章節 203: Chapter 122: Klein's Empathy
Hearing the question, Audrey didn't immediately respond like in the past. Instead, she opened her crystalline eyes and looked at the Hanged Man and Chariot with a scrutinizing attitude.
Alger unconsciously subdued his body movements while Adryan couldn't care less.
"I have two pages Mr. Fool" Adryan said with a smile and this caused Klein, whose face was covered by the gray fog, to slightly narrow his eyes in suspicion.
'I don't know why but I don't like that tone, is my intuition telling me something?' Klein thought in complete distrust at Chariot's normal tone, but outwardly he just nodded.
"I have found two pages of the Roselle Emperor's Diary and have memorized its contents" Alger said after adjusting his body.
"I have a page," Audrey said as if she were removed from the conversation.
"Pretty good." Klein didn't let his joy or excitement show in his voice.
"Should we <express them> now?" Audrey inquired in a simple tone.
"Yes" Klein simply nodded.
He maintained his stance without any change.
He had to be careful in front of the Spectator.
Adryan watched all this in amusement as a parchment of yellow-brown goatskin and a red fountain brush appeared in front of him, Alger, and Audrey.
Audrey in her Spectator state looked at Chariot, and she was able to read the man with ease.
'He seems very amused and at the same time expectant, as if waiting for the theater show to start.' Audrey analyzed Chariot but when she saw the man grab the pen she did the same.
'Let's see how I do this' thought Adryan seriously as he felt the fountain pen in his hand.
He didn't need to recall the symbols because he understood them so what he did was imbue the emotion of writing normally.
Silently, lines of text began to appear on the goatskin. They all looked well-written but still had a certain ugliness to them. No symbols were missing and the sentences were complete.
'It's not as ugly as Roselle's handwriting but it would be enough...' thought Adryan with satisfaction.
Roselle's handwriting and his weren't that different, both were ugly but Adryan could defend himself that he didn't fully learn it while Roselle was a native speaker.
The Emperor's handwriting did not have the right to be so ugly.
At the same time that he finished writing, Alger and Audrey did as well and all the parchments reappeared in Klein's hands.
'I hope you enjoy those pages as much as I do~' the redhead thought pleased as he watched Klein read.
Looking at the Diary pages sent by the Hanged Man and Justice, he noticed that symbols were missing and wrong.
'Luckily the web novels I read on Quidiam had censored characters so I'm used to this' Klein ignored the <mistakes> and began to read.
_ April 8_
I stood at the Black King's bow and stretched out my arms, saying to Grimm and Edwards.....
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Finishing reading the face of the page, Klein was a bit confused.
'When Emperor Roselle, who was born in the Intis Kingdom, set off on a voyage? The Fog Sea should be the ocean west to the Intis Republic...Yes, I need to use the historical information from the library to cross reference this...' With a plan to visit the library, Klein turned the page.
_October 2_
They actually want me to marry Matilda from the Abel family without even consulting me first! Heavens. I haven't even met her...
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_October 5_
Miss Matilda is very pretty...
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_October 6_
Her personality and demeanor is just my type. I'm starting to look forward to the marriage.
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'Hey Emperor where is your integrity?' Klein leaned back in his chair, not allowing his emotions to get through the fog.
He looked down at the last sentence on this page.
_October 9_
They called me the Son of Steam. I quite like that.
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He was a little disappointed that the information on the first two pages is so little.
But he didn't get puffed up with this, instead, he began to read the third page. This one had content on both sides.
_May 21st_
The Church of the God of Craftsmanship gave me two options, two beginning sequences: One of them is Savant. This is a complete Pathway sequence that they own. The other one is Mystery Prier.....
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_May 22_
My decision was very easy: Savant! .....
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_May 23_
I have become a Savant...
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_ May 24_
...
I have noticed something worth mentioning. When I direct myself as a Savant, doing things that are in line with this role, the mutterings that made me go crazy to have become considerably softer....
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'Is this the <Acting> Mr. Zaratul spoke of? Chariot called it <Acting Method> but he also told the risk in using it....'
While reading this Klein realized that there was a big difference between him and Emperor Roselle.
For example, regarding the matter of returning home, Klein considers grasping in-depth knowledge to avoid risk and achieve his goal, while Emperor Roselle prefers to rely on himself and face risks.
'I have to say, I envy people like that sometimes.'
