At that thought, Klein felt a wave of relief, with quite a sense of having finally made it through.
Three in the afternoon.
Streaks of light rose within the palace that resembled a Giant's residence, and The Tower, Justice, the Hanged Man, and the Sun each projected faint figures tinged with reddish hues.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool~ Good after..." Our class representative, Audrey, was just about to greet every member of the Tarot Club when her gaze suddenly swept over the figure seated at the very end.
That was a stranger in a black robe with a Hood, equally illusory and indistinct.
A new member?
Audrey was pleasantly surprised. Has the Tarot Club grown again? Is it Fors, or Xio?
"This is our new member, Mr. World." Knowing that everyone present was curious about the new member's identity, Mr. Fool introduced him in an even tone.
Then Klein controlled the World to give everyone a cool nod in greeting. This was the preliminary persona he had devised for his alternate identity: emotionally reserved and unsmiling.
Audrey immediately entered her Spectator State and began observing the new member out of curiosity.
Alger the Hanged Man also observed him discreetly, out of wariness.
Little Sun merely glanced over before lowering his head again to ponder his own concerns.
"Hello, Mr. World."
Edward greeted him warmly, then asked a question he already knew the answer to. "Mr. World, I don't know whether it's just my imagination, but I keep feeling... I've seen you somewhere before."
Keep pretending!
Klein had quite a headache. If only he hadn't impulsively told Edward the true identity behind his alternate persona back then. He controlled the World to answer ambiguously in a hoarse voice, "Perhaps."
Then he looked around and continued:
"Mr. Fool told me I could issue