On monday, klein held the next tarot gathering with The Hanged Man and Ms. Justice, lthough there weren't any new diary pages, The Hnaged Man had finally gotten the information that Klein had asked him for.
"Honorable Mr. Fool, as promised I have researched about the Amon family from the fourth epoch," Alger statted respectfully as he gave a small bow to Klein.
Klein nodded and tapped the table with his finger, signaling The Hanged Man that he could start talking,
"In the fourth epoch, there was a family with strange powers. They belonged to the Tudor Dynasty, and their surname was Amon.
"Even in an era with numerous High-Sequence Beyonders, the surname of the clan was taboo."
Taboo...
Audrey leaned in a bit showing her obvious interest, although she was from nobility, she had never had the chance to hear about the beyonder side of noble history.
The word rang in Klein's mind as well. He didn't doubt this information as from Mr. Azik's reaction ti the name was also unnerving a weird. He had even said that it might cause disorder and danger to him and he was most probably a high sequence beyonder from the fourth epoch, maybe even at the level of an angel...
Justice Audrey asked, "Why?"
The Hanged Man, Alger, didn't answer her directly as he continued on, "Abraham, Antigonus, Amon, Jacob, and Tamara are the five great families that supported the establishment of the Tudor Dynasty, and they were second only to the Blood Emperor.
"Among them, the Amon family is the most mysterious one. They have the least history left behind, and they seem to have been distorted and covered up by some kind of power.
"There was a piece of information that came from the King of the Five Seas, Nast. The Amons are a family of blasphemers, and they wield the secrets to usurp the powers of deities!
"Also, the Amon family call themselves the descendants of the ancient Sun God."
What...
If not for the powers he had gained from the clown potion, Klein wouldn't have been able to hold back in his reaction.
The Amon family was really that big of a deal...?
Even amon the powerhouses like the Abraham and Antigonus families... his was considered the most dangerous and mysterious and revered so highly?
And from what he himself knew, Antigonus family was definitely a powerful family consisting of beyonders, high sequence beyonders and even agelic deities! And if they held the same power as Abraham and Amon family... that meant that the others were angel families as well...
That wasn't a baseless assunmption as well, considering the fact that the fourth epoch was known as the time where angels and gods and deities walked freely on earth, it wouldn't be so weird to think that they had families of themselves and their descendants and had high noble positions... more liow the only few nobles at those times were strong beyonder families.
The thing about the Amon family being descents of some Ancient Sun God clashed with the thing he had read about how the Amon family were descendants of the original creator... did that mean that one of the sources of the information was wrong or that the creator and the ancient sun god were the same?
And his Amon was a descendant of this extremely powerful and scary angel family from the past?
Klein suddenly felt a little light headed as he thought of the possibility that Amon himself was a dangerous high sequence beyonder. But quickly shook his head, that Ray Beiber person too was a descendant of the Antigonus family from the fourth epoch which was also probably an angel family, and he was completely normal and had no connection to the beyonder world before he was accidentally reeled into the situation with the Antigonus family notebook due to the connection of his blood to the book.
Which also meant that Amon too was relatively harmless and didn't know much about the secrets of his family...
But the blasphemers part... it councideded with how Amon reactied so negatively and awkwardly when Klein tried to give him the charm he had main with the power and blessings of the Goddess. Was it because his family was actually a bunch of Blasphemers and hated the gods?
To think he actually tried to gift a blashepmer a holy charm from the goddess... Klein felt a little bashful.
But if the blasphemers part is truly true from all the clues he has... what about the thing the Hanged man had said about how they had the power and secrets to usurp the powers of deities...
Was that true as well?
Klein suddenly remembered how The Hanged Man had told him before that these families had been hunted down by the church... and how it was Amon's father's subordinates whi betrayed the Amon family and notified the church matter which Amon's father became mentally I'll and the family broke apart...
Were they hunted by the church so strongly because of this reason?
They were blasphemers and held the secrets about gids and deities that could endanger them so bad that they are scared of them and hunt the family down...?
Klein suddenly felt a deep irritation towards the current orthodox churches.
