Volume 7: The Hanged Man Chapter 35: A Temporary Gathering

　　The “Goddess of the Night” nodded, and without saying anything else, she poked her palm forward, pinched a corner of the void and lightly pulled it.

　　A thin layer of “Night Curtain” gently floated down, covering Klein’s body and penetrating into it without a sound.

　　Klein quietly felt this blessing from the dream world for two seconds, pressed his hand to his chest, and bent down in a salute.

　　He whirled around and took two steps back, leaving the astral realm.

　　The “Goddess of Night” stood at the edge of the divine kingdom and watched him go.

　　In the next second, Klein landed in the “Giant’s Court” projection of the Divine War Ruins.

　　Then, just like Amon at the time, he walked to the edge of the gray-blue door and raised his hand to create a blue illusory door.

　　Through this door, Kraven entered the “God’s Forsaken Land”, following the guidance of fate, and directly “roamed” to the peak of a mountain range.

　　There, a huge cross was erected, and a layer of shadow hung over the cross.

　　Klein gazed at the shadow for a few seconds, sighed slightly, and bent down to pick up an ancient silver mirror that was placed near the huge cross.

　　Then, he turned his body around and disappeared into the Godforsaken Land.

　　At the same time, without the need for the “Spirit Worms” guarding the “Source Castle” to inform themselves of the current location of the “Mysterious Queen”, Klein lifted his hand and took out the “Wishing Lamp” from the pile of miscellaneous items. He took out the “Wishing Lamp” from the clutter pile, and relying on the power relationship between it and Bernadette, he did another “roaming”, and appeared on a rather hidden island, in the Emerald City.

　　Bernadette was flipping through a book of Indis’ latest paintings, and just as she realized what was going on, she saw Germaine Sparrow handing the Wishing Lamp to herself.

　　”Thanks.” Klein said in a normal voice, not too high, not too low.

　　Bernadette lightly opened her lips, as if she wanted to say something, but in this moment, her eyes flashed, as if she saw something again, prophesied something, and then silently reached out and took the “Wishing Lamp”.

　　Klein immediately took out an iron cigarette case with corrosion marks on its surface:

　　”This is the payment.”

　　Even without the use of her “Eye of Secrets”, Bernadette could sense the “extraordinary” nature of this iron cigarette case, and could probably guess what kind of erosion it had suffered.

　　But it was not because of this reason that she chose to accept it, rather, she suddenly felt that there was no reason to refuse it.

　　She hesitated only for a moment, and then frankly took the iron cigarette case.

　　Had he still been in the crazier state he had been in before, Klein would have said with a pompous smile at the moment of Bernadette’s hesitation, “Uncle gives it to you, and you take it!”

　　But now, he was down to his last bit of lucidity, and it was a struggle to keep himself from slumbering over, with absolutely no urge to play the clown.

　　After leaving the Emerald City of Bernadette, Klein seized the opportunity to “roam” to Beckland, and “roam” to the home of Dr. Allen Krebs.

　　Will Onsettin, sitting in a pile of toys, lifted his head and looked at Dawn Dantes in front of him, suddenly bursting into tears and sobbing terribly:

　　”I finally feel that fit.”

　　The opportunity to accommodate the uniqueness of the path of Destiny.

　　Klein squatted down and said with little expression:

　　”That’s exactly what I’m here to help you with.”

　　”I’ll steal your childhood and teenage years, make you grow up instantly, and then rely on the bits that are beyond the Sequence but not yet in the old days to help you forcibly accommodate the ‘Dice of Probability’.”

　　”Of course, that alone won’t work; it will also require a ‘fooling’ and an exploit of the ‘bug’.”

　　Will Onsettin’s snapping and falling tears stopped violently, and K whispered with some consternation:

　　”So those two options are the same.”

　　Normally, the uniqueness of accommodating this pathway is either born with it, asking for the help of the existence of the old realm, or relying on a simplified promotion ceremony to accomplish it, and there exists no other possibility.

　　Will Onsettin, the “Serpent of Destiny”, obviously did not come with its own uniqueness, and could only be considered in the latter two options.

　　Before, he had been focusing on holding a simplified ceremony, that is, waiting for a fateful opportunity, but who knew that this opportunity would be Kraven’s close proximity to his old personality, which was essentially the second way.

　　At the thought, Will Onsettin, a fleshy child, cried even harder, with the feeling that he had been cheated by fate.

　　”You should let the demigods of the School of Life send the ‘Dice of Probability’ over now, normally, at this time, with your luck, the ‘Dice of Probability’ should be right beside you.” Klein ignored Will’s cries of pain, “Start as soon as possible, I don’t have much time left.”

　　Will stopped and looked at Klein for a while, huffing slightly:

　　”Forget it, wait for the next opportunity.”

　　”In your current state, it’s a great burden to forcefully help me accommodate, you might lose control on the spot. I don’t want to face that ‘Lord of Secrecy’.”

　　”Well, next time, I have a feeling ……”

　　Saying this, Will looked into Klein’s eyes and said:

　　”I have a feeling that the next time will be a better opportunity.”

