Chapter 36 The Fool's Request



"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool."

The other members of the Tarot Club all looked quite solemn at this time, and followed Miss Justice to complete the usual greetings.

When they sat down again, Klein the Fool looked around and said slowly:

"I will fall into deep sleep."

After hearing this, "The Hanged Man" Alger, "Justice" Audrey, "Judgment" Hugh, and "Magician" Fors all felt as if the second shoe had finally dropped. "Star" Leonard, "Moon" Emlyn, "Sun" Derrick and other Tarot Club members felt their hearts sink, becoming more and more panicked and full of doubts.

Of course, they were not that surprised. The unusual temporary gathering and the unusual absence of the "world" seemed to indicate that something important would happen today.

Klein maintained his last bit of clarity and said in the same tone as before:

"This involves a war beyond the order, and is related to the extent of Doomsday."

Sure enough... "The Hanged Man" Alger keenly caught the phrase "beyond the sequence".

He had long suspected that there was a level above Sequence 0: the level of the ancient sun god who had eight angel kings.

Now, Mr. Fool has finally confirmed his guess and solved many of his confusions.

The Hermit Cattleya and others also noticed the implicit information in Mr. Fool’s words. Some of them, like the Hanged Man, had already made similar guesses, and now they felt more like “it is as expected.” Some had not thought about it in this regard, and were inevitably surprised and confused when they heard it, but soon combined it with the various things they knew in the past, and suddenly understood.

Klein the Fool continued:

"When you become angels, you will be qualified to know the specific situation. Otherwise, just knowing it will bring pollution."

This made the Tarot Club members think of "underground" and "starry sky", and their thoughts became so chaotic that they could hardly stop.

Klein glanced at the bottom of the mottled long table and said:

"My beloved'world' has already entered a deep sleep. I don't know when it will wake up."

What should I do then? "Star" Leonard almost blurted out, but he could clearly feel that Mr. Fool had not finished speaking, so he forced himself to hold back the impulse.

Klein the Fool's eyes swept over him:

“Next there is a long-term commitment issued to all members:

“Spread my name more widely, but do not conflict with the True God Church. If necessary, you can choose to preach in a secret way.

“This will help me wake up.

"Also, spread the deeds of my followers to the world and record them in the church's scriptures. Of course, do not touch on their privacy.

“Remember this: The world wakes up, and the fools return.”

Klein wanted to increase the number of his anchors, which might be quite useful in the dream confrontation with the Lord of Mysteries.

At the same time, he wants to shape the “world” into a saint of the Church of the Fool, an angel beside the throne of God, so that this image can be shared by believers on a large scale and gain an anchor of its own.

To put it simply, Klein intends to have one believer contribute two anchors. After all, to him, both "The Fool" and "The World" are just one identity, and the image created by the anchor will not be unified but different, so as not to affect him.

——At the Fool level, the church spreads the names of gods, the holy emblem of the Fool, and various doctrines, but has no specific image. In the "world", he has many identities, such as German Sparrow, Dwayne Dantès, and Merlin Hermes, but there will not be a single, definite image.

“The reward is the convenience you enjoyed in the past, the responses you received, and the corresponding help you will receive when you pray in the future.” Klein the Fool said in an unchanged tone, “After I fall asleep, I can still respond to your prayers to a certain extent, but not every time. If there is something really important that needs help, then pray a few more times.”

After Antigonus entered into eternal sleep, he could let the dream manifest him. As long as the right method was used, the sleeping gods could respond to prayers within a certain limit through dreams.

The Tarot Club members present did not feel embarrassed at all about this situation.

On the one hand, most of them were spreading the Fool's beliefs to a greater or lesser extent, either overtly or covertly. On the other hand, it was too common to pray to the gods without getting a response. It was extremely rare for Mr. Fool to respond every time before, and they had hardly heard of such a situation elsewhere.

Being able to get responses to important matters through repeated prayers is already better than most clergy in the Orthodox Church!

“Yes, Mr. Fool.” The Tarot Club members accepted this long-term commission without any hesitation.

Among them, "Star" Leonard is the most sincere and impatient one.

For him, spreading Mr. Fool's beliefs and books is to awaken Klein.

This gave him the motivation to do things outside of his daily work.

At this time, Klein the Fool nodded slightly and turned his gaze to Cattleya the Hermit:

"The previous commission - collecting all kinds of information about the 'Hidden Sage' suddenly coming back to life - is still valid.

"If you wish to take the risk, then investigate further into the current status of the Hidden Sage.

"It would be very dangerous, you can say no, and the reward is a wish."

The Hermit Cattleya thought for a moment and said:

“Dear Mr. Fool, is there any connection between this and your awakening? Does it involve the question of how to survive the apocalypse?”

"Maybe, maybe not. I can't give you a definite answer right now. I just saw some images." Klein didn't deliberately create a high status for The Fool this time, because he was already a true Fool. "Also, keep an eye on all the Beyonders from the Earth and Moon paths under you."

Cattleya was silent for a while, then slowly spoke:

"I accept the commission."

