Lovia, Who Ate Her Husband

The Pirate Assembly? Didn't that happen every so often? Why was Mr. Hanged Man bringing it up so gravely?

Confused, Audrey asked, "Mr. Hanged Man, did something happen at this assembly?"

"Yes."

Alger took a deep breath. Without daring to look at Temperance, he said, "The short version is that after a catastrophe, the King of Immortality died. A new king, the King of Blood, emerged. And Suah, the leader of the Rose School of Thought, was severely wounded..."

His words stunned everyone.

"As for exactly what happened..."

The Hanged Man wasn't sure how much he could say. The battle had involved Temperance's powerful trump card, so he kept it vague. "I'm sure you'll hear the pirates' accounts soon enough."

Mr. Temperance was incredible!

From Mr. Hanged Man's description, he must have shown his strength at the assembly. Perhaps he even helped kill the King of Immortality... But Mr. Hanged Man is being so careful that I'm curious... Audrey thought.

The Hermit, Cattleya, meanwhile, looked dazed.

She hadn't expected to miss an event of this magnitude just because she'd skipped one Pirate Assembly. But if even Suah, a Sequence 1 Angel, had appeared, the situation must have been terribly dangerous... Was the Queen all right?

At that thought, Cattleya immediately looked at the Hanged Man.

"The other kings are all fine."

Alger guessed what was on her mind and answered at once.

Inwardly, though, he gave a cold laugh.

Heh. I've found your weakness...

He had thought the Admiral of Stars was some unfathomably powerful Beyonder, yet anything involving Queen Mystic could easily shake her. She had been willing to offend Mr. Fool for the Queen's sake, and now she was worried about the Queen's safety... Knowing that gave him a way to counter her.

After their initial shock, the