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36 Two Requests

"...What happened?" Anthony did not answer her question. At a certain moment, he remembered the donation box that disappeared from the Storm Church.

Alice handed over the box and said hesitantly:

"The Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom sent me a '0' grade sealed artifact... It is formed by the 'Prophet' extraordinary characteristic of the 'Destiny' pathway sequence 2.

"But, they didn't give me the information about the Sealed Object… maybe they thought I didn't need it?

"But, I actually want to take a look. I have something I want to confirm..."

She didn't want to make it too obvious to say the specific reason, so Archbishop Anthony did not ask about this question. Instead, he shook his head and answered her doubts:

"I understand... However, the people of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom may not have intentionally not told you the information about the Sealed Artifact."

Alice looked at him suspiciously.

"'The Prophet'..." Archbishop Anthony glanced at the box but did not try to open it. "This is a '0' level sealed item, right?"

Alice nodded and said, "Yes, the number is '0-34'."

"'0-34'..." Anthony repeated thoughtfully, "Although I don't know the specific preservation method of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, at least, within the Nighthawks, all '1' and '0' grade seals are not in paper form."

"Huh?" Alice opened her eyes wide.

"This is to keep it secret." Anthony looked at her and said meaningfully.

Alice, who was not good at keeping secrets, felt guilty for a moment, but soon couldn't help asking,

"But, in this case, for every new saint in the church, does the senior have to start from '0-01' and recite the information of all '0'-level seals and '1'-level seals?"

Alice imagined in her mind the scene of Archbishop Anthony reciting all the information to her, and shuddered with horror.

"...No," Anthony denied Alice's guess, "Normally, there should be special magical items or rituals to solve similar problems."

"Ah..." Alice felt a little disappointed for some reason. She soon had a new question, "Then, are the information of our church separated? In other words, can we retrieve it separately if we want to?"

Alice felt that no matter which answer she gave to this question, it was inappropriate.

The method of looking up information one by one is not much different from the method of having other saints orally narrate information after being promoted to a saint. Both are troublesome and give Alice a headache.

As for the other way - being able to check all the information at once, that would be even more troublesome.

The trouble here mainly lies in the confidentiality level and some special seals, such as "0-08".

After experiencing the incident in Tingen City, Alice knew that although the church's confidentiality level was there, special orders could be issued for some emergency situations, including but not limited to the temporary use of various seals and materials.

But if a Beyonder with a low confidentiality level temporarily uses the information of a "0" or "1" level seal, what should be done

with the extra information? Archbishop Anthony smiled and answered this serious question:

"After you are promoted to a Saint, or when you need it, you can access a sacred object of the Goddess and obtain 'authority' after your application is approved.

"Next, you can go and 'read' the information of the sealed object.

"For the information that you don't have 'authorization' for or that your 'authorization' level is not high enough, you won't be able to remember it even if you've read it."

Alice was stunned for two seconds before she realized that this was the power of "secret".

At the same time, she also realized that she seemed to have no "authority".

When her hesitant eyes fell on Anthony, Anthony added as if he had expected it:

"If you have any information about the Sealed Object you want to know, it's best to ask the goddess."

Alice gave up immediately. There was no way she would ask the goddess about such a thing. After all, the goddess was not the respected Mr. Fool. It would be fine if she said she was playing around, but she probably wouldn't really be her mother.

Thinking of this, Alice sighed again and said to Archbishop Anthony:

"Then, can you help me contact the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom?

"Just say, I need information about '0-34'..."

"Of course." Archbishop Anthony easily agreed to the request.

Alice let out a sigh of relief after finishing the first task, and continued:

"I have one more thing I need the church's help with…it could also be mutual help.

"I need the chance to play the role of 'Mage of Doom'."

"'The Master of Doom'..." Archbishop Anthony repeated the name and frowned.

As a Sequence 3 "Bishop of Fear", he certainly would not be unaware of the existence of role-playing, and the church would also provide role-playing opportunities for the Nighthawks and Red Gloves.

But in the final analysis, whether it is the Nighthawks or the Red Gloves, most of the people who need the church to provide role-playing opportunities are mid-sequence Beyonders, and almost all of them are from the "Sleepless" and "Corpse Collector" paths.

