Roy King didn't respond. Alice felt that if he bent down further, his head would almost touch the ground. She praised him: "You are indeed a Beyonder. Your body is so flexible. "I wish I had such good flexibility when I took the sit-and-reach test." Roy King didn't understand, but he roughly realized that he could stand up straight, so he stood up and asked: "Sit... what?" "It's not important," Alice waved her hand, "Can I ask you a question?" "Please ask." Roy King looked like you can ask anything. "I don't know many Beyonders in the 'Destiny' path," Alice muttered, "I think you should know more than me, especially those in the middle and low series. Can you tell me if they are all like you... um, can they see the situation clearly? " Roy King did not hesitate. He drew the "∞" symbol on his chest again and said: "As followers of fate, it is our necessary ability to see the future trend of fate. If we can't do it, it means we are not worthy of walking on this road."
...Does it mean that those who can't see clearly are dead? Alice supported her forehead and decided to do something else to disrupt Roy King's state: "Do you know? I made a suggestion to the Fool before... Oh, you know the Fool, right? He was quite famous for a while, and everyone was looking for Him... Even my other follower, Kuroyoru, pretended to look for him. " Roy King nodded subconsciously, but got stuck when he heard the last word. A trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, and then he carefully restrained it. Alice ignored him, smiled and continued: "Once before, I proposed to the Fool... Well, that is, the code of the telegraph machine. I proposed to use the middle finger of the left hand to represent long waves and the middle finger of the right hand to represent short waves. When his believers meet, they can make a set of "Praise the Fool" like this..." Roy King gulped and swallowed his saliva. Alice blinked and continued as if she didn't see it: "I suggested that the Fool use this as a prayer gesture, but the Fool and his believers and his followers firmly rejected me. I was very sad at the time. "You say, can my believers use this as a prayer gesture in the future? Just change the prayer to "Praise Destiny"..." "..."Roy King took a deep breath and showed a stiff smile. Alice raised her chin and asked with narrowed eyes: "What? Do you have any objections?" Roy King's smile seemed to be frozen on his face, and he smiled motionlessly: "No, no, of course not, I think your idea is great! "But such a unique gesture should perhaps be used in large prayer ceremonies involving our internal members, while regular prayers should be more concise. "Perhaps you would like to think of a simpler gesture?" Alice was shocked. She stared at Roy King in amazement and murmured: "You are really...you can even brag about this?" This time, Roy King successfully choked. His expression made Alice laugh out loud on the spot. Alice, with her eyes bent with laughter, suddenly said to Roy King:
"Guess... Well, guess what the Fool's Follower said about my suggestion at that time?" Roy King hesitated, frowned, and seemed to be thinking, but he didn't give an answer for a long time, so Alice said: "He didn't say anything, but judging from his usual attitude towards me, if he spoke, he would definitely call me sick." Roy King's expression successfully became confused. He seemed unable to understand this kind of relationship, and finally said dryly: "You have a good temper. I mean, you are really a kind Crown Prince." "No," Alice retorted, "I scolded back, every time." Roy King closed his mouth. As early as when he was trying to find out the news, he had heard some rumors about Miss Destiny and knew that the existence he called Crown Prince might have a different way of behavior. But in any case, Miss Fate's behavior did not deviate from the scope of angels. It's not that she has never lost her temper. Roy King once heard that she choked a Sequence 5 strongman to death, which also fits his rare impression of angels. —— Like a mortal, but if you really treat her as a mortal, you will probably die. But scolding back...? Let alone angels, Roy King thought that even if he pointed at a Sequence 4 saint and called him sick, it would not be as simple as being scolded back. ...Maybe it's because I haven't scolded him? Roy King began to think about whether he had done something wrong in the past. Alice, who hadn't received an answer for a long time, blinked and said: "Why don't you talk?" After a moment of silence, Roy King told the truth: "I was thinking, if I called my teacher sick in the past, how would he deal with it." "Your teacher?" Alice blinked. "Member Rejord of the 'School of Life'," Roy King introduced, "I heard that he has returned to the embrace of destiny." Alice was silent for a moment and then said frankly: "Yes, that's right. "I brought him back personally." Roy King was obviously stunned for a moment. He seemed to have something to say. Many emotions flashed in his eyes, and finally he just gave a calm answer: "It's his honor." Alice said with a "tsk", a little disappointed: "That's it?" Roy King shook his head and said: "I think you are probably wondering why I don't avenge my teacher? I must admit that my teacher is at least more important to me than Charlie, and more important than my student. "However, since the teacher is dead, it means that our fate probably ends here.
