"The Black Emperor Card...
"It recorded every potion formula and related ritual from Sequence 9 Lawyer to Sequence 0 Black Emperor...
"No wonder Mr. Tower said the Card of Blasphemy held the mysteries of the gods... This really was the secret to becoming a god!
"But Mr. Tower seemed to know so much about Sequence 0 and the Card of Blasphemy. Could he have a similar card himself? Which one would it be?
"Also, the Black Emperor could exploit a loophole in the Death Law. As long as enough of the order he established remained, he might still be resurrected even if all nine mausoleums he had the people build were destroyed...
"Mr. Tower once said in his report on Baron Ramde that Emperor Roselle seemed to have forcibly switched to the Black Emperor Pathway in his later years, at the cost of becoming half-mad...
"If... if Roselle really reached Sequence 0, did that mean he hadn't actually died?
"Maybe he was lying in a mausoleum right now, waiting to be resurrected..."
As his thoughts raced, Klein looked again at Roselle on the Black Emperor Card. In the portrait, Roselle sat on an ancient stone throne, wearing a black crown set with assorted gemstones, jet-black armor, and a matching cloak. He held a scepter and stared coldly ahead.
Then Klein suddenly laughed.
"Don't tell me he used his own likeness for every Sequence? How vain...
"Then what would the Demoness Card look like? Heh, I can't wait to see."
After amusing himself for a while, Klein set those thoughts aside, adjusted his posture, and used his spirituality to "tap" Miss Justice's Crimson Star.
First, he answered her earlier question in the Fool's voice. Then he assumed the manner of the Fool's blessed and thanked Miss Justice for her help, waiving