Klein invited the visitor inside and inwardly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Ilyin was no longer in the living room.
"Sergeant Fasing, what brings you here?"
Sergeant Fasing, dressed in a black-and-white checkered uniform, removed his hat and said solemnly,
"It's about that incident you got caught up in, of course. My superiors sent me to warn you to be careful around strangers."
"Understood." Klein nodded gravely.
"There are also a few arrangements. I'll explain them, and you can decide for yourself..."
"All right."
Fasing leaned forward slightly, his gaze unconsciously sweeping around the room.
"You should know perfectly well that the people involved in this affair are trouble, so my superiors have given you three options."
"The first is to spend two days at Holy Wind Church. I know you're a follower of the God of Steam and Machinery, but Holy Wind Church is closer and safer..."
"All right."
Just as Klein waited for him to explain the second option, his vision suddenly blurred. His thoughts began to slow, and everything around him seemed to lose its sense of reality.
Th-this feeling is... 2-049! He instantly recalled the Sealed Artifact he had encountered back in Tingen.
This is a mid-sequence ability of the Seer pathway. Damn it, I actually let the wolf into my home.
"Given enough time, this is one of the hardest abilities to counter below high sequence."
"Sergeant Fasing" had already taken on a different face. He had become a black-haired, blue-eyed gentleman with handsome features and faint beard stubble.
"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Rosago."
Thud!
Someone seemed to have fallen in the adjoining room.
But mere moments later, countless threads surged out of the room toward Rosago, attempting to wrap around him.
Rosago made no particular effort