This diary page was very short and contained no useful information, yet Edward's expression changed slightly. "This page... wasn't written by Emperor Roselle."
Audrey picked up the two diary pages and compared them. "Why do you say that? Because the handwriting is different? But these could easily have been copied by someone later!"
Edward pointed to the beginning of the second page. "How should I put it? Everyone has their own writing habits and narrative voice, and their word choices differ to varying degrees too. This entry is far too different from the emperor's previous style! It feels... like a child scribbling random thoughts on paper."
"So someone forged this page?"
Fake diary entries had appeared in the original novel too, but every one of those had been a nonsensical, shoddy imitation. This page might have been short, but whoever had written it clearly understood Chinese.
A thought sprang into his mind:
Could there be... another transmigrator?
Who was this transmigrator? When had they transmigrated? What traces had they left behind? Most importantly, with another transmigrator involved, was this world still the world of Lord of the Mysteries he remembered?
"What's wrong?"
Edward forced a smile. "I was just thinking, if Emperor Roselle didn't write this page, who did? Does anyone else in this world understand Chinese?"
"Mr. Fool."
Audrey blurted it out, but then frowned. "But the contents of this page... don't seem like something a great existence would write. Let's give it to Mr. Fool at next Monday's Tarot Club gathering. Perhaps He'll have an answer."
No! He'll only be more shocked than I am.
Chapter 53: An unexpected person
"Speaking of Mr. Fool."
Edward took a sip of unsweetened black tea. "I met His Chosen yesterday."
"Mr. Fool's Blessed?"
Sure enough, Audrey's eyes lit up. She put