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79 Birth

Walter's words made Aulori curious, but the hallway was not a suitable place for a chat, so she smiled and continued:

"Oh? Really?

" "Then I'd like to get to know this guest."

Seeing this, Klein simply signaled Walter to lead Aulori inside, while looking at the next guest who was coming.

Aulori's entry into the hall did not attract Alice's attention. She was checking the drinks on the long banquet table and was satisfied to find a glass of sweet iced tea on her seat.

When the time was almost up, Alice saw Klein walk into the hall and invite everyone to celebrate. Next came the dance party, which Alice had experienced many times. She was very experienced in dealing with it. While people were dancing or chatting, she concentrated on eating.

The nobles' gossip was boring as usual. Alice lost interest after listening to it for a while. She perked up a little when they mentioned Alan, but it soon disappeared as the topic changed.

It would be better to just look at what Alan is doing... Alice muttered to herself as she turned her attention over.

Alan was still staying by the bed, and there was no doctor or nurse around Velma. Alice thought that she might still be some time away from giving birth, but probably not far away, because this seemed to be an independent ward.

Alice looked at Wilma's expression and found that she was no longer in as much pain as before and seemed to have calmed down, but she looked listless. Her pale face and listless look revealed that she was not in good condition. To be honest, Alice was very worried about this.

After she stared at the two of them for a while, Alan began to feed Velma food one spoonful at a time. This scene made Alice decide to wait until they finished eating before continuing to watch.

Alice didn't wait too long, because Wilma really couldn't eat much. She saw that Wilma only swallowed twice with difficulty and then waved her hand to refuse, frowning slightly.

Even though she didn't know much about the childbirth process, Alice had heard a lot of sayings like "giving birth is like going through the gates of hell for a woman." At least she knew that sufficient physical strength was needed before giving birth.

But Velma is like this now...

Alice's "sight" was focused on her abdomen, wondering if Will Auceptin could possibly crawl out of her stomach on his own.

Leaving aside the possibility of this happening, Will Auceptin did not look very happy to be stared at in this way by his enemy, Velma's expression soon turned painful again, and Alice also withdrew her attention after being "stared at".

This matter did not come to any conclusion until Alice left the dance. She took the time to look over there several times. Sometimes she saw Alan trying to feed Velma, and sometimes she saw Alan helping Velma walk, but it seemed that there was no further progress.

It wasn't just Alice who was anxious, in fact it was Alan as well.

In the hospital, the delivery process of pregnant women can be roughly divided into three stages. Wilma is currently in the first stage of labor, which is the longest part of the delivery process for pregnant women and can last up to a day, but this is for first-time mothers.

For Velma, who has already given birth to two children, this step should not actually be difficult. At least Velma would not have such a hard time as she is now. In fact, even when Velma gave birth to her first child, Allen did not think the situation was as bad as it is now.

He doubted whether Velma would have the strength to complete the process of giving birth.

Alan thought of the horror stories he had read, such as the ones where the mother's belly was cut open to take out the baby, and he couldn't help but shudder.

——Due to many reasons such as anesthesia technology, cesarean section is not popular in this era, especially the lack of successful cases to support it.

In anxiety and uneasiness, Alan remembered the honorable name he had earned.

He did not pronounce the honorific name immediately. His intuition told him that it represented something irreversible. He should perhaps try to pronounce the honorific name at a more cautious time, such as when things really seemed hopeless.

...right?

On Sunday afternoon, things finally took a new turn. Wilma was sent to the delivery room. Alice, who was secretly watching over there, felt like she had finally arrived. She took a quick look and turned her attention away from the bloody delivery room, frowning at Alan.

It's about now... Alice thought without any emotion.

Although Will Auceptin should have been in a relatively weak position from pregnancy to childbirth and then to his long childhood and adolescence, Alice believed that the time of actual childbirth was undoubtedly the most dangerous for him.

It's not because he is fragile. In fact, he is quite fragile throughout the whole process, but the time of giving birth is the moment when his breath is most likely to leak out, because of one obvious thing - the umbilical cord blood of the "Mercury Snake" is the blood of a mythical creature.

Alice guessed that Will Auceptin would find a chance to exchange the blood, otherwise, with one cut of the scissors, everyone in the delivery room and even the hospital would be in danger. As for the rest, it would depend on everyone's reaction speed and luck.

Alice didn't have much ambition to kill with one blow, she knew it was unrealistic, her biggest goal was to lure Ouroboros to make Will Auceptin panic, and then take the opportunity to injure him - she only intended to weaken Will Auceptin and get some blood of the mythical creature.

