Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 56 Share some big news with Xiao Ke

"Mr. Fool is a god who believes in equal exchange. I can't afford the price for him to help me." Klein politely declined, even sighing as he got into the role.

This wasn't even entirely acting. After all, Klein was genuinely worried. If possible, he hoped that the so-called Mr. Fool really existed, that he was fair and kind, and that as a believer, he could openly ask for his help, even if it took a long time to pay the price.

Unfortunately, the Fool is just his sockpuppet.

"That's right!" Luo Lin also showed a worried expression, but he quickly perked up. He patted Klein's shoulder and said, "It's okay, Klein. We can still seek help from my teacher. He might know something."

“I hope so.” Klein remained noncommittal.

Luo Lin became worried again and said, "But...how should I explain the Fool to the teacher now? Mr. Fool said that I can't tell the teacher about His existence or the Tarot Club..."

"Then don't say anything. Act as if you know nothing. Even if your teacher asks you, just say you know nothing." Klein gave sincere advice. As the saying goes, the more you talk, the more mistakes you make. He didn't think Jack's lies could fool anyone else. In that case, he might as well just deny his knowledge.

"That makes sense! Then I'll just say I don't know." Luo Lin nodded in agreement. He seemed to have finally let go of a worry. He stretched and looked at Klein curiously. "Klein, why are you working so late today? Did something happen?"

Upon hearing this, Klein didn't hide anything. He recounted the unusual deaths on Lower Street and his encounter with the witch Triss. He then asked, "Do you know anything about this path?"

"I know this path. Sequence 7 is called Witch, and it turns men into women. It's really deceptive," Luo Lin said without hesitation. "I also know the subsequent path. Sequence 6 of the Witch Path is called Pleasure Witch, and it's a sequence that won't pass the review."

"Huh?" Klein was confused and curious.

Rowling looked around with a guilty conscience before quietly introducing the Witch of Pleasure to Klein.

As we all know, pleasure is a word with a very broad meaning, but in the name of the Pleasure Witch, pleasure basically refers to the pleasure between men and women. Of course, there are occasional exceptions, such as the General of Disease.

Klein was naturally shocked by this adult topic.

"Also, witches are generally quite difficult to deal with, especially those who have reached the Sequence Six level. They are already considered half of the witch family's high-level reserve. Witches at this level may have something unusual in their hands, perhaps something divine or related to the original witch."

Rowling explained that his words were naturally a deliberate reminder to Klein. After all, in the near future, a Nighthawk would die because of the Witch of Pleasure. Although his reminder might not necessarily change anything, it was just a matter of convenience, so why not do it?

"So, Klein, if you're dealing with a Witch of Pleasure, you must be extremely careful."

"I've got it. Thank you, Teacher Jack." Although Klein didn't think he could defeat a Sequence 6 Witch of Pleasure anytime soon, he still memorized this information for future use.

"By the way, I know a little gossip about witches." Rowling gestured to Klein to lean closer and whispered, "I overheard... ahem, I heard the teacher mention it when he was chatting with someone. It's said that the Original Witch was once a man. Because of this, the Original Witch wanted all witches in the world to feel her pain. That's why it's easier for women to lose control if they enter the Witch Path."

“Ahem…” This little gossip was so explosive that Klein gasped. But he didn’t expect that even more explosive news was yet to come.

"And..." Luo Lin lowered his voice, as if he was very worried about being overheard. "And it is said that the Original Witch and the Blood Emperor had an affair, and they even had a child."

"Huh?" Klein truly didn't expect to encounter such a shocking revelation. For a moment, he felt the air around him grow colder. He glanced out the window with a guilty conscience, worried about a possible lightning strike. Unable to resist his curiosity, he asked, "But the Witch Cult didn't seem to support the Tudor Empire during the Fourth Era?"

"Maybe they broke up?" Luo Lin pinched his chin and analyzed seriously, "After all, the Primordial Witch is obviously mentally twisted, and the Blood Emperor Tudor, I remember my teacher once called him the Mad Emperor. It's normal for two mentally unstable people to fall out..."

Crazy emperor?
This was another piece of knowledge Klein hadn't yet encountered. He couldn't help but ask curiously, "What mad emperor?"

"Actually, I don't know much. After all, the teacher doesn't allow me to access advanced knowledge. I just eavesdropped... ahem, I just occasionally heard the teacher mention it when chatting with others." Luo Lin coughed lightly, and in line with Jack's personality, he had an expression as if sharing a little secret, and said:
"The teacher once said to someone that the Blood Emperor seemed to have jumped from the Black Emperor Path to the Hunter Path, and that's why he went half crazy."

"Hiss..." Klein couldn't help but gasp. He knew very well the consequences of jumping to an unadjacent path: it would lead to half-madness. So he was shocked by Tudor's choice, but he couldn't help but feel a little curious.

For what reason would an emperor, even going half crazy, still want to jump to a non-adjacent path?
Moreover, if the Blood Emperor is on the Hunter path, it would be even stranger for him to have a child with the Original Witch. After taking extra classes with Rowling during this period of time, Klein already knew that Hunters and Witches are adjacent paths.

Normally, even if extraordinary people from adjacent paths are not hostile to each other, they are unlikely to be as close as a family. The most obvious example is the mutual hostility between the Seven Gods Churches, which basically occurs between adjacent paths.

Klein was confused.

Unfortunately, Rowling said he didn't know the answer either. After all, some of the knowledge was beyond the scope of the curriculum and it was not appropriate to tell Klein now.

"High-Sequence matters are indeed very complicated..." Klein suppressed the doubts in his heart. Now that his curiosity was satisfied, he couldn't help but feel guilty. After all, as a low-sequence, discussing gossip directly related to angels and true gods was too exciting.

At this moment, Klein had not yet realized that the War of the Four Emperors was a war between four Sequence Zeros. He simply regarded the Blood Emperor as an angel-level existence.

Rowling seemed to realize belatedly that he felt guilty. He touched his nose, then quickly put his guilt behind him. After chatting with Klein for a while, he chose to take his leave.

After leaving Klein's house, Rowling did not choose to go home. Instead, he went to the safe house to change his appearance, and then used his travel ability to come to Leonard's residence.

(End of this chapter)