'Perhaps everyone wants things they don't have. Of course, I also have to consider strengthening myself, both things are important...' he thought, sighing a little.
The description given by Roselle had helped him confirm what Chariot had said in the last Tarot Club.
With the pages that Hanged Man and Justice delivered, now only the pages that Chariot had delivered were missing.
Using the corners of his eyes he looked at how Chariot still kept that small smile.
'I feel that there was something in the tone with which he spoke..'
'Does he know that my mask is a fake...
No, that can't be, he may have the guts to annoy the other members but he never went overboard, that will be because he respects me as a great existence....'
Klein didn't know where that mistrust had come from so he sighed internally to calm down.
'Chariot Bullying managed to enter my head...'
He grabbed the first page and began to read.
The first thing he noticed was how the pages delivered by Chariot had no missing or wrong symbols.
'It seems that the pages that Chariot has are complete, unlike those obtained by the other two...'
'I should not rule out that he may also have a better memory than The Hanged Man and Justice'
_ August 7_
Young Beatrice grew up to be a very beautiful woman. She was about 18 years old the last time I saw her.....
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_August 9_
I'm honestly speechless.
Today I attended another of those annoying parties of those damned nobles.....
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_August 12_
Beatrice showed me that she is already a woman and very passionate about it.
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'Emperor where is your code!!!' The corners of his mouth began to quiver a little more forcefully.
'A sexual escapade of Roselle....'
'Why didn't I expect that when I just read how quickly he agreed to marry a stranger just because she was pretty...'
Trying to divert his attention he grabbed the next page.
_November 13_
This is the first and last time I have a threesome with another man!
I don't even know how I agreed to do that in the first place!
I sure drink too many glasses of wine...
For anyone who can understand my Diary please listen to my suffering because what happened last night I don't plan to reveal it to another soul in my life!!
If you understand my diary that means you are a fellow one so I can tolerate revealing this to you...
It all started at the birthday party of the wife of one of the high-ranking men in the government.
Obviously, since I am the protagonist of this era I was invited so I attended because the man's wife is beautiful.
Since I saw her for the first time in Parliament, I knew that she had to be one of my conquests, so when I saw that her husband had gone to talk to his friends, I knew that an opportunity had come.
She turned out to be much more flirtatious than I thought!
The women of Intis are without a doubt special!!
Just when I thought I could finally win her over, her husband came back.
I thought I had lost my chance but something happened that I didn't expect even a woman from Intis to be able to say.
She, with her damn husband by her side, looked me in the eye and said.
"Would you like to have a threesome with us?"
I swear I thought her husband was going to hit me but he just gave me a knowing smile and said.
"My wife is very good with her mouth. You have to try it"
But bastard that's your wife!
You can't just offer it like that!!
The worst thing is that the woman licked her lips and winked at me!!!
What was I supposed to do?!!
After seeing that I accepted without hesitation and I'm sure it was the wine talking!
Without knowing it, I had fallen into his trap.
The three of us left the room where the party was being held and went to his marriage room...
Their damn marriage room!!
It was a bit awkward being naked in front of another man but at least his wife's body had my full attention.
I admit the bastard was right, his wife's mouth is amazing.
Her tongue touched me in ways I didn't know were possible.
With the games finished it was time for the main event.
It kills me to admit it but it was fun and a refreshing experience.
Between men we understand each other after all.
After moving his wife around like a doll for 1 hour the bastard took a break.
It makes sense after all he is a normal person and I am a Sequence 7 Beyonder and the Protagonist of this Era!
So from that moment it was his wife and me.
Having the husband watch me explore his wife's caverns was certainly weird.
After 15 minutes she was showing me the skills of her mouth again and at that moment I made the biggest mistake of my life.
I looked at the ceiling and closed my eyes...
I was so absorbed in her mouth that I didn't realize that her husband had knelt next to her.....
At one point she stopped but it only lasted a few seconds and then she came back with everything.
It seemed that she had become a void that didn't let anything out!!
That's why I couldn't stand it and end up shooting in her mouth.
When I opened my eyes to praise her for her skill, I was met with pure horror...
It wasn't her mouth...
It was his mouth...
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"*Cough*" upon reading that last part Klein couldn't control himself and ended up letting out a soft cough.
This somewhat surprised Audrey and Alger who looked at Mr. Fool wanting to know what was written.
