"Coleman and the others had clearly been sacrificed to the factory, yet they somehow ended up walking the right path." The Water Clone murmured, "Did that count as a blessing in disguise...?"
"Whether it was a blessing in disguise, I don't know." Angel savored the memory. "But after they entered the Dream Chocolate Factory, they were indeed luckier than they had been in Evening Dream Cloud Harbor."
"Especially Satan."
After thinking it over, the Water Clone nodded in agreement.
Not only had Satan stumbled into obtaining the crucial identity of a Rebel, but he had also encountered the Shattering Thunder Punishment twice in a row. Each time carried a one-in-five chance of death, yet he had gambled with his life twice and survived both times.
Compared with what he had experienced in Evening Dream Cloud Harbor, his fortunes had indeed taken a clear turn for the better.
"Looking at it this way, it seems the World Will's rejection period against stowaways didn't take effect in the Secret Grounds?" the Water Clone muttered.
The World Will's rejection period would lower one's fortune. Yet after they arrived at the factory, their fortunes had changed significantly. Did that not seem to prove the Water Clone's guess?
Angel said, "The rejection period should still be there... And according to Ms. Gosha, the Secret Grounds are actually within the scope of the Instrument World. They shouldn't suddenly be free from the World Will's influence."
"Perhaps their changed fortunes came from switching bodies?"
The Water Clone said, "That is possible too."
The rejection period was still exerting its influence, but it was affecting their original bodies.
Their consciousnesses, however, had entered the factory and changed into bodies unaffected by the rejection period. It was therefore only reasonable that their fortunes had risen.
"By that comparison, although