Chapter 7

Klein sighed as he slumped in his chair of honor. Tonelico came over and offered a cup of high quality tea. In one side of the Sefirah Castle was where offerings and sacrifices were kept. In the other side was the "garbage pile". 

Klein tapped his finger on the mottled table before thinking about where he was going to gain more anchors. The star studded cane struck the ground as Klein made his way to a random parallel world. It was an interesting one, with an interesting system. 

Klein's gaze fell upon this world and the worlds encompassing the surrounding star system. Klein's spiritual intuition directed him towards the streaming system. Klein touched it as he tried to enter the system that enabled the streaming. A spark of what Klein divined to be probability repelled him. Although Klein himself had not tried too hard to enter the system, it was still very annoying. He was the Lord of the Mysteries. If he wanted something, there was few entities that could stop him. 

Klein's sinister tentacles emerged from under his robe of black and yellow. His black gloves radiated a strange twisted feeling as Klein applied a bit of pressure using Fooling in conjunction with creating a few errors to be accepted into the system. The system had some trouble deciding an epitaph however Klein soon changed that too. 

It was at that same moment that when choosing constellations, some people heard a second announcement. 

[Constellation "Ruler of Sefirah Castle" has joined the channel] 

The dokkaebi immediately bowed as he greeted the new constellation that had joined. However the responses from the other constellations were strange. 

[Constellation "Ruler of Sefirah Castle" gazes upon the constellations in the channel]

[Constellation "Prisoner of the Golden Headband" is expressing discomfort]

[Constellation "Demon-like Judge of Fire" is nervous] 

[Constellation "Abyssal Black Flame Dragon" hides in his lair]

Kim Dokja was confused, there were now two constellations he had never heard of. One was the Secretive Plotter and the other was this Ruler of Sefirah Castle. He would choose neither but the existence of Ruler of Sefirah Castle meant that perhaps certain events may change. However, Dokja's knowledge of future events shouldn't change. 

Klein by spiritual intuition gazed towards the directions of the other constellations that were in the same channel. He could feel them flinch, while they hadn't stumbled on his true identity, they to some extent recognised the power and wrongness he possessed. 

Klein sat above in Sefirah Castle watching the stories unfold in the blue themed holographic screen. Soon Klein realised he had a problem. A problem he thought he'd no longer have, money.

Klein had once again become a poor god. Klein soon realised that "donations" were a key aspect in gaining faith and respect. And Klein who had errored and fooled his way into the system had not realised that he lacked the money to tempt and convert believers. 

Klein closed his eyes as he accessed the historical void and pulled out multiple items before selling them to the dokkaebi using an application of Fooling. Of course they wouldn't know that the items would disappear in a while, no they'd never. Klein once again felt happy that thigns like money could be easily solved no matter where he was. 

Tonelico on the other hand was gradually understanding what type of master she was serving. For someone with so many grand titles, the actions of her master were truly shaking the core of a pillar of the universe. 

A god of poverty, she scoffed as she watched the coins pour into her god's account. Klein scattered the coins to numerous people tempting them to become believers and pick him as a sponsoring constellation. Sadly only one person picked him as a sponsor, and that was himself...

That's right, Klein had sent an avatar down there to act independently, said avatar was only sequence 6 of Faceless. The connection would allow for Klein to make any move necessary. However soon another bit the bait as Klein smiled. He had another incarnation other than himself. 

Klein stared at the incarnation's information. "Han Sooyoung" He stared at the incarnation from the screen. His finger tapped the table as he made a decision. A single hard tap of his finger as a wave of grey fog and a flash of crimson light revealed a figure. 

"Wait what?" 

Klein who was at the end of the table tapped once again "I'd prefer you not to be so loud within the castle. You may address me as The Fool." Han Sooyoung took a risk, a risk that'd possibly risk her life and from the looks of it, the risk paid off. An existence that could violate and bend the rules of the star stream without any backlash. An existence that had never appeared before in the novel. Han Sooyoung realised that she was standing in front of a god and not just any god. 

The grey fog continued to churn throughout the castle at a steady pace. Klein tapped his fingers once again. Han Sooyoung looked at the deity that sat at the opposite end of the table. The great big pupiless symbol with twisted and distorted lines induced a sense of wonder and mystery. 

"Why did you pick me as your sponsoring constellation? Please answer honestly." Klein asked out of genuine curiosity. Han Sooyoung grinned "I took a gamble and it payed off." Klein chuckled "I like your answer." Klein who had gambled with his own identity on the line with Amon respected someone who could do the same simply to live. 

"You certainly picked the right constellation. If you need help or wish to communicate with me. Simply recite these lines." 

"The Fool that doesn't belong to this era. The mysterious ruler above the grey fog. The king of yellow and black that wields good luck. I'll instantly be aware of it." 

Han Sooyoung simply gulped as she realised the scale of the being in front of her. To have an honorific name on top of all that. However she liked the good luck part of it. She didn't want to be greedy but most constellations would give their incarnations some boon or skill or stigmata. 

"Mr Fool, most constellations have some sort of boon that they give constellations. What boon do I get?" It was a very reasonable question. Klein thought over for a bit, he couldn't give her any powers. That just didn't work. However he could give items. 

"Items count as boons do they not?" 

Han Sooyoung nodded as Klein waved his hand as a few items rose up from the garbage pile. "Han Sooyoung saw the items discarded at the corner of the castle before asking "What is that?" Klein answered back "I call it the garbage pile but it's just where everything i've collected is stored." 

Han Sooyoung paled "Garbage pile?" 

Klein presented her three items. 

"The worm is a personal worm of spirit from me. It is a part of me and its function is that of a charm. This specific charm can neutralise a fatal attack and render it useless." Han Sooyoung shut her mouth immediately, if this was the garbage pile then what was the actual pile? Frankly Klein didn't have an actual pile, the garbage pile was all there was. 

Klein presented the second item "This is called the Yesterday Once More charm, it allows you to see through one's past and borrow power from their historical self one time." 

Klein presented the last one "This is a coin corrupted from the Sefirah Castle, it has been augmented into an item that'll allow resistance to corruption and mental ailments." 

Klein left the items floating as Han Sooyoung decided on her item. 

Eventually she reached out and grabbed her chosen item. 

"I'll chose this one!"