Klein felt that if he had been drinking water, he would have sprayed every drop from his mouth at that moment.
Little Sun, aren't you making this far too easy? This isn't just letting someone fleece you-you're walking right up and asking them to do it.
This boy is too straightforward, too sincere. Hmm, perhaps I had something to do with it too. I did just praise him...
Alger the Hanged Man was stunned as well, unsure what to say. After years at sea, he had witnessed countless schemes and deceptions and experienced no shortage of broken agreements and betrayals. He had long since abandoned a black-and-white view of the world, yet at that moment, the Sun's sincerity and earnestness struck him as dazzling and left him inexplicably ashamed.
Only after a long pause did he manage to say, "Your character is truly admirable."
Sifa joined in the praise. "You're truly a good person."
He had meant to say "a good boy," but that would have made him sound condescending, and the members of the Tarot Club were supposed to be equals. He changed his wording at the last moment, only to feel that it sounded like a veiled dig once he said it.
But it was hardly the time to explain himself.
Fortunately, the Sun did not overthink it. The repeated praise left him a little shy and embarrassed, and the young man quickly took action to repay everyone's approval. After obtaining Mr. Fool's permission, he soon conjured three sheets of yellowish-brown parchment.
When his copy appeared before him, Sifa carefully read the words on it.
"There are two ways to separate mental corruption."
"The first is to use an item capable of stealing another person's Beyonder abilities to steal the mental corruption left behind by someone who has