Chapter 160: Their Respective “Understandings”

Chapter 160: Their Respective “Understandings”

Neither…

The Hermit Cattleya chewed over Mr. Fool’s answer and suddenly found herself unable to understand the true meaning of the question just now.

She had originally believed that Emperor Roselle’s destination of heart and spirit must involve factors on the philosophical or mysticism level. For example, “that island” might refer to the divine kingdom of the god he believed in, while “the depths of the starry sky” might imply the Astral World, symbolizing that Emperor Roselle believed only in his own superego and aimed directly for the divine throne. Yet Mr. Fool’s answer had been neither. This denied almost every possibility and left her unable to think of another answer.

Perhaps the Queen did not mean the content as I understood it, while Mr. Fool’s answer points toward another meaning… Whether I can understand it is not important. I am merely a tool for their communication…

Cattleya sighed inwardly and sincerely saluted.

“Thank you for your answer.”

The other Tarot Club members were even more confused by this question and answer. Although they knew the cause and understood the specific meaning of a destination of heart and spirit, they had no way of connecting it to “island” or “the depths of the starry sky.” Thus, each had their own interpretation, their own guess, yet all felt their answers were surely very far from the correct one.

In the Magician Fors’s subconscious thought, “that island” might be the place where Roselle had deeply buried the woman he loved most, while “the depths of the starry sky” meant that in his later years, the emperor had set his sights upon what he called the “sea of stars.”

Justice Audrey, meanwhile, believed that “that island” was the island of self-consciousness on the level of psychology. The portion above the sea was the conscious mind, while the portion beneath the sea was the subconscious. The starry sky represented the spiritual sky and the Astral World. Thus, the corresponding question became: “Did Emperor Roselle believe in the self, in a god, or in pure nature?”

From that perspective, Mr. Fool’s answer was extremely strange. It seemed to be saying that Emperor Roselle believed in nothing, including himself.

I seem to have misunderstood… But if that is truly the case, then the Emperor Roselle in Mr. Fool’s words appears contradictory on the surface, yet hides some deeper secret… Or perhaps in his later years, he saw through life and began considering the essence of the universe, the world, gods, and humanity, becoming a pessimist or a nihilist?

Audrey thought with considerable interest, as if using the matter to train her own abilities.

The Hanged Man Alger’s thoughts were close to the Hermit Cattleya’s. The Moon Emlyn considered for a while, found no clue, and decisively gave up guessing. The Sun Derrick had no interest in Emperor Roselle at all, but he did not break the silence. Instead, he repeatedly thought about what he was going to discuss later.

At last, the Fool shrouded in gray fog gave a light laugh.

“You may begin.”

The Hanged Man Alger immediately looked toward the World Gehrman Sparrow at the far end of the bronze long table. After weighing his words, he said, “My apologies. That mystical item of yours may need to wait a little longer.”

Before the other party could speak, he quickly gave an explanation:

“That Artisan strangely came down with an illness, and suspicious observers appeared around him. Because of this, time was delayed. I will personally go over and see whether I can resolve his trouble, allow him to recover as soon as possible, and strive to have the mystical item you need completed within these two weeks.”

He spoke very sincerely, expressing his apology and how seriously he took the matter. Yet in his actual description, he quietly pushed all the responsibility onto that Artisan, as if saying to the World: if you are truly dissatisfied, I will help you teach him a lesson; if that is still…