"Old man..." Leonard swallowed with difficulty and managed to utter a single word, but nothing followed.
He truly did not know what he ought to say. It was not difficult to understand that the child Pallez had mentioned was Alice, but not everyone had the courage to freely discuss gossip about a True God. This could not even be considered entirely talking behind her back.
—Perhaps the Goddess had just been watching them?
As soon as he thought of this possibility, Leonard was badly frightened, even though he knew the chances were so small as to be almost nonexistent.
Perhaps blasphemy was most shocking only the first time. Pallez, who seemed to have grown accustomed to such things, mocked him:
"Look at how pathetic you are!"
Leonard did not dare say anything.
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent. Leonard sat alone on the bed, and it was only after a long while that his breathing calmed somewhat. He asked Pallez:
"Should I pray to the Fool now?"
Paused for a moment, he lowered his voice. "No, that's not right. Should it be that I first ask about the ritual for praying to the Fool?"
Pallez asked in a strange tone, "Who are you going to ask?"
That left Leonard silent. There were only three people he knew who might know the ritual. Two had no way to be contacted, while the remaining one was suspected to be inconvenient to contact. Leonard opened and closed his mouth, then finally gritted his teeth and said as though he had made up his mind:
"Since that's the case, I'll pray directly to the Fool..."
When he heard the prayer, Klein was lying on the luxurious large bed in first class, enjoying the spacious, clean room that money had bought.
Male... Who would pray