Above the Gray Fog, inside a palace with a towering dome.
" The Fool " Klein glanced at the " The Sun " he had pulled in ahead of time and the "world" he had manifested beforehand, and then, at the precise moment, spread his Spirituality, touching the deep red stars that represented " Justice," " The Hanged Man," " the Magician," " The Moon," and " the Hermit."
Beams of light rose up, and relatively blurry figures appeared on either side of the bronze table.
Having just returned to the castle from the forest, " Justice " Audrey had changed into a dress with layers of lace on the cuffs, each holding a round pearl.
She stood up lightly and skillfully, lifted her skirt slightly, and gave a curtsy:
Good afternoon, Mr. The Fool.
Klein's mood improved considerably, and he nodded with a smile in response.
At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly:
"If a newly rich person spends this much money, how much must a noblewoman like Miss ' Justice ' have on a regular basis...?"
After the members greeted each other, he leisurely looked at the " The Hermit," knowing that this pirate general would most likely provide a new copy of Roselle's Diary.
As he expected, " The Hermit " Cattleya spoke up first:
"Mr. The Fool, I've found another page of Roselle's Diary."
"Only one page?" Shouldn't the " Mystery Queen " be able to pull out a book anytime? Klein had been put through rigorous testing these past few days, showed no sign of abnormality and nodded slightly.
"That's not a problem."
Cattleya immediately conjured a yellowish-brown page of a diary, watching it fall into the hands of Mr. The Fool in Spirit World Traversal manner.
Klein casually glanced down and was slightly surprised to find that the first page of the diary did not have a corresponding date.
In other words, it's the second page of the connected diary... Why didn't Bernadette bring the first page as well? She should be able to make a preliminary distinction, after all, even Old Neil could... Could it be that she couldn't? Or was the diary completely scrambled and mixed up, making it difficult for her to restore the correct order? Does this mean that after Emperor Roselle's fall, his belongings were looted and scattered by various forces, and Bernadette at that time was not capable of resisting them, only starting to take action after becoming the " Mystery Queen "...? Klein quickly read the contents of the paper while speculating:
"This is truly beyond my expectations; the Quaternary history revealed by Mr. 'Men' is becoming more and more interesting."
"This unfortunate fellow, trapped in the Storm and lost in the depths of darkness, told me that the ' Black Emperor ' had died once and then come back to life."
"This coincides strikingly with something mentioned within that ancient, Concealment organization. At that gathering, they said that if the ' Black Emperor ''s' nine secret mausoleums had not all been destroyed, this god who walks among men could be reborn from one of the mausoleums even if he truly perished."
"Even if all nine mausoleums are destroyed, as long as there is still some remnant of the order established by the ' Black Emperor,' He can mysteriously resurrect and return. Only the birth of a new ' Black Emperor ' can completely annihilate Him so that He will never appear again."
According to Mr. "Men", the resurrection of the " Black Emperor " has three stages. First, " Uniqueness " is separated from its owner and Conceptualization and abstracted. Second, the subjects of the " Black Emperor " hear the majestic voice of this god again. Third, the " Black Emperor ", who has merged with " Uniqueness ", reappears in the " Astral World ". The three Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristic automatically return to their emperor's hands. This is an order that no other true god can reverse or stop.
"In this way, the Blood Emperor and the Night Emperor, who are both Sequence 1 ' Prince of Abolition ' on this path, are in a rather awkward position. They may instantly fall in rank and regress to Sequence 2. Mr. 'Door' said that at that time, the ' Lord of Storms ' and the ' Evernight Goddess ' chose the Night Emperor and helped him turn to a similar extraordinary path, namely the ' Judgement Maker ' path, and the ' Tudor-Trunsoest United Empire ' split as a result."
"Driven to the brink of despair, the ' Blood Emperor ' Alista Tudor made a crazy decision: to switch to an unrelated Beyonder Pathway, and at the cost of losing his mind and becoming Lunatic, forcibly ascend to the status of a true god."
"It must be said that this decision was irrational and almost impossible to achieve, but Mr. 'Men' told me that Alista Tudor ultimately succeeded, and the most insane true god was born!"
"This is truly incredible, but Mr. 'Door' did not elaborate on the specific details, remaining somewhat reserved."
"I asked Him which was harder to accept, madness or death, and He said of course it was death, because as long as you are alive, even if you have gone completely mad, there is a way to recover."
He smiled and gave an example: A mad god can instinctively mate with all kinds of beings and give birth to all kinds of offspring. In this process, if he is lucky enough, all the Beyonder Characteristic of the conflict will be eliminated, and the madness will gradually improve over a long period of time.
"Mr. 'Men' deliberately didn't say what problems this would leave behind, nor did he explain why almost no one makes a similar choice, but I could tell that there must be a huge hidden danger."
