believe that Amon was really doing this for their friendship, or that he was planning to pay her properly - judging from Amon's past behavior, he would not be willing to make a good deal if he could get something by cheating her.

For example, the news about Leonard.

Alice also had no idea what Will Auceptin had exchanged with Amon, or how comprehensive their alliance was. God knows, she hadn't thought about these troubles at all when she wrote the letter to bring Amon here.

Alice couldn't figure out a solution for a while, so she lay in bed for a long time and finally decided to get up and have breakfast.

There hadn't been any explosive news about Backlund recently, and the excitement wasn't even as great as the gossip about Klein in the entertainment section. Alice finished browsing it without much interest, and hadn't even finished a Dixie pie yet.

She finished her pie while daydreaming. When she was about to go out with a cup of sweet iced tea in her arms, grayish-white mist suddenly appeared. At the same time, Klein's excited voice rang out:

"I'm back!!!"

Alice opened her eyes wide, took a big sip of sweet ice tea, then put it down and headed above the gray fog.

She walked down the stairs and saw the familiar palace in front of her. Klein was sitting on the Fool's chair, holding a piece of paper in his hand.

Seeing her coming, Klein waved at her to come over and said to her:

"I got the potion formula of the 'Strange Mage'!

" "You can never imagine who I met and what I went through!"

"What?" Alice walked over and asked, "The connection between me and you was suddenly cut off. I woke up and wanted to look for you, but then the goddess appeared..."

This was an explanation for her lack of reaction, of course, Alice guessed that even if she did react it would be useless, after all, the goddess was already a true god.

Klein showed a hint of surprise, then shook his head and said:

"I know you probably can't contact me... I tried to enter Sefirah Castle, but failed.

"It's like the cheats were suddenly banned... So this is really related to the goddess?"

Alice was slightly startled, then she opened her eyes wide after realizing it belatedly:

"Can the goddess cut off the connection between you and Sefirah Castle?!"

"Why are you so surprised?" Klein asked puzzledly.

Alice took a breath. Suddenly, she had a lot to say to Klein, but she didn't know how to say it.

To Klein, the news that the goddess could block the connection between him and Sefirah Castle seemed a little exaggerated, but not too far-fetched.

After all, Klein didn't know about the existence of the Pillars and the Old Ones.

But for Alice, things were not like that. Ever since she learned about the nine source elements and the news about the Old Ones and the Pillars, Alice regarded Klein, who was closely connected to the Source Castle, as the "Lord of Mysteries" to a certain extent - she thought Klein's status was so high.

But now it seems that this is not the case. Otherwise, a goddess with the status of a true god would not be able to cut off the connection between Klein and Sefirah Castle.

As for the possibility that the goddess had actually been promoted to the Old One, Alice had never considered it at all - the remaining seven source essences were still sealed in the Western Continent!

In addition, Alice soon realized another more dangerous possibility. She frowned and asked Klein:

"You said, if the goddess can block the connection between you and the source castle, can Amon steal this connection?"

Klein was slightly stunned.

The more Alice thought about it, the more she realized the seriousness of the matter. Amon was not like them. He belonged to one of the three paths of the "Lord of Mysteries", and it was a "wrong" path - this was too dangerous.

She took a breath, and the goddess' words finally took hold.

Alice closed her eyes and put the matter aside for the moment. She asked Klein, "What is the potion formula?"

"I was just about to tell you." Klein handed over the paper.

Alice took the paper and looked up the potion formula of the "Trickster":

"Sequence 4: Trickster.

"Main materials: the main eye of the evil trickster, the real soul of the spirit world plunderer.

"Supplementary materials: 200 ml of the blood of the evil spirit, 30 grams of the dust of the spirit world plunderer, 10 grams of the bark of the red birch, a piece of golden grapevine, and a finger-sized homemade lemon peel mask.

"Ascension Ceremony: Relying mainly on one's own strength and planning, in front of many spectators, directing a grand drama to murder a demigod or an equivalent supernatural being, and then taking a magic potion at the end of the drama."

As she expected, she didn't recognize the monster above, and she didn't care much about it. Instead, she focused her attention on the ceremony.

The promotion ceremony of the "Weird Mage" does not have the metaphysical flavor like the "Destiny" path. It is still clear, but the emphasis is on performance.

But Alice was very concerned about one thing, so she looked up and asked:

"Are you sure it's not called a circus?" (End of chapter)