"Could it be Zaratul again..."
Looking at the word "Fool" on the letter, Antigonus suddenly remembered someone he had heard little from lately.
In fact, rumors about the Fool had already surfaced once in Backlund.
When his subordinates reported that name to him, he had received quite a fright. He had thought something had gone wrong with the arrangements he had left on Hornacis Main Peak, or that Zaratul had joined forces with Evernight-or that something had come "alive."
He had immediately ordered his subordinates to investigate thoroughly.
Yet the intelligence they brought back indicated that those lunatics from the Aurora Order were searching for so-called "believers of the Fool." Mr. A of the Aurora Order had even mobilized numerous peripheral groups, throwing the underground black market into a panic.
Why the Aurora Order was looking for them remained unclear. No one knew where these "believers of the Fool" were or what they looked like, either.
He had personally performed a divination, but the results were equally vague, revealing nothing genuinely abnormal.
Ultimately, he could only classify the matter as a smoke screen deliberately released by the Secret Order to muddy the waters in Backlund.
Now, however, he had heard the news again from Lorne. The man had even written to ask him about it.
Should I tell him a few things...?
Antigonus stroked the coarse wolf fur on his chin, sinking into thought.
"Back then, Jowes seemed to think rather highly of old Zaratul. Though the two were never particularly close..."
"James Scott definitely has some connection to Jowes... I just don't know precisely what..."
"Could he really be a descendant Jowes left behind? But... surely not?"
Antigonus frowned slightly. Unlike the angels of the Fourth Epoch with their numerous descendants and sprawling family structures, Jowes had been an