'What great secrets have to be written on those pages to provoke the reaction of a Great Existence!' Alger thought in surprise.
Audrey had snapped out of the Spectator state in surprise and was looking at Mr. Fool waiting for him to say something.
'I almost lost control of my mask! ' Klein thought in much alarm but outwardly he just lowered the page slightly and looked at the trio in front of him.
"Excuse me, this Diary surprised me a bit" he said with a tight little smile that Audrey would have noticed if it weren't for Klein making the fog that covered his face a little thicker.
He looked at Alger with that same smile and this made the man lower his head slightly.
'Why does Mr. Fool stare at me so much?! Did he feel that I thought of him?! Do not meddle in the affairs of Great Existences!' thought the man alarmed.He was praying that Mr. Fool would not take this offense of his very deep.....
But Klein was actually looking at The Hanged Man so he could use the corners of his eyes to look at Chariot.
章節 204: Chapter 123: Antigonus
'This is your fault! I almost lost control of my mask because of that page!' Klein cursed in Chinese inwardly so loudly it made him a bit dazed.
Knowing that he couldn't keep quiet after that slip, he stopped looking at The Hanged Man, much to the relief of the man, and just chuckled softly.
He put the five pages of the Diary down, and looked at the three people in front of him, and smiled as he said.
"My apologies again, I was too absorbed in reading them"
'I think I went a little too far...' Adryan thought in surprise after seeing The Fool's near fall.
Klein didn't notice anything unusual with him because he had also acted surprised like Audrey and Alger.
'But to recover so quickly…Klein is seriously good at dodging these things.' Pleased, Adryan kept the corners of his mouth from rising.
"It is our pleasure Mr. Fool" the redhead said with a nod.
'I'd rather you stay quiet, Mr. Chariot' Klein thought, still angry with the man but on the outside he just nodded calmly.
Audrey, recovering from what happened earlier, nodded gently and smiled faintly.
"I can understand Mr. Fool. I hope to one day be able to exchange information about the contents of the diary."
"That will require a price." Klein smiled and looked at Justice, he then moved his gaze to the silent Hanged Man and the relaxed Chariot.
Audrey put her palms together and placed them in front of her.
"Mr. Fool, Mr. Hanged Man, Mr. Chariot I have three questions to ask. If you think the answer requires a heavy price, tell me what you want. I will do my best to seek them."
"No problem" Alger replied, still affected by before.
"Fire when ready Miss Justice" Adryan replied with a smile.
Klein nodded and leaned back, making himself more comfortable which was what he needed after what happened.
Audrey thought for a few moments and said.
"The first question is related to what Mr. Chariot said last Monday. What does Acting really mean? I've been acting as a Spectator these past few days and have noticed how the potion's psyche has minimal effects on me."
Alger didn't answer, instead he looked at Chariot but the man was quiet with no interest in answering.
Then he shifted his gaze to The Fool, as if waiting for him to respond.
Klein rubbed his finger along the corners of the table and said in a relaxed manner.
"Let me explain this with an analogy..."
....
"So, we have to dress up and act as the guest, do you understand?"
Alger immediately asked, as if he had expected that reply.
"So the aforementioned invitation would be the name of the Sequence potion?:
"That's right" Klein replied.
Audrey froze for a moment, feeling like she finally understood what Acting meant.
She immediately snapped out of her Spectator state due to her excitement. She praised in joy.
"What an exceptional method! I think--I think it fits his title. Its style is very compatible with The Fool...I think I finally understand what Mr. Chariot meant by the acting rules.... "
She paused for a few moments before saying.
"I think this is a very valuable answer. My heart will not be at peace accepting this for nothing, Mr. Fool, what do you need in exchange?"
"More pages from Roselle's diary or..." Klein paused for a moment.
He wanted more information in the Sequence about the Seer but he felt that such a low-level question would ruin his mythical image as The Fool...
'I can't forget that this could also draw Chariot's attention' Klein thought seriously as he used the corners of his eyes to look at the aforementioned.
So he decided on something more mysterious...
He adjusted himself and added without changing his expression.
"Anything regarding the Antigonus family, even if I'm already aware of them myself."
Thanks to what Chariot said last time, he discovered that this family was much more special than he thought. A question related to them fits very nicely into his image as The Fool.
Alger was silent for a few seconds. He looked discreetly to his side at the figure of Chariot, seeing that the man was not saying anything he made up his mind.
