Above the gray fog, Klein, the Fool, found it increasingly difficult to meet the Empress's gaze.
This was not only because of the guilt and unease he felt over concealing his identity. This member of the Tarot Club had already advanced to become an angel, and with the power of the City of Calamity under her control, she was now truly capable of contending with the Fool.
Although Klein still held an absolute advantage above the gray fog, within Sefirah Castle's sphere of control, Angel held an absolute advantage in combat power in the real world. Numerous avatars of Amon, Zarathus's Historical Projection, and even the Red Angel evil spirit temporarily restored to Sequence 1 had verified that.
Fortunately, she's on my side, in every sense... If her Mirror Person hadn't seemed intent on letting me keep this secret, I would have come clean long ago... Under Angel's gaze through the gray fog, Klein first looked away uneasily, then composed himself, and finally simply said:
"You may begin."
Recently, the Tarot Club had stopped the segment devoted to submitting Roselle's Diary entries. Apart from the Star, Leonard, who had submitted a few duplicate entries, none of the other members could find any new ones.
As soon as he finished speaking, Angel turned toward him and asked softly:
"Honorable Mr. Fool, do you know anything about the condition of Sealed Artifact 0-01?"
Here it comes!
Klein's expression stiffened. He knew exactly what Angel had been doing lately and had already anticipated this question, but now that the moment had arrived, he still could not help feeling a little nervous.
The other Tarot Club members reacted differently. Unaffiliated Beyonders such as the Sun, Derrick, and the Moon, Emlyn, lacked sufficient sensitivity to that string of numbers, but official personnel like Alger and