Deal with the True Creator

As Alexander was thinking about hiss honorific name, Klein stood in the middle of an ancient castle, thinking about the information contained in Mr. Emperor's words.

'Is the Evernight Goddess behind my transmigration?', he questioned and quickly shook his head.

The Evernight Goddess might know something about his transmigration, but she should not be the reason behind it.

Standing up, he turned towards his chair, wanting to look what symbol symbolized him.

A symbol formed of radiant stars appeared in front of him, but Klein couldn't recognize it due to his lack of mysticism knowledge.

Having nothing else to do, he exited the Origin Castle.

Half a day later, a knock on Alexander's door caused him to wake up.

Getting up and opening the door, an unexpected person appeared in front of Alexander, Mr. A.

Although Alexander hadn't seen his face, from the hooden robe and the aura he gave off, it was pretty obvious.

Just as he was ready for a fight, Mr. A took off his hood and revealed a feminine face with a smile on his face, that created a stark contrast with his cold eyes.

Rather than attacking him, Mr. A opened his mouth.

"My lord wants to meet you.", he said and took a familiar silver cross out of his robe.

Right after he uttered these words, his figure collapsed, making Alexander wonder if he was on drugs.

Alexander couldn't make sense out of what was happening, so he proceeded to act in the most reasonable answer he could think of.

He kicked Mr. A on the head.

Unfortunately, it didn't seem to work, as Mr. A didn't wake up.

Looking at the silver cross that was still tightly clutched in Mr. A's hands, he created an incarnation, before picking it up with it.

Instantly, he found himself in a dark chaotic space, with shadows and filth around him.

He knew that he should have been panicked, but he surprisingly managed to remain calm.

Looking up, a giant upside-down silver cross caught his attention, with a man hanging on it.

Alexander couldn't see his face, but he quickly guessed his identity: the True Creator.

Silence took over the place, until the hanged man decided to speak up.

"I want to communicate with your real body.", he said.

Before he could reply, Alexander found that he had lost the control over his incarnation and he could no longer control it.

"My real body is busy, you can communicate with me for now.", the incarnation replied on its own.

The True Creator didn't seem to mind his attitude, and nodded his upside-down head.

"Adam is preparing to promote to a Sequence 0.", he said.

The incarnation remained calm, but Alexander who could observe what was happening had doubts.

'You've already sent me a message, is there a need to meet face to face?'

'Were we besties before?'

Before he could voice his complains, the True Creator continued,

"I believe that he has made a deal with Night."

"Even if there is a deal involved, Amanises won't stand by his side."

"She is the original backstabber after all.", the incarnation replied.

Alexander didn't know what caused him to lose control over his incarnation, but he could make some guesses.

The True Creator didn't seem to realize Alexander's strangeness, but silently agreed.

"I want to make a deal."

"I need you to help my body descend in Tingen."

"In return you can choose one Grade 0 Sealed Artifact.", the True Creator finally got to the point.

As Alexander returned to his real body, he found that he could once again control his own body.

Both the silver cross and Mr. A had disappeared, making Alexander believe that the Mr. A he had met wasn't the real one, but he had been manipulated by the True Creator.

At the same time, lights flickered in his vision and he felt that his Briber potion had been completely digested.

He wasn't surprised.

As a Sequence 7 Briber, making a deal with a Sequence 0 would of course boost his digestion.

On the other hand, what he really cared was about the reason he lost control when meeting the True Creator.

'Is something awakening in my body or is this a 'countermeasure'?', he couldn't help but wonder.

From those two options, he felt that the second one made much more sense.

With the knowledge of the plot and 2 Sefirots on him, he was bound to meet gods way before he was strong enough to put up a fight against them.

Obviously, in his plan, he would pretend to be just a clone, while his body was busy with something.

Leaving such a countermeasure behind would make sense, as it would allow him to appear natural and not get noticed by the other existences.

Otherwise, as a Sequence 7, it would be insane to think that he would be able to hide the truth in front of the gods.

Of course, there was a third option that Alexander didn't want to think about.

What if his past self was awakening in him?

Pushing those thoughts aside, he started to think about the deal his incarnation made with the True Creator.

Alexander had to assist him in descending in Tingen and could in turn choose a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact.

The problem was that even if he wanted to assist him, his strength didn't allow him to.

He was just a Sequence 7 Briber and would at most reach Sequence 6 by that time.

#EXTRA#

In a barren land, a young man with brown hair and a lady in a black dress stood opposite to each other.

"I won't intervene in your plans, but you won't be able to promote to a Great Old One no matter what.", the man spoke calmly, as if he was stating a trivial thing.

The lady didn't seem to mind his words, but waved the black scythe in her hand and her figure disappeared.

The man didn't stop her, but continued looking at the spot where she previously stood.

"I won't allow any Great Old One to be born, even if that person is Klein."