Although Above the Gray Fog greatly diminished the effects of "Insight," Abner still gleaned a few clues from the emotional changes Klein had not bothered to conceal:
The Roselle's Diary received this time probably contained something related to the Calamity Seal... and those contents were most likely connected to the Fool!
That was why Klein had asked that question. Then, after learning that I had yet to recall my memories of the Calamity Seal, he had felt relieved.
As for Mr. Fool's act of "deceiving himself," Abner naturally filed it away in his mind, collecting it as material to help the other man retain his humanity in the future.
Yes, Abner was already certain that Klein had long guessed he had seen through the fact that he was the Fool. After all, the past few times he had needed the Fool's help, he had barely bothered to hide it. At most, he had put on a show by having the World offer a prayer... and on several occasions, he had even skipped the prayer altogether.
This showed that, subconsciously, he no longer regarded the Fool's identity as a secret... Otherwise, with Klein's caution and flair for acting, how could he have been so careless?
He was merely putting up a last-ditch struggle, or rather, unwilling to face the reality of dying from embarrassment!
That was actually good. It was full of the radiance of humanity. If one day he no longer cared about such things at all, that would be truly sad.
As his thoughts turned, Abner decided not to expose him proactively unless Klein came to lay everything out before him.
After all, once the Fool's disguise was exposed, Klein might simply give up maintaining it, and that would inevitably make things far less entertaining.
Meanwhile, Klein had no