Chapter 183: The Spinning Die

"She" was right, but since Xia De had already proposed the idea, he naturally had his own considerations:

"As long as I attempt to use a miracle while rolling the die, theoretically, the probability of luck affecting the miracle is very high."

He looked at the streetscape and said in his heart.

【Not to mention the probability you mentioned of it affecting the miracle, but what if the result of the die is misfortune?】

"That is what I want to say. I have been considering this for a long time. In principle, it is feasible."

Xia De walked toward the opposite side of the street, pretending to be chatting with passersby, but most of his focus was in his heart. He proposed a rather bold idea:

"You once said that you could rebound attacks from fate, thereby twisting misfortune into good luck."

【Yes, but no one is attacking you right now.】

"No one... If luck is rolled, naturally nothing happens. But if it is misfortune, this misfortune will act upon me, so can you rebound it into luck?"

He asked cautiously, and then heard her melodious laughter:

【A very good idea.】

Which meant it was feasible.

【But Outsider, do you remember the sentence written in the script?】

She was probably in a good mood at the moment, and the tone of her question carried pleasure. Xia De recalled the events of a few weeks ago. The streetscape before his eyes was dim in the thin mist; the gray appearance and the strange smell in the air were the norm for this city. He stood under the sky:

"It is written there—perhaps people think they can control fate, yet they do not 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 heart was still chuckling:

【You can try to roll the die. If it is lucky, naturally nothing happens; if it is misfortune, I will twist it into luck, rebounding the misfortune produced by the die to the die itself rather than you. In this way, you don't have to worry about what happened to the "Heart Collector."】

"But."

He thought.

【But, this die will be damaged as a result, and the extent of the damage is currently unpredictable. And besides that, manipulating fate will definitely result in unfortunate things happening to you. This is the price. Do you understand? Fate has always been fair.】

"Understood. And the lower the number, the more severe the damage to the die, and the more terrifying the misfortune I will face afterward, which will certainly be higher than the luck gained from manipulating fate... Understood, fortunately, I am not asking for much."

He reached for the metal box containing the die in his pocket. The woman's murmur was very light:

【Are you sure you want to take the risk for a stranger? This time, it is not for your friend.】

This sentence truly touched the hesitation in Xia De's heart. He was indeed completely unrelated to this matter. But looking at the single mother in the shop who was still anxiously asking people around her, then thinking of the reports on the "missing children" series of cases he saw in the newspaper, and finally thinking of the generous reward from MI6:

"You said I am an audience member of the stage, a bystander. But no one has stipulated that the audience cannot forcibly change an ending they do not like. I am sure of what I want to do; I have always been sure. Some things can be treated as if they were not seen, but since I have encountered some things, there is no reason to turn around and leave. Do you want to stop me?"

【Of course not. I said everything is up to you, Outsider. But there is no need to worry about attracting the most terrifying misfortune because of this. For you, under normal conditions, it is absolutely impossible to roll a 20 or a 1.】

"Why?"

The laughter became more obvious:

【Do you think you are Yin Luna? That is the power of the stage protagonist, and you don't even have a role on the stage. In my opinion, it is normal for the number you roll to fluctuate around 10.】

The thoughts in his heart were firm, and the expression on his face no longer hesitated. Knowing it could not be the worst result, he felt a strange sense of relief in his heart; he had persuaded himself.

Amidst her laughter, Xia De took out the metal die from the box with a firm expression and threw it into the sky. While the die was spinning in the wind, he reached out and flattened his palm. The twenty-sided die landed steadily in his hand, as if the metal were attracted by a magnet.

Xia De's ears heard the clear voice of a strange woman; it was a voice from the past, and the voice had a sense of feigned affectation:

"Boy, do you want some candy?"

At the same time, there was the sound of candy wrappers being twisted.

The Outsider looked down at the die, and the corners of his mouth twitched. The number was 9:

"I knew it was impossible to always be lucky."

【From one to twenty, from twenty to one, the twenty-sided die of fate is slightly damaged, which does not affect all its characteristics. But if a similar action is performed again, the die will definitely be completely destroyed within two times.】

"I heard a clue."

He looked toward where the voice came from. The boy and the strange woman were talking; that was the street in front of the candy shop. Now pedestrians were shuttling back and forth, but tens of minutes ago, the child who was taken away encountered the deception right here.

【Then wait for that misfortune that will definitely descend.】

"It's only a nine, which is slightly below the average level, so the misfortune shouldn't be too excessive, right?"

Xia De did not get an answer, only heard laughter.

Since he had already made the 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 had learned from a passerby that a young boy had left with a young woman tens of minutes ago. Mrs. Cook followed Xia De forward as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw, while Xia De listened to the direction from which the voices and footsteps came, advancing bit by bit in pursuit of the direction of the sound.

Because once the miracle was canceled, it would be difficult to find the point in time of luck again, so Xia De continued to maintain the use of the miracle during the subsequent search.

Also because of this, the sounds he heard were all sounds separated by more than ten minutes from the current point in time. So even though he had been chasing the sound forward in the noisy ambient sound, he and the woman who took the child would always maintain a displacement of more than ten minutes.

Xia De's expectation was that he could take Mrs. Cook and find the place where the other party stopped to rest.

The specific land area of Tobesk definitely did not lose to the big cities Xia De had seen in his hometown. Although the level of development of productivity was shackled by the era, as the Pearl of the North, the population that poured into Tobesk in just a few decades forcibly expanded the city outward by double.

The greatest achievement of the steam age—the steam train—connected every corner of the Old Continent. And Tobesk Station was the most important transportation hub in the north of the Old Continent.

Originally, during planning, the station was located on the edge of the city, but with the continuous expansion of the city, Tobesk Station was gradually surrounded by the city. But according to the "Tobesk Evening News," the City Hall was planning to build a new station in the south of the city to separate the stops for freight and passenger steam locomotives.

In short, regardless of the risk of using the miracle for a long time, Xia De took Mrs. Cook and walked and stopped in the North City District of Tobesk, occasionally pretending to be inquiring about information from passersby, and gradually, they approached Tobesk Station, which was also located in the North City District of Tobesk.

It took more than half an hour in total from Queen Mary Street to here. When they arrived at the street block near the station, they found police officers in neat uniforms patrolling nearby, and even saw soldiers with guns maintaining order.

The flow of people here was very large, and Xia De was almost unable to find the boy and woman he was pursuing 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. ===== CHAPTER 184 =====