The Faceless Men Chapter 51: The Gathering of the Five
If “The Fool” is the beginning of the tarot card, then “The World” is the end, which indicates completion and sublimation, and Klein named his trumpet “The World” because he wanted to have a good symbol of one end and one end. The name “The World” is a symbol of a head and a tail.
In the future, a lot of things I am not convenient to say and put forward the request, can let the “world” on behalf of the work, which will greatly reduce the “fool” image collapse possibility, there are vests, no, there is a trumpet life is a complete life! Klein gave a sigh of relief and waved his hand to make the “world” disappear.
Then, he spread his spirituality, wrapped himself, fell into the gray mist, and returned to the real world.
–He left Rosago’s “All Black Eye” on top of the gray mist, as he couldn’t use this “item” normally anyway, and had to worry about it being found or lost.
Gathering up the materials for the summoning ceremony, Kraven looked up at the curtains of the scarlet moon and looked forward to tomorrow’s party with great anticipation.
In terms of knowledge of the nobility, he believed that Ms. “Justice” was definitely better than 99% of the Ruins.
And with the small “world”, he can directly ask each other about the Pound family without worrying about affecting the image of the “Fool”!
Of course, this must be a bit euphemistic, after all, Detective Sherlock Moriarty is also looking for information about the Pound family, and there is enough information to be able to go to the gray fog above the divination.
Phew …… Crane thought hard for a while and relaxed as he fell back to sleep.
After having been above the gray mist, the lingering effects of the evil spirit’s scent seemed to have completely disappeared, and Klein slept until dawn, but did not see the sun, as a thin mist filled the air outside.
He continued to run through the rest of the public libraries in Birkeland, as he had planned to do, but stopped asking the administrators, stopped mentioning the Ponds, and just looked through the materials that dealt with the nobility on his own.
At 2:40 pm, Klein entered the mysterious space above the gray mist.
In the magnificent old palace, he sat in the “fool” seat, heavy patina copper green table to mask the dummy “world”, familiar with the sense of operation.
After a few minutes, Klein took out his pocket watch and sent a message to the crimson star symbolizing his “Sun” classmates to prepare for the party.
While he waited, he played with the “all-black eye” and “fitted” it with a silver chain, which he then wrapped around his right wrist, covering it with the cuff of his shirt.
At three o’clock in the afternoon, a ray of light rose up in the giant’s residence-like palace, and Justice, the Hanged Man, and the Sun each projected a faintly ruddy figure.
”Good afternoon, Mr. Fool~ PM ……” Audrey was about to greet each member of the Tarot Club when her eyes suddenly swept over the figure sitting at the far end of the room.
It was a stranger cloaked in hooded black robes, and he was equally illusory and hazy.
”And this is?” Audrey looked over at Mr. Fool with a mixture of confusion and delight.
Was the Tarot Club growing again?
Was it Fools, or Hugh, no, the height discrepancy, or someone else?
As Audrey’s mind wandered, Klein leaned back and said:
”This is the new member, Mr. ‘World’.”
At the same time, through his grey mist-enhanced psychic vision, he noticed that the color of the astral body of the “Sun” student had become a little more pure, but had not reached the level of Sequence 8, so he initially judged that the other party should have thoroughly digested the “Glorious One” magic potion.
”Hello.” “Justice” Audrey politely greeted, curiously scrutinizing the newly promoted member.
She quickly “read” the appropriate information from the few details that filtered through the hazy gray fog.
Mr. “World” was an introverted man with few physical gestures and a constant scowl……. I wonder where he came from, Rune, Intis? Or somewhere as mysterious as Silver City? Audrey nodded thoughtfully.
–After one meeting, she judged one thing from the phenomenon that the “Sun”‘s mouth shape could not match his words, that is, the other party was probably not speaking Rune, and the content that she and the others heard in their ears probably came from “Mr. Fool’s translation.
After the “Hanged Man” Alger and “Sun” Derek greeted the “World” and the newest member responded in a rather cold manner, Klein looked to the “Justice” and said. “Justice” said:
”The two candidates you proposed are still being examined.”
”I’ll give you a simple task to delegate to them in your name as part of the examination.”
It should be this strict …… Audrey not only did not feel disappointed, but took it for granted.
Members of the Tarot Club had to be carefully selected, not just anyone could be! She thought proudly, and then added silently and somewhat sheepishly, And I was able to be pulled in by Mr. Fool at the very beginning, so that means I’m lucky enough, and luck is one of the traits!
”Yes, please enact the mission.” Audrey made an affirmative reply.
