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"Welcome readers, I know you've been waiting for this for... wait how many years has it been since a person wrote a Lord of the Mysteries reaction fic?", The marionette started off with very great enthusiasm but died down after having a question that strayed of the main topic.

"Why did the Author give me ADHD..., *ehem*, uhhh oh wow it has 12 chapters guys, yeah 'Legend Of The Fool' has finally updated as of 2024-05-13. Ah, it brings tears to my eyes. FINALLY, YOU DECIDED TO UPDATE.", The marionette officially named, Yanderu, could be seen kneeling on the ground with his arms flailing in the skies.

"Damn it, I thought he was dead, thank you that you're still alive! *ehem* Ok, so once again I'm going to give you a refresher if the synopsis ain't clear. Take a look at this theater here.", Yanderu shows off a complete ripoff on the Re:Zero reaction theater.

"A lot of people close to Mr. Fool, including his family, tarot club, and important members of his church are going to watch. This is a reaction fic but I can also play in minigames or whatever to keep things interesting, but those are just to tease my guests when something important happens. Of course, this is my domain, so don't start blaming me if I drag our beloved dead Captain into this mess...

Maybe set him up in a date in the afterlife, if you know what I'm saying.", Yanderu's eyebrows wriggled like the creepiest cupid you've ever met.

"That being said, even if it's my domain, I don't want the characters to be OOC or for there to be fanservice that isn't canon. So I'll only give you what I reasonably think would transpire. Please bear with me and I apologize if I can't do it well, lastly please remind me of things I missed or things you want in here to happen that I haven't already done.", Yanderu bows.

"Now then.", Yanderu smiled.

Very widely.

A very ridiculous smile, "Let the show begin!"

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Sudden, the only word that could describe what transpired. A number of people, in an instant, appeared in the theatre.

A few of them reacted instantly as if they were born to face unexpected situations. Others only looked around slowly in confusion, not knowing how dangerous of a sign this was.

Notably the most confused were Benson Moretti and Zhou Mingrui, but for different reasons.

The former has only a bit of knowledge about the Beyonder World, which his sister, Melissa Moretti, gatekeeped from him. He was told to not panic in such situations, but he is afraid and utterly confused at this moment. His first thought was,

'Where is my girlfriend?', Ah, such young love. Then his second thought was.

'Is she safe?', Ok, we get it.

'This is strange, like what my sister said.', Alright, alright.

'Where is my sister?', Damn it, family man! This is why we love you!

'Is she safe?', Moving on to Zhou Mingrui. Yep, I know what you're thinking, no I didn't fuck him over...totally.

'I can't feel my Authority, no, I do feel some of it. But most have been blocked. I still have my intuition, I felt a very strong existence beyond my comprehension, but also the same amount of assurance that no danger will come to pass.', Honestly if I could have such a presence in real life, I wouldn't mind. But yeah, I suppressed him and gave him that face. He still has his memories tho, none of that bull.

Oh, you're going to love it when I show you more of the surprises.

The other people are the workers in Blackthorn Security Company, Orianna, Rozanne, Bredt, and Cesare Francis. Now I know they're side characters but it's not like I can't let them leave the theater later on in the watching if they're not interested, hell they could spectate in silence if what they want is to know more about Mr. Fool's journey. More to bamboozle I guess, and scare AHHAHA.

Very quickly, the 4 Civilian Staff got together quickly to hatch a plan. Of course, it wasn't much but a refresher on the things to do and don't when coming in contact with something strange.

"Uh, so Mr. Francis, how do we confirm if we can trust each other?", Rozanne, the ever-talkative girl was now quite hushed and spoke to Cesare Francis, who objectively is the most experienced out of the four.

For them, it was a very scary situation. Even Orianna was trembling even though she always held a calm demeanor, she wasn't made for these situations, her last survival against a serial killer echoed back to her the bounds of her trauma.

"Excuse m-me, but can anyone explain the situation we're in right now.", Benson kept himself together and approached the group, making the girls flinch and Bredt to come forward and greet him.

No matter if the person might be some monster in disguise, it doesn't hurt to show friendliness when in contact.

"I'm sorry if this may come out rude but may you recount what happened in your experience? Maybe then we can go from there.", Bredt, the middle-aged man married to his wife, initiated contact, which is very brave of him, truly a strong husband regardless of his mortal being, which may be why he's been in the marriage for about 20 years.

Benson nodded cautiously and explained how he doesn't remember, "...In fact, my memories feel a little blurred between before and after I got here.", Bredt nodded finding it similar to how everyone described it.

"Are we in the same boat?", Then came a peculiar person, Zhou Mingrui, who attempted to mingle with the group.

"You too?", Benson asked, but couldn't throw off a strange feeling.

"Yes, what you described is eerily similar to mine.", He was fooling them, he still has a little amount of that authority, unfortunately...

He is Chinese.

"What is with your... outfit?", Rozanne couldn't stop herself from asking.

