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Klein sat numbly on the sofa. After a long time, his face began to change, becoming Gehrman Sparrow's.
Medici, who had been sharpening a dagger out of sheer boredom, noticed the movement. "Oh, back among the living?"
Klein did not respond. He remained silent for a long time behind that cold, refined face before finally speaking hoarsely:
"Do you know what 'Sefirah Castle' is?"
"Sefirah Castle... Now that's a name that brings back memories. You've asked the right person, boy."
Just as Klein forced himself to focus and listen carefully, Medici changed tack. "But you're too weak right now. Some knowledge will kill you just by hearing it. Become a demigod at the very least before you ask that question again."
"All I can tell you is that it's something extraordinary, an extremely powerful 'symbol.' The gray fog protecting you means you have a certain mystical connection to Sefirah Castle. This is the first time I've ever seen someone like you."
A trace of nostalgia appeared in Medici's eyes, as though he were seeing scenes from the past. "Before you, countless powerful figures fought tooth and nail to find it, to establish a connection with it, yet they couldn't get so much as a hair off it. Some even went mad!"
Klein lowered his eyes again and said slowly, "Is that so..."
Could Sefirah Castle be the reason I traveled through time and space?
No. Judging by what this powerful figure said, Sefirah Castle itself is merely a "symbol," an object. I can treat it as an extremely powerful Sealed Artifact with an exceptionally high status. If this Sealed Artifact, which has no living characteristics, selected me, that means I fulfilled some of its criteria and triggered its "selection"...
*Like Roselle's patterned silver plate and Edward's mysterious pendulum, they