What "she" said made sense, but since Xia De had proposed the idea, he naturally had his own considerations:
"As long as I try a Miracle when rolling the dice, theoretically, the probability of luck affecting the Miracle is very high."
He looked at the street view and thought to himself.
【Not to mention the probability of it affecting the Miracle, but what if the dice result is misfortune?】
"That's what I'm going to say. I've been thinking about this for a long time, and in principle, it's feasible."
Xia De walked across the street, pretending to be talking to pedestrians, but most of his thoughts were focused internally. He proposed a rather bold idea:
"You once said that you can deflect attacks from fate, thereby turning bad luck into good luck."
【Yes, but no one is attacking you now.】
"No one... If I roll a lucky number, naturally nothing will happen. But if it's misfortune, and that misfortune will affect me, can you then deflect it into luck?"
He asked cautiously, and then heard her pleasant laughter:
【A very good idea.】
Which meant it was feasible.
【But Outsider, do you remember the sentence written in the script?】
Her mood seemed good at the moment, and her questioning tone was also joyful. Xia De recalled what happened a few weeks ago. The street view before him was dim in the mist, the hazy appearance and the strange smell in the air were the norm for this City. He stood under the sky:
"It said—Perhaps people think they can control fate, but they don't know that all of this is already within fate..."
The Heart Collector, who tried to manipulate fate but died because of it, explained this sentence very well.
The woman in his mind was still chuckling:
【You can try to roll the dice. If it's lucky, naturally nothing will happen; if it's unlucky, I will turn it into luck and deflect the misfortune generated by the dice back to the dice itself instead of you. This way, you won't have to worry about what happened to the Heart Collector.】
"But."
He thought.
【But, this dice will be damaged as a result, and the extent of the damage cannot be predicted for now. And besides that, manipulating fate will definitely cause unfortunate things to happen to you. This is the price, do you understand? Fate has always been fair.】
"I understand. And the lower the number, the more severe the damage to the dice, and the more terrifying my subsequent misfortune will be, and it will definitely be greater than the luck gained from manipulating fate... I understand. Fortunately, I don't ask for much."
He reached for the metal box containing the dice in his pocket, and the woman's whisper was very soft:
【Are you sure you want to take a risk for a stranger? This time, it's not for your friends.】
This sentence truly hit Xia De's hesitation. He was indeed completely unrelated to this matter. But looking at the single mother in the shop, still anxiously asking people around her, and then thinking about the reports of "child trafficking" cases he had seen in the newspaper, and finally thinking about the generous reward from MI6:
"You said I am an audience member, an observer on the stage. But no one said that the audience cannot forcibly change an ending they don't like. I know what I want to do, and I've always been sure. Some things can be ignored, but some things, once encountered, there's no reason to turn away. Do you want to stop me?"
【Of course not, I said everything is up to you, Outsider. But it won't necessarily bring misfortune. For you, under normal circumstances, it's absolutely impossible to roll a 20 or a 1.】
"Why?"
The laughter became more obvious:
【Do you think you are Iluna Bayas? That is the privilege of a stage protagonist, and you don't even have a role on the stage. In my opinion, the numbers you roll would normally fluctuate around 10.】
His thoughts were very firm, and the expression on his face no longer hesitated. Knowing that the worst result was impossible, he inexplicably felt a sense of relief and convinced himself.
Amidst her laughter, Xia De, with a resolute expression, took out the metal dice from the box and tossed it into the air. As the dice spun in the wind, he flattened his palm, and the dice of fate landed steadily in his hand, as if metal was attracted by a magnet.
Xia De's ears heard the clear voice of a strange woman, a voice from the past, a voice with a feigned affectation:
"Boy, want some candy?"
At the same time, there was the sound of candy wrappers being rustled.
The Outsider looked down at the dice, his mouth twitched slightly, the point was 9:
"I knew it couldn't always be good luck."
【From one to twenty, from twenty to one, the dice of fate is slightly damaged, not affecting any of its properties. But if similar actions are taken again, the dice will definitely be completely damaged within two tries.】
"I heard a clue."
He looked in the direction the sound came from. A Boy and a strange woman were talking. It was the street in front of the candy store. Now, pedestrians were coming and going, but tens of minutes ago, the child who was taken away was lured here.
【Then await the misfortune that is sure to come.】
"It's only nine points, which is slightly below average, so the misfortune shouldn't be too severe, right?"
Xia De received no answer, only laughter.
Since he had made his decision, Xia De would not regret it. He maintained the operation of the Miracle and then found Mrs. Maria Cook.
He briefly explained that he learned from a passerby that a little Boy had left with a young woman tens of minutes ago. Mrs. Cook followed Xia De forward as if grasping at a lifeline, while Xia De listened to the direction of the voices and footsteps, slowly following the direction of the sound.
Because once the Miracle was canceled, it would be difficult to find a lucky time point again, so Xia De maintained the use of the Miracle throughout the subsequent search.
Because of this, all the sounds he heard were sounds from more than ten minutes before the current time. So even though he kept following the sounds in a noisy environment, he and the woman who took the child would always maintain a displacement of more than ten minutes.
Xia De's hope was that he could lead Mrs. Cook all the way to where the other party stopped to rest.
The actual area of Tobesk was definitely no less than the large cities Xia De had seen in his hometown. Although the level of productivity development was constrained by the times, as the Northern Pearl, the population that poured into Tobesk in just a few decades forced the City to expand by a factor of one.
The greatest achievement of the Steam Age—the steam train—connected all corners of the Old Continent. And Tobesk Station was the most important transportation hub in the northern part of the Old Continent.
Originally, when planned, the station was located at the edge of the City, but with the continuous expansion of the City, Tobesk Station was gradually surrounded by the City. However, according to the Tobesk Evening News, the City Hall was planning to build a new station in the southern part of the City, separating the freight and passenger steam locomotive stops.
In short, Xia De, regardless of the risk of long-term use of the Miracle, led Mrs. Cook through the northern urban area of Tobesk, stopping and going, occasionally pretending to inquire about information from passersby, and gradually, they approached Tobesk Station, which was also located in the northern urban area of Tobesk.
It took more than half an hour to get from Queen Mary Street to here. When they reached the streets near the station, they found police officers in neat uniforms patrolling nearby, and even saw armed soldiers maintaining order.
The flow of people nearby was very large, and Xia De could hardly find the Boy and the woman he was looking for from the complex sounds.
Only then did he remember that today was Wednesday, the day Queen Diana was cutting the ribbon for the newly opened east hall of Tobesk Station.