Chapter 196: A Warning Tap

Chapter 196: A Warning Tap

On both sides of the mottled, ancient bronze long table, blurry figures stretched and lengthened amid clusters of crimson light, then fixed into place. Around them, everything remained as quiet and empty as ever, as though no living being had intruded there for tens of millions of years.

“Good afternoon, Mr. Fool~” Audrey, Justice, said in a light and cheerful voice that quickly echoed through the magnificent palace supported by stone pillars.

Klein nodded with a smile and watched as the various members, led by Miss Justice, completed their simple greetings to one another.

Among them, without question, The Hermit Cattleya appeared relatively silent. In Audrey’s view, she was hiding a not-insignificant burden.

Once the voices subsided and the members were seated, The Fool Klein first glanced at Miss Justice, causing this Psychiatrist to immediately understand his meaning. She did not raise her hand even slightly and refrained from speaking first. Klein then looked toward The Hermit Cattleya and, as though not especially concerned, let out a soft laugh.

“Tell Bernadette that she may use certain things to exchange for certain answers.”

Bernadette… Hearing that familiar name rather than titles like Queen of Mysteries, owner of the Dawn, or leader of Element Dawn, Cattleya understood that Mr. Fool already knew everything and had seen through everything. Her little schemes had never been hidden from Him at all!

This made her mood grow even heavier. An intense fear rose uncontrollably inside her, and for a short time she did not know what attitude or words she should use in response.

In her view, the true meaning of Mr. Fool’s words was: pass on this one sentence, but only this one sentence. Nothing extra may be said, not even a hint!

Cattleya believed she understood very well what this implied.

Bernadette? That’s a common Intisian female name. Who is she? What answers does she want? What relationship does she have with Madam Hermit? Did Madam Hermit make a private request, and Mr. Fool’s reply is that “she may”? No, that isn’t it. If it were a private request, a reasonable request, Mr. Fool wouldn’t mention it specifically in front of us. He would have directly responded when Madam Hermit prayed… This is a warning? Audrey, Justice, forgot to observe the other members. A series of questions first flashed through her mind, and then, relying on the sharpness of the Spectator pathway, she grasped Mr. Fool’s true intention.

Immediately afterward, she formed a certain guess.

“Madam Hermit privately used hints to reveal a little about our Tarot Club to that Madam Bernadette, because the latter wished to obtain some answers… Mr. Fool isn’t very satisfied with this, so He directly pointed it out and gave this first-time offender a warning?

“Honestly, how can she reveal the existence of the Gathering to someone else? I haven’t even told Susie! This could bring danger to all of us. Thank goodness Mr. Fool is here!”

Audrey nearly forgot her image and lessons in etiquette and puffed out her cheeks. For the first time, she realized that not every Tarot Club member had as much sense of belonging as she did, or admired and trusted Mr. Fool as much as she did.

The Hanged Man Alger, The Magician Fors, and The Moon Emlyn also had similar questions and guesses in their hearts. Only the focuses of their concerns differed:

Alger looked forward to what else Mr. Fool would do while bitterly thinking over whom the common Intisian female name Bernadette might represent, and why she was worth The Hermit, who had always been deep-minded, risking the disclosure of a little Tarot Club information. Fors worried about whether the Tarot Club’s existence might be leaked while instantly conceiving a spy-and-counterspy story. Emlyn watched with schadenfreude, thinking that The Hermit was simply foolish.

Heh. Even the ancestor of us Sanguine treats Mr. Fool as an equal, and sent me, this special envoy, to accept…