Noticing Klein's gaze, Abner shifted his eyes away with an "innocent" expression, while thinking to himself:
Bernadette had actually gone around in circles to ask Klein, even though she had already paid the price and gotten the answer from me... Was she trying to confirm it again?
The Fool, Klein, seated at the very top, had no idea what Abner was thinking. After a brief pause, he spoke with a trace of hidden melancholy:
"'Central Kingdom' refers to a nation from before the First Epoch. Its civilization far surpassed those of the North Continent, but it has since perished... It was located on the eastern coast of the Western Continent."
Before the First Epoch? The Western Continent? The Hermit, Cattleya, was utterly astonished. She had originally thought this unheard-of nation was located in the Forsaken Land of the Gods or Lost Newins, but she had never expected it to be the even more mysterious, more ethereal Western Continent, whose very existence was uncertain!
No, since Mr. Fool had given that answer, it proved that the Western Continent truly existed... It was simply like the Forsaken Land of the Gods—no one had been able to find it yet!
Moreover, perhaps my previous belief that Mr. Fool was an Ancient God revived from the Forsaken Land of the Gods was inaccurate... He might just as well have come from the mysterious Western Continent. Otherwise, he would not know so much about it.
But where had the Queen learned that the Western Continent once had a Central Kingdom?
Heh, forget it... Whether I can figure it out is not important. I'm merely a tool for their communication... Cattleya sighed inwardly and gave a sincere bow.
"Thank you for your answer."
The other Tarot Club members were even more bewildered by the exchange.
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