Chapter 88: Neither Admit nor Deny

Chapter 88: Neither Admit nor Deny

Huh? Why is she looking at Mr. Fool… Justice Audrey keenly noticed The Hermit’s small movement, and it left her quite puzzled.

In her view, this was an unusual reaction. What Mr. Hanged Man had described was clearly something unrelated to everyone present. It concerned the so-called Sea God Kalvetua seemingly falling yet still occasionally responding to believers. Why would Madam Hermit look toward Mr. Fool?

Kalvetua’s fall… occasional responses to believers… Madam Hermit looking at Mr. Fool… Could it be… Audrey’s eyes brightened, and she subconsciously formed a guess:

“Could the one now responding to believers in Kalvetua’s place be Mr. Fool?

“Madam Hermit knows something, so she reacted that way?”

As thoughts flashed through her mind, Justice Audrey also turned halfway, looking expectantly at Mr. Fool, who sat leisurely in the high-backed chair at the head of the bronze long table.

At the same time, The Hanged Man Alger felt surprise and shock because The Hermit’s action lay outside his expectations.

“I was only probing her relationship with Leticia, a member of the Moses Ascetic Order. Why did she suddenly look toward Mr. Fool?

“Could it be—could it be that she knows the current Sea God is Mr. Fool’s incarnation?

“Her reaction largely proves that point!

“Before being pulled into the Tarot Club, she had multiple secret contacts with Mr. Fool. She may even have been secretly serving Him for a long time.”

The more Alger thought about it, the more importance he attached to The Hermit. Then, almost subconsciously, he followed her and looked toward Mr. Fool within the grayish-white fog.

He, The Hermit, and Justice acted one after another, but their nearly identical movements made The Magician Fors and the others clearly notice that something was amiss as well.

Why are they looking at Mr. Fool? Does Sea God Kalvetua’s death have something to do with Mr. Fool? Fors and Emlyn White, each considering themselves clever, began speculating on the reason and turned their gazes to the head of the bronze long table.

The Sun Derrick did not know who Sea God Kalvetua was, nor did he understand what it meant for someone to still occasionally respond to believers after death. But since everyone else was looking at Mr. Fool, he naturally followed suit and looked over as well.

The World was a second late, as though weighing something.

First, he swept a glance at The Hanged Man, making Alger’s heart tremble slightly. Only then did he follow the crowd and shift his gaze in the same direction.

At that moment, Klein had already realized from which detail Madam Hermit had guessed that he might be responding to believers in Sea God Kalvetua’s place. He was struggling with how he should respond.

Should I pretend, “This is just a trivial matter. I never took it to heart, but since you mentioned it, I shall casually admit it,” or “As a deity, I do not need to explain everything to you, nor do I need to admit or deny anything”… Klein recalled The Fool’s established image and quickly made a decision.

He would neither admit nor deny it, avoiding any loss of divine status, but he would still add a key sentence. Those who had not guessed the truth would become even more confused, while those who had would feel enlightened yet still surrounded by dense fog, deeply sensing how difficult Mr. Fool’s intentions were to fathom.

With that thought, Klein, leaning back in his chair, gave a light laugh. In an unbothered and leisurely tone, he said, “Kalvetua became a demigod by relying on an item left behind by Calamity Cohinem.”

So they were asking Mr. Fool about something related to Sea God… But that still does not convince me. I keep feeling that some deeper truth is hidden here… Could it be… surely not? The Magician Fors frowned slightly, making all sorts of associations.

As expected! The Hermit Cattleya took this as Mr. Fool’s direct response, with a secret casually revealed alongside it.

Was that…