This is closely related to the potion formula made public by the church.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is that the church is familiar with the way to play each sequence of the "Sleepless" path and the "Corpse Collector" path. Although everyone's playing method is different, it is basically the same in the final analysis. It is easy for the church to provide corresponding tasks.

But Sequence 4 of the "Destiny" path, "Mage of Doom", was a completely unfamiliar potion name, and Anthony obviously had no idea how to play it.

As for other things, Anthony had no interest in exploring. He was well aware of the importance of "keeping secrets", the most important of which was not to explore.

Alice was not surprised by Archbishop Anthony's doubts. She had also thought of this. She said carefully:

"If I'm not mistaken, the 'Doom Mage' should be a character who controls doom and can bring doom to others..."

Anthony's gentle expression disappeared. He looked at Alice, frowned, and repeated:

"Bringing bad luck to others?"

Alice's voice paused instinctively. She looked at Anthony and found that he was looking at her, as if considering how to start talking.

For a moment, Alice remembered the look in the eyes of the Chief of Silver City.

It is undeniable that similar thoughts do occur to him and are indeed consistent with her image of him, but after seeing the sincere praise, Alice gradually understood the reason for her discomfort.

Although neither of them put her on an equal footing, and both praised her highly, how could the vigilant look be compared to admiration and gratitude?

Alice gradually realized that she was disgusted by others' vigilance and caution towards her, as if she would do something outrageous if she wasn't careful - please, is she that kind of person? She is not, Klein has always believed in her!

She immediately lost interest in continuing to speak, and looked up at Archbishop Anthony without saying anything.

This attitude was like a child throwing a tantrum. Archbishop Anthony paused, glanced at Alice, and then said in his gentle voice:

"I guess there must be other ways to act, right?

"I can see that although you like to play, you don't like to do things like this."

Alice stared at Archbishop Anthony without saying a word, trying to figure out if he was lying, but soon she failed. She lowered her head and rubbed the floor with her toes while saying,

"You're right, there are indeed other ways to act.

"It's probably okay to help others get rid of bad luck or something.

"In short, it shows a kind of control over misfortune."

As Alice said this, she thought of Admithal in the underground market of the Dragon Bar.

As a natural born "monster", he is different from other ordinary people who are born with Sequence 10. He is born with Sequence 9.5 of the "monster" pathway.

This was his luck and also his misfortune.

Before he had any idea about role-playing, Alice gave him a recipe for a "monster" potion, which, as she said, ended his past bad luck but did not necessarily symbolize good luck.

Just like although the name is "Mage of Misfortune", the ability gained after taking the potion of "Mage of Misfortune" is not to control misfortune, but to control the probability of things. As for whether the things represent luck or misfortune, no one knows.

Thinking of this, Alice muttered thoughtfully:

"Luck and bad luck don't actually exist in isolation... Even if you control the probability of every event happening, you can't say for sure whether every event is luck or bad luck."

Alice's joyful spirit responded to this statement, and she realized that this was also part of the method of acting - luck and bad luck did not exist independently, but were interdependent.

And even if you are the one who controls misfortune, you cannot truly control misfortune.

There was something of a hallucination about this acting, and Alice thought of the "winner" and the "lucky one" again.

It was not until Alice saw the sarcastic words "Happy Birthday" written in pinyin in the "Accessories for Making Fortune" that she realized that those who are chosen by fate are the real "winners."

It wasn't until Ince Zangwill showed up and pulled the beating heart out of her chest that Alice realized the importance of not relying on luck.

Although she didn't change much at that time.

From this perspective, the "Disaster Priest" that she has not played will probably have one line - "Disaster also means opportunity."

Thinking deeper, maybe "machines" can also be inaccurate sometimes, and "monsters" can sometimes be more human than humans…

Of course, those were too far away and had nothing to do with Alice. At this moment, she was standing in the basement of St. Samuel's Church, listening to Archbishop Anthony's response:

"Is that so..."

Alice immediately came back to her senses and looked at Archbishop Anthony with expectant eyes.