But what kind of secret could they have been holding... something that taboo... and what sort of strength do they have that to this day they are still so rich a illustrious while still maintaining their freedom to a certain extent and haven't been completely wiped out by the churches yet?
Do they actually have the blessings of an angel...
"They were known to hold the entire pathway formula for the Marauder pathway," Alger continued, not noticing Mr. Fool's deep thinking. "They were known as angelic families which held the blessing sand protection of the head of the family who was an angel. Unlike with some of the other angelic family's Angel's which were known to have perished during the wars of the fourth epoch, none of the sources I have had any information that the angle of the Amon family had actually perished. It is completely possible that they still hold the blessings and protections of an angel of sequence 1 which is why their name is still considered so taboo in the beyonder world and have been able to run around freely under the Churches' notice."
Just like he had thought...
Previously, he had thrown out the idea that Amon was also a beyonder from the fact that he was too casual and didn't care much about his or his family's secrets and exposing himself as a beyonder... was that because he knew he had the protection of an angelic deity who is very kind and protective towards "his" descendants?
The Marauder pathway... Klein remembered about reaching that in the notes he was allowed to read which he had the clearance over at the Nighthawks.
To think that Amon is a beyonder and most probably a Theif pathway...
Somehow Amon's image in his mind didn't coincide with the image od a thief in his mind...
Wasn't that... wasn't that a bit dangerous?!
That means that he isn't disgusting his potion and acting along its principles like he should... increasing the chances of losing control...
But there is no way he doesn't know the acting method considering that he has an angelic deity who watches over "his" descendants. Maybe he no longer has a need to act because he has completely digested the portion and has no plans of advancing further, or is it like Klein that he secretly suggests his potion like how he does in the divination club...?
Does he randomly goes to alleyways and pick pockets people like a thief...?
Or does he swindle poor people from their money... or make girls pregnant and run away without taking responsibility like the swindler Lanevus?!
Klein felt the blood in his veins boil from jealously as he thought of that.
No, he himself said that I was his first time and he's a bit too loyal for something like that... Klein told himself in his mind trying to soothe his jealousy.
There was also the case that Amon might not be a beyonder at all since there was no rule that everyone in a beyonder family must be a beyonder as well...
(A/N: Klein still does not know about how children get beyonder characteristics from their parents during birth if they too are beyonders.)
And that only his brother and his father... the previous transmigrator were beyonders.
Klein had no doubt about that fact that Amon's father was a beyonder as there was little to no way his fellow earthling had tried to find a way back home through researching mystism.
But he couldn't be that stupid and blinded by love and automatically think that Amon was a normal person through and through. Even if he wasn't a beyonder, he was still dangerous just from having the blessings of his family and his family's Angel or Angels.
"I also got to know of their family symbol," Alger finally said as he turned to Mr. Fool to ask for permission. After getting a nod in reply, he conjured up the image of the symbol he had memorized from the powers of the grey fog aifing him.
"Their symbol is a Coat of Arms, a symbol representing time." Alger said as he pointed towards the grayish-white disc.
The surface of the disk was divided into twelve segments. There was a black needle, just like a clock from the outside world. However, the segments weren't evenly distributed across the disc. They were of varying sizes and extremely incongruous. Furthermore, each grid had half of its surface covered in a shadow.
This was the same symbol Klein had seen in some of the books and objects around Amon's home.
A symbol representing time...
From the mysticism knowledge Klein started trying to decode the symbol. He hadn't previously when he had seen it in Amon's house since he didn't have enough mystism knowledge to identity that this symbol was actually special and extraordinary.
The segments were placed disorderly... does that mean that they have the power over time or some way to create ripples and changes in time? Klein's mysticism knowledge still wasn't that good about these things.. especially such a symbol forgotten by time and hunted down...
After studying the symbol for a while, Klein nodded as he tapped on the table.
"I'm satisfied with your answer. You may ask another question if you wish so." Klein nodded and said in a low voice.
Alger hesitated for a but before finally asking the question he was curious about for a long while whole research thing about this,
"Why does a deity like you place interest in the Amon family?"
Because my wife is named Amon... Klein coughed in his heart.