Klein reached forward with his right hand and pressed it onto the table, materializing a picture depicting Llanerus’ face and dress.
”Probe the man in the painting, he is in Berkland.” Klein let the portrait flash in front of Ms. Justice.
Audrey gazed at it and saw a young man with dark hair neatly combed back, revealing a full forehead and wearing round-framed glasses.
It was a colorful oil painting, the brown eyes with a mocking expression stood out, and underneath it was marked with information such as “used to be known as Lanlus”.
A simple mission, which means that the target is not strong …… However, to be able to let Mr. “Fool” know of his existence, he must also have something special …… Although it is a simple mission, there may also be a “hidden” behind it. Although it is a simple mission, there may be a deeper purpose of Mr. “Fool” hidden behind it……. A big person of his caliber should not just be examining …… Audrey was thinking for a moment, and after a few seconds she said. said:
”I will entrust it to them.”
Well …… those two young ladies seem to have a lot of relationship networks in Bekrand, which is a great help in finding Lanlus …… Confirming the matter of vengeance, Klein resumed his silence, deliberately letting the trumpet make a show.
”The World” looked around and hissed:
”Mr. ‘Fool’ told me that it is possible to enact quests and collect materials here, right?”
”Yes.” “Justice,” Audrey said with a graceful nod, “but you must be patient for the next reading time that belongs to Mr. ‘Fool’.”
I completed the task of “assassinating Ambassador Beckrand of Intis” without even offering to take up this time …… she thought to herself with a slight lift of her chin.
”Justice” Miss, you have a spirit of ownership well …… Wait I have to pay a certain amount of knowledge, so that the assassination of Beckrand’s mission is really wrapped up …… Klein amusedly retracted his gaze, looking at the “The Inverted Man”.
”Inverted man” Alger Wilson because of a new member, did not blindly open his mouth, keep silent, secretly to observe.
At this moment, seeing Mr. “The Fool” looking at him, he was busy humbly bowed and said:
”This time it is still six pages, the last page will be given to you next time.”
”Yes.” Klein nodded gently.
The “inverted man” was busy collecting his spirit, recalling the content, and giving expression to the strong intention.
He quickly “wrote” the six pages of the diary, and saw them disappear and appear in Klein’s hand.
Klein looked down and scanned the first page:
”On February 9th, I had my third child, whom I named Benoit.”
”My eldest daughter, Bernadette, was fortunate in that both her mother and I were only low sequence Extraordinary at the time, and she was free to choose the path she wanted to take.”
”My eldest son Char was the most unfortunate, he inherited very few extraordinary traits but had to repeat my path, perhaps, he could have made a change at Sequence 4, but high Sequences are never that easy to accomplish.”
”My second son, Bonova, is between Bernadette and Char, I gave him traits equivalent to a Sequence 5 Extraordinary, which relieved me of the burden of digesting magical potions faster and accelerated his advancement, and as a newborn, he was already an ‘Astrologer’ capable of displaying a wide range of specialties. ”
”Charatu came to congratulate me in secret, praising Bornova as a lovely angel, I asked the master soothsayer what Bornova would accomplish in the future, and he just laughed and didn’t answer me.”
”I asked him again about the future of the Shire, and he finally spoke up, telling me that death was the inevitable end, but that it might be good.”
”Really, a soothsayer’s words are always so vague that one wants to pry his mouth open.”
”I finally asked Bernadette about her future, and he suddenly became very serious; he said that she would hate me, loathe me, turn her back on me, and that she would become a great figure in the mystical world.”
”There are times when one really shouldn’t ask for the results of divination. I find it hard to believe that my sweet, kind, brother-loving, father-worshipping, mother-loving Bernadette will hate me, loathe me, turn her back on me, and for what, exactly, have I gone too far? Perhaps she had an object of affection I was not pleased with, and I got that brat killed?”
”No, it’s not like Charatu is a prophet and gets divinations that could be wrong! Forget about it, Roselle!”
I seem to smell a family dog and pony show…… Klein, who had finished reading the first page of the diary, couldn’t help but belabor the point.
At the same time, Charatu’s description of Bernadette’s future naturally surfaced within his mind:
A great man of the Mysterious World.
Was this referring to the world of the Transcendents? Exactly what level can be called a big shot …… Klein thoughtfully turned the pages of his diary:
”May 22nd, Florent of the Solon family actually wants me to be his henchman!”
”Do I look like someone who would be a heel dog? His attitude is simply unacceptable.”
”I swear that in the future, I will make him pay for today’s arrogance.”
”However, some of the things he mentioned are interesting and worth pondering.”