Archbishop Anthony shook his head, frowned slightly and said,

"To be honest, I am happy to provide you with the opportunity to act, and I don't even need to ask for your consent.

"The problem is, I don't know where to put you.

"Even if I put you in the Red Gloves or Nighthawks team, no one would treat you as an ordinary team member. But if you are not treated as an ordinary team member...

"Do you have the ability to lead a team independently and complete tasks on your own?"

Alice shook her head very self-awarely.

This is where the problem lies. Archbishop Anthony frowned and continued,

"If you can be a little more patient, there may be another option."

Alice looked at Archbishop Anthony curiously, waiting for him to continue.

Anthony exhaled, and then continued:

"You could consider becoming a priest in the church, or even a bishop or archbishop..."

Having said this, he paused slightly, glanced at Alice, and added,

"Of course, you don't have to deal with these chores like me. In fact, we all know that you are probably not qualified for this job... but your salary will be less than that of a normal bishop."

Alice's eyes lit up.

This is the biggest difference between the Church of Night and Alice's impression of it - the priests here include not only priests, but also... female priests. Would it be appropriate to call them Mothers?

Alice wasn't sure, because the church uniformly called them priests, unlike the Storm Church, which clearly called them priests.

Likewise, the Church of Evernight has no shortage of female bishops and archbishops. According to internal church information, the goddess also has many female angels and followers.

It can be seen that the goddess is indeed actively promoting gender equality... uh, wait, gender equality?

Alice blinked twice, realizing what she had overlooked.

She believed that the idea of ​​gender equality was not something she had brought up, and she also knew that there was more than one goddess promoting gender equality, but this did not prevent Alice from having certain doubts - the main reason was that she had a very simple way to verify it.

"That's a good idea," Alice said to Archbishop Anthony with a smile, "but I still need some time to prepare."

After a brief pause, Alice continued:

"I'm actually not familiar with the work of a bishop or something like that—of course, it'd be better if it's not that high, so that I can get used to being an ordinary priest.

"But even so, I still feel that I need some induction training to get familiar with the job content and work process...

"Besides, I'm not familiar with the church's scriptures... Is the new scripture not yet written? Are there any old ones here? Can I take a copy back?"

——The creation theory of God in the "Ancient Sun God" scripture exposed everything, and on the goddess's side, if it was true, Alice didn't believe that there would be no trace of it in the scripture.

The part about the Creator doesn't count. In Alice's impression, there are many poems in the scriptures of the Church of Darkness. Unfortunately, she didn't listen carefully during the class...

Alice sighed in her heart and silently prayed that Archbishop Anthony's answer was yes, otherwise she would have to spend money to buy it. (End of this chapter)

37 No Abnormality

The good news is that what Alice was worried about did not happen. Archbishop Anthony calmly agreed with her: "Of course."

Alice gave Anthony a questioning look.

She didn't think she was very good at lying, although that was partly because she often didn't try hard to cover up, like just now.

But Anthony seemed to have always been like this. He would never have any doubts about any of his actions, or even if he had, he would never ask about it.

Was it to... "keep a secret"?

Alice looked at Anthony thoughtfully, only to see him stand up and open the bookcase behind him.

There were densely packed books inside. Alice glanced at the side of the book cover. The time and place were neatly marked on it. Information such as extraordinary people and extraordinary events were placed in different categories, and of course there were also various versions of the Bible.

This looks like a filing cabinet...

Alice looked away dizzily. Anthony pulled out a book from the Bible, put it on the table, and said to Alice:

"This is a sample of the latest edition of the Bible. Of course, it cannot be taken away from here.

"But from your description...it seems like what you need can be taken away?"

Actually, it's not that necessary… Alice glanced at the holy book.

She really didn't have much need to take the holy book away. After all, she had plenty of ways to recall what she had read. It was just that she really didn't listen during the class.

But Alice still asked, "Well...is there?"

——As a goddess's favored one, it's too outrageous that there is not even a holy book at home!

With this thought in mind, Alice cast her eager eyes on Archbishop Anthony.