Of course, if I can really beat him to death, I won't refuse... Alice muttered to herself as she looked at Alan. When she was about to secretly influence the probability of the matter, she suddenly frowned.

Something seems to be wrong...

Alice withdrew her attention from Alan and looked around.

This is a waiting area specially provided for family members. There are many family members like Allen in the area. Most of them are equally uneasy, while a few look relaxed, but a little anxious.

Oh, and there are some irresponsible family members whose minds are not on the operating room at all...

Alice silently shifted her gaze and fixed it on the person who made her feel the most abnormal.

The man was wearing a linen robe with a cross on his chest. His soft features lacked any memorable features, except for his pair of clear blue eyes.

"...Adam," she appeared on the scene and called softly.

No one around noticed the two of them, which was natural. Alice stared at Adam intently. She didn't say anything, and Adam didn't say anything either. Alice saw Him look at her with a gentle smile, and then He disappeared.

...?

Alice looked around the place with a confused look, not understanding what Adam was doing here.

She scratched her head, but suddenly heard a voice that stood out from the crowd of other voices:

"The lingering heroic spirit,

"The followers of the true Creator,

"Look into the eyes of fate,

"…"

...It's Hermetic!

All the hair on her body suddenly stood up, and Alice turned her head sharply to look at Allen, but she knew it was too late - Ouroboros had already noticed this.

Damn it…

Feeling the power of Ouroboros approaching, Alice had no time to curse. Her attention was focused on the delivery room. The originally difficult delivery process suddenly became smooth. Alice saw the baby slip out of the birth canal. Then, the doctor picked up the baby, wiped the dirt off his body, and picked up the scissors to cut the umbilical cord.

Alice's pupils constricted. She could see more clearly than ordinary people and realized at a glance that what was hidden inside was clearly umbilical cord blood. If she cut with the scissors, everyone in the room would be doomed, not to mention those outside.

Will? Where are you? Will Auceptin!

Alice gritted her teeth. At this moment, she realized that the child with the umbilical cord had no life at all!

——It was obvious that Will Auceptin had run away at some point.

"Bang!"

The doctor holding the scissors shook, and the scissors fell to the ground, making a buzzing sound on the floor. Alice exhaled and then shifted her attention to Alan.

Ouroboros didn't come...?

Alice was slightly stunned, and noticed that this matter obviously made her happier than saving the doctor just now. After all, she had no subjective desire to save people. Everything just now was actually done under the guidance of spirituality.

By the way, the spirit didn't want me to save people, this, this is a kind of self-help!

Alice suddenly connected everything, and Ouroboros, who had not arrived, had the answer at this moment. She realized that this was precisely because she saved people.

——It seemed that it was not easy for Ouroboros to detect her aura, and Ouroboros did not seem to be very interested in her.

Will Auceptin's umbilical cord blood...

Alice paused, subconsciously ignoring the possibility that Ouroboros might not want to kill her or even bother to pay attention to her. She ignored Alan and appeared in the delivery room, picking up the scissors on the ground under the doctor's horrified eyes.

She glanced at the doctor. The completely released aura of the mythical creature made it difficult for mortals to react for a while. The poor surgeon was still trembling in place, and the others were not much better.

Alice lowered her eyes and ignored this group of ordinary people. She just looked away indifferently and walked closer to Wilma, saying in a calm voice:

"...After you get out, report this to the church.

"You can tell the church I'm Miss Destiny."

Having said this, she cut the umbilical cord without hesitation. Strangely, there was no sign of cord blood flowing, and there was not even any blood on the scissors.

Alice was not surprised by this scene, but she, who was always handsome for less than three seconds, glanced at the scissors in her hand, frowned, then looked at the doctor and asked:

"Um... if I cut the umbilical cord with a pair of scissors that were dropped on the floor and not washed, will it cause an infection?"

In the silence, a trembling hand stretched out. Alice turned her head and found that it was a nurse who for some reason handed over a scalpel.

Alice didn't bother to be polite with the nurse. She took the scalpel and cut off the other end of the umbilical cord. This was not necessary under normal circumstances, but Alice had to do this - she had to take away the blood of the mythical creature inside.

Then an even more bizarre scene appeared. One side of the scalpel was stained with blood, but the other side was not. Alice took a look, put the scalpel down, and then held the umbilical cord where blood was constantly flowing out and back, looked at Alan who was praying to Ouroboros outside, and then looked at the body of the abandoned fetus, her expression dazed for a moment.

