Light Chasers and Seers

"It wasn't preparing to betray Him," Alice corrected. "It was proactively applying to Him... Oh, honestly, I think this was more like diplomacy."

Klein was inclined to agree with that. He shook his head with mixed emotions, his expression tinged with sentiment, but said nothing.

Alice, however, brought up something else. "Oh, right, there's also..."

She frowned, her tone slightly hesitant. "He seemed to think that my excessive interest in the Witch pathway was a revelation from Fate, and he planned to investigate it."

"...Huh?" Klein froze for a moment. "But you clearly..."

He paused, then suddenly fell silent. Only after quietly studying Alice for two seconds did he say thoughtfully:

"It's because you and I are too familiar with each other that I overlooked certain things.

"The Wheel of Fortune can already be considered an Incarnation of Fate to a certain extent. Interpreting your actions and treating them as revelations from Fate isn't actually wrong.

"Or rather... ever since you obtained the Dice of Probability, someone should have started doing this. After all, Angels of the corresponding pathway are inherently symbols of something, and you, who possess the Uniqueness, are even more special..."

Under Alice's look as though she were staring at an idiot, he rubbed her head and smiled.

"I know that perhaps you didn't have many thoughts when you did those things, but Fate's guidance can sometimes be subtle, isn't that right?"

"So that means..." Alice withdrew that look and examined Klein from head to toe. "In the future, are you going to start doing reading comprehension on me, Mr. Fool? Like interpreting every word and action of some big shot..."

"...It sounds like it," Klein said, glancing at Alice without the slightest change in expression. "Great Goddess of Light."

Alice's expression froze for a moment. She