As if sensing her gaze, Archbishop Anthony said gently,

"The bishop of the church will preach the scriptures to the believers. If you need one, you can buy one after the preaching."

Purchase...Alice continued to look at Archbishop Anthony with that earnest gaze.

Is she short of money?

Thinking of Alice's concern about salary, Anthony had a flash of doubt in his mind, and he continued:

"...Of course, generally speaking, as a saint of the church, if you want, you can go and get a holy book."

"Great!" Alice laughed happily. "Then I'm going?"

"...Well," Archbishop Anthony put aside his doubts and nodded, "Regarding the digestion of the potion, you can come to me again when you are ready."

Alice was so happy that she left Anthony's office in high spirits - not even remembering to hide her presence.

This was a bad thing. It was not the first time that she appeared in the basement of St. Samuel's Church with her original face, but today, there was an acquaintance of hers in the basement of St. Samuel's Church.

To be precise, it was an acquaintance of Alice Kingsley, the night watchman in Tingen City.

——Leonard Mitchell, the protagonist of the era.

Alice realized this when she saw that striking face. To be honest, it was not too surprising. She knew that Leonard was now a Red Glove, and Soest, whom she had just met, was the captain of a certain Red Glove team.

But she wasn't sure how she should react.

Honestly speaking, Alice was actually a little afraid of seeing old acquaintances. The captain's "Your Excellency" reminded her that everything had changed and her relationship with others could never go back to the way it was before.

Leonard was obviously shocked when he saw his former teammate coming back from the dead. He suddenly remembered the reminder from a few months ago:

"You know, the protagonist of the era will never die. Even if he dies, he will push open the grave and crawl out~"

...Could it be that the protagonist of this era is really someone else?

Looking at Alice who has come back to life, an unsettling thought came into Leonard's mind.

He didn't speak for a while, and Alice's eyes were fixed on him. She didn't move for a while. Soster noticed this scene and suddenly laughed:

"I almost forgot. I remember from the information that you two were teammates before. You should know each other, right?"

This shattered Leonard's last bit of hope. He realized that the girl standing in front of him was not a girl who looked like his old friend, nor was she changed by a magical item, but a real old friend.

Alice glanced at Soest and realized that this man knew her, or had seen her information before.

...or maybe it's incidental.

Alice glanced at Leonard and thought it was normal for Soest to get information about his team members.

Besides, even if this hadn't happened, she seemed to be very famous among the Night Watchers...the kind of famous that was worth watching.

While Alice was thinking, Soest had already introduced himself:

"You don't know this person yet, right?

"This is the church's new saint, Her Excellency Alice Kingsley. If you look up her information, you will find..."

After showing a mysterious smile, Sost extended his tone and introduced to the other people in the hall:

"This Excellency died in the Evil God's Offspring incident in Tingen City more than half a year ago."

Soest's tone was exaggerated and boastful, because he judged from Archbishop Anthony's open attitude and Alice's spontaneous walk out that this was something that did not need to be concealed.

The possibility that Alice-sama had forgotten to hide had never occurred to him.

Of course, even if he thought of it, Soest would not take it seriously. After all - how could Archbishop Anthony not stop Lady Alice!

Even if Archbishop Anthony really didn't stop Alice, he couldn't stop him from talking, right? Since Archbishop Anthony's attitude was so clear, he could definitely talk!

There was nothing wrong with this idea in terms of conclusion.

Such an introduction naturally attracted a lot of shocked and astonished looks. Among the many looks, those belonging to Leonard and a former lover of an unnamed angel on him were not so conspicuous.

Alice naturally followed the gazes and withdrew her gaze. She tilted her head, forced a tentative smile, raised her hand and waved it twice, greeting everyone:

"...Hi?

"Hello?"

She looked around hesitantly. Those Nighthawks and Red Gloves who had seen her or not looked at each other. Leonard was the first to speak:

"haven't seen you for a long time.

"Your Mightiness."

The tone was no longer casual as before, but rather formal. Alice realized that Leonard's mood was definitely not good - this could actually be seen from the way he addressed him.

This was the second time Alice received the word "Your Excellency" from an old friend.

