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The few fragments of truth behind the "Great Smog," along with the scattered remarks Mr. Fool had unobtrusively revealed, left Miss Magician terrified. Once again, she decided to take Xio away from Backlund as soon as possible. Mr. Moon, a newcomer to the Tarot Club, was deeply shaken and became unwaveringly convinced that "this is an organization that saves the world" and "as expected, I am the savior of the Sanguine!"
The only one who felt somewhat proud was Miss Justice, who had made a direct contribution to the incident and successfully received praise. Yet she also felt the same lingering fear as Fors. Through this incident, the young noblewoman truly came to understand one thing: the comfortable, peaceful, normal, stable life she believed she had was like a soap bubble amid collisions between gods, ready to burst at the slightest disturbance.
Or rather, the entire kingdom, all of human society, existed only because of the balance between the gods, and that balance was extraordinarily fragile... Whenever such thoughts surfaced, Audrey grew despondent.
That despondency further stirred her desire to become stronger and protect her family.
The conversation before the meeting did not last long. Everyone had already developed a degree of tacit understanding, accepting that the brief period at the start of the Tarot Club meeting belonged exclusively to Mr. Fool and his reading of Roselle's Diary.
These diary entries seemed relatively simple, covering Roselle's early days after transmigrating and the beginnings of his rise. They even included the sort of face-slapping episodes common in Earth's transmigration novels, and Roselle appeared to have been in high spirits while writing them. Aside from that, one relatively valuable piece of information mentioned was that "the Hunter Pathway forcibly transforms people into men at Sequence 4." This had probably given Roselle