"I must say, Mr. 'Door' has a knowledge of the true gods that I never imagined. Before He was Exile, He was probably already trying to break through to Sequence 0... No wonder He is so disdainful of Zaratul and has no respect for the other true gods."
"I'd rather not put Him back into the real world."
So much information... No wonder Bernadette specifically chose this page from her diary... Wait, why did she choose this page? What significance does it hold for her? From this day onward, Emperor Roselle slowly began to have problems, eventually going mad? Mad...
Could it be...? Roselle's situation was very similar to that of " Blood Emperor " Alista Tudor. The original route was cut off, and adjacent routes were blocked by people or objects, making them difficult to climb... Could it be that, under immense pressure, he made the same irrational decision as the " Blood Emperor," attempting to switch to a non-adjacent route?
Thus, his madness in his later years was truly a loss of reason, rather than a result of slander. No wonder Bernadette betrayed him, hated him, and tried to find the truth... From this perspective, some things become quite interesting: Roselle forcibly ascended the throne, Roselle the Civil Code, replacing the existing rules with the order of the 18th and 19th centuries, and widely Roselle his own sayings and promoted his own aesthetic...
Haha, I really underestimated this fellow townsman and "senior." I always thought he was just cosplaying Napoleon and Caesar for his own amusement, but it turns out he was preparing for the " Black Emperor "... No, I've read a few pages of his diary from that time. His thinking was clear, his emotions were normal, and he could even have in-depth conversations with certain noble ladies and misses...
Well, he may not have made a final decision at that time, but he was consciously leaving himself a way out?
It's highly likely that the Civil Code wasn't something Roselle intentionally created. As a usurper, enacting new laws was an inevitable choice, and among the available models, the Civil Code was the one that best suited the social conditions and historical process...
Bernadette's subsequent act of declaring herself emperor was something she found incomprehensible and somewhat unacceptable... As Roselle's most beloved child, she may have noticed something unusual before her father became emperor, and thus chose the longest diary entry written during the emperor's reign to give to " Admiral of Stars "... Klein couldn't help but make connections, as if he saw a heavy history hidden deep in the mist turning a page full of blood and rust before him.
This made him even more curious about what would ultimately trigger Roselle's madness.
At the same time, he also cleared up some of his previous doubts:
"So this is how the ' Black Emperor ' returned, resurrected in such a way, which is very similar to my previous guess..."
"In the history of the Fourth Epoch, there was even a ' Tudor-Trunsoest United Empire,' supported by six gods including the ' Lord of Storms ' and the ' Evernight Goddess '... The two thrones side by side in the underground ruins of Williams Street seem to explain this; they belonged to the United Empire..."
According to Mr. 'Men,' the Six Gods chose ' Night Emperor,' leading to the split of the United Empire. So, who helped ' Blood Emperor ' capture or kill the three ' Hunter's ' Sequence 1 pathways? Among them, ' Red Angel ' Medici was likely stronger than ' Blood Emperor ' at the time... Primordial Demoness? Death? The Moon Primordial? Dark Side of the Universe? Mother Tree of Desire?
Klein tried to guess using enumeration, but to no avail.
He quickly made the diary disappear and smiled at the " The Hermit ":
What is your request?
Cattleya made no attempt to hide her feelings and asked frankly:
"Besides Emperor Roselle, who else is the main character in this diary?"
Her question immediately made " Justice " Audrey turn her head to look at " The Fool " Mr., her eyes sparkling with curiosity, and even her ears seemed to perk up.
Alger the Hanged Man and his companions were also very interested in this; someone who could be mentioned in Emperor Roselle's diary must be no ordinary person!
Klein vaguely guessed what they were thinking and couldn't help but mutter a few complaints to himself.
In other words, this diary entry was carefully selected by Bernadette. If it were anyone else, I'd have to tell you that the other main characters are Witch, Witch, Hunter, Hunter, a noblewoman, a noble lady...
After thinking for two seconds, Klein, leaning back in his chair, replied with a smile:
Mr. Door.
"Mr. Door... someone who can be addressed as such by Mr. The Fool must be at least close to a god, right?" Audrey, the " Justice," deduced Mr. Door's identity from his tone and word choice, and got a certain answer.
The " The Hermit " Cattleya and others had similar thoughts, but none of them knew who "Mr. Door" really was. As they looked at each other, they all shook their heads in response.
Seeing that " The Magician " Fors and the other members had the same reaction, Klein deliberately looked at the woman and chuckled:
You should be familiar with Him.
"Huh? The Magician?" Fors looked bewildered.
She had absolutely no idea that she would know this so-called "Mr. Door".
The other party seems to be of a very high class!