No... Alice set down the Wheel of Fortune card in her hand.
The description of the Soothsayer only said that a Soothsayer could truly observe the future through the River of Fate. It said nothing about prophecies that came true simply because people believed them.
Her original guess confirmed, Alice slowly let out a breath.
She couldn't quite say how she felt. It wasn't all that shocking; she had expected as much. She looked down at the Wheel of Fortune card with relative calm.
...Would this thing cause the Aggregation of Extraordinary Characteristics?
Alice worried for a moment before realizing she had no need to. The Uniqueness was already inside her.
With mixed feelings, Alice set down the Wheel of Fortune card. Then, thinking better of it, she tucked it into her clothes.
...Should I leave it with Klein after all?
I'll wait and see... I only just got it.
Alice hesitated, then put the idea aside for now. With the card tucked away, she considered what she should do next.
Theoretically speaking, I should start acting first... Come to think of it, could I ask the Church for a chance to act?
Alice rubbed her chin and filed the possibility away.
"But there's no rush, no rush. I should have something else to do... Something..." Alice scratched her head.
...What was it?
Alice frowned. She had the nagging feeling she'd forgotten something—something that seemed to be growing increasingly urgent.
...What was it again?
...I'll talk about it tomorrow.
She spent another day staring blankly and wandering aimlessly. It was only when the deep-red light appeared again that she realized Monday had arrived.
...I'd better shake off my sense of time from the Forsaken Land of the Gods first.
That reminded Alice of the precise year High Priest Nim of