He took out a Sequence 9 Apprentice characteristic and was just about to toss it into the golden cup when Audrey arrived.
"You've been secretly hoarding the Emperor's diary again!"
She puffed out her cheeks, looking thoroughly angry.
Chapter 298: Fine food and wine
"I'm innocent!"
Edward scooped Lilith into his arms. "Lilith can testify! I only got those diary pages right before the Tarot Club meeting, and just like last time, the Queen Mystic sent them over for me to translate."
Lilith nodded. "Edward is right."
"You father and daughter make quite a team, trying to fool me."
Audrey walked over and sat beside Edward. "Tell me about it. What exactly was written there that surprised Mr. Fool so much?"
"Actually, I was very surprised too!"
Recalling the contents, Edward roughly recounted the several diary pages. Audrey interrupted from time to time with questions, until he reached the final entry: "That Transmigrator Senior is still alive!!!"
Audrey's eyes widened too. "So... so there really is someone else in this world who came from your world?"
"At least, that's what the Emperor's diary says."
"Do you think he's still alive?"
Edward shook his head. "I don't know. But just as the Emperor's diary said last time, if someone like that really exists, why is there no trace of him anywhere in this world outside those diary entries?"
Audrey thought for a moment. "Either he keeps a very low profile and doesn't want to show off like the Emperor, or... he arrived in this world a very long time ago. Perhaps he left traces, but they disappeared long ago with the passage of time."
Edward quite agreed with her explanation.
Aside from someone like the Emperor, who believed himself an overpowered protagonist and strove to change the world, figures such as