"Eh? This uh...", Zhou bro is in a pickle now.

"*cough*, Er, no never mind. Forget I said anything.", Rozanne realised she could have asked something strange, maybe something had already happened that she didn't know about, so she retracted her statement. Well, that amount of cautiousness is well praised, unfortunately, if you may have not remembered, she's lost both her father and captain to the Beyonder world.

"Haha, no it's fine. It's a new trend coming out in... the Rorsted Archipelago, it's made by the believers of the Church of the Fool.", Zhou Mingrui lampooned within himself, 'I'm leaving all the problems to you Mr. Fool, it's your job to take the blame for your believer.'

"The Church of the Fool, yes, I have heard of that.", Benson cupped his chin, having heard of their appearance by the Sonia Sea. It was a big event so even Rozanne and Cesare knew about it. The former had heard about by chance while the other got wind of it while in the markets, after all, being responsible for buying supplies for the Nighthawks brought about a few of those benefits.

When it seemed that everything was about to settle... to a gentle tension. I appeared in all my glory!

"Welcome, I am Yanderu! Be not thou afraid guests! I may not be biblically accurate, but I don't mean any harm!", Mixed reactions then happened.

Zhou Mingrui saw me and recognised my Asian descent immediately, don't give me that look!

Benson was astonished to see someone floating... or with brown skin, no wait Azik Eggers and the others are so rare so it's the former. I'm sorry Benson!

The Civilian Staff were the most afraid. Cesare is the most experienced, but he used it all on hiding and cowardliness!

"Alright, I'll have to forcibly calm you down cuz I can't give you the details while you're afraid.", From my scholars outfit, they changed into my therapist outfit, which was just another summer polo, shorts, and sunglasses. A flick of my fingers is what all it took to placate the fear out of them all.

"Calmed down?", Everyone nodded, Orianna the most thankful out of all of them.

"Good, so this isn't a Sealed Artifact for those who know what that means.", I started off. The others were confused, even Zhou bro.

"Sealed Artifact?", The only one confused for another reason was Benson.

"I said for those who know, you'll know later Benson.", I assured him, but I may have frightened him a little after having said his name.

"Oh right, you can ask Melissa later, oh, and don't worry. I won't be harming anyone, as I said. Be not afraid.", I chuckled as I acted like a theatre kid straight out of his biblically accurate fantasy dream.

Rozanne, Zhou Mingrui, and even Bredt got the joke as they chuckled. The other two not so much, but rather smiling helplessly. Benson nodded, half-assured and half-panicked as even his sister is going to get dragged into this.

"While this isn't a Sealed Artifact, I want you to know that this is a dimension out of your time and space. In other terms, I will return you after our business is done and you'll return at the exact time you disappeared, making it look like you haven't come to my domain at all.", I explained with a bit of 'magic', I knew some of them wouldn't understand some of my terms so I made that insurance. At least they understand now that coming back for important things isn't so important in the moment.

Then I felt like someone still had an apprehension, Zhou Mingrui... I thought about what could be the reason and then pointed out, "Ah right, for one of you that is worried right now. Your worry is unfounded; you don't age here and the time you spend here won't come back to bite you when you come back. I'm much more powerful than an Author, you know.", at least in terms of a fictional Author, I don't want to spiral again into my own... well, literary reality.

Seeing as I could move on again, "Good, what we're going to be doing here is a social event. You will only be allowed to leave after some important events have occurred. So the ground rules are, no fighting that leaves anything more than a bruise, but don't abuse that rule. I have the main say, no killing, no torturing...well maybe teasing is alright...", hearing as I talked, my guests were confused for various reasons.

Benson and Bredt were slightly scared by how they were allowed to fight. Thankfully, it sounded like a voluntary act and doesn't seem required.

Zhou Mingrui and Rozanne picked their ears up on the words 'social event'. The former already accepted that as truth but the latter seems to have inferred that there were going to be more people after she saw the theatre's many seats, huh, she picked that up quickly. The former was still distracted, making divinations in preparation for the worst, unfortunately, every time I appeared in his visions, and kept saying the same pre-recorded voice line, 'I'm sorry, but you do not have enough load to contact the spirit realm, please try again later... Zhou Mingrui. Also, don't worry, I'm telling the truth.'

It's funny seeing a magician unprepared like that.

Orianna and Cesare both looked at me, dumbfounded as if I were joking, am not.

"Anyway, I'll explain more after more arrive. So please make yourself at home.", I said.

"...There are more?", Orianna mutters in shock.

Oh yes.

And in another instant came more people.

Royale Reideen, Seeka Tron, Frye, Melissa Moretti, Earl Hall, Caitlyn Hall, Hibbert Hall,... Klein Moretti, and, Sherlock Moriarty.

Yep, no way, right?

Immediately, chaos erupts for several rounds. The Hall family members are in a panic. Earl holds his wife as she screams out before covering her own mouth. This couple knows the Beyonder world, and the latter was too panicked for a second to realise how dangerous that could have been. Hibbert Hall reached for his gun but found nothing; just like Cesare, I had them leave those weapons.

