Klein wakes up in a blood-covered room, hands stained red, a gun on the table—and a literal hole in his head. Naturally, he’s very confused. Flashbacks flicker through his mind as the wound on his head eerily starts healing. Memories of his life as Zhou Mingrui on Earth clash with unfamiliar ones—fragments from someone else’s life.
From the chaos in his brain, he gathers that he’s now inhabiting the body of a man named Klein Moretti, an unemployed history major living in the city of Tingen. Hoping to make sense of the madness, he rifles through Klein’s journal for clues. The entries reveal that about a month ago, Klein met with a man named Welsh, and together they began deciphering an ancient book said to belong to the Antigonus family—a name that rings ominous, even though he doesn’t know why.
As he reads further, he stumbles upon references to grand-sounding things like the Black Emperor and the Tutor Kingdom, but the diary abruptly stops—right before the moment Klein seemingly shot himself. That mystery starts to make more sense now, thanks to the gun sitting casually on the desk like an uninvited guest.
Suddenly, the diary flips open on its own, revealing the final entry:
“Everyone is going to die, including me.”
Chilling. This confirms Klein’s suspicion—the original Klein discovered something so horrifying it literally drove him to suicide. But what could that secret have been?
His musings are interrupted by a knock on the door—it’s his little sister Melissa. He panics. The room still looks like a crime scene! He shoves the journal aside and tries to clean the blood, scrambling to hide the gun before she walks in.
When Melissa enters, she notices books piled everywhere and raises an eyebrow. “Did you stay up reading all night again?” she asks. Klein awkwardly lies that he was just “organizing stuff,” all while trying to sneak the gun into a drawer. But he fumbles it, and the thud draws her attention. Thinking fast, he pulls out a broken pocket watch to cover.
Surprisingly, Melissa, despite not being very affectionate earlier, takes the broken watch without a word and begins fixing it. Guess she does care, even if she hides it behind toothpaste and sarcasm. Once done, she leaves him alone again, and Klein gets back to scrubbing blood like it’s just another Tuesday.
His memories are still a scrambled mess, but he’s sure that the ancient notebook had something to do with the events that led to Klein 1.0’s dramatic exit. That aside, he now has a much bigger question—how did he end up here?
Before this, he was Zhou Mingrui, an average loser from Earth with a résumé of regrets. Desperate to change his life, he tried a good luck ritual from a random book—and somehow woke up in another man’s corpse. So yeah, Monday was rough.
Later that morning, Melissa gets ready for school and hands Klein a plate of bread. She reminds him to visit the bakery to restock and promises to make a special dinner when she returns—assuming he’s still alive and not chasing interdimensional ghosts. She knows he’s been job hunting (or at least pretending to), so this is her way of being supportive.
But Klein isn’t planning to stick around. He wants to repeat the luck ritual and see if it will return him to his world. Before that, though, he heads out to the bakery, per Melissa’s request.
As soon as he gets there, a strange sense of unease creeps over him—as if someone’s watching. After buying the bread, he wanders through the city. Other than the blood-red moon that lights up the sky at night, everything looks… surprisingly normal.
While strolling, he spots a group of guys playing the Landlord card game. That surprises him—it also exists on Earth. But according to this world’s history books, the game was invented a century ago by Emperor Roselle Gustav. This guy didn’t stop at card games either; he also pioneered tarot reading, steam engines, and sailboats. Basically, a steampunk Steve Jobs. Klein immediately suspects the guy was also a transmigrator.
That realization gives him some comfort—he’s not the only Earthling here. But the comfort vanishes as soon as a creepy clown pops up. Klein instinctively reaches for his gun. Honestly, hard to blame him—the clown looks like it moonlights as a jump-scare artist.
Then, that eerie feeling returns. He knows someone’s following him.
Trying to lose the tail, he ducks into a nearby tent—which turns out to be a fortune-telling shop. The fortune teller, happy to have her first customer of the day, offers to read his fortune for free.
The mention of tarot cards gets Klein’s attention. He agrees and asks for a reading of his past, present, and future. She asks which he’d like first. Klein chooses the present.