"And if you had any ill intentions when you mentioned that student of mine to me before, I think I would try to make amends for the sake of our fate..." When he said this, he paused, then chuckled: "But no matter what, when I embarked on this road, I realized that this is a lonely journey. No one will always be with me. I can only go on it alone." Alice was stunned for a moment. She didn't say anything. She just thought of Ourolius's attitude towards the "True Creator" and thought that Will Auceptin might have tried his best to prevent Amon from giving a Worm of Time. She lowered her eyes and smiled. road: "How long have you stayed in Sequence 5?" "...A long time," Roy King was startled, "Decades...why do you ask that?" Alice didn't speak. She recalled the promotion ceremony of Sequence 4 and sighed: "Perhaps this is indeed a lonely road... but if you are completely carefree, when bad luck strikes, you may also lose the motivation to be promoted." Roy King was stunned on the spot. Alice recalled every subsequent ritual and said thoughtfully: "Maybe you still want to be someone else's concern...? “When our destiny intersects with the destiny of others, the connected destiny will be woven into a web. This web will drag us forward, but it will also prevent us from being submerged in the long river of destiny. "Although we are the only ones who keep going, maybe we shouldn't avoid interacting with others...?" When saying the last sentence, Alice recalled the promotion ceremony of the "Prophet", which undoubtedly represented the intersection with others, and out of her understanding of occult knowledge, Alice had a deeper guess about this intersection. --"anchor". There is no doubt that the function of the promotion ceremony is to stabilize the spirit in the final analysis, and the "anchor" is used to stabilize the spirit. In most cases, although when Alice first learned about the "anchor", the answer she got was that believers are the "anchors" used by the true gods to stabilize their spirits, but after experiencing three promotion ceremonies, she no longer thinks that believers are The only "anchor". For example, the "restart" unique to the "destiny" path is also a means of stabilizing the spirit. How can rounding not be an "anchor"? Of course, this is still relatively reluctant, but Klein mentioned to Alice about Mr. Azik. The reincarnation of the "undead" every sixty years should be an "anchor" - this mainly refers to being a Memories from when ordinary people existed. And Alice has had similar experiences, such as ice cream, which has become an obsession in a certain sense, such as Captain Dunn, and other "Nighthawks" in Tingen City, and also such as Klein... 6◇9◇Book◇Bar Perhaps even including Evelyn, who had already drawn a clear line with her, Alice thought that these past experiences might be called her "anchors". ——Those experiences of caring and being cared about. Or, to use the word Alice heard most often in her memory - "bond." A bond is a kind of "anchor". Of course, there is a more critical guess that supports all of this - since the core of the promotion ceremony is to stabilize the spirit, and since angels begin to need "anchors" to stabilize the spirit, the angel's promotion ceremony should always provide enough "anchors" "Bar? Well, the ritual of the "Prophet" is to take the magic potion at the place where the torrents of fate meet. The attitude of "Cassandra" shows that becoming a being that everyone follows with faith is undoubtedly a kind of intersection, and the path of "destiny" is currently The situation made Alice suspect that this was even a ceremony prepared for her. Alice finally left some room for herself with a less certain statement: "Well... what I said is nonsense, it may not be correct. You can just listen to it."
Roy King did not listen casually. He seriously thought about the feasibility of this passage. As he said, he has stayed in Sequence 5 for decades. You have to ask why... For regular Beyonders, there are only two reasons - either the materials are not prepared, or the ritual is not completed. But unfortunately, Roy King is a "winner", and what traps him is the third possibility - he completed the ceremony and collected the materials, but just felt that he was not ready for promotion. So he never dared to be promoted. Until today, his intuition told him that maybe this was the answer. He sincerely thanked me: "Thank you for your teaching, Your Majesty." Alice had an inexplicable urge to raise her chest and raise her head. She held back the breath and asked the question she wanted to ask just now: "You just said that you stayed in Sequence 5 for decades...but you look, uh, you look younger than your students. "Can I ask how old you are?" Roy King was stunned for a moment, and said with a slightly dazed expression: "In fact, I am almost seventy years old..." Note ① Alice opened her mouth wide in surprise, gave him a thumbs up, and praised enthusiastically: "You are really good at looking good! "Have you ever considered opening a shop to teach? I think this must be very popular with noble ladies and can help you make a lot of money... Oh, why don't you just go for it... No, I'm sorry, this is not very ethical." "?" Roy King looked at Alice with a confused expression, "...can I ask you a question?" "You ask." Alice nodded. Roy King asked carefully, "How old are you?" Alice blinked and told the truth: "It depends on what you ask... "If you ask about the body, this body was born on February 5, 1334. "If you ask about my actual age... to be honest, I'm not sure, I slept for a long time, at least a few thousand years... "However, I think what you really want to ask is... when did I become a god?" Roy King nodded. Alice laughed and said in a brisk tone: "About six or seven years old? In short, not too old, under ten years old." Roy King opened and closed his mouth. After repeating it several times, he said with a complicated look in his eyes: "...It's really surprising." "So," Alice blinked, "why do you look so young?" "The effect of potions..." Roy King shook his head, "There are always some strange potions in the 'Medicine' path. It is not difficult to maintain a youthful appearance, and, in fact, it does not hinder the aging of my body. ” After a pause, he added: "Of course, it still has some conditioning and relief effects." "Oh!" Alice opened her eyes wide, "Then it seems that you can't teach this secret recipe for beauty. You can only... No, if your body functions are not preserved, then you shouldn't be able to... Well, maybe you That ‘pharmacist’ student can give you some help?” Roy King felt that he had never been so tired before. He dared not speak out in anger:
"Perhaps yes... But Your Majesty, it was Darkwill's own choice to become a 'Medicine Master', and I did not interfere with him." "I understand," Alice nodded, "This is just like when I volunteered to make up classes when I was in school. I did it voluntarily." "?" Roy King looked confused. Alice blinked and tried to explain: "Hmm...you don't seem to have much feelings about this kind of thing? Just... "Maybe, I mean maybe, this is the same as you willingly following me and believing in me now." Roy King fell silent. He was not sure whether he should answer or not, so he chose to change the topic: "...I hope you will remember that I have come to ask for the name and teachings of my Lord." (End of this chapter)