Leaning back in his high-backed chair, Abner stole a glance at the Fool at the head of the table, wondering how he felt when he saw the diary page Xio had submitted.
Abner had read that page at Xio's place yesterday. At the time, realization had struck him: No wonder Roselle put the knowledge for making Magic Wands in the Dream Labyrinth Tower, where Tower Climbers like Mr. Gaston could find it. After "enjoying" one himself, he wanted to give something back to society!
I wonder if the "Emperor's Deluxe Edition" Magic Wand bestowed upon Earl White Maple ever made it into the King of the Five Seas' hands...
Could Nast actually be quite receptive to Magic Wands? Why else would he keep having his subordinates order them? Come to think of it, I'd barely returned to Backlund yesterday when I received a telegram from Mr. Gaston asking to buy materials...
While Abner was muttering to himself, Klein had his own realization: No wonder my spirit body ran into The Black Emperor when I went out with the Demoness Card... Was Nast using a Magic Wand at the time?
And someone who could play a trick on Roselle—and had the leisure to do it that way—was probably Liu Bo. Too bad these two diary entries clearly aren't consecutive. I can't tell exactly what happened between them.
For some reason, Klein thought of those videos from a website in his previous life that showed the beginning of a story but cut off before the end. With a faint sense of regret, he turned to the second page: the first diary page submitted by Miss Justice.
The page was mainly about how Roselle had found a measure of belonging through his eldest daughter, Bernadette. He no longer felt as though he were