She flips the card—The Fool, numbered zero in the deck. It symbolizes new beginnings, leaps of faith, and fresh starts.
Before she can explain further, Klein realizes the person stalking him is getting closer. Time’s up. He’s gotta move.
A few moments later, a man steps into the tent, clearly looking for Klein—but surprise, Klein is already long gone, having pulled a disappearing act like a seasoned escape artist.
Later that day, Klein finally makes it back home, ready to attempt the luck enhancement ritual again. He’s hoping—desperately—that it might send him back to his original world. First, he crafts talismans, wraps them around pieces of bread (because of course, sacred carbs), and places one at each corner of the room as catalysts. Then, standing in the center like a ritualist cosplayer, he begins the incantation: repeating “Celestial Worthy” four times in a row.
At first, nothing happens. Just awkward silence. Then—BAM! Klein collapses to the ground, clutching his head in agony. It feels like his body is being ripped apart from the inside out. Classic transmigration side effects.
When the pain finally fades, Klein finds himself floating in a vast, empty void, with red and blue lights drifting all around like disco balls of doom. These lights slowly begin to converge, and to his utter disbelief, they summon two very confused individuals: a young woman named Audrey Hall and a man named Alger Wilson.
Both of them are utterly baffled by this sudden summoning, but from their point of view, Klein looks like some kind of omnipotent deity—so naturally, they tread carefully. Audrey politely asks if this divine realm belongs to him, and Klein, having no clue what she’s on about, awkwardly stammers through it. Just as he thinks about how this place doesn’t even have a shrine, a mysterious shrine materializes from the swirling gray fog like the world heard his thoughts.
Klein is still clueless about how any of this works, but one thing’s clear: he seems to have control over the gray fog and the entire realm.
Then, Alger hits him with a seemingly simple question: “Who are you?” A fair ask—though Klein hasn’t really had time to consider his identity crisis. Is he still Zhou Mingrui from Earth in Klein’s body? Or has he actually become Klein Moretti?
After a brief internal debate, he makes a bold decision. He introduces himself with a brand-new identity:
“You may call me… The Fool.”
Alger, suspicious as always, asks if there’s a particular reason he and Audrey were summoned here. Honestly, it was a complete accident—Klein was just trying to go home, not start a divine Zoom call. But since he’s already committed to his mysterious persona, he rolls with it and tells them this was merely “an experiment.”
Neither of them questions him further. Audrey, however, is clearly enjoying this supernatural detour. Always the curious noble, she asks if it’s okay to leave now, since it seems he doesn’t need anything from them.
Klein assures her that yes, he can send them back if they wish, and that they’re not in any danger. But before leaving, Audrey gets a spark of inspiration. She’s fascinated by the mystical world and boldly asks Klein how to become a Beyonder.
Cue internal panic—Klein has no idea what a Beyonder even is. But admitting ignorance would ruin the whole “mysterious fog-god” vibe. So, in true delegation fashion, he tells Audrey to ask Alger, who should know the answer.
Alger, still wary, finds Audrey’s posh accent suspicious—she sounds like an aristocrat from Löen, while Alger himself was miles away at sea near Aldburg. Whoever summoned both of them had to use tremendous power. Yep, Klein’s accidental ritual made quite the splash.
Regardless, Alger answers her question. He explains that if she wants to become a Beyonder, she can do so by joining the Church of the Evernight Goddess or one of the other major churches. Though most people never make it far up the mystical ranks, it is possible.
Audrey appreciates the information, but she’s not too keen on joining a church and giving up her freedom just to become a Beyonder. So, she turns to Alger and asks if there’s another way to gain Beyonder powers.
To her surprise, Alger casually mentions that he happens to have two Sequence 9 potions in his possession. Both Audrey and Klein are stunned—Audrey because she knows how insanely valuable those potions are, and Klein because he has absolutely no idea what a Sequence 9 potion even is. For all he knows, it could be a fancy shampoo.
Curious, Audrey asks which potions he has. Alger replies that he has the Sailor and the Audience potions, the latter granting heightened observation and insight—pretty handy for eavesdropping nobles or nosey detectives.