Hibbert scrunches his eyebrows. Everyone was looking at them already, as everyone recognised them, except for those who didn't live in Backlund; it was harder to recognise the three. But they know they are nobles.

"*Ehem* Excuse us, uh,...", Hibbert looked up and recognised me, he was about to speak but he suddenly lost the will to say anything, he is diplomatic and knows his way around politics but he realized any wrong step in convincing me could be fatal. He grits his teeth and spoke again, "We're sorry, it was rude of us-"

"Do not be afraid. I mean no harm. Your family is safe. I brought you here for a few reasons so calm down.", I once again repeated the cycle.

Soon enough Royale, Seeka, and Frye recognised the Civilian Staff and cautiously approached them, confirming their identity and seeking to clarify the situation. Hibbert recognised the characteristics of Frye and talked it out with Earl and Caitlyn Hall.

"Father, I think that person over there is an Official Beyonder of the Nighthawks. See, he looks to be of the Corpse Collector Pathway."

"How are we sure they're official beyonders?", Earl Hall eyed them, contemplating for a bit, and arrived at a simple conclusion.

"Right, they're attire.", Maybe it was a coincidence but the three were wearing clothes for the Blackthorn Security Company. The family knew that, usually, official beyonders posed under those disguises to work better with security and escape suspicion from the Non-Beyonder World.

Maybe it was because of her fear, but Caitlyn had to ask again, "Husband, are we sure we can trust them?"

"*sigh* What else can we do? It's fine, nothing bad should happen if we just approach them."

On the other side. Zhou Mingrui, Benson Moretti, and Melissa Moretti were gawking at Klein Moretti, and even Sherlock Moriarty almost lost his calm expression when seeing Klein.

'What is going on?? I can feel my connection to them, but I'm stuck in my body.', All three personas of the fool thought to themselves.

Then all three looked at me like I was a cruel demon. So I had to make an amends. I showed a peace sign.

'What have you done, you nutjob!', Zhou Mingrui insulted me in his mind while he was thankful that he wasn't 'he' at this moment.

'Benson and Melissa aren't supposed to see this!', Klein Moretti panicked as he realised 'he' is going to be the sacrificial lamb, and he has to explain his existence.

'Damn it! Why do I have to look so similar to my other self!', Sherlock Moriarty on the other hand, wants to save his own skin, but he looks like an older and middle-aged version of Klein!

As if finding his window of escape, Sherlock Moriarty eyes Zhou Mingrui and said, "Oh hey! Mr. Zhou, nice to see you after so long!", 'Help me! Please!'

Klein Moretti panicked and glared at Sherlock while lampooning, 'What are you doing? How could you betray yourself? Where is the respect? Is this what they call no self-dignity?'

"Ah yes, Sherlock, it's nice to meet you too. I'm sorry if I couldn't contact you. I was staying in the Sonia Sea for so long. I missed Backlund, but I think I'm going to stay in the Church of the Fool for longer after this mysterious event.", Zhou Mingrui decided to at least help one of his 'selves' from the calamity.

"I know, I was thinking of hiding within the Evernight Church too and informing the Nighthawks and Church of the God of Steam and Machinery.", Sherlock Moriarty said, throwing out a bit of bait for the other Nighthawks to recognize him.

"Smart plan.", Zhou Mingrui said in double entendre.

"?", Frye overheard Sherlock Moriarty as he wasn't keeping a quite voice, and the theatre somehow made it so that not speaking in a hushed voice leads to people overhearing important facts.

'Is he perhaps an informant of the Nighthawks? Maybe even one for the Machinery Hivemind too.', Frye deduced under his cold face. He wasn't one to usually make any warm expressions, he is so like Dunn Smith, which furthered his responsibility to take care of the surviving staff, especially Royale and Seeka, the only Beyonders left in the squad.

"Excuse me, Sherlock?", Frye tries to get the attention of the person in question.

"Good morning Mr. Beyonder sir?", Hibbert asks at the same time.

"Yes?", Frye turns to Hibbert Hall and recognizes to greet him first of all. Sherlock nods to Zhou and approaches his old squad, it brings a lot of nostalgia to him, most of all, he wants to avoid facing the Moretti siblings if he could.

"Are you perhaps a captain of the Nighthawks?", Hibbert went straight to the matter.

"Indeed I am, these two are also Nighthawks while the rest are staff.", Frye began and relayed the information that he's heard from the others.

Seeka thought, 'The information we've heard is absurd, there's no way we should trust a situation... if we get out of here I should give myself a break and dedicate myself to writing for a while.'

Royale on the other hand has similar thoughts but without the writing part, she's advanced to Sequence 8, Midnight Poet, and is currently in shock and in awe at what is in front of her, in fact it was cute because it was a gap from her usual cold and introverted nature.

