Volume 8: The Fool

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Volume 8: The Fool
2018.4.1-2020.5.1"Klein's story has ended for now. But the World of Lord of the Mysteries will continue."— From LotM Official Weibo
Chinese Title	愚者
General Information
Author	Cuttlefish That Loves Diving
ChaptersCovered	1354-1394 (41 Chapters)
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“	There are always some things that are more important than others.	„
— Cuttlefish That Loves Diving on Volume 8: The Fool

The Fool is the eighth and final volume of the Lord of Mysteries series written by Cuttlefish That Loves Diving.

Title Meaning

In many esoteric systems of tarot card interpretation, the Fool is interpreted as the protagonist of a story, and the Major Arcana is the path the Fool takes through the great mysteries of life. This path is known traditionally in cartomancy as the "Fool's Journey".

As a title of final volume, it was a conclusion of Klein Moretti's journey and legend to becomes the Sequence 0: The Fool.

Synopsis

Having defeated Zaratul and ingested his Attendant of Mysteries. Klein managed to stabilize himself from The Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth's influence after he advanced with the help of the remnant will of Zaratul inside his Beyonder Characteristics.

He met the Evernight Goddess in a dream, and learnt some truths about the past and how to accommodate the Uniqueness. In order to consolidate his mental state, Klein wandered around in various places where he could resonate with his humanity. Klein visited Audrey Hall to take care of his mental health and he destroyed the Garden of Eden as an act of revenge after Adam made a move against him.

Afterwards, Klein entered the Calderón City to obtain the water from the River of Eternal Darkness and handed it over to the Evernight Goddess. He learned the truth of the fall of The Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth. Under the guidance of his spiritual intuition, he gave 5 gold coins which were corrupted by the Sefirah Castle's aura to Azik Eggers's Messenger, Reinette Tinekerr, Maric, Will Auceptin, and Pallez Zoroast to make arrangements for the possible future.

After making a lot of preparations, he went to the peak of the Hornacis Mountain Range. Klein began to accommodate the Uniqueness of the Fool Pathway.

Meanwhile Adam accessed the Chaos Sea to further enhance his Visionary ability, which allowed him to imagine the authorities of the Sun, Tyrant and White Tower. With that, Adam temporarily promoted himself to a half God Almighty. Adam suppressed the Lord of Storms, the Eternal Blazing Sun, and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom by locking them in their Divine Kingdoms. The Evernight Goddess, the Earth Mother, and the God of Steam and Machinery stopped Amon, the Primordial Demoness, and the Hidden Sage.

Main article: Klein's Apotheosis Ritual

Eventually, Klein successfully promoted to Sequence 0 Fool. He returned to the Sefirah Castle. While he inspected his authority and power, he found that Amon had invaded the Sefirah Castle and had a fight with him. At the time of danger, Klein released the suppression of The Celestial Worthy's will inside him. He fell into a half-crazy state and took the initiative to start a crazy gamble.

Main article: The Fool's Gambit

Amon lost the Uniqueness of both the Error and Door pathways, as well as the corresponding Beyonder characteristics. He was then reborn in the clone kept by Adam. Following a brief conversation with Adam, Amon headed to the cosmos to avoid Klein and seek to better understand the meaning of humanity.

The forced convergence further increased the awakening of The Celestial Worthy's will, pushing Klein even closer towards losing control. Nevertheless, he managed to make his way to the Evernight Goddess' divine kingdom. There, the Evernight Goddess gave Klein a drop of water from the River of Eternal Darkness, temporarily suppressing the will of The Celestial Worthy.

Klein went to the Forsaken Land of the Gods to retrieved the lost Magic Mirror Arrodes, returned the Magic Wishing Lamp to Bernadette Gustav and gifted her an iron cigarette case which corrupted by Sefirah Castle's aura. Finally he met Will Auceptin to help him accommodating the Uniqueness. However, Will refused and said the next opportunity would be better.

Before Klein entered a state of slumber, he held a last-minute meeting and entrusted a long-term commission to all members of the Tarot Club. The main commissions are to spread the name of The Fool widely, spread the news of The World being the Blessed of The Fool, and record it in the Church's Holy Bible.

