Part 1. The Joker Chapter 143 – The Fool’s Simultaneous Translator
Klein paced back and forth across the small range, pondering the intentions of the Church of the Goddess of the Night in the matter of the Soothsayer Sequence:
”They don’t want the Night Watchers to choose this path, or they don’t want them to be strong in this path, so they just issued the Sequence 9 ‘Diviner’ which has a clear supporting role? The captain also said that the Sanctuary might have a follow-up formula ……”
”No, in the confidential information I could see, they didn’t even provide the names of the magic potions corresponding to Sequence 8 and Sequence 7, merely describing the corresponding combat characteristics …… In other words, they don’t want the people below them to know that the higher-ups have the corresponding information… …”
”Could it be that all the night watchmen who chose this path could become the ‘vengeful evil spirits’ of the Antigonus family? Is that why the church hierarchy made a similar decision, or, is there another reason?”
For a moment, Klein was filled with misgivings about the higher-ups of the Church of the Goddess of the Night, with a strong sense of wariness and caution, and reconsidered whether or not he should make a special application to become a “jester” openly and honestly:
”If there’s some terrible secret hidden in here, wouldn’t I be jumping into the crater myself? I’m not the kind of person who can be openly subjected to rigorous investigation …….”
”However, the Tingen branch has submitted the ‘Joker’ formula, isn’t it normal for a member who is a ‘Diviner’ to know about it and hope for a promotion? Moreover, Sequence 8 still belongs to the low sequence, so it shouldn’t attract too much exaggerated attention ……”
”The only problem is that I completely ‘mastered’ the magic potion in just one month and submitted a special application, so if the higher-ups know and understand the ‘Playing Act’, they’ll understand the key at a glance… …Of course, my reasoning was sufficient, after all, I knew ‘Psychic’ Daley, and was friends with ‘Secret Peeper’ Old Neil who strictly adhered to the maxim, and from that, I was inspired to take it a step further and complete the ‘Playing Method’… ‘playing the law,’ is not too difficult to understand.”
”Well, even Daley, it was only after spending three years in the Sequence 7 ‘Psychic’ rank and showing signs of digestion that she really entered the eyes of the higher-ups and was being groomed as a future Archbishop and Senior Deacon …… I’m in the ‘Joker’ this stage certainly won’t attract too much attention unless another few months of digesting the magic potion convinces them that I’ve truly mastered the ‘playing method’ …… ”
”That is to say, applying for the ‘Joker’ magic potion isn’t too risky of an act, so I can continue, but after that, I have to pay attention, hey, I can only take one step and go home and make another divination decision.”
Klein collected his thoughts, took out the revolver inside the gun pouch under his armpit, and carried out his daily shooting practice and corresponding maintenance.
The quality of this pistol from his classmate Welch was surprisingly good, and unsurprisingly it would last for a long time, which of course was attributed to the fact that he had learned how to maintain firearms from Dunn and Leonard.
”It’s not really a big deal if it breaks, it’s all supplies that can be claimed.” Klein looked at the target, put away the revolver, and left the “shooting club”.
He took a trackless public carriage back to 2 Daffodil Street, and before he got any closer, he saw a young girl hovering in the doorway.
The girl, dressed in a blue dress with beautiful lace inlay and a bonnet of fine lattice tulle, was Melissa’s classmate, Elizabeth, who had a lovely baby bump.
Spotting Klein approaching, she greeted her with a quick step and removed her hat, a look of delight on her face.
She paused for two seconds and spoke with a sudden smile:
”Good afternoon, Mr. Moretti.”
”I suppose you must have just come back from Ramrod’s Town, mustn’t you?”
I’m sorry to say that I returned in the morning …… Klein smiled:
”No, I’m back from Zotland Street.”
Well, that’s a very true answer …… he thought inwardly with amusement.
Elizabeth froze, and then said with slight excitement and thrill, “Well, it was my guess that was wrong, I came to you today and waited here to tell you that I didn’t have any more nightmares last night about the knight in black full body armor! This is exactly the same as your divination result!”
Of course, that resentful spirit was completely purified by the sealing object “3-0782”, even I couldn’t do it if I wanted to psychic on the spot, let alone your dreams …… Klein laughed softly and responded mildly:
”I am glad that you are free of your distress and satisfied with my divination yesterday.”
”Thank you, again! Well, I must take my leave, I have a class this afternoon, bye Mr. Moretti, I’ll find time to visit Melissa~” Elizabeth departed with light footsteps and boarded a rental carriage nearby.
Looking out the carriage window at the slow backward sweep of the scenery, the corners of her mouth quirked up a little as she thought smugly, “Melissa surely doesn’t know she has such an awesome brother ……”
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It feels like my explanation just now didn’t work at all …… A teenage girl is always willing to trust her instincts and the facts she’s brainstormed …… Klein watched Elizabeth get into her car, shaking his head as he pulled out his keys and unlocked the door to his room, making his way back to his bedroom.
He took a short break and began to comb through and summarize the events of the previous week, which included parts that had not been addressed in the past.
After doing this routine, he burned the paper and pulled out his silver pocket watch, snapping it open and looking at it.
