Edward did not give it much thought either. He took the Black Emperor and Red Priest Cards out of the Leather Pouch, set up a ritual, and sacrificed them to Klein again.
For Edward, he had held these two Cards of Blasphemy for nearly a month, but for Mr. Fool, only a few hours had passed.
Mr. Fool did not respond immediately, waiting more than ten minutes instead. He was clearly out attending to something, and who knew where he had temporarily found a washroom to log into his Divine Kingdom.
Once the two Cards of Blasphemy disappeared, Edward spread his arms and let himself fall backward onto the bed:
"All right, the most urgent things I needed to do after coming back are all taken care of. I can finally rest for a bit."
Just then, Lilith hooked a paw around the foot towel and jumped onto his stomach. "Edward, help Miss Lilith wipe her little paws."
"Sure~"
Edward sat up, holding the towel in one hand and lifting Lilith's soft pink paw pads one by one with the other. He carefully wiped them spotless before setting her on the bed. "There, all clean!"
Lilith immediately raced back and forth across the bed more than a dozen times, then did a forward roll and flopped down on it, looking at Edward with sparkling eyes.
Sensing her gaze, Edward asked with a smile, "What are you looking at?"
"Edward~"
She crawled over to Edward, snuggled tightly against him, and closed her eyes.
After quite a while, Lilith suddenly said quietly, "Edward."
"What is it?"
"Are people who lie bad people?"
"Yes."
"Will their noses grow long like Pinocchio's?"
"Hmm, not necessarily." That depended on whether Bernadette had really turned that story into a reenacted miracle.
Edward looked at her. "But