Research Seminar

"Which aspect do you mean?" Klein had his marionette take a look. Once he confirmed Derrick was still explaining things, he turned his attention back to Alice.

"Uh..." Alice considered her words. "I want a toy that feels like... one of those roly-poly dolls?"

"...?" Klein's look turned strange, as though he had no idea what to say.

Alice fell quiet under his gaze, then said quickly, "Let's go."

"Where?" Klein asked.

"Do you want to visit every place on the map the Creator gave me first, or take a look at North City?" Alice gave him a polite smile.

Klein pondered for a few seconds before asking hesitantly, "Would it be dangerous to take little Sun to North City? Hmm, and one more thing...

"You're not allowed to toss me into the air again!"

Alice gave him an enigmatic smile and said nothing.

After a moment of silence, Klein decided without hesitation. "Let's take a look at North City. You take—"

"Wrong." Alice waved a hand. "You're the one going to North City first—If you've made up your mind. I'm taking little Sun with me, all right?"

She blinked and said with a smile, "With the Staff of Stars, you don't need to worry about the journey. You can go straight to anywhere you want. As for Amon...

"If it's an avatar, you don't need to worry. You can kill one below angel level yourself. And an angel-level avatar... Amon wouldn't split off a Sequence 1 avatar. Even if you can't beat a Sequence 2 avatar, can't you run away? You only need to worry about Amon's main body."

"What if I'm unlucky enough to run into his main body?" Klein asked.

Alice glanced at him. "Then fate has decided it's time for you to die. You should make