”Two thirty? Wait another fifteen minutes ……” Seeing that there was still time, Klein simply put on his oldest formal jacket and went to the “Slim’s Bakery” on Iron Cross Street, where he asked Mrs. Wendy to buy a cup of sweet iced tea.
Drinking and returning at leisure, he spiritually sealed his bedroom at 2:45, and took four steps backward into the gray mist above.
In the silence of the ancient, massive palace, Klein wrote a new divination statement on the materialized parchment:
”The ‘Joker’ potion should be obtained through the Night Watchers organization.”
Placing the pen in place, he unwrapped the spirit pendulum wrapped around his wrist, holding it steady in his left hand and letting the citrine pendant dangle where it was about to touch the parchment.
After seven silent recitations, his eyes turned deep, and the spirit pendulum in his hand began to turn in small, clockwise motions.
The answer is yes, it should be …… but the sequence after the Joker is hard to say, it is still necessary to seriously develop my tarot club …… Klein carefully went over things again.
Then, he pressed his hand to the crimson star that represents the “sun”.
He wanted to summon the young man from Silver City ahead of time, to make sure that he hadn’t divulged anything to the “Council of Six” about what was going on above the gray mist, and if not, to give the other side a better handle on the time of the gathering.
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Inside the room of the Berg family in Silver City, Derek sat quietly in his bed.
Derek sat quietly on the edge of his bed, waiting for the Fool to call.
In order to fulfill the matter of not staying with other people as much as possible, he simply did not go out after his “return”, and the food in the room had long been eaten by him.
Fighting back his hunger and listening to the growling of his stomach, Derek felt like a zombie wandering through a dark wasteland, but he still didn’t open his mouth and didn’t get up.
Just then, he saw a deep red filling the void and engulfing himself in a single moment.
The gray, sprawling, cold, silent world appeared in his eyes again, and the Fool, sitting at the top of the table and shrouded in a thick fog, appeared in his eyes again.
Klein was satisfied that the Convening had not been disturbed, and was certain that he had not received an omen of danger.
”‘Sun’, we meet again.” He said with a smile and in Giantese.
Derek, once again shaken by what had happened, bowed his head and said:
”You are a fool who keeps his word.”
”The other members of the group will have to wait a while, let me confirm something with you first.” Krynn spoke in Rune instead this time, but gave this mysterious space the idea of translating it into Giantese.
So, to Derek’s ears, the other man was still speaking in Giant, and he asked suspiciously:
”What is it?”
Well, after I initially mastered the language of the giants, the mysterious space above the gray fog can realize the simultaneous translation of this language, so there is no worry that the “justice” and the “inverted hangman” do not understand the “Sun ” speech …… Hey, why do I, the big boss, have to be so tired …… Klein reached out and pinched the corner of his forehead, shaking his head and laughing:
”I give you permission to chant my name, remembering the following titles.”
”The Fool who does not belong to this age, the mysterious lord above the gray mist, the yellow and black king who reigns over good fortune.”
Derek’s pupils constricted as he listened, but not daring to be distracted, he kept repeating it over and over in his mind before looking to the Fool for confirmation.
”Each time you return to the City of Silver from here, you will need to recite my name in a short ritual …… I will notify you in advance of the gathering afterward, you don’t need to care about it normally, you don’t need to avoid other people, just wait until you receive my notification and complete the solitude within a thousand heartbeats. ” Klein uttered the long deliberated approach.
It was essentially an answer to prayer.
–Because of concerns about the situation in Silver City and to save time, Klein simply skipped the other steps of the ceremony, which was a prayer to him anyway.
”A thousand heartbeats?” Derek mumbled to himself without looking like a rhetorical question.
Klein gave the other man another general overview of the Tarot Society, then pulled out his silver pocket watch and snapped it open.
Derek froze for a moment, instinctively gazing at the curious object.
Watching three o’clock approach, Klein pressed his hand toward the crimson star symbolizing “Justice” and “The Hanged Man”.
Derek watched the scene without a twinkle in his eye, and saw two blurred figures stretching out as light erupted from across and to the side.
Audrey Hall looked around in a half circle and froze abruptly, then heard the ever-smooth voice of Mr. Fool:
”This is the new member with the title ‘Sun’.”
”This is Miss Justice, and this is Mr. Inverted Hangman.”
A new member? Audrey was first shocked, then filled with delight.
She was very happy to see the Tarot Club grow and flourish, and had a great sense of ownership.
Mr. “Hanging Man” Alger frowned slightly, slightly dissatisfied with Yugi’s sudden introduction of a new member.
At least we should have been told about it beforehand. …… However, it’s true that a big shot like Mr. Yugi doesn’t take our feelings into account. …… he thought helplessly, and briefly met with “Justice” and “Sun”. Sun”, he thought helplessly, and greeted “Justice” and “Sun” briefly.
During this brief process, Audrey entered the “audience” state, scrutinizing the new member “Sun”.
”He can’t be too old …… those body movements suggest he’s a little nervous and rushed …… but the whole thing is silent enough to give the impression of being, well, a lone wolf, yes, a lone wolf…” said Audrey. …… “Audrey thought as she cast her eyes toward the Fool at the top of the long bronze table.
She spoke up triumphantly:
”Mr. Fool, I have gathered two more pages of Rossel the Great’s diary.”