Although the sacred sword that needed repairing had changed, and even the identity of the guardian spirit within it might have changed... when all was said and done, the one who had to be sealed was still that same holy knight.
Therefore, the preparations Iver had made before coming to the Theocracy had not gone to waste. As it happened, they could finally be put to use...
Iver took his stack of Tarot Cards from Isabel.
After opening the card case and looking at the thin stack of cards, Iver could not help sighing. "I'm almost out already."
The full deck of Tarot Cards he had bought half a year ago now had only six unused cards left.
The Magician, the Empress, The Chariot, Justice, the Hermit, and the Tower.
Of course, if a card needed for the Great Sin Beast had already been occupied, Iver could overwrite the previous card and release the one he no longer needed, just as he had done with the Earthbound Spirit card. But avoiding repetition was certainly better.
The two Tarot Cards Iver had chosen for the holy knight were "The Chariot" and "Justice."
The Chariot had the same name and similar meaning in both the Thoth Tarot and the Rider-Waite Tarot. Both represented overcoming external difficulties through powerful willpower, or balancing inner conflicts, thereby reaching the foundation of victory. The only difference was that, besides "victory," the Thoth Tarot also possessed the quality of "glory."
The Justice card was somewhat different. The "Justice" card commonly found in the Rider-Waite Tarot became the entirely different "Adjustment" card in the Thoth Tarot.
Both depicted a blindfolded goddess, scales, and a sword. They symbolized fairness, rationality, justice, order, and judgment. Both cards possessed the quality of "glory," while Adjustment in the Thoth Tarot also possessed