Chapter 158: No Need to Bother With Him

Chapter 158: No Need to Bother With Him

Klein had actually already considered Miss Justice’s question. After all, handing troublesome problems over to official organizations capable of solving them had always been his habitual method. But Leonard and Pallez Zoroast’s reactions had allowed him to taste a trace of abnormality:

Leonard was a Red Glove among the Nighthawks. He could have casually invented an informant and submitted the intelligence that Amon had arrived in Backlund to the Evernight Church, letting the archbishop and high-ranking deacons decide how to respond and act. That would neither expose his own problem nor leave a hidden danger unresolved. Yet in the end, he chose to leave by way of a mission. If there was no reason behind that, Klein would not believe it even if he thought with his toes.

His preliminary suspicion was that informing the Church about Amon would produce an unpredictable bad outcome. Therefore, the angel of the Marauder pathway inside Leonard had rejected that method of handling the matter. And He was one of the beings who best understood Amon’s various Beyonder abilities.

When one does not know what to do, the right choice is undoubtedly to imitate someone with experience… Although there is a layer of gray fog between us, and if something truly went wrong it would only go as far as Miss Justice, there is still no need to take the risk. The Tarot Club does not have many members to begin with. Every one must be cherished…

Thoughts flashed through the Fool Klein’s mind. He shook his head and said in a calm tone with a faint smile, “No need to bother with Him.”

No need to bother with Him…

Mr. Fool’s attitude was as if He were facing a stray dog… In His eyes, only Sequence 0 true gods are worth taking seriously? That makes sense. Last time, when the Sun was possessed by Amon’s avatar, Mr. Fool easily purified him. As long as Amon does not appear in His main body, to Him, it should not create any major problem… Mm. Mr. Fool emphasizing this at the start should be meant to make us be a little careful…

The Hanged Man Alger thought with both awe and realization.

Justice Audrey similarly interpreted it as “this is only a small matter.” Associations suddenly rose in her heart:

Did Mr. World Gehrman Sparrow briefly leave Backlund to avoid the Angel of Time, Amon? To Mr. Fool, although He is still gradually recovering His level, status, and strength, resolving Amon’s avatar should not be too difficult. The Sun’s previous experience proves that… He has His Blessed avoid Amon because He does not want to draw out the Angel of Time’s main body, which would disrupt His hidden plan of revival?

Mm-hmm. The reminder just now was to warn us, out of concern that we might accidentally run into Amon and make an inappropriate response? Mr. Fool truly is watching over us!

Only then did the Moon Emlyn finish digesting the fact that the King of Angels, Blasphemer Amon, had appeared in Backlund.

Although he had always been proud, after attending many Tarot Gatherings, he knew what a King of Angels represented. That meant an existence second only to the Sanguine Ancestor Lilith, second only to the true gods standing at the peak of Sequences—the strongest beings walking upon the earth, walking in the real world!

Is something going to happen in Backlund again? If that happens, there will definitely be dead people, wounded people, or patients everywhere outside, and I will be driven around by the Father to work again…

Emlyn thought back to life during the period after the Great Smog, and a trace of fear unconsciously showed in his expression. He feared that kind of thing happening again.

The Magician Fors also felt that this matter was not small. If the Angel of Time Amon truly wished to do something, it might very well cause large-scale destruction. It was not something she could avoid just by hiding at home and refusing to go out.

Silently drawing in a breath, she looked toward the head of the bronze long table and asked with hidden worry, “Honorable Mr. Fool, what exactly does Amon want by sending an avatar to Backlund?”

Klein considered his wording briefly. Then, with a smile, he looked around and said, “To search for all of you.”

To search for us?

This sentence was like bolts of lightning striking through the Magician Fors and the others, making them suddenly clear-headed and causing their spines to prickle.

Immediately afterward, Justice Audrey connected this answer to the earlier “No need to bother with Him,” and felt that Mr. Fool was like an endless ocean, while a mere avatar of Blasphemer Amon was only a stone. Once thrown in, it would make a small splash, but then could no longer cause any effect.

Although Amon’s avatar has come to search for us members of the Tarot Club, Mr. Fool says there is no need to bother with Him. There is no need to care at all… Praise Mr. Fool!

Audrey’s heart, which had instantly tensed just now, relaxed again.

The Moon Emlyn, the Magician Fors, and the Sun Derrick also tasted a similar meaning. Some leaned back against their chairs, some exhaled without concealment, while others began praising Mr. Fool in their hearts.

The Hermit Cattleya had not personally experienced Amon’s avatar possessing the Sun Derrick. She had only heard a little during later exchanges, so she did not understand too much and did not feel it especially deeply. From the perspective of the status of a King of Angels and of Amon searching for the Tarot Club’s members, a certain worry rose inside her:

Why would Amon, this King of Angels, target the Tarot Club?