She suddenly began to hate this name. The good news was that her identity and status did not require her to hide her displeasure, so she looked at Leonard unhappily and used the same unhappy look to silence everyone who was about to speak.

Next, Alice took a holy book from the ground part of the church and left.

After she left, Leonard did not hide anything. He stood up and said,

"Sorry... I think I may need to be alone for a while."

No one was surprised by this. When Leonard suddenly saw his former teammate who had come back to life and discovered that the other party had become a saint, his reaction could be described as calm. He easily got some alone time.

He walked into an office alone and closed the door without setting up the spiritual barrier. Firstly, he was impatient and secondly, he didn't need to worry about this for what he was going to do next.

In the empty secret room, under the Holy Emblem of Night, Leonard's impatient voice rang out:

"Old man, what did you find?"

After a moment of silence, an old voice that only Leonard could hear sounded:

"You're becoming more and more rude."

After a brief pause, the old voice continued,

"There is nothing wrong with her."

"Huh?" Leonard was surprised for a moment, but soon relaxed. "That's right. If she had a problem, she wouldn't be here... She should at least be behind the Chanis Gate."

He was even in the mood for a joke.

The owner of the old voice didn't seem to find the joke funny, and added slowly:

"No.

"That's the biggest problem."

Leonard was stunned.

Then, the voice said, mockingly and remindingly:

"The little girl was originally an ordinary person. After a 'lucky person' accidentally fell and died in front of her, she swallowed the Beyonder characteristic by mistake and became an Beyonder without any harm. The price she paid was just the loss of all her memories...

"After that, I remained at the 'lucky one' level for three years without any signs of promotion until I died unexpectedly...

"More than half a year later, she suddenly appeared again, and claimed to be a saint - is she really just a saint?

"The last person I saw who liked to wear a monocle on his right eye was..."

The voice paused and did not continue the topic, but changed the subject and said,

"Of course, the most important thing is that I did not notice anything wrong with her before I had the idea of ​​stealing her fate!"

Leonard was a little confused by this series of words. It took him a while to figure out the logic behind it. He caught the last sentence and asked:

"Steal her destiny?"

The voice paused longer this time, and said with a guilty conscience,

"I originally just wanted to borrow some good luck from her... just a little bit, it won't hurt her, and I will pay it back later."

"That is to say..." Leonard thought carefully, "There is a problem with her fate, but this problem has been hidden?"

The old voice agreed, so Leonard asked again:

"Old man, do you know who hid it?"

As soon as the words left their mouths, they both fell silent, because the answer seemed obvious - at least to one of them.

Leonard did not speak or move for a long time. After an unknown amount of time had passed, he slowly exhaled, looked up at the Holy Emblem of Night, and devoutly drew a scarlet moon pattern on his chest.

"Praise the goddess," he said.

On the other side, Alice returned home with the newly acquired Holy Scripture.

As she said, she was not familiar with the scriptures of the Church of Evernight. If she were asked to preach, she probably wouldn't be able to recite the complete doctrine. The part she was most familiar with was the name of the goddess.

She really didn't pay much attention in class.

The Holy Scriptures of the Church of Night have many parts, the main part is called "Apocalypse of Night", which tells the story of the birth of the world and the origin of the goddess, as well as a large number of myths and legends of the goddess.

Of course, there are things like doctrines hidden in it, but that is not what Alice is looking for. She didn't even read the chapters recording the saints and angels. After all, that was too far away from her purpose.

What Alice is looking for is the poetry in "Apocalypse of the Night".

In Alice's unclear memory of the Holy Scriptures, "Apocalypse of Night" recorded a large number of poems, which is why Alice did not judge that the "Midnight Poets" could not write poetry because of Leonard.

Leonard may just be a special case among the "Midnight Poets".

But after carefully re-reading the poems in "Apocalypse of the Night", Alice's answer became uncertain again.

Of course, she didn't know every poem, because although "Apocalypse of the Night" also used modern poetry, most of them were English poems, and the meanings after translation were very different. Relying on the translated poems in her memory, Alice was not sure even if she occasionally came across them.