Frye kept his thoughts to himself, as the captain he knew more that even he wouldn't be able to handle a situation like this. So it was best to keep what Yanderu said in mind.

Upon hearing what Frye relayed, the Hall Family of three finally calmed down a little.

On the other hand, things were getting tense a meter or two away when the Moretti Sibling stood by together and watched Klein Moretti from afar, who stood still...awkwardly and couldn't maintain eye contact with them.

"Is-i-is-s th-hat...", Benson felt like he was going to break down into sobs and jump to his brother at any moment but he knew that strange things have been happening, and things like these are better to consult to someone more...experienced.

Unfortunately,

"I......", First, a word came out...

"I have no... idea.", then Melissa finished her sentence albeit softly at the end.

"Should we..."

"We shouldn't... but..."

"Klein?", With nothing to do at the moment, Rozanne immediately spotted Klein, the mud continues to muddle.

"Huh?"

'NOOO!'

"Is that really-"

"OK! May I have everyone's attention please?", Like hell I'm going to let Klein talk in such an awkward situation. I want them to talk in between angst, guilt, and betrayal! Or maybe acceptance, it really does depend on the person.

"Once again, I'll review what I said to you all.", I wanted to slowly repeat this over and over again over a course period to overcome their anxiety should they be overcome with overwhelming nervousness.

Finally confirming my words, the Hall Family calmed even more, The Blackthorn Company already expected it and were only observing and biding time should anything strange happen.

Zhou and Sherlock both look at me deadpanned. They probably thought by now that I'm a broken record with how much I kept replaying in their divinations.

Klein took the opportunity to scoot over just a bit farther away from the Moretti siblings but he still had thoughts, 'Even if I want to avoid this, how am I going to confront them? I've basically cut all ties with them, I'm supposed to be dead. I can't make any lies or excuses. Do I even want to lie now? But... will they accept the truth? They'll definitely hate me since I never told them. Should I act like I'm dead?', Those lines kept cycling through his mind, not exactly, but of the same substance. To tell or not to tell, to Fool or to Fool around no longer, that is the question.

"Now, any question before I bring in the next batch?", immediately I saw two girls raise their hands. Rozanne and Melissa.

"Speak.", hehe, this is going to be interesting.

""Can you bring back the dead?""

"Good question, I can, but why should I?"

"Huh, but didn't you-"

"Time for the next batch! Please welcome them too!"

These were the next on the list of attendees.

Danitz Dubois, Frank Lee, Susie, Alfred Hibbert, Heath Doyle, Edwina Edwards, Maric... Dwayne Dantes and his valet, Enuni.

'What? Isn't that my marionette? And I can control it?', Dwayne Dantes immediately noticed the difference between him and his other personas, while he's still stuck in his body, he could control Enuni like a marionette, maybe even more like a Bizarro Sorcerer, 'This is crazy what are you up to?', Dwayne's deep blue eyes stared at Yanderu mysteriously before giving a genial smile, "What's going on here?"

"Sir, please be careful. We're in an unknown place.", Enuni advises as he looks at the other people warily.

"Haha, I haven't seen anything like this since my days at the sea.", Dwayne reminisces as he talks to his marionette. He's long past the point of acting to himself after making a whole-ass marionette city with only himself.

The personas of Mr Fool were disconnected, but not entirely; they could still share memories, but it was like the Spirit Worms in them were stuck and couldn't connect to each other, not even in a spiritual level.

I mean, I pity the dude, but could you blame me? I think this is 100 times better than fighting against the awakening Celestial Worthy.

"What's going on?!", Blazing Danitz, the Oracle of the Fool, Dogsh*t extraordinaire, and Mr 4,200 pounds, almost went ballistic after seeing himself in another place.

Maric on the other hand, a new member of the Church of the Fool, having joined under the lead of Reinette Tinekerr, the Rose School of Thought Temperance Faction, he didn't seem to panic but rather dealt with the matter efficiently, eyeing me, Yanderu, determining that he cannot win the fight and silently floats to Danitz side.

"Oracle.", He called out to him, ever hauntingly and with the signature malice in his voice. His body was ethereal, and his once malicious brown eyes were now a haunting dull brown. As expected of a Wraith.

"Ah, Dogsh*t, you scare the life out of me!", Danitz the ever maidly pirate, had his wits shocked out of his system before he regained composure.

"That existence in the sky is someone we cannot face.", Maric pointed out, his intuition as a Wraith told him a lot, even his direct divination gave out my 'special recording'.

"Puh, so you've finally found your fellow soulmate, Maric? I'm proud of you. At least now you've overcome your necrophilia.", Danitz taunted, it is one of his better provocative lines, he's learned a lot from Anderson Hood and was thankful for that, not that he'd admit it in front of a fellow Provoker.

But he wasn't merely the same old Danitz, he is a Conspirer, and it meant the guy actually picked up on what Maric mentioned.

