Lovia looked puzzled. Alice said nothing. She held her chin with her hand and looked at Lovia's silver-gray hair, which reminded her of Ouroboros' silver hair.
Was it made by himself, or... was it because of the Beyonder Characteristics that changed his appearance?
Alice reached out and touched her hair, frowning slightly.
She knew that some paths would affect the appearance of the Beyonders, such as the blue hair of the "Sailor" path and the red eyes of the "Vampire", but whether the "Destiny" path would change seemed to be an unknown.
After all, judging from Will Auceptin and Ouroboros, even if there was a change, it was during the time of the Angel King...
As Alice imagined the future, Lovia seemed to have finally calmed down. She stood up and saluted, saying:
"Ms. Destiny, thank you for telling me... I have heard that you are the servant of fools..."
Alice came back to her senses and raised her hand to stop him:
"Wait wait wait, what are you talking about?
"What do you mean I am the follower of fools? It is obviously me who protects fools!"
"?" Lovia froze.
Her fear was mixed with confusion, and she did not dare to guess the true intention of this lady of destiny, because according to Chief Colin Iliad's description, this princess might even rush over to her and hug her thighs and cry on the spot.
——He doesn't sound like a normal person. Add to that his Highness's attitude toward the Creator, and the previous sentence might be the result of the indulgence of a fool.
After all, there is still a big gap between a god and a true god, and Lovia clearly remembered that when Miss Fate first mentioned the Fool, she said "my Lord"...
While Lovia was considering this, Alice suddenly jumped up from the ground and asked a rather strange question:
"You say, if the child's hair is silver, wouldn't it be more appropriate for the mother's hair to be silver as well?"
As she said this, Alice took a look at Lovia's silver-gray hair.
This was a sudden thought. Alice actually had no intention of letting Lovia become the "mother", but Lovia was obviously overthinking it after hearing this. She recalled the facts described by Chief Colin Iliad and spoke carefully:
"Probably, but it's not necessarily the case..."
——An answer that can be used for both offense and defense.
"In the Silver City," Lovia replied, "He has just finished an exploration of the Giant King's Court and is currently being quarantined in the city."
Alice suddenly realized and nodded.
She didn't ask about Derrick's situation. Even though Lovia should have known that there was something wrong with Derrick, Alice actually knew Derrick's whereabouts - he had not been assigned any exploration missions recently and was only patrolling around the City of Silver.
This was information from the Tarot Club. In recent Tarot Clubs, Derrick was keen on talking about his life, especially the part related to mushrooms. Whenever this happened, Alice would turn her head to observe the expression of the "Hermit" lady.
Alice stopped talking, and Lovia seemed to stop asking questions, so the atmosphere became quiet. Alice gradually began to feel a little bored in the silence. She rolled the ground and asked:
"Don't you need to lead the team to explore?"
"Yes," Lovia replied, "but you..."
She glanced at Alice, who quickly realized that it was not appropriate for her to leave herself here alone. On the other hand, Alice suspected that if they planned to leave someone here to guard, Lovia would not be at ease with her being alone with others.
She is quite self-aware of this.
Alice shook her head and waved her hand, saying, "Go do whatever you want. I'll go look somewhere else. It's boring to stand here... Oh, and give me some mycelium."
She pointed at the mushrooms and stretched out her hand. After a moment of hesitation, Lovia did not object. Alice quickly took the classified mycelium. She did not take too much, only one or two of each, and explained to Lovia:
"You guys probably need some more food, right? I won't take more. If it's not enough, I'll go catch some monsters and grow some."
She took the mycelium and said goodbye to Lovia and the exploration team. Lovia frowned slightly and looked at the members of the exploration team behind her. Then, a child came up jogging with a fur lantern and handed it to her, saying:
"The darkness here is dangerous..."
"I know," Alice interrupted, winking and smiling, "but if I need a lantern, it will fall from the sky."
The child became confused when he heard this. Alice didn't explain much to him. She waved goodbye to Lovia and then walked into the darkness without hesitation.
She didn't go directly to Silver City because the mycelium was not enough - yes, she planned to catch some monsters along the way.
About half a day later, a bonfire lit up in the darkness. On it was a simple grill, on which was roasted a mushroom. The mushroom had a black base, inlaid with blood-colored filaments and fat patterns, and it made a "sizzling" sound under the action of the flames.
Alice was kneeling in front of the campfire. She had just caught prey from the darkness and grew mushrooms. She was now tasting her own achievements. Next to her was a picked-up animal skin lantern.
