Crimson light appeared and vanished. Nine figures shrouded in Gray Fog appeared around the ancient bronze table.
As usual, Miss Justice greeted everyone. Angel turned her head slightly and nodded in response, but her gaze remained fixed on "World" at the end of the table.
Did you usually keep your hood over your face and remain perfectly still to hide your appearance and behavioral traits, so I wouldn't recognize you, Klein?
As if sensing Angel's gaze, "World" shifted his neck slightly and looked in her direction.
Was World moving too much?
Were his eyes the same as an ordinary person's?
Would Angel notice something was wrong?
At that moment, Klein, the "Fool," felt as though he were attending a parent-teacher conference and being scrutinized by his elders. He felt uncomfortable all over!
Fortunately, Audrey soon finished greeting everyone and began offering up new pages from Roselle's Diary.
This reading time, reserved exclusively for the Fool, also caused Angel to withdraw her gaze. She stared blankly at the bronze tabletop and no longer looked toward his avatar.
Just World's identity being exposed had already made her give me the cold shoulder for days. If she finds out I'm the Fool too, I don't even dare imagine it... I can never tell her. No, not even if it kills me...
After finally pushing aside the thoughts flooding his mind, Klein looked at the diary in his hand.
"May 8th. My adorable Bernadette is about to turn two..."
This diary entry contained none of the forbidden knowledge, interesting history, or secrets of great figures Klein had hoped for, yet it gave him an unusually strong sense of resonance.
Emperor Roselle, who had once viewed himself as chosen, unique, and regarded the entire world as his stage, treating it like a role-playing game, underwent