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Alice's critique was exceedingly sharp, leaving Klein with no room to refute her. All he could do was call out to her in a sentimental tone, "Alice?"

"Hmm?" Alice answered.

He continued, "Adam has already become a god, hasn't he?"

"What, do you want to go to Adam for counseling?" Alice asked in surprise.

Klein's expression stiffened slightly. He hesitated before saying, "Adam and I... aren't in the kind of relationship where we can do that, are we?"

Alice smiled and said:

"But you'll have to go sooner or later.

"I don't know what happened to Amon, but the Uniqueness of 'Error' and the Beyonder Characteristic of 'Worm of Time' must both be in their hands—actually, they should be in the True Creator's hands. But since Adam has already become a god, it won't be long before they become one person.

"Even if you don't go now, you'll have to make a trip after becoming a god.

"Oh right, if you go looking for Him, remember to mention the second piece of the Blasphemy Slate—You know, it contains things the first piece of the Blasphemy Slate does not. That part is what I need."

She was right... Besides, I should go talk to Adam and the True Creator, preferably while Alice is asleep... Also, I need a ring with the same appearance as Rose's Oath.

After his gaze flickered for a moment, Klein recalled the matter of the Blasphemy Slate.

Alice had shown little interest in the first piece of the Blasphemy Slate. He had thought she was genuinely not interested—first, because the Potion Formulas on it were of limited use to her, and second, because the information it contained was not written text and required time and effort to decipher.

Klein had thought those were the reasons Alice did