In the bedroom.
Aaron opened his eyes and removed the Fool's Crown from his head.
The next instant, his gaze suddenly turned blank, as though he were grappling with the difficult question of what he ought to do first.
He looked around vacantly, then suddenly noticed the reminder written on the back of his hand and began to pray:
"Wandering in... the unknown... Spirit of Void..."
His voice came in fits and starts, as if his tongue were tied in knots. His eyes grew muddled as well, and he seemed to have forgotten how to pronounce some words.
After much stumbling, he finally managed to recite the complete honorific name and received a response from himself.
Rumble!
The Spirit of Void stepped out of his body, lingering fear in its voice. "The negative effect of this item... is actually this severe?"
Every mystical item had negative effects.
And because this Fool's Crown had been a partial failure, its negative effect was quite serious. Aaron had named it—Blind Foolishness!
Put plainly, after wearing it for a certain amount of time, one's intelligence and rationality would begin to drop. In short: it lowered your IQ!
Thankfully, the Spirit of Void itself was the God of Reason. Otherwise, Aaron would nearly have melted this item down and reforged it.
"On this first attempt, the effects of Blind Foolishness were still quite severe... If I hadn't set up that reminder in advance, I almost would've forgotten..."
"Fortunately... it can only affect my body, not my spirit?"
Looking at his body, which was practically about to start drooling, Aaron curled his lip in disgust and hurriedly added another Secret Source purification!
Pure light washed through his entire body. When Aaron returned to it once more, the foolish haze from before was finally gone. He could