'That floaty guy is beyond Maric? But he's sequence 5, not only that but...Edwina! Dragging these two here could only mean the worst. We're dealing with a Saint or higher! It's almost impossible for anyone below a Saint to defeat them!', His brain racked on a plan, but he's already considered a lot of things, 'Instant teleportation, and on everyone too. He can somehow float, too. And watches us without any fear.'

"Calm down everyone. I welcome you, the third batch to be transported here to participate in a-", I saw they were panicking on the inside, though staying normal on the outside, so I placated them, "Social event, yes, this isn't a Sealed Artifact or anything. And I haven't abducted you for any malicious reason at all."

"You may also ask those who I transported here already. Don't worry as I will be transporting the next batch soon.", It's time to ramp things up.

Frank Lee, the Mushroom above All, and Heath Doyle, The only non-Lunatic, walked up to each other.

"This is bad, all of my mushrooms are gone. A lot of my efficacy is gone."

"The secret existence... 'He's' strong. I can't use my powers.", The Bloodless Heath stated, while some may not know, he has a bit of a cowardly side to him that is suppressed by the utter bluntness he shows outwardly. Mostly choosing to hide in the shadows if danger were to occur. But he isn't totally a coward, as he wouldn't be the second mate if it weren't so.

Frank scratched his head, hearing that and asked, "What now then, is Captain able to find us?"

Heath replied with a simple, "We'll cooperate for now."

Unbeknownst to the two, a certain dog was watching them as it followed behind another member of the Hall family, Alfred Hall, a Beyonder of the Judgement Pathway, Sequence 5 Disciplinary Paladin.

Alfred walked at an uncertain pace, worry-filled on his face as he saw his family, "Where is Audrey?"

"She hasn't been brought in here. Perhaps she's safe.", Earl Hall replies, but as her father, he is worried too, and that didn't fly over the heads of the rest of the Hall Family.

"For now, nothing has happened. What... this existence has said so far has been true, at least we think so. 'He' doesn't seem to intend anything until 'He's' brought everyone. But we don't know when that will be.", Hibbert laid the facts down for everyone.

"We have Nighthawks here too just in case.", Caitlyn wanted to assure the others, finding it hard to see everyone so tense. The mother who raised an innocent gem such as Audrey is also truly a worrywart of a mother.

"No, Captain Frye is part of the Nighthawks in Tingen, he's probably a Sequence 7 and the others are Sequence 8. Alfred is stronger than them combined.", Hibbert said.

"While that isn't necessarily the case sometimes, the fact that they're low in sequence doesn't give much security.", Alfred clarified.

On the other hand, the Blackthorn Company is in chaos, talking to each other about Klein.

"Is that really him? That's Klein, right?", Bredt asks what everyone is thinking about.

"...We don't know for sure.", Royale replies, but the trembling of her eyes wanted to say for a certainty that she shouldn't doubt herself. Seeing is believing after all, but then again, the mysterious world always plays tricks on the mind.

"That existence probably brought back... the dead.", Seeka spoke before those last words were forced out of her mouth as it felt like ash in her mouth. She couldn't think positively of the situation as the Klein in the very same room could have just been a play to utterly disrespect his legacy.

"But didn't he say that he wouldn't bother bringing back the dead?", Next to speak up is Rozanne, she wanted to hope now that the person in front of her wasn't an illusion, for her who had lost so much, she who lost a lot of her liveliness, has exerted the only vestiges of her positiveness back. She wanted to believe in the impossible, but of course, that effort only amounts to 'wanting' and 'wanted' as she can't fully trust in the Mysticism World that has taken both her father, and the captain. If it weren't for what Yanderu said, she would have asked to bring back her father, captain, Kenley, and the other members back to life.

"It seems, he isn't a spirit... or dead at all?", Frye finally cut into the conversation after confirming with the Spirit Vision he has. It was weird. He could use his powers here, but it felt as if he was 'allowed' to do so. Every time a Beyonder used their power in that theatre, they felt like they couldn't do so without permission, which weighed down on Frye, as that existence, 'He' knew their every move.

Orianna's eyes widened, she had felt it very wrong to be in the presence of Klein, after all, she was powerless and couldn't do anything with Megose, as such she couldn't turn to him.

Too many encounters with death, she's been saved not once but twice already, and she lived to carry those regrets with her.

"That's...", Cesare could only stop at that, the man who avoided contact with everyone else for his own safety knew objectively that it was too dangerous to trust that 'Klein', but he can see the mood of everyone right now, now isn't the time to bring them out of stupor.

If the Tingen Nighthawks are like this already, then the Moretti Siblings felt like they were eating themselves from their inside.

Benson felt like he had lost some hair by now from the stress, "Melissa, did you hear what that man was talking about?"

Melissa shivered and muttered, "That, he...' He'?", among all else, surface knowledge of the Divine is common knowledge, and yet, 'One shouldn't look directly at a god, but we can still look at 'Him', is he an Angel? I don't know...'

