Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 136 Fors is cracked

The crystal ball cracked, and Fors felt herself cracking as well.

She couldn't understand how she had ended up in this place that looked uninhabitable, having just opened and closed her eyes. Surprise and fear filled Fors's heart. She instinctively looked around, and her gaze fell on the Fool, who was sitting at the head of the bronze table. She was immediately startled.

"You, no, sir, who are you? Where is this place?" The desire to survive made Fors instinctively use honorifics, and the writer's professional instinct gave rise to countless fantasies at this moment.

"You can call me the Fool." Klein the Fool smiled. He was already very experienced in pretending to be a god. He looked at Fors calmly but did not answer the other person's other question.

After all, to be honest, Klein himself didn't know where above the gray fog was. He only knew that this place was related to Tianzun.

"The Fool? Are you Mr. Fool, the mysterious ruler above the gray fog?" Fors showed a look of astonishment. She suddenly remembered the divination Jack had once performed on her. The result of that divination was related to the Fool.

Fors was therefore very concerned about the Fool. Unfortunately, this existence was truly mysterious. As a low-sequence wild Beyonder, Fors had inquired in various circles she knew, but hadn't been able to find many clues about the Fool. Even the few clues she did know came from Jack, including the Fool's honorific name.

Originally, the full moon's whispers disappeared inexplicably, and Fors thought that this divination was wrong. But now, it seems that this was not a mistake at all, it was absolutely accurate.

“Mr. Fool, did you help me?” Thinking of this, Fors asked almost subconsciously.

help?

When Klein the Fool heard this, information about Fors flashed through his mind. Combined with what Rowling had said, he immediately understood what Fors was talking about.

This made Klein the Fool smile. He shook his head and said, "If you're referring to the mumbling you endured on the night of the full moon, that has nothing to do with me."

Unrelated? How could that be… Fors was stunned at first, then she seemed to have thought of something. After hesitating for a few seconds, she asked, "Mr. Fool, please forgive my intrusion. You seem to know what the Full Moon Whispers are all about."

Although she knew she was facing a mysterious being and it was best not to ask too many questions, Fors really wanted to know what the full moon whispers that had troubled her for so long were all about. Of course, the reason Fors dared to ask was also related to the approachable attitude Mr. Fool had currently displayed.

"The full moon whispers you endured came from a being infinitely close to godhood. You can call Him Mr. Men." Klein didn't mind answering Fors's questions.

"A being that's infinitely close to being a god?" Fors felt like she was about to faint. She said in disbelief, "But, but I don't even know Him..."

"Mr. Men is the ancestor of the Abraham family." Klein looked at her calmly. "I think you should already understand how you provoked Him."

Fors was speechless for a moment. After learning that Mr. Men was the ancestor of the Abraham family, she finally understood why she was connected to such a being, but this was followed by even deeper doubts.

"Mr. Men is the ancestor of the Abraham family, and the source of the curse borne by the Abraham family members. But why?" Fors really couldn't figure it out. This doubt drove her to ask:

“Mr. Fool, I don’t understand why Mr. Men treats members of Abraham’s family like this. Isn’t He the ancestor of Abraham’s family?”

Klein the Fool sighed at this moment and said, "He can only do this." Klein didn't really understand why Mr. Men had come up with the full moon whispers, but considering Mr. Men's attitude and some of the information he had obtained during this period, Klein could probably guess that he had to do so. Perhaps it was to prevent the Abraham family from rescuing him, or perhaps he simply lost control of himself for some reason.

Fors was speechless for a moment, obviously not understanding what the Fool said, but it was impossible for her not to hear the helplessness and sadness in it.

So there really is some hidden secret?

Fors's writerly instincts led her to subconsciously conjure up all sorts of melodramatic possibilities, but she didn't dare to ask any further.

Klein the Fool smiled at this moment and said, "I can't tell you the specific reason right now. Perhaps when you are promoted to an angel, you can explore the truth about this."

Fors's curiosity was extinguished at this moment. She really didn't think she could be promoted to an angel. It would be great if she could be promoted to a mid-sequence smoothly.

Fors decided not to delve into this matter any further. Then, an idea struck her. After a moment's deliberation, she asked, "Mr. Fool, may I ask what exactly it is that you summoned me for?" Her tone was quite respectful.

Hearing this, Klein the Fool smiled and said, "I heard your prayer for me."

Pray? When? I didn't!

Fors's eyes widened instantly. Although she was only a low-sequence being, she knew that she couldn't just pray to an unfamiliar god.

After learning the Fool's honorific name, Fors even used Loen when referring to him, not to mention praying to him, avoiding the Hermetic language that possessed mysterious power. In this case, when had she ever prayed to Mr. Fool?

Wait, could it be… Fors finally thought of something. She forced a smile and said, "Mr. Fool, that crystal ball has something to do with you, right?"

She did not forget that the crystal ball suddenly cracked, and she had indeed prayed before the crystal ball cracked.

But the one she was praying to was clearly the God of Steam and Machinery! She simply omitted the full honorific name... Fors wept internally.

"That's indeed related to me." Klein the Fool didn't deny it and nodded with a smile.

At this moment, Fors deeply understood the truth that cheap goods are not good. While cursing the unscrupulous merchants in her heart, she said with difficulty, "Mr. Fool, I..."

She wanted to say I didn't mean to pray to you, but she swallowed the words back when they came to her lips.

After all, she had already prayed to the other party, but then she denied it. Isn't this just disrespecting the gods? What's the difference between this and seeking death?
But Fors didn't dare to ask the Fool directly for the potion formula. After all, there were various examples of sacrificing souls to evil gods in front of her. Although the god in front of her looked kind, who knew if it was just a disguise?

Unlike the original novel where Fors was saved and therefore had a high innate favorability, the current Fors is obviously more vigilant.

(End of this chapter)