[Prepare for Appraisal...]
Arthur was in a place between dream and reality. It was an endless black void illuminated by a miriad of stars, countless strings of silver light were woven into a beautiful and inconceivably complex net, forming various nexuses and constellations. It was truly breathtaking.
Arthur's mind was not on the beautiful sight, though he thought, 'Really, what was up with that weird Nephiliam at the end of the nightmare? Did she actually go crazy?'
[Aspirant your trial is over.]
[A nameless Fool drafted into the Army turned a famous cult leader overnight, avoiding his fate of becoming Sword Food, his warnings destroying the City Lords' great Ambition and preventing The Predestined battle from ever happening. The mere mention of his name sent a Supreme Flying all the way to The Demon of Choice's doorstep]
[Final Appraisal: glorious. Your Conspiracy Fooled everyone!]
[Dreamer The Fool who dose not belong to this Era, receive your boon!]
[Your aspect is ready to evolve. Evolve Aspect?]
'WHAT!?' Arthur was speechless not only because the spell mentioned his name sent the Supreme Nephiliam flying all the way to Nether's doorstep but also because his aspect could evolve! He always thought he had a Divine aspect he was the Protagonist of this Era after all! 'Just was that Nephiliam thinking anyway for my name to send her to Nether? She must have really lost her mind!'
Arthur eager to get a divine rank aspect said "yes"
[Sacred Aspect The Fool is evolving...]
[New Aspect acquired.]
[Aspect Rank: Divine.]
'So it was a Sacred Rank aspect... Heh now that I have a Divine aspect I truly am the Protagonist of this Era!' Arthur thought, easily letting his ego get the better of him
[Aspect Name: Lord of The Mysteries.]
Aspect: [Lord of The Mysteries].
Aspect Rank: Divine.
Aspect Description: [You are the Lord of The Sefirot Castle, The Supreme Ruler of The Grey Fog and a Divine Fool whose Conspiracies Fool even The Gods]
Innate Ability: [Owner of The Sefirot Castle]
Ability description: [The Sefirot Castle allows you and others you invite to enter the Grey Fog physically and enhances your abilities while interfering with divinations made about you while staying in the Grey Fog.]
'so now I can escape there if some Fallen nightmare Creature finds me hiding, my Divination is stronger there and I've got anti Divination too? That's like three abilities!' Arthur thought extremely pleased with his Innate Ability
[The First seal is Broken.]
[Awakening Dormant powers...]
Arthur felt something waking up inside of him. Instinctivly he clutched his chest and stared into the darkness, The feeling was not painful or unpleasant, yet it was like nothing he had ever experienced. It was as though his soul was being shaken awake, infused with strange new energy.
However, that energy did not come from some outside source. Rather, it was coming from within, as though it had always been there, sleeping.
The energy filled every fiber of his being. Arthur felt his emotions becoming clearer and sharper. Then, his body began to change, too. He felt as though a miniature star was burning in the center of his chest: waves of heat were radiating from it, slowly reaching his stomach and shoulders, then his arms and legs, then his hands and feet.
Under that heat, his bones, muscles, organs and blood vessels were being rebuilt and revitalized. Arthur felt like he was being reborn. He was becoming stronger, faster, healthier.
It was euphoric.
With each second, his transformation was becoming more profound. Arthur knew he was Arrogant, but now he felt like he could back his Arrogance up.
After some time had passed, the star burning in his chest finally cooled down. The heat was replaced with a soothing coldness. That coldness washed over Arthur's body, taking away all the aches and discomforts that had been accumulated there over the years. Then it moved up, reaching his brain and, finally, his eyes.
His vision strangely doubled.
He could still see the void populated by an endless pattern of stars. But he could also see something different. A mysterious Grey Fog illuminated by a Pale Yellow Sun
From his previous knowledge, Arthur knew that this was his so-called Sea of Soul. Looking at his empty soul sea he couldn't help but mutter to himself "I didn't even get a dormant memory now that I think about it..."
The Spell's voice suddenly pulled him out of the Sea of Soul.
[Awakening Aspect Ability…]
Arthur had a feeling it would be something like the sequence 9 and 8 abilities of the Fool Pathway, his Aspect name was Lord of The Mysteries after all!
[Aspect Ability acquired.]
[Aspect Ability Name: The Fool.]
[Your attribute is ready to evolve. evolve?]
'My attribute can evolve?! Which one? I doubt its fate Affinity or Cursed that leaves...'
"Yes" Arthur said, thinking 'with my natural talent as a Hunter and my irritating personality I might as well have a dual Fool and Hunter pathway'. He wished he got an attribute like the Sequence 7 of the Hunter Pathway Pyromaniac.
[Attribute evolving...]
[Cursed has evolved into Fated]
[New Attribute acquired.]
Arthur was disappointed he didn't get to become a pyromaniac, but at least he could now genuinely call himself the Protagonist of his Era, after all he was fated now! He hurriedly summoned his runes so he could see his new attribute and aspect ability.
Name: Arthur.
True Name: The Fool Who Dose Not Belong To This Era.
Rank: Dreamer.
Soul Core: Dormant.
Soul Fragments: [4/1000].
Memories:-
Echoes:-
Arthur looked at his empty memory and Echo's runes and sighed, 'i am probably the poorest sleeper in two worlds!'
Attributes: [Fated], [Hunter], [Fate affinity], [Mark of Divinity].
'So it's Mark of Divinity it makes sense my aspect ability description did call me a Divine Fool.' Arthur mused and continued reading his Runes.
Aspect: [Lord of The Mysteries.]
Aspect Rank: Divine.
Aspect Ability: [The Fool.]
Aspect Ability Description: [You are a Divine Fool your acrobatic abilities are beyond the Norm and you possess plenty of strange and wonderful abilities]
'Plenty of strange abilities? Like what tell me!' Arthur thought Angry the Spell was speaking to him Vaguely like a Con Man he knew because he himself talks that way!
Arthur began to read the description again, but at that moment, a new set of runes appeared just below it. Simultaneously, the Spell's voice resounded in the black void.
[All power has a price.]
[You have received a Flaw.]
[Your Flaw is: ...]
Arthur read the runes, and his eyes widened in horror.
'Oh, no. No, no, no...'
He closed his eyes, then opened them again, hoping that the runes would disappear.
'Please, be gone! Please!'
But the runes were still there, shining slightly, as though mocking him.
Flaw: [Comic Relief]
Flaw Description: [You are a Joke in everyone's eyes, they can't take you seriously]
Arthur stared at the Runes with a listless expression. He felt like crying. How was a con man like him supposed to survive if people didn't take him seriously?! 'This must be a cruel joke' he thought
Arthur was about to scream and curse, but at that moment, the Spell spoke again.
[Wake up, The Fool Who Dose Not Belong To This Era!]
The black void spun and disappeared.