Mystery: At the start, you gain the uniqueness of the thief.

Chapter 46 The Birth of a Fool

Upon hearing Zhou Mingrui's words, Rosen's gaze involuntarily drifted to the cotton doll on his shoulder, and he said with a hint of sarcasm, "In a sense, you really are as holy as ever."

"Don't think I don't know that's an insult." Klein said irritably, looking at himself across from him, and suddenly had a strange feeling.

He knew that he was himself, and they were one person.

Even at this moment, thanks to the special function of the cotton doll, they achieved a true connection of hearts.

Moreover, perhaps because the Mysterious Servant is a natural-born "split personality" expert, creating dozens or even hundreds of Mysterious Dolls is just commonplace for him, Klein did not feel uncomfortable about this, but rather felt like a fish in water.

This prompted Klein to think for a few seconds before suddenly leaping forward.

At that moment, Zhou Mingrui reached out and naturally caught the cotton doll, then placed it on his shoulder.

Then the person and the cotton doll looked at Rosen in unison and said:

"Hello, Rosen, nice to meet you and long time no see?"

"However, we haven't been apart for long." Rosen raised an eyebrow, looked at the two people in front of him, smiled, and pushed up his monocle. "And to be honest, if you're trying to scare people, your skills are pretty poor."

It's far inferior to Amon's "You are Amon, I am Amon, everyone is Amon".

The person and the cotton doll opposite them paused, both looking somewhat dejected.

They admitted that they had indeed deliberately tried to scare Rosen.

Klein muttered, "Is it really that bad?"

"I don't think this is our problem," Zhou Mingrui, the more mature office worker, comforted her. "Don't forget, that's Lawson!"

Klein remained strangely silent for a few seconds, then was persuaded.

After all, that's Rosen!

Who can scare Rosen?

Klein couldn't think of anyone who could do that.

Rosen waited until they finished interacting before saying, "By the way, Da Zhou, why don't you give yourself a code name?"

"But I'm also Klein!" Zhou Mingrui looked at him and smiled, "What, do you think we're different people?"

Although he didn't actually experience everything that happened with the cotton doll, after sharing the memories, for Zhou Mingrui, those things were no different from what he had personally experienced.

Or rather, in Zhou Mingrui's mind, those were his own experiences. After all, he and his past self were only different in timeline, but were still the same person. So he naturally believed that he was now called Klein.

"No, that's not it." Rosen shook his head. In his eyes, Klein was the same person in this situation; he was simply raising a very practical question.

"Although you are both Klein, and I can call you Klein, if you are both called Klein, it will be difficult to tell you apart if you are together."

"That is indeed a problem." Klein nodded. Although he admitted that his future self was also him, they were still two individuals now. If they were called by the same name, it would be troublesome for outsiders to distinguish them when they were together.

Zhou Mingrui was clearly persuaded as well. He looked thoughtful, then after a few seconds suddenly broke into a light smile and said:

"From this day forward, I shall be the Fool."

Since fate has brought him together with the diviner, he might as well play the fool!

"Very good, very impressive!" Rosen immediately applauded the seal, who had been looking forward to seeing this scene ever since he first met Xiao Zhou. Now he could finally witness the "birth of the Fool".

It's not easy!

As Rosen was thinking this, he suddenly sensed a change happening to him—a sign that the Peter Pan potion had been completely digested.

Rosen wasn't surprised. After all, as the designer of the Father Path, he had naturally considered how to digest this potion when he designed the Peter Pan sequence.

Peter Pan is both a child who never grows up and a brave and fearless Peter Pan, a hero who protects his friends. Playing Peter Pan not only preserves the innocence of a child but also helps one's friends, which is also part of the role.

Undoubtedly, Rosen's performance during this period not only perfectly fits the definition of a child who never grows up, but his actions in helping Klein also fulfill the requirements of the role.

Of course, this is a positive role-playing. Rosen also designed a reverse role-playing method for this sequence, but that method is not very positive and cheerful, so let's not mention it.

"Just as I thought, the Peter Pan potion has been successfully digested. Now I can start preparing for my advancement to Sequence 8 Scholar." Rosen couldn't help but start planning his next advancement.

The extraordinary materials needed for the potion-making technique were not high-end and were not difficult to find. He assembled the potion after referring to the materials required for Sequence 8 of the three paths: the Seeker, the Generalist, and the Reader.

In theory, Rosen could simply wander around a prosperous human city and find a gathering of extraordinary individuals to buy the necessary materials.

Compared to the Peter Pan potion that was digested as expected, Rosen was slightly surprised to find that the keychain, which had remained silent except for opening the portal to the Fourth Age, had changed again at this moment, now bearing an additional key.

It was a key made of a material that looked similar to the Source Castle's portal, with a symbol of the Lord of Mysteries on the front and a five-shaped mark on the back.

As Rosen held the key, the corresponding information appeared in his mind—it was the key corresponding to Zhou Mingrui of the Fifth Era. With this key, he could open the portal to the Fifth Era and arrive at the time when Zhou Mingrui first descended into the real world from the Source Castle.

The reason for the formation of this key is quite simple—because Rosen made a significant change to Zhou Mingrui's life, and this change will also cause a significant change to the original fate of this world. The result of the two superpositions is the formation of a new key.

"These are truly demanding conditions. They must not only cause significant changes to the individuals involved, but also significantly alter the fate of the world. There are very few events that meet these criteria." Rosen raised an eyebrow, sighing to himself, while a multitude of momentous events flashed through his mind.

Klein had no idea what Rosen was thinking. He had just shared his thoughts on naming with the Fool and then had something else on his mind.

That clearly made him hesitate for a moment, but Klein finally looked at Rosen and asked, "By the way, Rosen, I have another question. If I really prevented the revival of the original creator and allowed human civilization to survive, what impact would that have on the future?"

When Klein asked this question, he was undoubtedly very nervous. He did not want his era to be destroyed, but he also did not want the era in which Rosen and the others lived to be destroyed because of his actions.

Rosen could clearly see what Klein was thinking, which made him smile and say, "Don't worry, regarding this question, although I can't give you a definite answer, I can at least be sure of one thing: it won't be the destruction of this era."

After a pause, Rosen continued, "If you're still worried, I can give you another example. For instance, I shouldn't actually exist in the Third Era. According to my investigation after traveling to the Fourth Era, although the things I did after traveling left traces in the future, they didn't cause any butterfly effect. Only the things I had already experienced were tangibly changed."

"So even if you do save the world in the future, it won't directly create a butterfly effect. As for what happens later, I can only say that there should be a way to resolve the misalignment between the two eras, but I can't think of one right now." Rosen shrugged, seemingly somewhat helpless.

"Wait, what do you mean by 'can't remember'?" Klein slowly typed out a question mark.