Amid complete silence, line after line of silver text slowly emerged:
"Even now, I still remembered the excitement I felt when I concocted the 'Soothsayer' potion. Becoming an Angel was within reach. As long as I succeeded, I would become a true Mythical Creature...
"With that feeling, I drank the potion and learned about the abilities of a 'Soothsayer.' First, after advancing to Soothsayer, I would truly be able to catch a glimpse of the River of Fate and witness changes in fate.
"At the same time, the potion told me that throughout the 'Chaos Walker' stage and all the previous stages, I had already understood fate well enough and witnessed the fates of enough people. Now, as a Soothsayer, my most important task was to observe my own fate and seek out its turning point.
"So, I made a prophecy about myself..."
...?
Alice fell into thought.
To be honest, if she had not previously seen the advancement ritual of the Snake of Mercury and did not know the abilities of a Soothsayer, there would have been nothing wrong with those words.
If You Insist, as the first power involving authority after advancing to Angelhood, being able to do nothing more than see fate seemed far too weak.
But reality was not a game; it did not care about balance. The overall strength of the earlier sequences of the Fate pathway was not particularly high either. Although the Soothsayer's abilities did Cause Suspicion, they only left people half-convinced.
—Who would have thought that the potion's introduction to its own abilities was fake?
Presumably, not many people would have that as their First Reaction. Thus, following the potion's instructions and trying to make a prophecy about oneself was not an unlikely occurrence.
So, what would that bring about?
Alice remembered