Alice's nose twitched and she smelled the aroma of oil in the air. She licked her lips, picked up a white and plump mushroom in her arms, opened her mouth and bit into it.
Then, the white liquid with a frankincense scent overflowed all at once, staining most of her face and the hair hanging in front of her, and even dripping onto the ground.
Alice licked her lips, raised her head expressionlessly, looked at the person walking towards her in the firelight, and asked:
"What are you doing?"
"I was just hungry, and then I saw you," Klein explained calmly, "Anything else?"
He came over with the secret doll and sat down next to Alice. Alice was silent for a moment, then pointed at the mushrooms on the ground, motioning for him to pick one himself. Then she used "Restart" to repair the milk with an expressionless face.
"Since you're here," Alice held out her hand, "cutlery."
——This is why Alice directly tried to chew the milk.
She had no cutlery.
The corner of Klein's mouth twitched, and he asked politely:
"You told me before that if you needed a lantern, you would pick it up, so now I am..."
"The cutlery I found." Alice smiled at him.
Klein was speechless. He silently took on the role of a tableware clerk and took out a low coffee table from the historical projection. Then, he took out two sets of knives, forks, plates, and cups.
"It would be better if there were chairs," Alice sighed and shook her head, "but the conditions outside are just like this... Hey, why don't you bring two sets to Sefirah Castle?"
“Because I don’t think I’m here for a picnic.” Klein smiled as he checked the mushrooms on the ground.
"But if conditions permit, why not make my life better..." Alice muttered to herself and went to check how the mushrooms were being roasted.
"So, are you coming to wash the dishes?" Klein looked up and asked.
"Uh, can I 'restart' the plate?" Alice asked after thinking for a moment.
“Will you vomit out the food as well?” Klein reminded.
"It doesn't have to be like that," Alice shook her head. "We can just 'restart' part of it."
Klein looked at Alice in surprise. Alice seemed to have remembered something and added:
"But perhaps this is the special nature of 'uniqueness'."
Klein understood. He nodded and said thoughtfully:
"Having uniqueness, can one make more sophisticated operations in the use of authority?"
"That's right," Alice nodded, "Just like Amon can steal Hazel's child, but leave the burden of pregnancy to Hazel..."
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“…You don’t have to give this example.” Klein’s mouth twitched. “So, how detailed can you be?”
"I don't know," Alice shook her head, "I haven't tried it. It's just that you mentioned washing dishes, and I felt it and thought I could do it."
As they chatted, the first piece of beef was successfully grilled. Alice took the beef off and after hesitating for a moment, she only cut a small piece from it. Then she pushed the rest to Klein and reluctantly looked away.
"You eat it."
Klein was stunned for a moment and laughed out loud.
"It's okay for me to be hungry for a day," he reminded. "Besides, it's only for a short while... It won't be a problem for ordinary people to be hungry for a short while."
"That won't be pleasant either," Alice shook her head, "and I'm not hungry, I just want to eat... Remember to make it for me after you finish eating."
Klein was speechless. He shook his head and looked at Alice, who closed her eyes and stuffed the small piece of mushroom into her mouth. He stopped refusing and just smiled and said:
"All right.
"However, I can't buy you ice cream here. If you want to eat it, you can only get historical projections."
“…Alright.” Alice accepted it reluctantly.
They finished eating in the firelight, and Klein asked:
"Honestly, you really don't have a way to get there quickly?"
“Not that there is no way, but if I run by myself, I might end up somewhere unknown. If I take you with me… I think it’s probably over.” Alice rolled her eyes. “The ‘True Creator’ will only focus on the first section of the road. Here, there’s no hope even if we ask the ‘True Creator’ for help… Hiss, you…”
Her eyes suddenly froze. As she stared in astonishment, Klein dismantled the coffee table and tableware and summoned a...
"Sports car???" Alice opened her eyes wide, "Looking at the appearance, it seems to be a luxury car..."
"Yes," Klein nodded. "Before I met you, I tried to summon a bicycle from the historical projection. After riding it for a while, I realized that I could actually summon bicycles and electric cars. Then I thought, since I can summon electric cars, why not just summon cars? Since I can summon cars, why don't I summon a cooler sports car? Then I met you."
“…Okay, okay,” Alice gave Klein a thumbs up, “Why don’t you just summon a plane?”
“I can’t drive,” Klein said frankly.
In the end, Alice and Klein's two secret dolls got in the car together, and under Klein's guidance, they began to take a ride in the "God-Forsaken Land".
