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Audrey watched the scene in the mirror, gaining some understanding while also feeling a tiny flicker of secret delight.
In the Tarot Club, I'm probably the first to learn the identity of the second person among the other users of "Dwayne Dantès"...
But when I first wanted to contact His Highness the Temperance Angel, Mr. Fool was still somewhat worried. When exactly did the Temperance Angel begin cooperating with Mr. Fool and become one of the people playing "Dwayne Dantès"?
Hmm, thinking about it carefully, Mr. World, who originally played "Dwayne Dantès," seemed to have mentioned to others while using that identity that he had spent a long time struggling in the Southern Continent, becoming embroiled in many dangers but also successfully earning substantial returns through his adventures. The Southern Continent is the Rose School's territory. Could that background information have been hinting at some cooperation between him and the Rose School, and the Temperance Angel?
Was it even laying the groundwork for the Temperance Angel's appearance one day?
The more Audrey thought about it, the more logically sound it seemed, as though she had touched a corner of the unfathomable Mr. Fool's profound thoughts.
Thinking about it carefully, His Highness Richard Ernst seems to have been playing "Dwayne Dantès" for over a week-no, it should be nearly two weeks. What happened two weeks ago that required Mr. World to leave... Right! Mr. Fool tacitly permitted his believer to stop George III's Apotheosis Ritual. George III died on the spot, and Mr. Fool must also have suffered some damage, so Mr. World had no choice but to leave Backlund and ask the Temperance Angel to temporarily assume Dwayne Dantès's identity to evade screening and probing...
*Mr. Fool severed contact with us and told us not to pray. He must