In that instant, Odis understood why she was there!
The space he could enter, the space of infinite knowledge, reacted in some way with Klein's "Sefirah Castle" at the "Rossel Memorial Exhibition".
The reaction eventually formed, for some reason, a gray, palm-sized sphere after Klein's spirit left.
Only then did Odis realize that it should have been an "invitation" and a "pass".
Due to the influence of that sphere on his spirit, he unconsciously arrived in the spirit world while asleep, and came to the outside of the "Sefirah Castle".
But...
Odis was somewhat exasperated: "At least give me the full 'pass', bro! It's one thing if people can't get in, but don't unleash your dogs to bite me, okay?"
"Open the door! Your dog is about to bite someone!" he shouted as he looked for an opportunity to climb over the wall.
Fortunately, the Hounds of Fugen seemed to sense some aura of the "Sefirah Castle" on Odis's spirit, so they hesitated and did not immediately launch an attack.
But Odis could sense that their aggression was growing stronger, and they might pounce on him and devour him at any moment.
The surrounding high walls didn't even have a single brick seam. Besides, this was a castle derived from source matter; it wasn't something you could just climb over and enter.
Knock knock knock~
"Open the door quickly!" Odis wondered if he should expose "The Fool" to try and save his life.
Ugh~
A loud roar rang out, as if signaling an attack, and more than a dozen black figures rushed towards them, pouncing on Odis.
He clung tightly to the door, his face filled with terror. Odis was only a Sequence 9, no match for these Hounds of Fortune.
Squeak~
At that moment, the door opened a crack, just wide enough for one person to pass through.
The dogs of Fugen, who were already within arm's reach, immediately lay down on the ground in submission.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Odis slipped inside the castle.
Squeak~
The castle gates closed by themselves again.
Odis breathed a sigh of relief; he knew the Fool wouldn't stand by and watch someone die.
Just as his heart was at ease, seeing the gray fog ahead, Odis suddenly thought of something else: would the aura of the "Sefirah Castle" contaminate me?
But then he thought: Since Klein let me in, he must have protected me from contamination. Otherwise, I would have lost control and turned into a monster just by glancing at the "Sefirah Castle" from the outside.
At this moment, the gray mist in front of him rolled away, revealing a very tall hall that looked like it had been prepared for a giant.
In the main hall, there is a mottled bronze long table, with high-backed chairs engraved with mystical symbols on both sides and at the head and foot of the table.
Deep within the main hall, at the head of the long bronze table, sat a mysterious and powerful, blurry figure.
Odis was taken aback. He remembered seeing a courtyard inside the gate from the outside. How come he was in the main hall as soon as he entered?
But then he came to his senses and bowed, saying, "Great and mysterious being, did you summon me here?"
Let me say this first, lest the fool ask: How did you get here?
If it were a truly hidden being, even if Odis said so, it would most likely still ask this question. But the "Fool" is currently just an empty shell, and he has to maintain a facade no matter what, so naturally he won't ask such a question easily.
Just say a few casual words and ask them to send you away.
"The Fool" Klein asked in a deep voice, "What are you doing at the Kingdom Museum tonight?"
Klein was indeed acting strangely behind the gray fog. He was sleeping soundly when he was woken up by a knock on the door.
When I woke up, I realized that someone was knocking on the door of the space "above the gray fog"!
Upon arriving at "Above the Gray Mist," Klein was even more surprised. There was indeed someone urgently knocking on the door, and he had just seen Odis through the door.
The young man with black hair, but whose face was obscured by gray mist, gave Klein a very familiar first impression.
So he quickly used "dream divination" to "recall" where he had seen this young man before, and the result was the "Russell Memorial Exhibition".
This made Klein very alert. Fortunately, "Above the Gray Fog" was his world, so he had nothing to fear. He then rescued Odis and prepared to ask the young man if he was related to the mysterious and terrifying woman he had met that night.
Odis glanced at the "Fool" in surprise, then lowered his head as if he understood something.
His series of actions were not feigned. He was genuinely surprised that "The Fool" knew his whereabouts that night, but then he remembered that "The Fool" was best at divination, so he must have divined some information, which is why he had an expression that seemed to understand.
But to Mr. Fool, Odis's expression seemed to first show surprise at his words, and then as if he understood that such a "mysterious and great being" would certainly know his whereabouts.
Thinking of this, Klein, behind the gray fog, couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth slightly upward, feeling a sense of "having it all figured out".
Odiston paused for a moment before replying, "Great being, I was there under duress."
He knew that the truth had to be told in such matters because the "Fool" had the ability to discern whether a lie was true or false.
Just as Odis had predicted, the hand Klein placed under the bronze table was a divination to determine whether Odis was lying.
After concluding that "what the young man said is true," Klein asked again, "Who coerced you?"
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
"A mysterious and powerful woman."
Klein slowly nodded, realizing that the young man in front of him was the person beside the "mysterious lady": "Why did she coerce you?"
"I have made some research progress in the field of extraordinary weapons, which has attracted the attention of that lady. She wants to coerce me into making some deals."
Odis's words were deceptive. In fact, Bernadette's main purpose was to prevent him from falling into the hands of that mysterious organization. However, Bernadette was indeed very interested in those research results and had the idea of making a deal with him, so telling only part of the truth would not be discovered.
Klein, emerging from the gray fog, asked again, "You...you made a deal?"
He had originally intended to ask, "Are you a craftsman? What exactly is your research?", but then felt that a great being shouldn't be interested in such things, so he simply focused on the "mysterious lady."
After all, the power of the "Mysterious Lady" is undeniable, and it's normal for a mysterious being like the "Fool" to be interested in a high-sequence extraordinary individual.
Odis told the truth: "The deal is done."
Klein hummed in agreement, as if lost in thought.
He activated his "Spiritual Vision" and could only see that Odis was a Sequence 9, but he couldn't tell what path this young man had taken.
But regardless, it is quite rare for a Sequence 9 to be able to create extraordinary weapons.
Lacking a stable channel for dealing with her, Klein began to consider further investigating the other party. He asked again, "Do you want to have the ability to deal with her?"
Odis paused for a moment, then immediately said, "I don't want to."
Klein originally thought the young man would say "yes," and then he would issue a few tasks to observe him. He could not only get a free assistant, but also obtain more detailed information about the young man and clues about the mysterious lady.
But when the other party said "no," Klein couldn't help but nod; this answer suited him perfectly.