Father

This was a perfectly natural outcome. Klein was startled, but not overly surprised.

As he had said, he had not come to find Amon for those three Beyonder Characteristics and the Uniqueness—he could not hide that from Amon. Even if he claimed otherwise, it would be useless, because anyone with clear eyes knew that what he should do now was deal with Antigonus, then hold a ritual and become the true "Fool."

Only after that should he consider the Uniqueness and Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristics of the adjacent pathways.

After giving it some thought, Amon would naturally doubt the truth of his words. Besides, Amon knew enough information. He knew the Fool's deification ritual, knew Alice had become the Wheel of Fortune, and even knew that so-called "love story."

For Amon, figuring out that he intended to fool fate in this manner was not difficult. Besides, even if Amon guessed it, it did not matter. This Angel of Time had deceived almost everyone with his appearance of wanton recklessness, but having seen the truly wanton Alice, Klein realized that Amon was still far too cautious.

For example, he had never seen Amon rob a Church of Storms donation box, pet the Goddess of the Night in the dark, or impersonate an Angel under some True God right to their face...

A "Blasphemer" might blaspheme against gods, but he never lacked reverence for them. As for Alice...

Klein shook his head, feeling only that it was bad luck.

He turned his attention back to Amon. Klein knew that even if Amon had guessed everything, the only thing he could do was tell Alice and disrupt his ritual, but...

He could simply postpone becoming a god and deal with Amon first. Could Amon postpone dying?

Thus, Klein smiled at Amon without hesitation.