"Another week has passed..." Alice sighed in front of Klein. "It's already late November. When exactly is George III going to hold the ritual? Honestly, why don't you..."
Just as she was about to suggest that Klein stop worrying about George III for now, she saw him raise a hand and gesture for silence.
Alice instinctively shut her mouth. In the next instant, she realized that Klein before her had gone blank-eyed. He had clearly gone above Castle of Origin.
—After confirming that Klein could enter Castle of Origin directly by hearing prayers, Klein and Alice had discussed what excuse they could use to make the Tarot Club members maintain their prayers, but to no avail. Without informing Mr. Fool, Alice had offered a constructive suggestion at the Tarot Club.
Yes, she had asked the Tarot Club members to pray to the Fool every day at five in the morning, allowing the Fool to feel their sincerity. And the Fool... unable to think of any other excuse for the time being, Klein had accepted the reasoning and did not stop her.
As for Mr. Fool's anger afterward, Alice had responded like this:
"Saints don't need that much sleep... Besides, Klein, at your age, how can you even sleep?! Why sleep long while alive? You'll sleep forever after death!"
To prove the soundness of her logic, she had also pointed out that Sequence 0 of the God of Death pathway was called Eternal Sleeper. However, her thoughts soon drifted to how Eternal Sleepers truly slept without waking, yet Sleepless still needed sleep...
The topic drifted even further after that. Klein was soon led astray by her and forgot about it until five the next morning, when he awoke to the sound of prayers and truly experienced how crushing it was.
Thus,