Among the members present, aside from the three directly involved parties—The World, The Tower, and Judgment—and the well-connected Magician and Temperance, who knew relatively more about what had happened on Saturday, only The Star, Leonard, knew quite a bit because of Old Man.
Among the other Tarot Club members, the only one who was rather bewildered was The Sun, Derrick, but he did not care at all about George III's death.
The Fool, Klein, smiled and summarized in an even tone:
"George III wanted to become the Black Emperor. To that end, he excavated Tudor ruins, trafficked people, caused the Backlund Great Smog Incident, deliberately started a war, and allowed Feysac airships to bomb Backlund. Unfortunately, he failed during the final ritual, and the secret mausoleum he needed was destroyed."
He briefly described the course of events in the plainest terms, without mentioning what he himself had done. He merely glanced casually at The World and The Tower.
—If Mr. Fool personally explained the details, it would be beneath his status. Such matters were better left to his Blessed.
The Backlund Great Smog Incident... an airship attack... George III was truly capable of anything in order to become a god! Although Justice, Audrey, had long known most of what had happened, she still found it hard to accept.
Mr. Fool was so benevolent. He must have been unwilling to see such an indifferent and cruel new god emerge, which was why he had sent Mr. World and Mr. Tower to stop him?
Mm, if it were me, I would want to do the same, but I would hesitate and be stopped by the possibility of things developing badly... Yet Mr. World and Mr. Tower had been so resolute and decisive... This concerned a god, after all. Mm, Mr. Fool's will