Mystery: The Lucky One
Chapter 687

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If you looked only at the name of Sequence 0, the Moon pathway seemed to have something to do with light. But Emlyn knew better. His first association with light was the Holy Light, and he shuddered.

As for Xio and Fors, they did not give it much thought. They only felt a familiar sense of reassurance.

Leonard's first thought was of the Goddess. Light and Evernight were opposing concepts to some extent. He wanted to ask whether she knew about this, but to him, a True God and an angel were vastly different—especially after he had spent a period frequently seeing Arianna.

Alice looked around and found that no one had commented on the name. Audrey had not even continued her greetings. Dissatisfied, Alice asked:

"Why aren't any of you saying anything?"

"Because they all think it's a bad idea, or an absurd one, but they can't bring themselves to question you as directly as I did." Seated in The World's place, Klein spoke in a raspy voice.

Several discreet glances of admiration came his way. They were only sidelong glances, of course. Alice could not help protesting:

"What's absurd about it? It's clearly—"

She stopped abruptly, then asked hesitantly, "Should I let the meeting continue first?"

No one answered. Even Klein merely sat there. Alice thought for a moment and said:

"Never mind. Carry on."

Carry on... how?

After two seconds of thought, Audrey decided to finish greeting everyone first.

Only after Audrey had greeted them in turn and sat down did Alice sigh and imitate Klein:

"Begin."

Next came the Tarot Club's Trading Segment. As the members' Sequences had risen, several meetings often passed before anyone had a transaction to make.

This time was no exception. After a brief silence, the Free Communication Segment began. Derrick spoke

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