"Anyway, anyway," Alice's gaze wandered as she muttered, "If a Church of the Fool does end up being established, they'll have to write all that stuff anyway, right?"
Then, she leaned forward with a pitiful expression, stretching out her words:
"Klein~~ just think of it as practice~~"
Klein shuddered instantly and raised his hand to stop her. Desperate for an escape, he quickly changed the topic:
"Hold on. I have a question for you first."
Alice blinked. "What is it?"
Klein furrowed his brows and asked seriously, "Can you enter this place on your own, without my permission?"
Alice didn't even hesitate before answering:
**"Not for now.
"But if you never truly take control of the Source Fortress, then eventually, yes. After all, a key is meant to open doors."**
"A key?" Klein caught the crucial term.
Alice blinked, then pointed toward the glowing door. "The Source Fortress."
Next, she pointed at herself. "The Key of Light."
Klein instantly understood. Then, he couldn't help but ask, "So what exactly are the Source Fortress and the Key of Light?"
Alice shook her head. "The Goddess told me that knowledge of this level is inherently corrupting. Only angels and above are qualified to understand it."
It was a logical answer, so Klein didn't push further. However, he frowned slightly.
—The fact that merely knowing this information could be corrupting spoke volumes about its nature.
After glancing at Alice again, Klein exhaled and reminded her, "I don't want to hear about any major incidents in Bayam, understood?"
Alice nodded solemnly.
Klein narrowed his eyes. "And I definitely don't want to hear about anything that just barely avoids making the news, either!"
Alice hesitated slightly, then nodded again.
Klein clenched his jaw, resisting the urge to scold her. Instead, he chose the wise path—refusing to give himself a headache over it.
After finishing another batch of Roselle's diary entries, Alice let out a sigh and muttered discontentedly while looking out the window:
"If I can't do anything else, maybe I should… just keep selling Roselle's diaries!"
It was already confirmed as a safe activity. And unlike the heavily surveilled Backlund, Bayam was full of underground Beyonder gatherings happening daily. She wouldn't even need to threaten a child to find a buyer.
Besides, she still hadn't given up on her goal of spreading the phrase "The taste of witches is pretty good" across the world. And Bayam was one of the best places to start.
As Alice carefully copied out another batch of Roselle's diary entries, a new thought popped into her head.
"If I wrote a fake diary entry and slipped it into circulation… Roselle wouldn't be able to crawl out of his grave to deny it, right?"
The moment the idea sprouted, it grew wildly, like weeds in an untended garden.
Alice was immediately tempted. She started brainstorming what kind of entry she should write.
Her eyes landed on the phrase "The taste of witches is pretty good" at the bottom of the page, sparking a new idea.
Carefully, at the bottom of a fresh page, she wrote:
"The taste of the Iron-Blooded Knight is pretty good."
—If witches were one extreme, then their natural counterparts, the Iron-Blooded Knights, were the perfect opposite.
Hmm… wait. Can't "Faceless" Beyonders also turn into women?
…No. No, that was definitely something Klein would beat her for if he found out.
Alice promptly discarded the second, significantly riskier idea.
Then, a third, even more dangerous idea emerged.
"Wait. Adam is a high-level 'Spectator' pathway Beyonder, right? That means He can manipulate people's minds… Could He just…?"
She stopped herself mid-thought.
Even she knew that was way too dangerous.
If she ever dared to write Adam's name in such a context, the consequences would be catastrophic. No—she'd have to wait until Amon was around first.
Because unlike Adam, Alice knew Amon well.
More importantly, adults always hit their own children harder than anyone else.
Yes. She would only go through with this if Amon was present. That way, if Adam took offense, He'd blame Amon first.
Alice had no doubt that Amon would encourage her. If there was anyone more eager to cause chaos than her, it was Amon.
In some ways, they were frighteningly similar.
For now, she set aside her other ideas and focused on the "Iron-Blooded Knight" plan.
What reason would Roselle have to write such a diary entry?