Miss Justice is always able to maintain her cheerful mood. How enviable. I hope I can do the same… Upon hearing the brisk greeting, Klein couldn't help but sigh.
But then he thought about how she had given away a bag of jewelry so easily. He suddenly felt that it was very difficult to maintain his cheerful mood like Miss Justice…
As his thoughts raced, Klein took the page of Roselle's diary that Miss Justice had conjured. However, he wasn't in a hurry to read it. Instead, he looked at the lively and cheerful lady and calmly asked,
"What do you wish to obtain?"
As she had already received Alfred's reply and had received clear information about the Rainbow Salamander, Audrey didn't choose to ask for more clues about the material. Instead, after some thought, she said in deliberation,
"At a Beyonder trade fair, I met a person who claimed to be very knowledgeable in Roselle's language. He tattooed three symbols in Roselle's language on his arm and declared that these symbols possessed 'power,' making him stronger and healthier…"
Having said that, Audrey conjured the picture of the three words after receiving Mr. Fool's permission. Then, she looked up respectfully and requested,
"Honorable Mr. Fool, I wish to know the meaning of these three symbols… Also, do they really possess powers?"
Upon hearing that, Ebner didn't dare to look at the words immediately, afraid that he would laugh out loud if they were strange words.
After a few seconds of mental preparation, he stole a glance at the words conjured in front of Miss Justice.
Uh, this is… a young lady?
Perhaps it was because of the "tattoo" in Audrey's memory, the structure of the word appeared extremely distorted. It took Ebner quite a while to recognize it.
Young lady… To think that it's really a combination of three words. I thought it would be three completely unrelated words or even a cross-section of words like 'division leader.'
He probably "dug" it out from some diary page, right?
However, can tattooing a "young lady" make one healthier and stronger? In his previous life, even the evil spirits who relied on copulation to advance didn't dare to think of such a good thing.
Just as Ebner was lampooning inwardly, Klein, who was sitting in The Fool's seat, couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth when he saw the words.
He thought about it seriously and felt that even if it was for the sake of Mr. Fool's dignity, he couldn't reveal Roselle's method of interpretation. Otherwise, if the members of the Tarot Club knew that Mr. Fool often read descriptions like "young ladies" and "madams," that persona would completely crumble…
Of course, it was more likely that they would be scared to death by their own "sacrilegious" actions.
However, I can't ignore Miss Justice's request… What should I do…
Klein was just about to make a perfunctory comment when he caught sight of the yellowish-brown goatskin parchment conjured by Miss Justice. He discovered that the first line wrote:
"2nd August. The waters are deeper than I imagined. History really is a lady who dresses up at will."
Looking at this slightly distorted and menacing Chinese sentence, Klein came to a realization. Perhaps Miss Justice's diary was bought from the gentleman who had the words "young lady" tattooed on it… And this sentence was likely the origin of the "tattoo."
However, this sentence gave him new inspiration. Hence, after some thought, he said in the tone of The Fool,
"I should've said that Rosellewen doesn't possess any mysterious powers.
"As for these three patterns… you can understand them as having the meaning of 'weak,' 'unable to resist,' and 'being at the mercy of the strong.'"
Did just three symbols contain that much meaning? However, the gentleman had indeed fooled himself. How could such a symbol bring about health and strength?
A series of thoughts flashed through Audrey's mind. She looked at the figure shrouded in gray fog, stood up, curtsied, and said sincerely, "Thank you for your answer, Honorable Mr. Fool."
Klein leaned back in his chair and replied calmly, "It's just an equivalent exchange."
Alger also forced himself to memorize the three symbols and patterns in his mind. At the same time, he kept guessing inwardly: This term must've come from Emperor Roselle. What kind of setback did he encounter back then to write such pessimistic words? Could it be when he fell out with the Church of Steam? Or was it before he was ultimately assassinated?
Derrick had no idea who Roselle was. Although he was also a little curious, he remembered that Mr. Fool had exhorted him not to ask about the secrets of others. Therefore, he only silently kept some information to himself.
Only Ebner was most understanding of Mr. Fool's "painstaking efforts." He could roughly guess what Klein was trying to do to explain himself, but he couldn't help but lampoon inwardly.
To explain the words "young lady" in such a profound manner, what if one day a Tarot Club member tattooed it on his body to motivate him?
"I don't want to be manipulated, so I want to become strong!" The person who shouted this carved the words "young lady" on his arm.
Such a scene flashed through his mind as he took a deep breath, thankful that The Star and The Moon hadn't joined the Tarot Club.
Although The Sun was also very "hot-blooded," he didn't know much about Roselle's status and influence. He likely wouldn't do such a thing.
Seeing that he had fooled the four people present, Klein smiled and cast his gaze at Roselle's diary in front of him. He then continued reading.
'When members of the seven Churches advance in the Low- and Mid-Sequences, not only will they provide potion ingredients and the specific formulas, but they will also personally demonstrate the concoction process… And at the High-Sequences, they only provide finished potions?
This… High-Sequence Beyonders should directly give Beyonder characteristics, right? That's why they didn't inform me of the formula.'
"The industrial revolution and the Age of Steam and Machinery will become the hotbed for the descent of the evil gods? Why?"
Klein frowned slightly as he tapped the edge of the ancient table with his index finger.
Did Mr. Fool encounter a difficult problem? Anything that can put him in a difficult position definitely involves a very high level… Audrey looked at the figure shrouded in gray fog and interpreted his current state through his body language.
While Klein was reading the diary, Ebner took the opportunity to read the last few pages of Baron Conva's diary.
That was something he didn't dare interpret in the real world.
"Aston is dead! Died! Killed by me! Right in front of me! No! That's not her! It's not her!"
He didn't even remember the date… Furthermore, he recorded it in a completely incoherent manner. It was like he was raving… To think that he could still remember to encrypt two levels in such a state…
After translating that sentence, Ebner frowned. This was because the chaos in the words had already reflected the baron's mental state. He was likely half-crazy by then.
"Haha! It's Aston's spirit! She really isn't dead! She really isn't dead! I sealed her in the 'door' in my body and made her my spirit! We will be together forever!
"22nd September. The decision to seal Aston in my body was indeed correct. My mind felt much better as a result. At the very least, I could calm down and think about certain things… For example, is there really nothing wrong with our condition? The results of my own inspection were that everything was normal… But if there really was nothing wrong, why would every servant who saw me suddenly disappear?"
When Ebner read this, he couldn't help but shudder. He couldn't help but have a few questions arise in his mind. Was the spirit sealed in the baron's body really Madam Aston? After he sealed the spirit, was the so-called "normal" that he had recovered really "normal?"
These questions lingered in his mind as he couldn't help but translate the rest of the content:
"I obtained a lot of knowledge from behind the ancient castle's door that can overturn my understanding of mysticism… This knowledge tells me that in order to resolve the problems in Aston and me, I need to use an item called Sefirah Castle… But that knowledge also tells me that Sefirah Castle doesn't belong to this era.
"Therefore, I decided to use the few Beyonder items in my hand to seal myself with the knowledge obtained from behind the ancient castle's door. I'll sleep until the era of Sefirah Castle before waking up.
"I have a strange plan. I won't miss that era."