Alice didn't know much about vehicles. She could recognize a sports car, but couldn't really tell the brand of the car. Klein obviously knew much more about this than Alice. Specifically, he summoned sports cars with different logos.
"I'm curious," Alice asked, squinting her eyes in the strong wind of the "Forsaken Land of Gods", "Do you have any requirements for this summoning? First of all, the object must be your own..."
"Why do you want to exclude this?" Klein asked in confusion.
"Because you definitely can't have so many cars," Alice rolled her eyes. "I'd rather believe that you're a designated driver or a car mechanic... Otherwise, when you first woke up, you must have been in so much pain that you wanted to commit suicide."
“…That makes sense,” Klein accepted. “But you’re right. This is not the requirement. As long as I know the time and place, I can summon him.”
"Oh~" Alice suddenly realized, "In that case, can you..."
She paused, and said with a strange expression: "Summon a nuclear bomb or something..."
"...Then why don't I just summon something in the universe?" Klein glanced at Alice. "As long as there is... a monster!"
The speeding sports car braked dangerously, sending the two people and two secret dolls in the car into the sky, leaving the group of monsters in front completely exposed to Klein's sight.
"What the hell are you doing!" Klein screamed, "Alice, you must have attracted these people. Otherwise, how could there be so many!"
——They were surrounded by monsters.
Ahead, densely packed within the visible range, were all kinds of bizarre dark creatures. They quickly hid in the darkness the moment they were illuminated by the light. Some of them were too late to hide, and screamed under the light, before quickly turning into ashes.
In this atmosphere, Ellie sent Klein and the secret doll to the ground without any remorse, then raised her eyebrows and said:
"I'm just a little curious... Have you ever seen those doomsday zombie movies or novels? I often see that the protagonist looks at the car and crashes it all the way, so I want to see what will happen if you crash into the monster like that..."
“…Why didn’t you tell me first?” Klein glared at her. “Do you know that scaring others can kill them?”
"I'm not a human," Alice smiled. "Have you forgotten, Mr. Fool? I'm a 'monster'."
"...Your mythical creature form should be a dog." Klein glanced at Alice and began to search for the items they dropped. "Also, it should be Beagle."
"I'm obviously a snake..." Alice followed behind, curling her lips, "And I won't let anything happen to you..."
Was it made by himself, or... was it because of the Beyonder Characteristics that changed his appearance?
Alice reached out and touched her hair, frowning slightly.
She knew that some paths would affect the appearance of the Beyonders, such as the blue hair of the "Sailor" path and the red eyes of the "Vampire", but whether the "Destiny" path would change seemed to be an unknown.
After all, judging from Will Auceptin and Ouroboros, even if there was a change, it was during the time of the Angel King...
As Alice imagined the future, Lovia seemed to have finally calmed down. She stood up and saluted, saying:
"Ms. Destiny, thank you for telling me... I have heard that you are the servant of fools..."
Alice came back to her senses and raised her hand to stop him:
"Wait wait wait, what are you talking about?
"What do you mean I am the follower of fools? It is obviously me who protects fools!"
"?" Lovia froze.
Her fear was mixed with confusion, and she did not dare to guess the true intention of this lady of destiny, because according to Chief Colin Iliad's description, this princess might even rush over to her and hug her thighs and cry on the spot.
——He doesn't sound like a normal person. Add to that his Highness's attitude toward the Creator, and the previous sentence might be the result of the indulgence of a fool.
After all, there is still a big gap between a god and a true god, and Lovia clearly remembered that when Miss Fate first mentioned the Fool, she said "my Lord"...
While Lovia was considering this, Alice suddenly jumped up from the ground and asked a rather strange question:
"You say, if the child's hair is silver, wouldn't it be more appropriate for the mother's hair to be silver as well?"
As she said this, Alice took a look at Lovia's silver-gray hair.
This was a sudden thought. Alice actually had no intention of letting Lovia become the "mother", but Lovia was obviously overthinking it after hearing this. She recalled the facts described by Chief Colin Iliad and spoke carefully:
"Probably, but it's not necessarily the case..."
——An answer that can be used for both offense and defense.
"In the Silver City," Lovia replied, "He has just finished an exploration of the Giant King's Court and is currently being quarantined in the city."
Alice suddenly realized and nodded.
She didn't ask about Derrick's situation. Even though Lovia should have known that there was something wrong with Derrick, Alice actually knew Derrick's whereabouts - he had not been assigned any exploration missions recently and was only patrolling around the City of Silver.