He should have discovered our organization through the Sun…

What goal does He want to achieve, and what confidence does He possess?

Is He targeting Mr. Fool? Can He detect abnormalities related to this gray fog?

But Mr. Fool said there is no need to bother with Him… Does this mean that under normal circumstances, Amon cannot distinguish who is a Tarot Club member?

Kings of Angels are appearing one after another. Is the Fifth Epoch nearing its end?

After the Hanged Man Alger’s tense state relaxed, he suddenly thought of another matter:

Back when he had informed the Church of Storms that something was wrong with Bansy Harbor, the excuse he had used was that he had heard someone mention it in a tavern. And that person had been described based on Blasphemer Amon’s appearance!

Thankfully, even if the Church encounters Amon, given their way of doing things, they would never verify or question such a matter. And no matter what Amon does, because of His identity, He would certainly seem extremely suspicious in their eyes and must be suspected…

Alger did not worry that he would be exposed because of such a minor issue. He only felt that in the future, when it came to high-level beings—especially beings at the level of angels or higher—he had to be as careful as possible and not casually use Them as shields.

Thus, he warned himself inwardly:

Although not every high-level being can reach the level of “whenever Their name is spoken, They know,” or possess similar abilities, if one mentions them too often, perhaps one will be pushed by Fate into meeting that corresponding being. After all, the higher one goes, the deeper one’s connection with fate!

Seeing that the Tarot Club members—especially the three in Backlund—had become vigilant toward Amon’s avatar, full of caution and no longer possessed of reckless thoughts, with no intention of doing something against the Blasphemer, Klein settled down inwardly. He leaned back slightly and leisurely watched them, signaling that the following segment was now theirs.

The Hermit Cattleya set aside her concerns about the present age, the Northern and Southern Continents, and the Five Seas. She looked toward the head of the bronze long table.

“Honorable Mr. Fool, this time there are three more pages of diary.”

She clearly remembered that after last Monday’s Tarot Gathering ended, she had immediately written to the Queen with the meanings of those two “Roselle characters.” In the end, she had only received a reply during the weekend. Inside were three new diary pages and a question of moderate length:

“Where is the destination of his heart and spirit? On that island, or in the depths of the starry sky?”

When the Hermit Cattleya repeatedly read this sentence, she seemed to sense a certain fluctuation in the Queen’s emotions as she wrote it, unlike her usual restraint.

Regarding that, based on her understanding of the Queen of Mysteries, Bernadette, she silently sighed:

In the Queen’s heart, Emperor Roselle truly is a knot that cannot be untied. Is this the reason she has never dared advance to Sequence 2?

Klein naturally had no way of knowing what Madam Hermit was thinking. He nodded, signaling for her to manifest the new Roselle diary pages.

Very quickly, three yellowish-brown sheets of parchment appeared in his hand:

“March 10th. Once again participated in the gathering of that oldest and most secretive organization.

“After so many observations, I grow increasingly puzzled by one question: what exactly does it mean to conform to the tide of the times? Who decides what the tide of the times is?

“If things truly are as they claim, when the end of everything appears, the original Creator will revive from death and awaken from slumber, returning everything to Himself and creating a new world, a new history. In that case, they have no need to make the development of the era conform to the tide or expectations. Wouldn’t it be faster to simply plan all kinds of conspiracies, provoke world war, angelic war, even divine war, and achieve the goal more quickly?

“Or does this mean that the ‘era’ itself is a part of the original Creator, and only when the ‘era’ develops according to expectation can He draw power from it and revive? That is not scientific… Of course, what I am now seeing and participating in is not exactly scientific either…

“Actually, according to my own thinking, why revive a Creator who stands above everyone? Why not just put on an act, go through the motions, and let everyone enjoy themselves freely without restraint? Would that not be better?

“From my observations, hehe, quite a few members here hold views similar to mine. However, there are also some stubborn, rigid ones who strictly follow their philosophy. I do not know whether to call them idealists or fanatical cultists.

“The one I understand the least is that mysterious leader. Old Mr. Hermes told me that this organization was first founded by him—no, it should be Him—together with some people who shared the same beliefs and objectives. Yet He rarely expresses His own thoughts, and He never stops many members from using this organization to do their own things. At times, I even forget He exists. He seems to like sitting there, quietly watching everyone converse.

“But in one matter, I witnessed His authority. A high-Sequence powerhouse who violated what they call the tide of the times became a target for elimination within only thirty seconds under His push. And I believe that poor fellow will not live to see summer this year.

“Who exactly is He? Some ancient god left over from the Second Epoch??”

Roselle had used two question marks in a row at the final sentence, expressing the intense doubt in his heart. This was a rare style for him, and Klein suspected that this had become part of the Queen of Mysteries Bernadette’s criteria for selecting diary pages.