——In a sense, Alan and Wilma's dream prophecies really came true.

Alice shook her head and left with the umbilical cord she had removed.

When she got home, the first thing she did was to call Klein to take down the "water pipe" that was placed above the gray fog. It was the only suitable container she could think of.

——She could indeed use a small amount of Cycle of Fate to make a simple seal, but that was for small things, and she needed to update it from time to time to prevent the power from being exhausted.

The blood of mythical creatures was not within this range. Before finding a suitable container for this thing, Alice thought she needed a more reliable temporary container. The "water pipe" that almost trapped her that day was a good choice.

As for Will Auceptin's peeping…haha, isn't that the Source Castle?

Alice, who easily solved the problem, happily decided to let Cattleya get the long-term container - she planned to ask Cattleya to bring her own container.

Thinking of this, she immediately remembered that she had forgotten to ask Klein to inform the Hermit Cattleya that she had successfully obtained the blood of the mythical creature. After hesitating for a moment, Alice decided to wait until Monday to tell her.

That way I can show off in front of others... Alice nodded with satisfaction and made a decision.

…

After Alice left the delivery room, the frightened doctors and nurses stayed where they were, and no one dared to move first.

Wilma, who had remained conscious throughout the entire process, was actually aware of what seemed to have happened in the outside world, but like everyone else, she did not dare to react at all until Alice left. The weakness from the loss of blood forced her to speak out:

"Well..."

The groaning sound that came out of the throat with great effort woke up everyone present, and the delivery room became busy again, as everyone started to deal with the situation on the scene.

At the same time, Alan outside the door opened his eyes in disappointment.

Simply reciting the honorific name would not earn attention. Ouroboros looked at him because Allen said the honorific name, but not entirely because Allen said the honorific name. The main reason was Alice who was there and Will Auceptin who was almost there.

Of course, that's not the correct way to put it. The accurate way of saying it is that in the unfamiliar prayer, Ouroboros sensed that something was wrong with Alan's fate, and it seemed to be linked to his own future, so he looked over here.

But after the ripples disappeared, Ouroboros also looked away. As for what effect his remaining power would have on Allen, who knows?

Anyway, after everything was over, one of his colleagues walked out of the delivery room, shook his head and said to him:

"Alan, you have to be mentally prepared..." (End of this chapter)

80 Stillbirth

These words, coupled with the heavy expression, made Allen feel cold in his heart. He stepped forward, shook the hand of this colleague who had not said a few words, and shouted in panic:

"Velma! Is something wrong with Velma?"

The colleague looked at him, sighed, and reached out to pat his shoulder. Alan was very familiar with this gesture, as he had done it many times in the past. So his heart suddenly became sad, and despair appeared in his eyes.

I must, I must... Alan gritted his teeth, but before he could come up with a plan, his colleague sighed and said:

"Don't worry, Velma is fine, but she's a little tired and has fallen asleep.

"But the child..."

Alan could not hear what followed. At that moment, his mind was full of exploding fireworks. He felt his body was light, as if he was walking on clouds, and there was only the roar of joy in his ears.

Velma is fine, that's great, Velma is fine...

The corners of Alan's mouth gradually opened up, and his smile became extremely bright, but his eyes were dull, and he looked like he was stunned by the news.

This made his colleague frown. He stretched out his hand and waved it in front of him, then called out in a slightly louder voice:

"Alan? Alan!"

The vague sound seemed to come from a very far distance. Alan was so happy that he couldn't react in time, so his colleague increased the volume, shook him and shouted:

"Alan!"

The incessant calls made it impossible for Allen to continue to immerse himself in his emotions. Coupled with the shaking of his body, he finally woke up:

"Ah! What's the matter?"

Seeing that he was awake, his colleague let go of his hand and said nothing more. He patted him sympathetically and said:

"You can go see Velma later."

After saying this, the colleague left.

Alan didn't care about that colleague. His mind was full of the fact that Velma was fine. He hurriedly found Velma, and looking at Velma who was still in a coma, he felt a sense of reality in his heart.

Fortunately, Wilma is fine...

Alan's mind suddenly relaxed, and the tension that had lasted for months completely disappeared in an instant. Then, he felt a black screen in front of his eyes, and the last thing he remembered was a heavy muffled sound and a panicked scream.

…

The dance at 160 Böklund Street was drawing to a close, and the guests were getting up in twos and threes to leave.

Hazel Macht followed behind her parents. Although she had some arrogance of an extraordinary person, she was very respectful to her parents and left with Liana on her arm.