"'He'? You mean a god?", Benson questioned between his dry lips. The believer of the Evernight Goddess did a prayer gesture in fear.

Melissa too silently prayed to the Evernight just in case and said, "I don't know what's going on. By what..., let's assume 'He', said that K-klein's alive...", She balled her fist in a fit of mixed emotions, unsure whether to be angry, happy, relieved, sad or in fear, trust, distrust, hope. Things were surely ramping up in emotional levels for the both of them.

"And we can-n't be sure but we might get more answers from them.", Melissa looks teary eyed as she pointed at the other person who asked about Klein Moretti, Rozanne. Benson looks at the Blackthorn group and then at the Hall Family near them.

Benson and Melissa both lived in Backlund after passing the first round of the Civil Servant Unified Examination...after Klein died. And soon enough after twist and turns, he's had a job as a deputy director of the Fifth Department in the Ministry of Finance. He knew the Hall Family and Melissa knew them more, specifically Audrey Hall...who isn't there.

"Let's go. I'll talk about the situation with the Hall Family while you can ask them, I think they're Klein's friends back in Tingen.", Benson explained to which Melissa nods. Melissa took a final look at Klein who was just looking down in shame, before turning back.

Maybe if they were in a different place, then she would have ran at him regardless of the consequences.

'*sigh* In the moments where I thought logic and science could explain everything, I was dragged in another world where everything I've learned has been upturned on itself.', Melissa could still remember the time she drank that Savant Potion, Portland Moment has provided the world of Mysticism that she's still couldn't believe at times.

In fact, this might just be the first supernatural phenomenon she's experienced firsthand.

Meanwhile, Sherlock Moriarty and his 'friend' Zhou Mingrui met up with the oracle Danitz Burbois and Maric. In a strange twist of fate, the oracle himself has met his god in his original form, well... what it was once before ascending to godhood.

"Maric, nice to see you again.", Sherlock greeted amiably.

"Sherlock Moriarty... It's been a while.", Maric had good thoughts about Sherlock; he's helped him and Sharron in multiple occasions. Although their relationship has stayed as business partners, both of their unspoken mutual consensus is to treat each other like friends.

"It's the Oracle of the Fool! I'm saved, Praise the Fool!", Zhou Mingrui, playing into his role suddenly said. His eyes shone as if seeing something that happened once in a blue moon.

'Huh? A believer?', Danitz thought almost convinced by the stranger in front of him. But his features stood out strangely, there were nothing like clothing you would see at sea.

"Right, have you met my friend, Zhou Mingrui? He visited the Rorsted Archipelago to visit the Church of the Fool and is a pious believer.", Sherlock introduces. Danitz has a thoughtful look while Maric scrutinizes Zhou Mingrui, the latter already trusts Sherlock's words.

'Not only me but myself and I believe in Mr. Fool.', Zhou Mingrui sighs internally but nods to confirm the act.

Maric looks at Danitz and nods, 'Well, Sherlock seems to be a friend of Maric so I can trust this.', the latter had already suspected it.

"Does Mr. Zhou dabble in Mysticism?",

"I specialise in luck rituals, would you like to try some?", Zhou Mingrui responded strangely.

'Why do I feel like that's a threat?', Danitz shakes his head at that. Although he heard the joking tone of the believer, he almost felt like he saw a shadow of the infamous pirate hunter in him.

" Mr Zhou, be serious. It's alright, he's a low-sequence Beyonder who loves to travel and eat.", Sherlock elbows Zhou and chuckles before taking things seriously.

"Danitz." Then came Edwina Edwards, also known as Vice Admiral Iceberg, also known as the captain of the Golden Dream, also known as Danitz's dream girl.

'Dogsh*t, that scared me, what do I do?', Danitz lowkey wanna riz- I mean, he wanted to impress his captain but short-circuited, "Y-yes captain.", so the Oracle has been reduced to mere fourth boatswain once again.

"There's no need to call me Captain anymore. You've improved to my level long ago and have become the Oracle of the Fool.", Edwina kindly corrected the former pirate as she knew how Gehrman had recruited (enslaved) the boatswain for a position he wouldn't have imagined receiving.

There were indeed a lot of benefits, from a measly Pyromaniac to Conspirer, even reaching close to Reaper. What was left is a good opportunity to perform the advancement ritual and obtain the ingredients for the Reaper potion.

Danitz, hearing the acknowledgement of Edwina, feels happy, but maybe because of the price of knowledge and the mind of a Conspirer, he feels like there was a gap from where he was to what Edwina admires.

'Ugh, Dogsh*t man. Isn't that son of a b*tch, Gehrman, better? Argh, I'm jealous!', Danitz wants to throw a fit in his mind already, but went right back to the topic at hand, "Then, Edwina.", to which the mentioned subject nods.

Igniting the spirit within him, like the Pyromaniac he is, Danitz spoke again to lead the conversation, "'He' is dangerous, the powers he displays are very strange, I've only seen teleportation like that on Ms. Magician and Gehrman Sparrow..."

