24) Forsaken Land of Gods

As Edessak and Audrey conjured the pages from their memories, 'New pages of Roselle's diary?' Klein's mind churned. He smirked and implored in reply when he already knew the answer, "Miss Justice and Mr.Emperor, what do you need?"

Audrey's eyes flashed with enthusiasm, but she replied in a frigid manner, "You know that I'll soon fully digest the Spectator potion. I hope that I can get the formula for the Telepathist potion so that I can prepare the ingredients ahead of time. Hmm, I know that there isn't much content for two pages of the diary, and it might not equal to the value of the Telepathist formula, so I'll give you another page, hmm, I'll also pay you a sum of money on the side…", She had yet to complete what she said when she suddenly felt that it had come out wrong. She couldn't help but berate herself in her head, 'Mr. Fool is at the very least an important figure which approaches that of a god, how could he be bought over by money?!' , Hence, Audrey couldn't maintain her Spectator state as she hurriedly added with a stammer, "That's not what I meant! Mr. Fool, what I meant is that you can determine the payment that you'd like. Yes, that's what I meant!!!"

'Klein would probably prefer money. If only you knew how much of a money Gruber the Honorable Fool is!', Edessak sighed inwardly. He cleared his throat and spoke respectfully, "Mr.Fool, I would like to accumulate contribution for now.", 'Heh, as if you can even pay anything our friendly neighborhood Fool'.

Just then, The Sun, Derrick Berg, unexpectedly spoke, "The Telepathist potion formula? Telepathist that is followed by Psyche Analyst?" Miss Audrey looked towards him puzzledly. "You know of it?", at the same time, Miss Justice saw a problem through her instinct as a Spectator. The young man had used the ancient title "Psyche Analyst" instead of the modern term, "Psychiatrist!"

'This guy is very strange… ' Audrey examined Sun's every movement. Poor Derrick didn't think that he acted any differently but replied seriously, "I can get you the formula!"

Then, he felt guilty as he couldn't provide it immediately. He tried his best to explain himself, "It's a Sequence pathway that stemmed from the Dragon race. And our City of Silver was once ruled by the Giant King's imperial household. As you know, the Giants and the Dragons are sworn enemies. Hence, the City of Silver has all of Sequence 9, 8, and 7. I have ways to get them."

'This kid… I already warned him not to speak carelessly or expose his origins. In the end…',  Klein nearly wanted to extend his hand to cover his face, 'Sigh, although The Sun appears to be in great pain, very mature and silent for his age, he's just a boy after all! However, that clarifies one thing for me… It turns out that the Spectator Sequence's origins stem from the Dragon race. It's no wonder that the emblem formed by stars behind Miss Justice's high chair is the Dragon… The City of Silver has preserved history well…',  Klein maintained his posture of leaning against the back of his chair while he listened thoughtfully to The Sun's description.

In fact, he could've easily stopped The Sun from exposing those matters. As long as he didn't help in the simultaneous translation, Emperor, Justice and The Hanged Man wouldn't have understood him at all. However, Mr.Fool took a different approach. He felt that it might help him consolidate his mighty and mysterious image in the minds of the three members effectively. Hence, he listened with a smile and didn't make a sound.

~Giant King, Dragon race, the City of Silver… ~ Audrey was confused. She first took a look at The Hanged Man and Emperor beside her, but she could tell that Hanged Man was shocked and confused as well from his body language.

She looked sideways towards the seat of honor on the long bronze table. She saw The Fool sitting on the high chair, engulfed in heavy grayish-white fog. His right limb was placed on the armrest while he leaned sideways leisurely. He showed no alarm, no curiosity, no impressions, and no suspicion. He only looked at them with a smile.

'He knows… He knew all of this…' 

Audrey and Alger made the definite judgment almost at the same time.

"The City of Silver, I've never heard of this place… Where is it?" Audrey probed while Alger listened attentively.

At that very moment, Derrick Berg's head was filled with questions as well. He could tell that, besides the godlike Fool. The silent Mr.Emperor, curious Miss Justice and the attentive Hanged Man were some sort of Beyonder. Besides the humanity in the City of Silver, Derrick had never seen another living human. So, he inquired in reply, "If you aren't residents of the City of Silver, which city-state are you from?" Klein couldn't help but wish to sigh again.

Audrey trembled her lips, momentarily at a loss for words.

Edessak looked at seat honour which remained unmoving. As he turned his gaze towards Mr.Sun he spoke in a deep voice, "We don't live in your continent, we don't dwell in land of Ancients Gods. Sunlight blooms over our head. Mr.Sun I'm afraid you live in the Forsaken Land of Gods"

Audrey peeked at the Fool for answers curiously and Alger gave a look of horror which was visible to all even through the veil of gray fog.