The two strike a deal, and Audrey requests that Klein act as a neutral witness to their pact. He agrees. But Audrey isn’t done yet—she has one more request. She asks if Klein could organize more gatherings like this in the future. Surprisingly, Alger backs her up—he’s starting to view Klein as a valuable benefactor.
Klein, internally screaming, hesitates. The more he interacts with them, the higher the chances they’ll realize he’s not some mysterious fog god—but a clueless transmigrator winging it. Still, he knows he needs more information about the mystical world, so he agrees. He tells them the next meeting will be held every Monday at 3:00 p.m., fog permitting.
With that sorted, Audrey suggests using code names to protect their identities. Since Klein named himself The Fool, she declares she’ll go by Justice. Alger, staying on theme, chooses The Hanged Man. Very Tarot Club, very dramatic.
Back in the real world, Klein’s focus is suddenly shattered by a knock at the door. The sound disturbs his concentration, and the gray fog realm begins to unravel. Forced to end the meeting early, he sends both Audrey and Alger back.
Once grounded in his own body again, Klein scrambles to hide the bloody journal and shoves the gun into the stove. He peeks through the keyhole and sees an inspector waiting outside. He ruffles his hair and opens the door, pretending he just woke up from a nap—a classic panic move.
The man introduces himself as Leonard from the Nighthawk Unit of the Church of Evernight, and barges in with his partner, Dunn Smith. They start questioning Klein about two individuals—Naya and Welsh—who apparently committed suicide just the day before, which suspiciously aligns with the timing of Klein’s own self-inflicted headshot.
Unable to say, “Oh I shot myself while being spiritually hijacked,” Klein feigns ignorance. Unfortunately, Leonard has already found the journal—and that ominous final line: “Everyone will die.” Not subtle.
When asked about it, Klein claims he doesn’t remember much from that night. Dunn brings up more damning evidence—they have records showing Klein visited McGovern Manor, where a gun just so happened to go missing.
Rather than keep lying, Klein admits to hiding the weapon—in the stove, of course—and explains he woke up after a failed suicide attempt, but remembers very little since then. He wisely leaves out the bit about being a soul from another world.
Though his story is wild, Dunn surprisingly believes him—it matches up with his own deductions. Still, protocol is protocol. They need to verify the truth, and for that, Klein must be taken to a psychic.
This makes Klein nervous. What if the psychic discovers his Earth memories? But he can’t refuse—he’s in their custody now.
They escort him downstairs and prepare to load him into a carriage, but Dunn gets briefly distracted by a little boy in the street. Klein seizes the moment and bolts, darting into a back alley like a man being chased by plot.
But the world suddenly freezes—literally—and objects begin floating. He realizes a Beyonder must be nearby. As he sprints in the opposite direction, the road warps to trap him, and the terrain itself shifts to box him in. He narrowly escapes through a narrow gap and bursts onto the main road, jumping into the first carriage he sees.
He yells at the driver to head for the port immediately, thinking he’s finally safe. But plot twist: the driver turns around, and it’s none other than Dunn Smith. Yep—he’s been bamboozled.
Moments later, Klein wakes up sitting at his desk, and the door creaks open. At the end of the hallway stands Dunn, which is creepy enough, but then a woman suddenly grabs Klein by the head—and yanks his consciousness into a dreamscape.
She begins probing his memories, trying to uncover the truth. Luckily, the gray fog acts like a firewall, shielding all of Klein’s past life memories from her. But she’s still looking for clues about that night.
First, she asks him what happened to the Antigonus Notebook, but Klein genuinely has no idea. Then she demands to know what he was doing when Welsh died. Her powers force Klein to relive the moment—he pulls out the gun and shoots himself in the head all over again.
After that, Klein wakes up in the hallway, and the woman exits his mind. She tells Dunn that Klein is telling the truth—he really did shoot himself, and she couldn’t access any earlier memories.
So for now, it’s confirmed: the Antigonus Notebook is missing, and Klein is as clueless as he claims. Still, that doesn’t mean he’s safe. He’s vulnerable and powerless in a very dangerous world.
Recognizing this, Dunn makes him an offer—join the Nighthawks, become a Beyonder, and protect yourself.
