Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 202: Xiao Ke's Friendship Fist (Happy New Year!)

Magician Fors was delighted, but Klein the Fool, the person involved, wished he could carve out a three-bedroom apartment right there.

As the controller of the gray fog, Klein the Fool certainly knew what was on the paper that Rowling handed to the magician Fors. That was why he almost immediately recognized that the protagonist, the great detective, was based on himself.

As for the doll girl...could it be Miss Sharon?
Klein the Fool speculated in his heart, feeling socially frustrated and embarrassed. He didn't understand what Jack was going to do, but it was not easy to ask in front of the Tarot Club members. He could only wait until the end of this Tarot Club.

After leaving the gray fog, Klein left the room almost immediately and knocked on Rowling's door. After Rowling opened the door, he asked helplessly and puzzledly, "What's the matter with the book you ordered from Miss Magician?"

Luo Lin blinked and said calmly, "I'm just tired of the existing romance novels, so I'm looking for someone to produce some new content for me."

"Don't play dumb! You know exactly what I'm asking." Klein looked at Rowling unhappily and said, "I'm the great detective, right?"

"There's a saying that goes, 'Art comes from life,' so it's normal to use people around you as prototypes for stories. It's definitely not my idea of fun to watch you do that." Luo Lin said confidently.

Klein: ...

Bastard! You already said it!
"I knew there must be something wrong with you being so eager to recruit Miss Magician..." Klein sighed, feeling that he had let his guard down. Then he thought of something else, looked at Rowling, and said helplessly:
"Jack, you can have fun with me, but this matter involves Miss Sharon. It's not a good idea to frame her like this, right?"

"But Sharon has already agreed!" Rowling spread his hands and took out an "authorization letter" from his arms as if he had expected it. The content on the letter was Sharon's authorization for "Jack Jones" to use her image to invite others to create literature.

Klein was stunned for a moment. He took the "authorization letter" and carefully read it several times before asking in disbelief, "Why would Sharon agree to give you the authorization?"

"Of course I traded my stories with her!" Rowling said matter-of-factly, "I used ten stories to get Sharon's authorization, so you're actually the only victim in this matter."

Rowling paused, looked at Klein seriously, and said, "But our relationship is so good, you will definitely forgive me, right?"

Klein: ...

Klein didn't know what to say at this moment. He looked at Luo Lin and sighed helplessly, saying, "If I don't forgive you, can I really beat you to death?"

"That's great!" Rowling patted his chest with a sigh of relief, then said with a grin, "So, Klein, you wouldn't mind if I commissioned someone else to write about your gender-swapped self falling in love with a witch, right?"

A question mark appeared on Klein’s head.

"Huh?" It was hard to tell if Klein was laughing out of anger at this moment. He looked down at his fist and suddenly felt that he couldn't let his fist be used as a decoration.

So a few minutes later—

Little Amon, who was originally sitting on the sofa in the living room, suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the second floor, accompanied by a familiar voice:
"Don't run! Today I'm going to show you what a friendship-breaking punch is!"

"Klein, we are best friends... Ouch!"

"Oh, sorry, the Klein you knew is dead. You chose it! The one you see before you now is the Klein of the Niuhuru clan."

"Wait, what's that noise? Who's playing the record?"

A chaotic commotion accompanied by meaningless music made Little Amon turn his head to look at the second floor. He saw Jack Jones sliding down the stair railing, and behind him was Klein, with his fist raised and teeth gnashed.

What's going on here?
Little Amon was a little confused, but for some reason he felt inexplicably excited watching this scene. It was as if a restless instinct was surging within him, causing him to almost subconsciously mutter, "Fight! Fight!" This caused Medici, who was adjusting the record player nearby, to glance at him, shook his head, and sneered, "It's true that it's easy to change a country, but it's hard to change one's nature."

Even though he has lost his memory and his mind has degenerated to that of a child, his instinct to watch the fun and have fun is still there.

At this moment, Rowling slid behind him, using him as a shield. He then poked his head out and said to Klein, who had stopped walking, "If you're not satisfied with the witch, I can switch to a hunter."

Klein was so angry that he laughed. For a moment, he didn't know whether Jack was doing it on purpose or if he really didn't realize what he was angry about. He said with a forced smile, "Why don't you write your own gender-swapped fan fiction?"

"I can write it!" Unexpectedly, Luo Lin nodded without any moral integrity.

Although gender reversal is definitely not possible, it is well known that Nyarlathotep's incarnation includes Nyarracho, so if we round it off, his writing about Nyarracho is his own gender-reversed fan fiction, which is fine.

Klein was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting such an answer.

He hesitated, and Rowling stood up straight. He said righteously, "Klein, you can't do this. If you can't even accept gender-swap fan fiction, how are you going to digest the Faceless Man potion in the future?"

"Do I have to dress as a woman to digest the Faceless Man's potion?" Klein looked at him expressionlessly.

Luo Lin blinked and looked at him and said, "That's hard to say."

Klein: ...

What?
For a moment, Klein wasn't sure whether Jack was telling the truth or just talking nonsense.

"Are you two free?" Medici couldn't stand watching these two guys fooling around anymore, so he said unhappily, "If you're free, why don't you clean up? Do I need to remind you how many things you knocked over just now?"

For a moment, Medici was imbued with the aura of a powerful male mother, an aura that only belonged to a "mother" who was busy running around every day, taking care of the family's food, clothing, and daily life.

Klein immediately picked up the broom beside him, feeling rather guilty, and said, "I'll go clean it up right away."

Luo Lin also smiled awkwardly and walked out from behind Medici, saying with a rare guilty conscience, "I'll go help."

So the two people who had just made a mess at home went to clean up the mess in the blink of an eye.

"Tsk!" Medici curled his lips, and then he saw little Amon next to him looking at him with sparkling eyes. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said, "What are you looking at?"

"Xiaohong's mom, you are so awesome!" Little Amon's expression was a little admiring.

It had to be said that Medici was somewhat benefited by the admiration from Little Amon, but the other party's address made him frown and say, "No, who taught you this?"

"Brother Jack taught me. He said you are the man who can become the mother of this family." Little Amon answered without any intention of hiding anything.

"Ha!" Faced with this unsurprising answer, Medici laughed with an ambiguous smile. He suddenly looked at Little Amon, raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Little Amon, do you want to be like me?"

(End of this chapter)