Edwina responds, "It could also be travelling through the Spirit World via Spirits but it's unlikely with how instantaneous it was..."

Danitz clicked his tongue before his eyes constricted, "What if it's like the world inside Grossele's Travels?", Edwina too perked up her ears and stared deeply at Danitz.

Sherlock falls deep in thought, 'It's similar but not because...'

Zhou Mingrui taps Sherlock on the shoulder, Maric notices. Zhou whispers to Sherlock and the latter nods before turning to the two Danitz and Edwina, "I almost forgot to inform you all. Yanderu specifically mentioned that we are in a dimension that leaves the outside world in a time stasis. This means no matter how long we stay here, time won't pass outside."

Danitz immediately found a concern, "But what if we age inside... or perhaps after leaving."

Zhou Mingrui responded this time, "Yanderu mentioned that too, he said we wouldn't age."

Maric felt suspicious of Yanderu, "How can we tell he's telling the truth?"

Zhou Mingrui shrugs as Edwina replies, "The heart of the matter is that we can't confirm if it's a lie because the existence cannot be disproven. We can only accept it as it is."

With the matter done with them, back at the Hall Family, 2 sets of 2 could be seen approaching them, the Moretti Sibling, and a Marionette and his Valet (Marionette).

Dwayne Dantes greets Earl Hall with Enuni by his side, "It's good to meet you, Earl Hall. Rather, we could have met under better circumstances."

"Ah, may I ask who this fellow gentleman is? It seems my years are getting to me."

'Is it too much if I say I've been meeting your daughter in secret?', Dwayne Dantes lampooned within himself before saying, "It's natural that you don't know me. I'm Dwayne Dantes, the closest I've been in contact with your family was when the Most Dazzling Gem of Backlund was participating in a charity I made. I was moved to the task, and I'm sure we've changed a lot of lives from then on."

Earl Hall remembers the matter and smiles, "Right, yes! The Loen Charity Bursary, how could I forget? It was all thanks to you good sir! My Audrey had mentioned about you.", Dwayne responds in kind before he 'notices' the Moretti Siblings.

"Hm, haven't I seen you before? Right, the girl that Sir Portland showed.", Melissa's back straightened after hearing about the Loen Charity Bursary, it was the man who Portland Moment, her teacher, mentioned, "Nice to meet you Sir Dwayne.", she lacked the mannerisms of the rich but her innocent and respectful tone had conveyed her sincerity

"Sorry to intrude, I am Benson Moretti, I'm a deputy director in the ministry of finance, I've been dragged here along with my sister.", He also maintained etiquette by greeting the nobles with his sister.

Hibbert seems to have triggered a memory and involuntarily asks, "The situation is too dire for superfluous gestures, let's drop the long greetings. Are you perhaps someone who passed the Civil Servant Unified Examination?"

Benson is taken aback but affirms, "Yes, I passed the first round of exams and made it to Backlund. Soon after, I made my way to where I am now."

Hibbert gave an acknowledging smile, 'This man right here is impressive, I could use his skills and connections too since he's in Finance.', the man, ever the politician, so thought in himself.

In times of crisis, people can make friends, though Hibbert pushed aside the matter for now, "That's an amazing feat. I might be able to introduce you to a few people who would be interested in working with you."

Benson thanks the noble, "I would be glad to Mr. Hibbert."

Dwayne, feeling like he needed to protect Benson, chuckles and says, "Snagging this young man for yourself, aren't you very initiative?"

Hibbert smiles curtly, "The early bird gets the worm, that's what Roselle once said."

'What Roselle once said my ass.', Dwayne wanted to go back to the mausoleum and give a punch to his fellow transmigrator.

"I have words to reiterate to everyone, and more to add!", Yanderu announced in the sky. This time, he was sitting on a floating chair as he was wearing a dictator's outfit, or something similar to a very militaristic suit in all black and plated yellow.

"Welcome! You are brought here to participate in a social event. There will be no fighting bigger than mere scuffles. You can be returned to the same time and place where you've been after the important events have passed.", Almost everyone has heard of them already.

"Now moving on to Beyonders. Any lethal powers will be suppressed. But versatile powers that don't cause any harm are on the table. You can only use your powers under my permission, I'm sure some of you have already felt it.", Hearing the new information, the Beyonders' eyes all lit up in understanding. In fact, it was probably only Benson who has no idea what that meant.

"Uh, Melissa, what is a Beyonder?", Benson had to ask his sister, to which she looks at him with pity, 'Right, my brother has no idea what's going on, and he's trying to keep calm all this while.

"You there!", Yanderu points at Benson, to which everyone looks at Benson. He could feel everyone drilling their gazes at him.

