บท 147: Chapter 147: Mr. Fool is Not "Miss Fate"
Chapter 147: Mr. Fool is Not "Miss Fate"
"Wait a minute," Klein sat up straight. "Who came from before the First Epoch?"
"The 'Creator of All, the Omniscient and Omnipotent God,' that 'God,'" Alice blinked.
"...Did Amon tell you anything else?" Klein suddenly felt a bit envious of being possessed by Amon. After all, Alice not only came out unscathed but also gained a lot of knowledge for free. She even seemed to have enjoyed it and received gifts... No, what are you thinking! Klein quickly interrupted this absurd train of thought.
Alice propped her chin up as she recalled. Amon had told her many things intermittently, but as for what was worth specifically mentioning... Alice slapped the table as she remembered something very important:
"Don't mention Adam's name in the real world!"
"Why?" Klein was slightly taken aback, remembering that Emperor Roselle had never written the name of that organization in his diary either.
"I'm not entirely sure of the details, but it seems that if you mention it, He will know..." Alice replied with a frown.
Klein paused briefly, suddenly realizing a key issue: "In that case, doesn't He already know about you?"
"..." Alice fell silent for a moment, her gaze wandering. "Actually, mentioning it casually shouldn't be a problem? My main issue is that at the time, I was talking to Amon about..."
"What were you talking about?" Klein asked curiously, looking at Alice's strange expression.
Alice glanced around before saying: "...You know how in the original Bible, God took one of Adam's ribs to create Eve, right?"
"Hmm..." Klein suddenly had a bad feeling. "You... you asked Amon why it wasn't called Eve?"
"...You know, I actually did ask that," Alice's expression became even more guilty. "But I don't think Adam cares much about that."
"...What else did you say?" Klein felt the situation was becoming more precarious.
"Uh..." Alice hesitated as she organized her thoughts. "I told Amon about Eve, and then Amon told me that perhaps someone else should be called Eve..."
Klein watched Alice's increasingly guilty expression, realizing that what she hadn't finished saying must contain a bombshell. He scrutinized her.
"...Don't look at me like that," Alice shifted uncomfortably. "It's just, that name sounded like a man's name, so I asked if Adam was..."
Alice didn't finish the last word, but Klein already knew what it was.
"?" Klein was shocked. "You, no, you actually asked that out loud?"
"Uh..." Alice blinked innocently.
"...I think that 'Provocateur' potion might not have been sent to the wrong person after all," Klein finally commented.
Remembering Amon, who suspected he had seen His brother's and His father's doujinshi, Alice fell silent for a moment. She defended herself:
"I wasn't planning to ask that last part! Amon insisted I say it!"
Klein looked at Alice with doubt.
Alice opened her mouth, then gave up, leaning back in her chair weakly and said: "Anyway, don't mention Adam's name, and it's best not to mention the Twilight Hermit Order either..."
Klein thought seriously for a moment and raised a crucial question: "What if I can't help thinking about Adam being... uh, that kind of thing when I go back?"
Alice replied with a fake smile: "Don't worry, it's just an angel, right? It's not like the 'True Creator' Himself will descend to catch you."
Klein fell silent for a moment, deciding to steer the conversation in a more normal direction: "So... what do you think the trend of the times should be?"
"World War, I suppose?" Alice said matter-of-factly. "Shouldn't a World War follow the Industrial Revolution?"
This obvious answer convinced Klein. He murmured, "So... the purpose of the Twilight Hermit Order is to instigate a World War? But why would they do that? And war..."
"Who knows?" Alice shrugged. "War..."
Alice's eyes seemed a bit lost. This was a rather distant concept for her. When mentioning this word, she could only think of one thing:
"During wartime, don't food and weapons become especially valuable?"
"?" Klein, who was feeling sentimental and mournful, fell silent for a moment and cut off Alice's train of thought.
...
In the luxurious villa of Earl Hall in the Queen's District.
Audrey watched as Susie, who had opened the door and entered, and asked in a low voice, "What are Dad and the others discussing?"
After discovering that Earl Hall had returned very late and with an unusually serious expression, she immediately sent her golden retriever Susie to eavesdrop.
"Duke Negen has been assassinated," Susie said while closing the door with her hind legs.
"Ah?" Audrey was stunned, doubting what she had heard.
This wasn't the first time she had experienced an assassination attempt on Duke Negen, but for a powerful nobleman, assassination was neither common nor rare. She had never imagined that Duke Negen would die from it.
"It's true," Susie gave a definitive answer.
Audrey suddenly felt lost. The image of Duke Negen chatting with her, laughing with her, and gifting her an estate was still vivid in her memory, and now... he was dead?
Is life really so fragile?
Facing the death of an acquaintance for the first time, Audrey experienced a slight sense of unreality. She seemed to truly realize the cruelty and coldness of the adult world.
"Who did it?" Audrey asked instinctively.
"A Sequence 5 demon," Susie answered quickly. "But he's already been silenced, by that Robber 'Black Emperor.'"
"Ah?" Audrey asked in bewilderment.
How could it be the Robber "Black Emperor"? How could it be Mr. Fool's blessed? The last time Duke Negen was assassinated, it was Mr. Fool who helped, and Mr. Fool isn't Miss Fa... No, she shouldn't think like that.
Audrey urgently interrupted her own thoughts, and another idea emerged: Could Mr. Fool's blessed have been threatened by Miss Fate... No, she shouldn't speculate anymore.
Audrey cleared her mind of various thoughts and instructed Susie to eavesdrop again. She locked her room door, sat on the edge of the bed, and prayed to Mr. Fool.
After reciting the honorific name and describing Duke Negen's assassination, she asked with great trust: "Was Your blessed there?"
After a while, she saw the endless gray fog and heard the voice of the Fool:
"Yes.
"He was looking for the organization that instructed the 'Apostle of Desire.'"
So that's how it is... Audrey sighed in relief, feeling much more relaxed.
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