Back in the Real World, Alice sprawled on her bed, stared at the ceiling, and muttered to herself:
"Klein's Sequence 4 now, too...
"Hmm. Tomorrow I'll go to Ian's and get the painting back. Selwyn's business has been over for days...
"Once I'm back from the captain's wedding, I'll prepare to advance to Sequence 3... Uh, come to think of it, how am I supposed to act as a 'Chaoswalker'?
"Oh, right. There's also Klein's marionette..."
Alice frowned and sat up again.
Having seen Amon's avatars and Klein's marionettes, Alice knew that the fate of such beings overlapped with their master's.
The requirement was probably Deep Parasitism or complete control. Leonard was a counterexample: if Alice looked closely now, she could discern Pallez behind the fate that Leonard's obscured.
The two of them were not one.
But Klein's marionettes had undoubtedly become intertwined with his fate. When Alice saw Klein use Ludwig to draw Medici away, she realized what that might lead to.
An evil spirit who was a King of Angel could not be oblivious to fate. He would surely sense the link between a marionette's fate and its master's, then find the master!
Klein, you've brought a King of Angel down on yourself!
Alice closed her eyes in anguish, then opened them again. After a moment's hesitation, she decided to wait until Klein had seen the psychiatrist before giving him another shock.
Unsurprisingly, Ian was terrified to see Alice again.
Alice was in no mood to tease the kid this time. Once they were alone in the Room 3 Billiards Room, she said to him:
"Give me the painting back."
Ian looked relieved. He immediately smiled and said:
"Just a moment. I'll get it for you!"
Alice then watched Ian stack up some stools, climb onto them,