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Only after Klein had expressed his surprise that Queen Mystic was actually Bernadette did Neph explain the whole story to him, including the part about the Child of God-so they could get their stories straight.

Klein's eyes widened in surprise. He listened to Neph's entire account, then voiced the same question Bernadette had:

"Two months?"

Neph tilted her head and smiled faintly.

"Theoretically, the moment I prayed to the True Creator and truly interacted with this world for the first time was when I was 'born,' right?"

"Well, yes..." Klein sounded hesitant. "But if you put it that way, doesn't that make the True Creator your midwife-"

"...Sometimes I feel the title 'Blasphemer' is really wasted on Amon." Neph gave him a complicated look. "I only think things like that. Why would you say it out loud?"

"Didn't you say he couldn't hear us here?" Klein replied. "Anyway, you're calling yourself a Child of God rather than a god himself. Is impersonating an actual god really that dangerous?"

"How should I put this-"

Neph glanced at him. "I think, given our circumstances, it's pretty dangerous even if we don't impersonate anyone. It hardly makes a difference." "...?" Klein opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to say something, but failed to find the words. After several attempts, he changed the subject. "Then why call yourself a Child of God-?"

"For one thing, even a fallen god shouldn't have fallen all the way to Sequence 6. That's a little too low." Neph cast a pointed glance at this Sequence 7 Fool. "For another... my Sequence 2 is called..."

She paused and closed her eyes briefly before saying:

"'Child of Winter.'"

Realization dawned on Klein. Looking at Neph, he suddenly asked curiously:

"By the way, there's something I've always wondered about.

"They say Emperor