Chapter 197: A Request to Kill

Chapter 197: A Request to Kill

“One must not pry into God…”

The Hanged Man Alger’s murmured words soon faded into silence, yet they continued echoing in everyone’s ears, alerting them to one fact:

Although Mr. Fool usually showed little airs, rarely spoke, granted almost every request, and gave people a gentler impression, He remained a god—a god who could not be pried into, a god high above, transcending reality!

Justice Audrey, The Moon Emlyn, and the other members of the Tarot Club instinctively accepted Mr. Hanged Man’s amended phrasing, pretending not to remember that the original saying should have been, “One must not look directly at God.” After all, they often looked toward Mr. Fool, asked questions, or sought His opinion, and Mr. Fool did not seem to mind.

Of course, we aren’t really looking directly at Him, because the thick gray fog is blocking everything… Judging from Madam Hermit’s condition just now, Mr. Fool is doing this for our own good… Justice Audrey slowly let out a small breath.

At that moment, however, the thought in The Fool Klein’s mind was:

Mr. Hanged Man is really cooperative. What I had prepared was to manipulate The World to say something similar and complete the final step of the warning…

He had originally felt that letting the fake person, The World, say something like “a deity cannot be deceived” or “a deity cannot be pried into” would be extremely awkward. In the future, if others learned that this so-called Blessed, this so-called The World, was actually The Fool’s alternate account, then he would have no face left to meet anyone. Later, though, after thinking it over, he realized that The World seemed to have done similar things long ago, so one more would make little difference. Besides, as long as no one ever found out, there would be no problem.

After removing that psychological obstacle, Klein had been preparing to perform each part according to rehearsal. Who would have known the actual situation would be even better than he expected? The Hanged Man seemed to have been shaken to the core by the process of warning The Hermit, and had voluntarily spoken the phrase “one must not pry into God” on Klein’s behalf. The overall effect immediately became far more natural and perfect.

Mm… Regarding Madam Hermit leaking information about the Tarot Club, The Fool only made a simple point of it and gave a warning through implication. Her subsequent suffering came from prying into a deity, not from anything The Fool did deliberately…

This is the result I most wanted. It most effectively preserves The Fool’s image. After all, gods do not haggle with mortals over every little thing. That would lower Their standing far too much…

Still, Madam Hermit’s style of acting is truly bold. Only today did I discover and confirm that this isn’t the first or second time she has pried into The Fool. Although one can’t say she held malice, it was still something worth tapping down. Heh. My previous reaction made her think that I had “tacitly allowed” her “gaze,” and so she developed a habit. As expected, she eventually ran straight into the muzzle…

In addition, when she was not certain about Mr. Fool’s attitude, she still directly gave outside hints. Her boldness is obvious. This proves that she hasn’t suffered enough in the past. Today’s lesson should be enough for her to remember for a very long time…

Thinking back to her state inside the dream, all this also seems rather normal… When a child is not taught, the mother is at fault!

Heh. Today also counts as warning Mr. Hanged Man along the way, and warning the other members as well? Klein silently muttered to himself in amusement. He looked around the table once, then said flatly and without emotion, “Let it end here.”

Hearing that sentence, The Hermit Cattleya, whose spirit body had only just recovered, immediately relaxed. Intense fatigue and relief surged madly upward, making her want nothing more than to find an easy chair, lie down, and rest for…