Klein frowned at Alice. He was certain she was hiding something from him. Otherwise, she would not have paused like that before changing her story so abruptly.
It was not as though Klein had no clues. He suspected that what Alice was hiding had something to do with the so-called "secret only angels could know," and that it could not be anything good. But he had no idea what it actually was.
Klein, who had just advanced to Sequence 4, sighed and moved his plans for Sequence 3 up the schedule.
Where am I supposed to find the potion formula...?
Potion formulas above the demigod level were harder and harder to find. Klein sighed and cast Alice an envious glance, then remembered the so-called "law of causality." Worry crept into his eyes.
"Ah." He sighed helplessly and shook his head. "Forget it. I won't ask you. You wouldn't tell me anyway... If I have time to spare, I'd rather look for my Sequence 3 potion formula."
Alice paused. She recalled her speculation about Adam's deification ritual, and her brow twitched.
That new god about to be born... Could it be the Fool?
No, probably not. The message Amon left me was an appeal to Adam for help, but at the same time, Adam and Klein both seem inclined to cooperate, in a sense... He might have a preference, but he hasn't committed to a side. That isn't the tide of the times he foresaw.
Then Fate... Forget it. I don't think he gets to interfere with Fate... Well, by that logic, he doesn't get to interfere with the birth of the Fool, or rather, the Lord of Mysteries, either...
*Could someone else become a god in the Fifth Epoch? Medici? No, forget it, that's a stretch. I heard he spent