This was information from the Tarot Club. In recent Tarot Clubs, Derrick was keen on talking about his life, especially the part related to mushrooms. Whenever this happened, Alice would turn her head to observe the expression of the "Hermit" lady.
Alice stopped talking, and Lovia seemed to stop asking questions, so the atmosphere became quiet. Alice gradually began to feel a little bored in the silence. She rolled the ground and asked:
"Don't you need to lead the team to explore?"
"Yes," Lovia replied, "but you..."
She glanced at Alice, who quickly realized that it was not appropriate for her to leave herself here alone. On the other hand, Alice suspected that if they planned to leave someone here to guard, Lovia would not be at ease with her being alone with others.
She is quite self-aware of this.
Alice shook her head and waved her hand, saying, "Go do whatever you want. I'll go look somewhere else. It's boring to stand here... Oh, and give me some mycelium."
She pointed at the mushrooms and stretched out her hand. After a moment of hesitation, Lovia did not object. Alice quickly took the classified mycelium. She did not take too much, only one or two of each, and explained to Lovia:
"You guys probably need some more food, right? I won't take more. If it's not enough, I'll go catch some monsters and grow some."
She took the mycelium and said goodbye to Lovia and the exploration team. Lovia frowned slightly and looked at the members of the exploration team behind her. Then, a child came up jogging with a fur lantern and handed it to her, saying:
"The darkness here is dangerous..."
"I know," Alice interrupted, winking and smiling, "but if I need a lantern, it will fall from the sky."
The child became confused when he heard this. Alice didn't explain much to him. She waved goodbye to Lovia and then walked into the darkness without hesitation.
She didn't go directly to Silver City because the mycelium was not enough - yes, she planned to catch some monsters along the way.
About half a day later, a bonfire lit up in the darkness. On it was a simple grill, on which was roasted a mushroom. The mushroom had a black base, inlaid with blood-colored filaments and fat patterns, and it made a "sizzling" sound under the action of the flames.
Alice was kneeling in front of the campfire. She had just caught prey from the darkness and grew mushrooms. She was now tasting her own achievements. Next to her was a picked-up animal skin lantern.
Alice's nose twitched and she smelled the aroma of oil in the air. She licked her lips, picked up a white and plump mushroom in her arms, opened her mouth and bit into it.
Then, the white liquid with a frankincense scent overflowed all at once, staining most of her face and the hair hanging in front of her, and even dripping onto the ground.
Alice licked her lips, raised her head expressionlessly, looked at the person walking towards her in the firelight, and asked:
"What are you doing?"
"I was just hungry, and then I saw you," Klein explained calmly, "Anything else?"
He came over with the secret doll and sat down next to Alice. Alice was silent for a moment, then pointed at the mushrooms on the ground, motioning for him to pick one himself. Then she used "Restart" to repair the milk with an expressionless face.
"Since you're here," Alice held out her hand, "cutlery."
——This is why Alice directly tried to chew the milk.
She had no cutlery.
The corner of Klein's mouth twitched, and he asked politely:
"You told me before that if you needed a lantern, you would pick it up, so now I am..."
"The cutlery I found." Alice smiled at him.
Klein was speechless. He silently took on the role of a tableware clerk and took out a low coffee table from the historical projection. Then, he took out two sets of knives, forks, plates, and cups.
"It would be better if there were chairs," Alice sighed and shook her head, "but the conditions outside are just like this... Hey, why don't you bring two sets to Sefirah Castle?"
“Because I don’t think I’m here for a picnic.” Klein smiled as he checked the mushrooms on the ground.
"But if conditions permit, why not make my life better..." Alice muttered to herself and went to check how the mushrooms were being roasted.
"So, are you coming to wash the dishes?" Klein looked up and asked.
"Uh, can I 'restart' the plate?" Alice asked after thinking for a moment.
“Will you vomit out the food as well?” Klein reminded.
"It doesn't have to be like that," Alice shook her head. "We can just 'restart' part of it."
Klein looked at Alice in surprise. Alice seemed to have remembered something and added:
"But perhaps this is the special nature of 'uniqueness'."
Klein understood. He nodded and said thoughtfully:
"Having uniqueness, can one make more sophisticated operations in the use of authority?"
"That's right," Alice nodded, "Just like Amon can steal Hazel's child, but leave the burden of pregnancy to Hazel..."
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“…You don’t have to give this example.” Klein’s mouth twitched. “So, how detailed can you be?”