But compared to other literary genres, poetry, especially translated poetry, has a unique and easily identifiable feature - rhyme and meaning.

Poetry that uses vague and concise words to express multiple meanings can seem a little strange when it lacks the corresponding cultural context.

Plus, some of the poems don't rhyme...which is actually not enough to serve as evidence.

These groundless speculations can only prove that the goddess is a bad poet like Leonard. Moreover, not all the poems in the scriptures were written by the goddess.

Who knows which "talented" pope it is?

Alice closed the Holy Book with a sad face, holding her chin and sighing:

"Goddess...are you a time traveler?

"If you are, can you make this holy book disappear?"

She threw the bible on the table without any hope, looked at it with a bitter face, and then sat up straight.

——In front of her, the holy book disappeared bit by bit as if it was being erased by an eraser.

Alice looked at the place where the holy book disappeared, blinked twice in confusion, then stretched out her hand hesitantly, trying to touch the place where the holy book was just now.

There was nothing there.

Alice slowly withdrew her hand, looked at her white palm absentmindedly, then looked at the empty table. After a long while, she tentatively called out:

"...goddess?"

Her voice drifted in the air as usual, disappearing in the empty room. No one responded, as if no one was watching this place. (End of this chapter)

38 Storage Method

Alice frowned and sat there without saying a word when she got no response.

She had long suspected that the goddess was spying on her, and maybe Adam was there too - now she was not so confident that she could detect Adam's gaze.

The good news is that Alice thinks that Amon is not here, or at least not as often as the two above - if Amon is watching, it is probably only for certain specific things.

As for the two above... Considering that the goddess has just admitted that she is a time traveler, these two are not taking turns, right?

...It shouldn't be that exaggerated.

Alice shook her head, threw away the unrealistic ideas, took a deep breath, and chose the simplest way to verify.

She put her hands to her lips and opened them into a trumpet shape, then took a deep breath and shouted:

"Adam! Are you spying on me again!"

No one spoke, and no neighbors came to complain about her disturbing the public - the latter was as it should be, since the sound did not get out.

However, the fact that the sound was confined to this small room did not contradict the fact that the sound could be transmitted thousands of miles away. Alice put down her hands and shook her head, feeling a gaze briefly appearing and disappearing on her.

Alice lay down calmly.

There was nothing she could do about it, because she couldn't defeat either Adam or the goddess. To a certain extent, the goddess was still her supporter.

What could Alice do? She had no other choice but to collapse on the chair, raise her right hand, and shake it vigorously to express her excitement. Then she said weakly:

"Forget about calling me Goddess, but Adam... Forget it, just call me that for now.

"Adam, you have to remember the difference between men and women. You can't look at them while they're taking a bath!"

This time no one answered her, and Alice didn't care. She stood up and prepared to leave, but her eyes caught sight of the box she had casually thrown on the table, and she stopped again.

"Isn't it appropriate to put this box here..." Alice murmured absentmindedly.

She then remembered that the box contained an extremely dangerous "0" level sealed object, which should not be thrown on the table like this.

But, if not on the table, where else can I put it?

Alice subconsciously thought of Klein's Source Castle. She had always used that mysterious space above the gray fog as a storage space. She always threw important things into it.

But Alice soon realized it was inappropriate.

She didn't fully understand "0-34". She didn't have any information from the Church of Knowledge, and her understanding of "0-34" was almost nothing. And Klein was only Sequence 5 - she couldn't throw this level of trouble to Klein.

However, thinking of Klein, two thoughts popped into Alice's mind at the same time.

One was about the "0-34," and she thought of a perfect place to store it - she could throw it behind the Chanis door.

However, this may be a long process...

Alice shook her head, worrying about the second question.

Strictly speaking, this cannot be considered a question. This should be something that needs to be confirmed. Alice cleared her throat and asked,

"Ahem.

"Goddess, can you tell me your story?"

She wanted to tell Klein that the goddess was a time traveler.

The goddess did not reject Alice, or rather, the goddess ignored her.

After asking the question, Alice waited for a long time without receiving a response from the goddess before she realized what had happened. She curled her lips and decisively interpreted this as a tacit agreement.

