"Yes, I've already gathered all the ingredients for the Unaging potion."
To Klein's surprise, Angel merely nodded calmly, glossing over this important news before continuing:
"Also, I found a Trick Sorcerer in the Fountain of Youth... a Trick Sorcerer who was completing the promotion ritual for Scholar of Yore. After a less-than-pleasant exchange, I killed her and performed spirit channeling."
Scholar of Yore... Klein's thoughts froze for an instant before surprise threw them into disarray.
He asked hesitantly:
"Does that mean you... learned the potion formula for Scholar of Yore?"
"Unfortunately, no."
Over the next few minutes, Angel told Klein everything about her exploration and battle in that special part of the Mirror World that day. Not only had she easily obtained her primary objective, a withered branch from the ancient tree beside the Fountain of Youth, but she had also acquired Beyonder characteristics of various Sequences. He was sincerely happy for her.
Of course, what mattered most to Klein was the "ritual" described by the Trick Sorcerer Sophia.
"Remain completely isolated from reality for three hundred years, then drink the potion after becoming history yourself and no longer belonging to the current era..."
As he repeated the promotion ritual for Scholar of Yore, Klein was overcome by an inexplicable sense of absurdity.
The concept of "not belonging to the current era" immediately reminded him of the Fool's honorific name he had invented. Its first line was "The Fool that doesn't belong to this era."
To the other Tarot Club members, this was naturally how some ancient god in the process of awakening described himself. Klein had deliberately guided their thoughts in that direction, too. But he knew perfectly well that the line was nothing more than a joke about "Zhou Mingrui," who had transmigrated to this world and whose