　　Klein still had that sleepwalking look on his face, his voice slightly lower:

　　”It’s a prophecy?”

　　Will Onsettin’s eyes watered again:

　　”No, it’s a blessing.”

　　Klein nodded softly and stood up, taking step after step backward.

　　In the process, his silhouette grew fainter and fainter, and soon disappeared.

　　He returned to the Source Castle and sat down in the high-backed chair, allowing his body to be covered in a grayish mist.

　　After looking around and confirming the status of the crimson stars, Klein leaned back wearily and raised his right hand slightly.

　　This time, he did not create the “world” dummy.

　　On both sides of the long mottled table, a deep red light rose up at the same time, and became the members of the Tarot Club, such as “The Hanged Man”, “The Sun”, “The Hidden Man” and “The Magician”. “The Red Glow”, “The Sun”, “The Hidden Man”, “The Magician”, and other members of the Tarot Club.

　　This sudden convening was obviously beyond the expectations of “Justice” Audrey and the others, so they were all a little stunned and surprised for a moment.

　　Previously, although they had also come to Mr. “Fool’s” Kingdom of God on non-Monday afternoons, it was for a reason, and they had known in advance that they would be dragged into this place – they had either pre-approved for a small gathering, or they were just avoiding it! “Full Moon Murmuring” or treating Mr. “World” for psychological problems.

　　It could be argued that this was the second time they had been summoned by Mr. Fool without warning, other than the first time.

　　Even the slowest among them smelled an uneasy atmosphere and felt the air freeze.

　　In the light of the visit of Germaine Sparrow of the World, and the words of Mr. Fool, Audrey “Justice” was the first to be summoned by Mr. Fool, and the first to be summoned by Mr. Fool, “The Hanged Man” Alger, and “Judgment” Hugh all had similar thoughts at the same time:

　　”Has it finally arrived?”

　　Audrey subconsciously turned her head and looked at the bottom of the mottled table, only to see that it was empty, and there was no one there.

　　Although there was a certain amount of mental preparation, Audrey still couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment, and an uncontrollable sadness welled up.

　　In her heart, the image of the “world” Germaine Sparrow had long since changed from a crazy adventurer, extremely dangerous extraordinary person to a cold and hard appearance, inner gentleness, powerful, caring, mysterious origin, quite lonely, carrying a lot of things friends.

　　She thought that in the Tarot Club, apart from Mr. Star, she should be the one who knows the “world” the most.

　　But now, it seems that this friend has met with an unfortunate accident, leaving only an empty seat.

　　The Tarot Club has lost its first official member.

　　Where did Klein go …… “Stars” Leonard suddenly panicked a little.

　　In this world, there was only one friend left that he could make friends with.

　　Before Klein suddenly appeared in the southern continent, to the church dedication box dropped that gold coin, Leonard has actually had some subtle foreboding, a kind of the other party is ready to meet the judgment of fate, is one by one and past the feeling of farewell.

　　It was the same as back in Tingen when they decided to stand out and face Mego Oss.

　　The old man has been strangely silent lately. …… Something can’t be wrong with Klein, can it? With the level and status of Mr. Fool, as long as there is still a chance, it should be able to be saved …… Leonard’s heart tightened, and he violently turned sideways, casting his gaze to the topmost head of the mottled table, Mr. Fool! “Mr. Fool.

　　This great being was still shrouded in gray mist, making it impossible to see k’s current state.

　　At this time, “Moon” Emlyn, “Hidden One” Gadelia and “Sun” Derek, they also noticed the “World Mr. “World”‘s absence.

　　Combined with the suddenness of this gathering, they were surprised and puzzled, not knowing what was going on, but just intuitively thinking that it couldn’t be good.

　　As a newly promoted “Master of Prophecy”, Gloria even thought that something was wrong with Mr. Fool.

　　Mr. “World” did not come …… before Hugh mentioned that Mr. “Fool” and K’s dependents seem to be facing a major challenge, and it is likely that they will suffer something bad! …… “Magician” Forsyth was also a bit alarmed, and inevitably had a strong fear of the unknown changes.

　　She once thought that she would be relieved that Mr. World had disappeared, but now it seems that this is not the case, but instead she felt a heavy heart, some panic.

　　She realized that at some point, the World had become a pillar of the Tarot Club outside of Mr. Fool, making everyone feel at ease when they saw him.

　　Of course, fear was also inevitable.

　　As Audrey “Justice” and the others turned their bodies to look at the top of the mottled table, Klein, who was already a true “Fool”, said in a low, flat voice:

　　”This is an impromptu gathering.”

　　Mr. “Fool” is very tired …… Audrey “Justice” who sensed this was getting tighter and tighter inside.

　　She looked around the room and stood up, as she always did.

　　When the members of the Tarot Society had risen one by one, Audrey lifted the hem of her skirt a little heavily and curtsied at the top of the long, mottled table:

　　”Good afternoon, Mr. ‘Fool’.”