…

After calming down, Leonard returned to the hall.

As expected, Soest was talking to others about the "lucky man" who had fallen to his death and the Megose incident in Tingen City - even though he only knew about it from the records.

Leonard was not unfamiliar with this kind of scene, because his new captain Soster was such a person. He seemed to be incompatible with the "Sleepless" path, and the whole person was exaggerated and ostentatious.

In Leonard's impression, he especially loved to do this in front of Ms. Daly, even if nothing changed after learning about what happened between Ms. Daly and the captain - now it's time to call Bishop Dunn.

Soest saw Leonard walking towards them from a distance. He waved his hand from a distance and changed the subject:

"Come to think of it, I remember that more than one person died in the Evil God's Offspring incident..."

Yes, more than one person died, the other one was...

Leonard's footsteps suddenly stopped.

If Alice from Tingen City is a little girl who can do nothing and has nothing except good luck, then Klein's peculiarity is actually very obvious.

Compared to Alice, who became an ordinary person after accidentally swallowing a "Lucky One" Beyonder characteristic, Klein's specialness has never been hidden, and his connection with the "Fortune Teller" path is almost obvious.

More importantly, Leonard once talked to Klein about the topic of "protagonists of the times". He once said that the two of them were the protagonists of two different times that met...

…?

Leonard thought of Alice, whom he had met not long ago, and an absurd idea popped into his mind.

Was it also determined that Klein's extraordinary characteristics at that time were taken away by Ince Zangwill...?

Was Alice really the only one who pushed open the grave and climbed out?

Leonard suddenly had a desire to return to Tingen City.

At this time, Soest turned his attention back to him and shouted at him:

"Leonard? What are you doing standing there? Come here!"

Leonard reacted immediately. With a smile on his face, he walked over and replied,

"I was just wondering when I would have the chance to go back to Tingen City and visit the grave of my former colleague."

"Hahaha!" Soest laughed out loud. "That's a good idea, but I'm afraid it'll be a little difficult to realize... No, not necessarily."

"Hmm?" Leonard's mind moved and he raised his eyebrows to look over.

"You can go find the person just now," Soest pointed in the direction of the door, "If you had a good relationship before, she might be able to help you get a leave or something - or help us arrange a mission there."

After a pause, Soest added:

"However, this is more difficult.

"After all, there are too few extraordinary events over there."

This was true, but Soest's reminder made Leonard realize another way - he could actually ask Alice directly.

Even if Alice had a secret, she could freely go in and out of the church basement, which showed that the church trusted her. The old man did not find any problems with her, which just showed that the goddess also trusted her and was helping her hide everything...

So, she is still trustworthy!

So, I can just ask her directly. If it is a secret that cannot be told or something that does not meet my confidentiality level, she will naturally tell me...

Thinking of this, Leonard relaxed and returned to his previous seat.

Now, Leonard is troubled by a new problem - where to find Alice's current address?

The good news is that this incident did not bother Leonard for too long. Alice, who lost the Holy Book, came to the basement of the church again the next day. This time, she did not appear directly in Archbishop Anthony's office. Instead, after thinking for a while, she showed up and walked in.

As expected, Leonard, who was playing cards, noticed her, and this was exactly what Alice wanted to do - she guessed that Leonard must have a lot to ask her.

Their eyes met in the air. Alice was much calmer than the day before. Before Leonard could speak, she asked,

"Do you have anything to ask me?"

Leonard stopped talking and nodded.

After that, no one of them spoke, and no one took the initiative to look away. The awkwardness of meeting again after a long separation was fully displayed at this moment. Alice gritted her teeth and took the initiative to speak:

"Later... I have something to do right now, is that ok?"

After a pause, she slapped her head as if she remembered something and changed the subject:

"By the way, I can give you the address.

"Ah, if only I had a messenger..."

Alice, who was used to calling her honorific name as a phone number, swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her mouth. After all, even if she didn't consider anything else, the three-part honorific name did represent different meanings.

At least not something a saint would have.

After leaving her address to Leonard, Alice walked into Anthony's office with a desire for the messenger and raised a huge problem.

