章節 46: Chapter 47: Matilda
Chapter 47: Matilda
"After becoming a 'Disaster Priest,' you will constantly encounter various disasters..." Charlie King barely managed to compose himself. "What do you mean by that expression?"
"..." Alice suppressed the Earth-specific terms like "bad luck" and "jinx" in her mind and asked a relatively gentle question, "What kind of mindset did you have when you drank the potion?"
Charlie King was silent for a moment. He clearly understood what Alice was trying to ask, but he politely said, "Can you let me finish first?"
Alice then made a polite gesture to indicate he could continue.
Seeing Alice quiet down, Charlie King continued, "After becoming a 'Disaster Priest,' you will constantly encounter various disasters, but these disasters are predictable. You can prepare in advance and find ways to eliminate or mitigate their impact.
"Through this, you can draw your opponent into an environment where you can best leverage your advantages to defeat them.
"In addition, you can use our spirituality, which is far superior to other paths, to create 'mental storms' that affect the opponent's spirit, causing a certain degree of dizziness or mental confusion."
After listening to Charlie King's explanation, Alice pondered for a moment and then asked, "So, what advantages do I have?"
"Isn't that something only you would know?" Charlie King retorted.
"I mean extraordinary abilities... I thought at least Sequence 6 would have some direct combat capabilities?" Alice's expression was full of confusion.
"Because it's a gift of fate," Charlie King looked at Alice and answered her two questions with one sentence, "Whether it's luck or disaster, it's a gift of fate."
Charlie King's words made Alice slightly stunned, but this was not her wish. She asked hopelessly, "But what if I don't want to passively accept the gifts of fate and want to control my own destiny?"
"Then ascend," Charlie King gave a seemingly ambiguous answer.
Alice did not respond to this statement. She smiled and changed the subject, "What about the other things I asked for?"
"This is your identification," Charlie King handed over the second item. "Briel Rose, originally the only daughter of a wealthy merchant. Her mother died in childbirth, and her father committed suicide after going bankrupt. She left her hometown and came to Backlund alone... I think this identity suits your personality."
"...You didn't have to say that last part," Alice said as she took the identification.
Charlie King shrugged, "After all, anyone can tell what kind of person you are at a glance... Honestly, your thoughts are too easy to guess, and you trust others too easily."
"I'll change that!" Alice emphasized without much conviction, "What else?"
Charlie King handed over a box. Under Alice's gaze, he opened it to reveal a very luxurious and exquisite necklace. Seeing Alice's amazed expression, he slowly said:
"This necklace can change many details of your appearance, height, and body shape, making you look like another person. Of course, you need to design the changes in advance—note that the details must be thorough, or there may be strange consequences... My suggestion is to use a real person as a template.
"Its negative effect is that it will amplify the wearer's vanity, desire to perform, and show off. Additionally, wearing it for a long time will make you unwilling to take it off, and this psychological effect will become more exaggerated over time. It will take the same amount of time without the necklace to recover.
"The previous owner of this necklace wore it for more than 12 hours. After it was forcibly removed, she lost control and became a monster because she couldn't get it back, and was eventually killed.
"This necklace is called..."
"Matilda," Alice suddenly interrupted Charlie King. "From now on, it will be called Matilda."
"That should be a person's name, right?" Charlie King asked in surprise.
"I just want the necklace to be called that. Is there a problem?" Alice asked in confusion.
"No problem," Charlie King shrugged. "So, do you have any other questions?"
"Yes," Alice frowned at him. "How do I contact you? Or how will you contact me?"
"..." Charlie King was silent for a moment and then asked, "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"
"What do you mean?" Alice suddenly had a bad feeling. "What's the lie?"
"Fate will bring us together again," Charlie King answered in a rather mystical tone.
Alice stared at Charlie King's wizard robe in silence for a while and then asked, "Didn't He tell you about this?"
Charlie King was silent for a moment, hesitated, and said, "...Not exactly. If you want, you can recite His honorific name."
Alice paused slightly. Yes, as an angel, He should indeed have an honorific name, but...
"Do I look like an idiot?" Alice asked seriously—who would casually recite the honorific name of an unknown entity?
At this moment, Alice completely ignored the fact that she had directly recited the Fool's honorific name at the beginning.
"Even if you don't plan to recite it, you wouldn't refuse to know it, right?" Charlie King asked.
"If you want to recite His true name directly, I probably can't stop you," Alice gave the obvious answer.
"Because so far, He seems to be benevolent," Charlie King smiled and replied, "So I don't mind being a bit kind to you too—and your experiences sound too fitting for the 'Fate' pathway."
"'Fate' pathway?" Alice repeated the term.
"The 'Monster' pathway is the 'Fate' pathway," Charlie King explained.
Alice was slightly stunned. At this moment, she once again felt that everything was predestined.
—Could her desire to control her fate also be secretly arranged?
This was a question that couldn't be thought about deeply. She forcibly controlled herself to shift her thoughts, took a deep breath, and looked at Charlie King, "Tell me His honorific name... Hmm, don't use ancient Hermes or anything like that."
"You said you're not an idiot, so I definitely won't do that..." Charlie King smiled and said, "Remember this—Embodiment of Luck; Monster of Foreseeing the Future; Disaster Spreader; Witness of All Fates in Backlund; Keeper of Chaos and Madness."
"Is He in Backlund?" Alice found a key point in this statement.
"In fact, I don't know either," Charlie King gently shook his head. "Don't try to get information from me—remember, I'm just a messenger."
**Note 1:** The name and design inspiration for this necklace come from Maupassant's short story "The Necklace," where Matilda is the name of the protagonist.
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