After the meeting, Klein released all humans in cocoons inside Sefirah Castle to the real world. Then he went into deep sleep together with Arrodes.

Ten years later, Melissa prayed to Mr. Fool with her niece. Klein's niece had a high-five with Mr. Fool's illusory tentacle.

List of Chapters

Volume 8: Fool
Chapter #	Chapter Name	Webnovel #
1	This Night	1354
2	Wrapping Up The Matter	1355
3	Urgency	1356
4	Meeting	1357
5	Conversation	1358
6	Early Morning	1359
7	Choice	1360
8	Joint Operation	1361
9	Witness	1362
10	Treatment Plan	1363
11	Proactive Klein	1364
12	Destruction	1365
13	Set Up	1366
14	Distributary	1367
15	Death Imprint	1368
16	Pomp	1369
17	Decisive	1370
18	Who are Allies and Who are Foes	1371
19	The Other Use of the Magic Wishing Lamp	1372
20	Facing	1373
21	Trojan Horse of Destiny	1374
22	Beginning the Accommodation	1375
23	Half a Great Old One	1376
24	Crazy Ravings	1377
25	Change of Plans	1378
26	Combining Forces	1379
27	A Miracle	1380
28	Authority	1381
29	Home Ground Advantage	1382
30	Stipulated Rules	1383
31	Conceptualization	1384
32	"Madness"	1385
33	Narrow Path	1386
34	Method	1387
35	A Sudden Gathering	1388
36	The Fool's Commission	1389
37	Questions and Answers	1390
38	Facing It	1391
39	Yesterday No More	1392
40	Where the Dream Begins	1393
41	A New Journey	1394

Timeline of Major Events

Date	Chapter	Event
Fall 1352	1354-1358	Fors went looking for Dorian because of a bad premonition and they both rushed to see the other Abraham family. Door Sequence 4 to 1 Beyonder characteristics fell in front of the family and Fors, some of them prayed to The Fool for clarification. They learn of Mr. Door's demise. Alger leaves the Church of Storms with permission from Mr.Fool Klein visits Will and prays to Goddess of Evernight .
Fall 1352	1360-1362	Alger became the pontiff of the Church of the Sea God. Leonard received the telegram notice his squad to head to the Southern Continent and participate in the besieging of the Rose School of Thought. Emlyn and Utravsky also received instructed from Earth Mother to head to the Southern Continent to deal with the Rose School of Thought.
Fall 1352	1363-1365	Benson married. Klein visited Audrey Hall to take care of his mental health. Klein entered and destroyed the Psychology Alchemists' Garden of Eden.
Fall/Winter 1352	1367-1370	Klein entered the Calderón City to obtain the water from the River of Eternal Darkness tributary and handed it over to the Evernight Goddess.
1352	1374-1381	Main article: Klein's Apotheosis Ritual Klein successfully promoted to Sequence 0 Fool. Various Outer Deities managed to enter Earth with a wisp of their consciousness and established their respective cults through their Boons (Non-Standard Pathways). Circle of Inevitability established the Voisin Sanson-founded Sinners that spread the Dancer boon. Mother Goddess of Depravity had new cults that spread the Villain boon. Mother Tree of Desire had new cults that spread the Scrooge boon. Goddess of Fate established cults that spread the Dreamless boon. Other example spread boons were: Orator, Painter and Astronomy Aficionado (Hinted by Amateur Astronomer John).
1352	1381-1387	Mr. Error Amon had invaded the Sefirah Castle and had a fight with Klein. Main article: The Fool's Gambit Klein entered the Astral World and visited the Evernight Goddess. He received a drop of River of Eternal Darkness water to temporary asleep The Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth will. Sequence 2 Amon left Earth for The Cosmos and later returned by 1358.
1352	1388-1390	Tarot Club 139th Meeting. Tarot Club Major Arcana members were individually given missions by The Fool. Tarot Club Meetings now occurred monthly on the first Monday afternoon. Klein released all humans in cocoons inside Sefirah Castle to the real world. Klein went into deep sleep together with Arrodes.