Congressman Macht and Ms. Liana said goodbye to the others with a smile. Hazel took Liana's arm and followed them to the hallway without saying a word.

When she was a few steps away from the hallway, she was surprised to see that the door had a double image, and another door was gradually peeling away from the original door.

…?

Hazel blinked in confusion, but her brain was so dull that it was difficult to function for a while, and only a drowsy consciousness came through.

So sleepy...

As vague thoughts entered her consciousness, Hazel felt her eyes gradually becoming heavy and her body began to shake. She instinctively wanted to grab something, but her eyes had closed uncontrollably and her body quickly lost support.

"Boom!"

After a loud bang, there was an equally chaotic banquet scene.

…

After the doctor who was responsible for comforting Allen relayed the message, he immediately caught up with the others in the ward.

He arrived not too late, as the others had not yet completely left. They could not find enough carriages in a short period of time, but walking was not suitable for their current state - they really couldn't wait to get to the church.

The doctor who was left behind was relatively calm among them, but not much better. Any ordinary person would be like this after experiencing an extraordinary event. They now just want to go to the church for help to answer their doubts.

As for which church to go to…if no one mentions it, it should be the god you believe in, right?

…

The three major churches each welcomed their own guests today.

The one who linked this news together was the Church of Night. After hearing the word "Miss Destiny", the bishop on duty today knew that he was in trouble.

The good news is that the reporting of this incident did not cause too much trouble. The archbishop merely asked about the casualties and the impact of the incident, and asked him to contact other churches to ask if there were similar believers to report.

Coincidentally, the "Manufactured Punishers" and "Machine Hearts" were also preparing to come.

——Everyone remembers that there was a very active saint in the Church of Night who liked to call herself Miss Destiny.

…

Only after solving the biggest problem, the blood of the mythical creature, did Alice have time to think about other issues.

She had not forgotten that Velma had in fact given birth to a stillborn baby, and Alice wondered if Will Auceptin had once again abandoned this body in search of a new one.

——Although this sounds a bit cowardly, it might be true.

After all, although there was some loss, it did solve the previous problem. Alice couldn't find Will Auceptin anymore.

Seeing the bad result, Alice shook her head and performed a divination without any hope.

Divination failed.

She was not too disappointed, because it was normal for the divination to fail, and it didn't even require much interference. She had no idea about Will Auceptin's location, and she couldn't divine her own hopes of becoming a Sequence 1, right?

...Yeah, why not?

I can also ask Arrodes...

Alice rolled her eyes, noted the choice, and fell asleep.

——She felt that she should take a rest.

I have already done more work today than I have done in many, many days past combined... Wow, I'm really awesome!

Alice closed her eyes contentedly and let herself fall asleep.

…

Looking at the turbulent crowd, Klein realized that this was not a solution. He was thinking about what he should do when Bishop Elektra stepped forward.

"Don't be nervous, everyone.

"Is there anyone who is a doctor? Can you give Miss Hazel a simple checkup?"

His voice had a soothing power, and the crowd gradually calmed down. Klein also breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Bishop Elektra with a grateful look.

——Although the incident at the dance was inevitable, any attempt to salvage it was better.

Fortunately, there was indeed a doctor at the banquet. He stood beside Hazel and leaned over to do some simple examinations, including checking pupils, breathing and heartbeat, etc. Then he frowned in trouble and said,

"I'm afraid I can't see much... Maybe you should go to the hospital."

While the doctor was examining Hazel, Klein also activated his clairvoyance near the back of her head.

——Even if he didn't care about Dwayne Dantes' reputation, he didn't want to see Hazel get into trouble in front of him.

However, Klein also didn't see anything.

Klein suspected that Hazel was just tired, but the doctor blocked her lower body, and Dwayne Dantès, who didn't know any medical skills, couldn't move forward and needed to make room for the patient, so he could only see her head and chest.

Oh, if only I could go around in a circle...

Klein sighed and raised his head.

The person standing opposite was Winfred Gregory. Klein had seen this girl several times at banquets. She was silent most of the time and didn't like to talk to people. According to the information he had obtained, Alice might be one of her few friends.

—If Alice could be considered a friend.

As for why Klein was asking about her... Ha, I don't know what's wrong with this girl. When she saw him at the banquet, she looked at him coldly, then sat far away from him, looking at him while cutting something on the plate very vigorously.

Klein felt that she had a grudge against him, but he had no evidence. He thought about talking to her, but Miss Winfred always hid away quickly, as if she had made up her mind not to talk to him.