He thought for a moment and then finally replied rather truthfully, "I'm the kind of person who likes to know about the beings close to me."
Beings close to Mr. Fool... does that mean that Mr. Fool is acquainted with the Amon family and even their Angel?! Both Alger and Audrey thought at the same moment with wide eyes.
Did that mean that the angel of the Amon family was probably an angel under "his" throne?
They couldn't help with feel awe at Mr. Fool.
Praise the Fool! They chanted in their hearts.
As for Klein, he had answered so because he wouldn't actually mind acquainting himself with that angel in the future because they both had the same interests... to protect Amon and further for the angel to protect the family. So he intentionally answered in a way that would make it seem like he was quiet friendly with "him" from the old days but hadn't outright claimed to be in hood terms so that if something happened in the future, he wouldn't be revealed as a scam.
Of course, he was still a sequence 8 beyonder and no way near the level of a sequence 2 or 1 deity which had been alive since at least the fourth epoch and possibly even the third epoch as the Amon family claims to have been descendants from the ancient sun god and/or the creator who were possibly active in the third epoch.
"Are you satisfied with the answer?" Hr chuckled at The Hanged Man.
"Yes, very much so. Praise The Fool!" Alger politely bowed. He had asked just a simple question from his interest and curiosity. To think that he had gotten the information that Mr. Fool was well acquainted with the very name that sends shivers to the world of beyonders as a whole... this was simply out of his expectations!
After that the two members of the tarot gathering exchanged some news about backlund and the situation at the seas before Klein ended the meeting.
Klein leaned back on his high back chair as he once again started playing with the ring on his finger.
With a tap, the ring's gem glowed and a screen appeared in front of Klein.
With his new advancement to sequence 8, he has gotten more power over the mysterious palace above the grey fog and his connection to Amon through the ring had actually strengthened even more allowing the image on the screen to be more clearer and he could even hear the voice of Amon through the screen although it was still a bit hazy and too quiet.
Amon was currently in the kitchen and was cooking a steak on the stove.
Klein simply just sat there as he watched his wife moving around and cooking with his apron making him look so cute and homey and his skin tight skinny pants hugging his thighs and ass the perfect way, which g Klein a perfect view of the curves and the slight jiggles of the ass as Amon moved around.
Of course, he did feel quiet guilty peeping like a creep... especially with such laviocous eyes...
But wasn't this his fiance? It was his wife...
He was just watching his handsome wife cook food for them, what was so wrong with that?
Klein smiled as he kept playing with the ring on his finger.
Although he wasn't able to grasp even a single thing about how to act as a clown except for maybe join a circus, he was already very happy with his speed of advancement.
Leonard had also started personally training him and had brought him along a few normal investigations for him to earn experience.
These days were calm and nice and Klein loved them very much...
And just like that, August arrived.
After getting in touch with Daxter Guderian, the doctor in the mental asylum, Klein seemed to escape from coincidences for two whole weeks. Without the constant barrage of supernatural incidents, his life became stable. He received his paycheck on time, researched mysticism in-depth, trained his marksmanship and fighting skills with Leonard, developed new cooking recipes, slowly gathered decent utensils and decorations with Benson and Melissa, asked his teammates about supernatural cases in the past, divined for people who came to the club, hing put with Leonard a few times as friends, tried and failed to figure out the principles of the clown potion, spent time with Amon, went on dates and even gifted his love many things.
His increased salary helped his family get a maidservant to look after the house and cook, and had taken off much of the burden off of the siblings' shoulders.
That made him more stable. Although many times he would still remember about his time back on earth, the red chimney that had yet to be uncovered, or the Misfortune Cloth Puppet's picture that still appeared in his dreams occasionally, he still thought of his life very affectionately.
And he only had Amon to thank for that...
Amon was his only connection to earth which made him feel very comfortable and happy, he even dreamed that when he found a way back home, Amon would come along with him and his father and brother...
And some days when he got especially scared and helpless about his current situation, there was Amon there for him who would give him support and was able to feel his troubled emotions just at a glance.
Klein couldn't help but smile as he played with the ring on his finger.
His wife was the best...