"Haha, sure. Just pay me."
"..."
Klein's expression turned serious. "By the way, the reason I was in such a hurry to contact you through Mr. Fool was that this seemed like too much of a coincidence!"
"What?"
"Isn't it? Gehrman Sparrow was just a name I cobbled together from two words I picked at random, yet it happened to be exactly the same as a name you used before. Isn't that coincidence enough?"
Edward fell silent for a few seconds. "You mean..."
"I'm worried someone is arranging things again... After all, that Quill appeared in the Book World again. Although it was only a fake, it must have some connection to the real one, right?" That was why he had needed to come Above the Gray Fog specifically to discuss it.
This... was a misunderstanding.
Still, Klein's words did remind Edward of something. Judging by the outcome of the incident in the outskirts of Backlund, the Quill's new owner seemed to be opposed to the Loen royal family... or rather, George III.
The good news was that, in the short term, he and the Quill's owner appeared to count as "allies."
The bad news was that he had no information whatsoever about this new owner. Since the other party could use him once, they could do it again. Even if I'm not his target, I don't want anyone arranging things for me again.
What exactly was Adam doing?
Wasn't He going to step in?
Edward said, "That Quill can only affect a single city. Now that you're out at sea, unless its new owner follows you everywhere, determined to arrange things for you, you probably don't need to worry too much."
"And if he really does follow you everywhere, the more he does, the more mistakes he'll make. Once