While Klein was thinking, Miss Winfred across from him suddenly screamed and successfully became the second person to attract everyone's attention.

…?

Klein frowned and looked over. Winfred was supported by the personal maid beside him. She put down her hands, revealing a pair of bleeding eyes.

Klein almost couldn't control his expression - he was familiar with the scene of bleeding eyes. This was clearly seeing something he shouldn't have seen. He had seen others see it and had experienced it himself, so he knew exactly what it meant.

For a moment, Klein could only think of two possibilities. One was that she was born half a Beyonder, which mainly referred to as a "monster". The other was that she was a Beyonder and had opened her spiritual vision.

But the "monster"...

Klein frowned, thought about Alice's personality, and recalled Admisor's condition, and decisively ruled out this possibility.

Perhaps the eyes of Beyonders from other paths also have abnormalities...?

Klein thought of the Secret Peering Eyes of the Secret Peering Path again. He did not jump to conclusions and just did what a banquet host should do.

He looked at Walter, who had already walked over and was trying to understand the situation. At the same time, Bishop Elektra also noticed that something was unusual and walked over there.

Winfred had no interest in paying attention to the two of them. She supported the maid beside her and said without hesitation:

"Church... take me to church!"

This sentence made Elektra give up asking. He knew that Winfred was a believer of the God of Steam and Machinery. It seemed that this matter was probably not under the jurisdiction of the Church of Evernight.

Klein was also familiar with this. With the church taking care of him, he felt relieved and looked at Hazel again, but he cautiously put away his spiritual vision.

Is it because of Hazel? Is there something I can't see that I didn't see? There's no way to confirm it unless I... No, there's actually another way.

Klein paused for a moment, and soon realized that he actually had a way to figure out whether the problem was with Hazel—he couldn't see it, but Alice should be able to.

The ball ended in chaos. Winfred got in the carriage he came in and went to the church. Congressman Macht and his family went to the parliament. The others left with Dwayne Dantes' apology. Finally, Dwayne Dantes also planned to visit Hazel Macht when he was free.

...Maybe Miss Winfred?

Klein obviously hesitated for a moment about this alternative - after all, he didn't look like a welcome guest.

Forget it, I'll ask Alice first... What is she doing?

Thinking of this, Klein entered the bathroom and came above the gray fog. After discovering that Alice was sleeping, he returned to the real world in silence.

...Forget it, let's wait until she wakes up.

Klein sighed, checked the time, and realized that he should go to bed.

…

Unlike the Church of Night, the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery does not open at night. Winfred's real destination is actually the bottom of the church, where the "Mechanical Heart" team works daily.

There are night duty personnel here. After all, extraordinary events don't always happen during the day, so there are always a few people left just in case, so that they can wake up others when something really happens.

——For example, now.

But it seemed wrong to take the maid with her. Of course, Winfred didn't have this opportunity. Although her personal maid took her away from the ball, she took her directly home after getting on the carriage.

How could the church be open at night? So the maid just wrote down the itinerary for going to church the next day.

Winfred only realized this when she was standing at the door of her house, but her eyes were really hurting. The good news was that the blurry light told her that the sight did not blind her, and her eyes were probably just injured.

But even so, his eyes really felt uncomfortable. Since he was already home, Winfred went back to his room with the help of the maid and asked someone to call the family doctor.

…

Life at the suburban estate was more pleasant than Flora Jacob had imagined.

Here she had food and drink, someone to serve her, and was far away from danger. Hazel would come to report on the progress once a week, and she had many random excuses to please Hazel. She didn't need to teach her any knowledge of occult studies, unlike before when she had to find excuses seriously.

The only drawback is that, being away from the city, she is also away from all kinds of news, which makes her very uncomfortable. She asks Hazel to bring her some newspapers or something, but this is not a solution all the time, so they recently came up with a new method.

——Hazel placed an order for newspapers and asked the post office to deliver the newspapers to the manor every day. She then asked the servants left behind in the manor to pick them up and read the contents of the newspapers.

As for why the newspaper was read to a mouse... the servant who was responsible for reading the newspaper thought that this might be a hobby of rich people to keep pets.

…

A ball is a place where news cannot be hidden. The accident that happened at the ball hosted by the newly arrived rich man Dwayne Dantes spread the news the next day. Of course, the way it spread was very strange.

Alice saw the news on the entertainment page of the newspaper. The headline read:

"A strange scene occurred at a mysterious dance party - the girl shed tears of blood and fainted, the incident involved a 40-year-old rich man, and the truth was confusing!" (End of this chapter)