"You said you were going to leave it behind the Chanis Gate?" After listening to Alice's statement, Archbishop Anthony looked at the hot potato on the table and asked with a frown.

Alice nodded.

Archbishop Anthony frowned at Alice and shook his head, saying,

"This is not something I can decide."

This was not a lie. After all, "0-34" was also a "0" level sealed artifact. Even if it was temporarily stored, it should be reported to the Holy Temple. Alice was not surprised by this result. She said naturally:

"I know, you can report first, I can't just run around with this thing, right?

"If it's a Chaos Walker Beyonder characteristic, it's fine. If I swallow it accidentally one day, it's fine. It's not the first time anyway, and I've completed the ritual...

"'Prophet'... I don't want to cross-level swallow it... Hey, I remember that the extraordinary characteristics of 'Prophet' should also include the extraordinary characteristics of 'Chaos Walker', right?

"Is it possible that the Chaos Walker Beyonder characteristic accidentally fell out and was swallowed by me by mistake?"

This assumption was too fantastic. Archbishop Anthony looked at her in amazement, as if he didn't know how to start.

Alice probably knew that there was something shocking in this sentence, but she didn't think that she was wrong. She stood there and waited for Archbishop Anthony to speak first.

It took Archbishop Anthony half a minute to regain his ability to speak. He opened his mouth and tried to persuade him:

"Normally, a Sequence 2 Beyonder should contain Sequence 3 and below Beyonder characteristics.

"However, if you have this idea, it is best to take the initiative to look for extraordinary people or magical items with relevant abilities.

"Of course, if we really find it, the Beyonder can send it to the church."

"Is there really such a power?" Alice's eyes widened. "But why do we just send extraordinary people to the church after we find them?"

Archbishop Anthony glanced at Alice and did not clearly answer her second question, but introduced her first question:

"Sequence 4 'No Darkness' of the 'Sun' pathway has a very strong purification ability.

"They can purify the mental pollution within the Beyonder characteristics, and can also extract the Beyonder characteristics within the Beyonder's body. Of course, they can also extract the low-sequence Beyonder characteristics.

"However, the Beyonder characteristic you have here is Sequence 2, and it has even formed a seal. If it is simply 'No Darkness', it may be a bit far-fetched..."

Alice understood everything when she heard the "Sun" path.

This path of spreading faith, which Alice had the impression of being a pyramid scheme, finally revealed its true power in Sequence 4 - purification.

It also purifies faith.

Of course, now is not the time to criticize this. After listening to the abilities of the "No Darkness", Alice realized that she really needs a "No Darkness", or a higher one, or a magical item.

As for why they sent people to the church? This was not the responsibility of the "No Darkness" but a problem of the "Sun" path. You know, in Loen, believing in the "Eternal Blazing Sun" was considered paganism.

Judging from the level of activity of the Aurora Society and the Witch Cult in Backland, Loen's punishment of pagans is more severe than that of cultists.

In this case, as a favored one of the goddess and a saint of the church, is there anything wrong in sending such a being who is more hated than a cultist to the church?

Alice readily accepted this. She nodded, but then felt something was wrong. She frowned and asked,

"What if I found it somewhere else, uh, the "Sun", the saint of the "Sun" path, of course I would hand it over to the local church, but if I found it in another country... uh, then I might be a cultist... No, I, uh."

Alice boldly imagined the future, then silently retracted her idea and swallowed back the words "I am the evil god" that were about to come out of her mouth.

Archbishop Anthony answered as if he knew what she was going to say:

"If there is no church in your area, you could consider bringing him here, or..."

He scolded her for a moment, glanced at Alice, and said carefully:

"…develop him into an informant or a believer?"

Alice blinked blankly at Archbishop Anthony. For some reason, she subconsciously felt that this was not what Archbishop Anthony wanted to say.

This matter was basically confirmed. After a few words, Alice ended the topic and walked out, holding the box containing "0-34".

Before leaving, Alice subconsciously glanced at where Leonard was just now, but found that there was no one there.

...Where are the people?

Alice frowned and walked home. (End of this chapter)