Klein the Fool then turned his gaze to the other side and said to Derrick the Sun:

"Your mission is to protect New Silver City, Crescent City, and Rorsted Archipelago. The more believers I have, the safer they are, and the greater the chance that I will wake up.

“On this basis, you can then consider how to expand the church and spread the faith.

"Your reward is to become my favored one."

The eyes of "Sun" Derrick suddenly felt hot, and he recalled the encouraging look of the Chief when he pushed open the last door of the "Giant King's Court".

He took a deep breath and said forcefully:

"Yes, Mr. Fool!"

Klein nodded and looked at the Magician Fors:

“You need to protect the Abraham family and prevent them from being attacked by the starry sky.

"Also, collect more data from the Fourth Epoch, find out Mr. Men's condition at that time, and figure out some of the hidden problems of the Abraham family."

"These are all things I want to do." Magician Fors hesitated for a moment, but still said that he would do these things even without the commission.

Klein the Fool didn’t say yes or no, but instead said:

"If you want, you can write biographies and stories for different identities of 'The World' and publish them under different pseudonyms.

"The reward for the above commission is that when you have the hope of becoming a 'planeswalker' and must go to the starry sky, you will receive my blessing."

Although Klein knew that he could rely on dreams to respond to a certain extent while in deep sleep, he was not sure whether he or the "Lord of Mysteries" would have the upper hand at that time, so he hoped to use the method of completing the commission and giving rewards to fix the more important things in the form of a verbal contract. At that time, even if he was at a disadvantage, he could use this invisible agreement to cleverly complete the response.

"Planeswalker?" "Magician" Fors was stunned.

Frankly speaking, she hadn't thought about this issue at all. What she was worried about now was the digestion of the "Mystic" and the ritual of the "Wanderer".

Soon, she withdrew her thoughts:

"Yes, Mr. Fool."

Klein then turned his gaze to Emlyn the Moon:

“The siege of the Rose School involves preparations for doomsday, which is quite dangerous. Even with the participation of angels, we must pay attention to our own safety.

"Your commission is to collect as many blessings, auras, and items from the Original Moon believers as possible within the Rose School. These may be more dangerous than a Level 1 seal."

At this time, although Klein still maintained the tone of a "fool", his words already contained some advice to his friends.

This made Audrey, who had initially calmed down, notice something different.

Thinking of what Mr. Fool had just said to the other members, she sighed inwardly:

“As he was about to fall into deep sleep, Mr. Fool’s humanity seemed to grow stronger…”

When Emlyn the Moon was slightly surprised and puzzled, Klein continued:

"In addition to participating in the mission of encircling and suppressing the Rose School, I hope that you will set up a pharmaceutical company to study how to mass-produce drugs with miraculous effects."

"As long as it's mass-produced, it won't have any magical effects." Emlyn the Moon responded instinctively.

Klein the Fool nodded:

“Find a compromise.

“Your main purpose is to spread my name through this pharmaceutical company.

“Remuneration is also a wish.”

This is not a question of whether it is dangerous or not, but whether it can be done... The simplest way is to give me a thousand copies of the "Pharmacist" potion. I can build a "Pharmacist" factory and achieve mass production... "Moon" Emlyn muttered a few words in his heart, and responded seriously:

"Yes, Mr. Fool."

Klein looked to the other side and said to Judgment:

"The end of the world is near. Both the Red Priest and the Witch will become active. Your mission is to rely on official forces to find out the whereabouts of the three Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics and the corresponding uniqueness of the Red Priest. If there is a chance, look for clues to confirm the current status of the Original Witch. This is very dangerous."

Klein didn't mention the remuneration because he had already paid it in advance:

Xio realized his wish, performed the ceremony, and became a Sequence 4 "Lawmaster".

As for the three copies of the Sequence 1 "Conqueror" Beyonder characteristics of the "Red Priest" pathway, Klein previously knew that one was in the hands of the former royal family of Intis, the Soran family, one was in the hands of the Einhorn family of the Feysac royal family, and one fell into the hands of the Augustus family of the Loen royal family, and was later given to the Witch Cult as a reward.

Of course, this is only a preliminary answer, and the situation may have changed:

The Soran family had already declined during Roselle's time, and might not have retained the Conqueror's extraordinary characteristics or the corresponding seal. Klein even suspected that it might have been obtained by the Iron Cross.

The failure of the previous war caused considerable damage to the Einhorn family. Klein did not rule out the possibility that a high-ranking angel had fallen or a "0" level seal had been lost;

The "Conqueror" extraordinary characteristic that the Augustus family gave to the Witch Cult is currently the one with the clearest whereabouts, but Klein knows that the "Red Angel" evil spirit Soren Einhorn Medici has been eyeing it, and may have succeeded or is in the process of implementing it.

There is currently no clue as to the uniqueness of the corresponding "Red Priest", and the last time the mysterious world knew about it was during the Pale Disaster at the end of the Fourth Epoch.

PS: Please give me a monthly pass during the double period~


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