"I don't know," Alice shook her head, "I haven't tried it. It's just that you mentioned washing dishes, and I felt it and thought I could do it."
As they chatted, the first piece of beef was successfully grilled. Alice took the beef off and after hesitating for a moment, she only cut a small piece from it. Then she pushed the rest to Klein and reluctantly looked away.
"You eat it."
Klein was stunned for a moment and laughed out loud.
"It's okay for me to be hungry for a day," he reminded. "Besides, it's only for a short while... It won't be a problem for ordinary people to be hungry for a short while."
"That won't be pleasant either," Alice shook her head, "and I'm not hungry, I just want to eat... Remember to make it for me after you finish eating."
Klein was speechless. He shook his head and looked at Alice, who closed her eyes and stuffed the small piece of mushroom into her mouth. He stopped refusing and just smiled and said:
"All right.
"However, I can't buy you ice cream here. If you want to eat it, you can only get historical projections."
“…Alright.” Alice accepted it reluctantly.
They finished eating in the firelight, and Klein asked:
"Honestly, you really don't have a way to get there quickly?"
“Not that there is no way, but if I run by myself, I might end up somewhere unknown. If I take you with me… I think it’s probably over.” Alice rolled her eyes. “The ‘True Creator’ will only focus on the first section of the road. Here, there’s no hope even if we ask the ‘True Creator’ for help… Hiss, you…”
Her eyes suddenly froze. As she stared in astonishment, Klein dismantled the coffee table and tableware and summoned a...
"Sports car???" Alice opened her eyes wide, "Looking at the appearance, it seems to be a luxury car..."
"Yes," Klein nodded. "Before I met you, I tried to summon a bicycle from the historical projection. After riding it for a while, I realized that I could actually summon bicycles and electric cars. Then I thought, since I can summon electric cars, why not just summon cars? Since I can summon cars, why don't I summon a cooler sports car? Then I met you."
“…Okay, okay,” Alice gave Klein a thumbs up, “Why don’t you just summon a plane?”
“I can’t drive,” Klein said frankly.
In the end, Alice and Klein's two secret dolls got in the car together, and under Klein's guidance, they began to take a ride in the "God-Forsaken Land".
Alice didn't know much about vehicles. She could recognize a sports car, but couldn't really tell the brand of the car. Klein obviously knew much more about this than Alice. Specifically, he summoned sports cars with different logos.
"I'm curious," Alice asked, squinting her eyes in the strong wind of the "Forsaken Land of Gods", "Do you have any requirements for this summoning? First of all, the object must be your own..."
"Why do you want to exclude this?" Klein asked in confusion.
"Because you definitely can't have so many cars," Alice rolled her eyes. "I'd rather believe that you're a designated driver or a car mechanic... Otherwise, when you first woke up, you must have been in so much pain that you wanted to commit suicide."
“…That makes sense,” Klein accepted. “But you’re right. This is not the requirement. As long as I know the time and place, I can summon him.”
"Oh~" Alice suddenly realized, "In that case, can you..."
She paused, and said with a strange expression: "Summon a nuclear bomb or something..."
"...Then why don't I just summon something in the universe?" Klein glanced at Alice. "As long as there is... a monster!"
The speeding sports car braked dangerously, sending the two people and two secret dolls in the car into the sky, leaving the group of monsters in front completely exposed to Klein's sight.
"What the hell are you doing!" Klein screamed, "Alice, you must have attracted these people. Otherwise, how could there be so many!"
——They were surrounded by monsters.
Ahead, densely packed within the visible range, were all kinds of bizarre dark creatures. They quickly hid in the darkness the moment they were illuminated by the light. Some of them were too late to hide, and screamed under the light, before quickly turning into ashes.
In this atmosphere, Ellie sent Klein and the secret doll to the ground without any remorse, then raised her eyebrows and said:
"I'm just a little curious... Have you ever seen those doomsday zombie movies or novels? I often see that the protagonist looks at the car and crashes it all the way, so I want to see what will happen if you crash into the monster like that..."
“…Why didn’t you tell me first?” Klein glared at her. “Do you know that scaring others can kill them?”
"I'm not a human," Alice smiled. "Have you forgotten, Mr. Fool? I'm a 'monster'."
"...Your mythical creature form should be a dog." Klein glanced at Alice and began to search for the items they dropped. "Also, it should be Beagle."
"I'm obviously a snake..." Alice followed behind, curling her lips, "And I won't let anything happen to you..."
