In Bayam, inside the Church of the Sea God.
It was Gehrman Sparrow, wearing a top hat and a trench coat.
Before Alger could speak, Klein stepped forward and said solemnly: "I've come on Mr. Fool's orders."
He habitually acted in his role as a mystery waiter.
Alger immediately bowed his head, pressed his right hand to his left chest, and said: "Praise Mr. Fool."
Klein nodded slightly, raised his hand, and took out an item from the pile of odds and ends in the Sefirah Castle.
In Alger's eyes, a short staff made of white bone was reflected.
Its head was inlaid with tiny blue‑green gems, some tinged with pitch black, some with the hues of dawn. Around it, countless pure points of light swirled, and from them came illusory, ethereal sounds of prayer, layered one upon another, full of holiness.
Alger's pupils suddenly dilated; he couldn't help showing a hint of greed.
As a demigod of Sequence 4 on the Sailor pathway, he was absolutely certain that the bone staff before him was the symbol of the Sea God's identity, status, and power.
Enduring the slight dizziness brought by the prayers, he turned his gaze to "The World" Gehrman Sparrow, waiting for this servant of the deity to speak.
Klein, holding the
"No matter what happens in the future, I hope you will always obey Mr. Fool's instructions and do your utmost to carry out the tasks He gives you."
… Alger keenly sensed some hidden meaning.
He suspected that Mr. Fool would encounter something later, which might cause injury or a low point.
Realizing that he had already left the Church of Storms and had no retreat, Alger pressed his right hand to his left chest and responded loudly: "I will follow only Mr. Fool!"
Seeing this, Klein nodded inwardly, then repeated what he had said to Miss "Justice" and Miss "Hierophant."
This, on the contrary, made Alger feel relieved—after all, knowing what might happen in the future was better than knowing nothing.
Without hesitation and with extraordinary solemnity, he repeated his earlier words.
Klein then handed him the Sea God Scepter: "First adapt to this sealed artefact and the daily life of the Sea God. After you digest the Calamity Priest potion, use it to brew the next potion. This early acting will considerably reduce the difficulty of advancement."
In fact, Klein could now undo the "grafting" and transfer the concept of the Sea God that pointed to himself and the Sefirah Castle to Alger, making him half a Sea God, helping him adapt to the identity and act in advance.
But considering that after accommodating the Fool's Uniqueness, he needed enough anchors to balance the further awakening will of the Celestial Worthy, and the Sea God's followers were indispensable, Klein decided to fully transfer the Sea God matters only after his own state truly stabilized.
Currently, Alger was more like a servant temporarily holding the authority, helping the deity listen to prayers and respond to them, but he did not enjoy the corresponding anchors and identity—the "owner" of that Sea God Scepter was still Klein, and it still pointed to him; that was the subtlety of the "grafting."
Suppressing his excitement and joy, Alger sincerely responded to Gehrman Sparrow and accepted the Sea God Scepter.
Then he asked cautiously: "What are the negative effects of this sealed artefact?"
"Mr. Fool has already placed some seals on it, greatly reducing the negative effects," Klein said briefly. "Now it only makes the holder a little more irritable and causes some confusion in the spirit. Additionally, once a month it drains the blood of all living creatures around it. You can fly out to sea or to an uninhabited island in advance."