Klein

Biodata

Background

Klein is a transmigrator who recognizes Buddhist imagery and concepts from his previous life. Encountering Wilt’s Sarira and references to the Eighteen Levels of Hell leads him to suspect that Wilt might share his origins. Wilt conceals his transmigration, leaving Klein without confirmation 22 39 41.

In Tingen, Klein works as an official Beyonder under Dunn at Blackthorn Security Company. He initially keeps the supernatural nature and dangers of his work from Melissa, citing the Church of Evernight’s confidentiality agreement when she discovers the truth 14 15.

Separately, he presides over the Tarot Club as the Fool, using Sefirah Castle to host concealed gatherings where members exchange information and conduct transactions 41.

Personality

Klein is protective of Melissa and visibly panics when she learns that he nearly died on patrol. He tries to reassure her by downplaying the encounter, while also thanking Wilt personally for helping save her life 14 15.

He approaches unfamiliar people cautiously. Although eager to discover whether Wilt is another transmigrator, he chooses to observe him before making contact. His investigations also extend beyond official duties: after the destruction of Darkwill’s shop, he checks what happened because he considers Darkwill a good person despite his abrasive manner 22 39.

As the Fool, Klein maintains a calm, mysterious manner while privately improvising around gaps in his knowledge. He avoids guaranteeing that Wilt’s charm-making request will succeed and is relieved when Wilt’s explanations spare him from exposing his own ignorance 40 46 47.

Money repeatedly tempts him into dubious schemes. He considers reselling Nighthawk ammunition and stealing valuables, but explicitly rejects theft during the Tarot Club meeting because he cannot overcome his moral reservations. The much larger haul Wilt later sacrifices renews that temptation; no theft by Klein is confirmed 15 48 49.

Abilities & Skills

Divination and Spirit Channeling

Klein uses divination to reconstruct events, investigate supernatural incidents, and identify people involved in them 22 39.

• Dream divination: Reveals scenes from the warehouse confrontation, Sir Deville’s nightmare, and the attack on Darkwill’s shop 22 39.
• Pendulum divination: Confirms that Beyonder factors are involved in Sir Deville’s condition 39.
• Spirit Channeling: Used during the Nighthawks’ warehouse investigation 22.
• Limits: Wilt’s Sarira blocks continued observation. Examining it too closely exposes Klein to a gigantic Buddha and causes him to explode within Sefirah Castle before reassembling 22.

Sefirah Castle

Klein enters the Gray Fog Space after setting up a Wall of Spirituality and taking four steps backward. Within it, he manifests the ancient palace used for Tarot Club gatherings 22 39.

• Member summoning: Pulls connected spirit bodies into the palace through their corresponding stars 39 40.
• Remote observation: Uses Wilt’s golden star to identify and watch him 22.
• Manifestation: Conjures objects such as a pendulum and tarot cards 39 41.
• Protection: The Gray Fog suppresses the disturbance caused by Klein’s vision of the Buddha and strips several external influences from Wilt’s spirit body 22 40.
• Limits: Summoning Wilt initially encounters heavy resistance and rapidly drains Klein’s Spirituality 40.

Spirit Vision

Klein examines spirit bodies and emotional changes through Spirit Vision 40 41.

• Detects the Sarira, contained powers, and multiple supernatural manifestations attached to Wilt 40.
• Notices several manifestations disappear under the Gray Fog’s cleansing 40.
• Recognizes Wilt’s pleasure after he selects The Lovers as his codename 41.

Rituals and Charm-Making

Klein makes amulets and supplies ritual assistance through his identity as the Fool 14 15 48.

• Amulets: Makes one for Melissa while learning from Old Neil and later gives another to Wilt 14 15.
• Sacrifice and bestowal: Teaches Wilt the rituals used to send offerings and receive items 48.
• Gray Fog bestowal: Sends power through Wilt’s prayer, providing the supernatural component for five charms 48.
• Limit: The materials do not become charms through Klein’s response alone; Wilt uses a Dream Stealer ability to combine the response, power, and materials 48.