He looked at the top of the long bronze table and opened his mouth.
"Mr. Fool...I think I can pay back immediately with the information you requested right now"
"No problem." Klein hid his disappointment by keeping his tone unchanged.
'Just when I want Chariot to talk he keeps his mouth shut, seriously what's wrong with this guy?'
Alger deliberated over his words and said.
"The Antigonus family is an ancient family. Their history can be traced back to the Cataclysm Epoch before the Fourth Epoch and is related to the Second Blasphemy Slate...."
While Alger was explaining the history of the Antigonus family to Klein and Audrey who were listening intently, Adryan was also listening but not as attentively.
He hadn't spoken because he didn't want to give a long history class. He prefers to leave that to the wise Hanged Man.
He would have completely ignored what the man was saying but decided to pay a little attention to see if there was a change from the original story...
"I similarly have no idea which Sequence pathways the Antigonus family held. There are only two adjectives that appear repetitively in descriptions of the Antigonus family, and those are <terrifying> and <strange>"
'Nothing different...' Adryan thought a little disappointed.
'Strange and Terrifying...Thinking back to the notebook, the original Klein and his classmates, and what happened to Ray Bieber's mother, it really aptly worded...' Klein thought as he began to tap the corner of the long table with the tip of his finger a couple of times.
Just when he was about to open his mouth, he heard how Chariot spoke.
"Mr. Fool I would like to add a little more information about what Hanged Man said"
"You can" Klein concealed his joy and waited for Chariot to speak.
But then he saw how the man looked at the Hanged Man and Justice and gave them both a sweet smile.
Then Chariot returned his attention to him and chuckled softly.
"I'd like it to be private Mr. Fool~"
Adryan's words caused Alger to take a small breath and Audrey to freeze for a moment.
The satisfaction with which Chariot spoke was obvious, and this made the corners of Klein's mouth twitch slightly.
'As it turns out, Chariot is a spite... Good to know...' Klein took note of this as he nodded.
He controlled the gray fog to cover the senses of the Hanged Man and Justice separating them from the discussion.
Being separated like this caused Audrey, due to annoyance, to come out of the Spectator state and puff out her cheeks in annoyance.
'Now you know how it feels' Adryan thought as he chuckled again.
Klein watched this with the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.
'You really are spiteful...'
"I won't take much of your time mister Fool, I'll just add a few little things"
'Anything is useful Mr. Chariot.' Klein thought as he nodded gently.
"It doesn't matter" he said like it didn't matter.
Adryan nodded and smirked.
"First of all, Mr. Fool, the Antigonus family held the entire Seer Pathway" Adryan said casually and Klein felt a chill go up his spine.
'The Antigonus family held the Seer Pathway?! It's just the same pathway I chose...Is this a coincidence?' Before Klein could continue with his thoughts, he heard Chariot speak.
"As I said in the Tarot Club of the last Monday, the ancestor of the Antigonus family was someone who came close to becoming a God but failed."
'What are you trying to get at, Chariot?' Klein would have narrowed his eyes in suspicion but he controlled himself and kept his imperturbable image.
"Almost nothing is known about this ancestor."
"I only know one thing about him; he was someone very feared during the Fourth Epoch because of how terrifying and strange he was...."
"He had a title during that time before disappearing..."
"The ancestor was known as the Half-Fool" Adryan said calmly as he smiled at Klein who froze in place.
'The Half-Fool?! What kind of script is this!! Is the title of The Fool more than just a title? What does it mean that the ancestor was known as the Half-Fool...' Klein's mind was at full power but he realized that Chariot was smiling at him and it made his stomach drop.
'Don't tell me Chariot thinks I'm the ancestor of the Antigonus family?! Is that why he mentioned it last week?!'
'Calm down Klein... Calm down... This is actually good!!
If Chariot thinks so then my mask will be stronger! As long as I don't give him reason to suspect otherwise then Chariot won't find out that I'm actually a weak Sequence 9!!!' It had barely been a few seconds that he was silent so maintaining his mysterious image he opened his mouth slowly while nodding.
"Thank you for the information Mr. Chariot, it is very valuable to me so tell me, is there something you want in return?"
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You did not expect this right?
Guys it will only be this chapter for today.
These days I have exams, that's why the inconsistency, but don't worry this is only temporary.
The weekend I will publish 6 chapters to compensate.
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