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The first Tarot Club gathering after Mr. Fool's return ended in an unexpectedly heavy atmosphere.
Everyone's consciousness returned to reality.
In the captain's cabin of the Future, Cattleya adjusted the heavy glasses on her nose and began thinking about faith. Something occurred to her: according to the Church of Mysteries' teachings and the ascetic order's angel who had met the deity, the God of Mysteries was also hostile toward the neighboring Church of the Creator. However, the deity had not restricted exchanges of information and knowledge between the churches, to the point that many people failed to realize this.
As she thought, she strolled over to the window and saw Frank Lee pitching his nonalcoholic volcanic beer, brewed from seabed microorganisms, to the crew.
He certainly gets things done... Cattleya had barely finished the thought when she suddenly frowned.
At the Tarot Club gathering just now, Mr. Fool said that Planter and Moon were two rather special pathways. They came from the cosmos, were susceptible to corruption, and could receive divine revelations whose authenticity was uncertain.
Frank happens to be a Beyonder of the Planter pathway...
And he once complained that the Church of the Earth Mother failed to understand the true will of the Merciful Mother... Cattleya's eyes narrowed slightly behind her thick lenses.
After watching the deck below for a while, Cattleya left the captain's cabin and walked to the entrance to the cabins, where she waited until Frank Lee came in carrying a barrel of nonalcoholic beer.
"Captain, would you like a glass?" Frank lifted the large barrel with one hand.
Cattleya shook her head firmly and asked as though making casual conversation:
"Is this the Merciful Mother's will again?"
"No," Frank said quite seriously. "I just think drinking hard liquor with an improved tranquilizer added