His complete honorific name is 48:

“The Fool who doesn’t belong to this era, the mysterious ruler Above the Gray Fog, the King of Yellow and Black who wields good luck.”

Mystical Knowledge

• Reads Emperor Roselle’s diary and uses it to investigate hidden organizations and supernatural history 44 45.
• Learns the Apothecary and Beast Tamer Sequence names from Wilt’s explanation of Beyonder animals 46.
• Reads the Telepathist potion formula while forwarding Wilt’s transaction to Audrey 47.
• Requests Roselle’s diary pages or information about the Western Continent as payment for assisting Wilt 47.

Relationships

• Melissa Moretti — Younger sister. His attempts to conceal the dangers of his work clash with her concern for his safety 14 15 22.
• Wilt Mirage / The Lovers — Saves Melissa and warns Klein that coincidences may be manipulating his fate. Klein investigates him, recruits him into the Tarot Club, and exchanges ritual assistance for information 15 39 41 47 48.
• Dunn — Nighthawk captain. Directs Klein’s investigations, praises his findings, and grants him rest after excessive Spirituality expenditure 14 22 37.
• Leonard — Patrol partner and colleague. Helps Klein survive an evil-spirit encounter, then inadvertently exposes its danger in Melissa’s hearing 14 15.
• Old Neil — Teaches Klein Beyonder knowledge, including the knowledge used to make Melissa’s distinctive amulet 14.
• Azik — Previously identifies something discordant about Klein’s fate. Klein considers asking him about the Western Continent because of his apparent past power and lost memories 15 41.
• Audrey / Justice — Tarot Club member who supplies Roselle’s diary pages. Klein privately worries that her openness around Wilt could make her vulnerable to his deception 44 46.
• Alger / The Hanged Man — Tarot Club member who conducts transactions under Klein’s supervision and agrees to sell Wilt’s stolen jewelry 46 48.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Melissa Discovers His Work

Melissa’s rescue brings her to Blackthorn Security Company, where Old Neil recognizes Klein’s handmade amulet. Klein returns from patrol just as Leonard describes how close he came to dying. After trying to reassure Melissa, Klein gives Wilt an amulet in thanks; Wilt responds with a warning to watch for coincidences in his seemingly manipulated fate 14 15.

Investigating Wilt

Following the warehouse operation, Klein withholds some divined clues from Dunn and investigates privately in Sefirah Castle. Looking into Wilt’s Sarira reveals a thousand-meter-tall Buddha, triggering an explosion. After reassembling, Klein discovers a golden star linked to Wilt and postpones summoning him until he has observed him further 22.

Sir Deville’s account of hell and judges of the dead renews Klein’s suspicions about another transmigrator. Subsequent divinations connect Wilt to Deville’s nightmare, the Werewolf’s death at Darkwill’s shop, and the strange incidents across Tingen 37 38 39.

Recruiting The Lovers

Klein summons Wilt and opens with the claim that his fate shows signs of manipulation. The statement is an improvisation based on Wilt’s complicated condition—not a confirmed diagnosis—but Wilt takes it seriously. Klein then observes the Gray Fog remove several influences attached to him 40.

Wilt’s account of the Western Continent and the Holy Monk captures Klein’s attention. Hoping to learn more, Klein invites him into the Tarot Club, where he selects The Lovers. The extended conversation leaves Klein close to overdrawing his Spirituality, prompting him to resolve to keep future meetings shorter 41.

Ritual Assistance and Stolen Jewelry

At Wilt’s first regular gathering, Klein receives another Roselle diary page, supervises trading, and agrees to let Wilt attempt charm-making through prayer to the Fool. His response supplies Gray Fog power that Wilt turns into five charms 44 47 48.

Klein subsequently watches Wilt attempt rituals to multiple gods and evil gods until his own Spirituality runs too low to continue observing. Later, Wilt sacrifices a bag of stolen jewelry for Alger to sell. Klein estimates its value at tens of thousands of pounds and struggles with the temptation to take a small portion 49.