"Let me explain it to you in simple terms. A Beyonder is someone who has gained extraordinary powers through Beyonder Characteristics. These Characteristics can be obtained through Potions made from various ingredients. Beyonders start off ranking from Sequence 9 then Sequence 8 and so on. A Beyonder must therefore consume a Sequence 9 Potion then a Sequence 8 as the order goes. Lastly, there are 22 Pathways that exist here on Earth with each Pathway containing an order of Sequences, and one must follow the order of Sequences in their Pathway or else bad consequences may happen, such as losing control.", Benson hurriedly digested the information, feeling very how on his face as he felt like he was learning something now that everyone already thought was common knowledge, "I-i see."

"For a real-life example, you can ask your sister who is a Sequence 8 Archaeologist, she has the abilities of a Sequence 9 Savant which allows her knowledge into science, chemicals, and engineering. Not only that but it allows her to recall any piece of information she's learned, which increases her learning curve drastically. Then comes Archaeologist which, by it's name, gives her a strengthened body to undergo explorations, which means higher stamina and strength to traverse most likely rocky terrain. Hm, I also recall their ability in the field of history and mysticism to increase, probably to make it natural and easier for them to decipher runes and other historical enigmas that might come around.", Melissa this time had to shrink back a little, after all she kept this information from his brother all this time.

Hearing such a revelation, Benson could only massage his temples in exhaustion, he wasn't mad at his sister, but he was also surprised by how he didn't know all this time.

"Hm, being able to investigate history. Well, it's not like you've solved 'that' part of your past yet, haven't you?", Yanderu smirked with a sh*t-eating grin.

"...", Melissa stayed silent. With the power to recall and with the knowledge of mysticism, she's found discrepancies in Klein Moretti's behaviour, more so on the fact that he performed an exorcism on a dangerous divination at her friend's house. Oh, how innocent she was before that. Now she knew more, but knew even less.

"Oh well, any more questions?"

Edwina raises her hand, "How many more batches will you bring in?"

"Good question, Vice Admiral Iceberg! I'm bringing in two more batches! One for demi-gods and the other being the gods themselves!"

This caused quite the commotion as the Non-Beyonders could have never imagined something like this would happen, it felt like they could be blown by the wind at any moment with that impending revelation.

"Calm down, everyone, they say not to look directly at god, but I will ensure your safety. The Mythical Creature Forms will be sealed, allowing you to socialise with them like normal people."

'This feels like blasphemy. I know he said we aren't going to be harmed, but I feel like dying already.', Cesare sweatdropped as the other Civilian Staff gave off uneasy looks.

The Beyonders felt stiff as they knew how dangerous those demigods and gods could be. The Nighthawks could only pray that the god being brought here is Evernight, and that she'll forgive them for this blasphemy. Zhou Mingrui, Klein Moretti, Sherlock Moriarty, and Dwayne Dantes prayed for the Fool to appear and take them away, 'This is basically my own cheering group made by 'me's at this point.'

Others like Frank Lee, Edwina, Susie, Alfred, Maric, and Danitz have interest in their eyes for various reasons. The latter were in intrigue while the other half were hoping for the gods and demigods they knew.

With a clap by Yanderu, more people appeared!

Sharron, Audrey Hall, Derrick Berg, Alger Wilson, Cattleya, Emlyn White, Xio Derecha, Fors Wall, Leonard Mitchell, Azik Eggers, Gehrman Sparrow, Merlin Hermes, Bernadette Gustav, Will Auceptin, Pallez Zoroast.

Now true chaos begins!

""Audrey?!"", The Hall family erupted, connecting the dots that she's a demigod. But rather than that, they wanted to check on her safety, so they made their way to her immediately, such family love.

"Xio? Where are we?", Fors looks around for Xio

"Fors I'm over here.", Maybe because she was shor-*cough*, I mean, Fors immediately found Xio.

"Derrick?", Alger, who was out in sea, suddenly found himself here, and he recognised The Sun

"Alger!", Derrick didn't lose out and recognised his father figure immediately.

"Hm? What is my esteemed self doing here?", The vampire priest, Emlyn White, did not lose his manners in any situation, not that he'd lose any more reputation for being a puppet addict.

"What's going on? Huh? Frye?", Leonard looks around and sees the Blackthorn Company on one side. Klein has stepped away beforehand, 'Things have derailed to an even worse state. Please just let me lose control now, it would be better than suffering this shame. Wait, if Yanderu has brought in Gehrman and Merlin...then..'

Klein suddenly realised he might not be alone...in a sense, a camaraderie of embarrassment is what he will settle for at least. Praise the Fool, unironically.

""Leonard?!"", The Blackthorn Company made their way to Leonard; they knew at least that he was a higher up in the Evernight Church, which ups the ante on their safety.

"Gehrman Sparrow?", Gehrman stared at a scared Danitz

"" Mr Wor- Gehrman Sparrow/Gehrman Sparrow!"", Members of the Tarot Club and pirates recognised the infamous man.

'Should I feel jealous that I'm more famous than myself?', Merlin Hermes lampooned internally with the same running joke again.

'Wait this means Gehrman has to deal with Frank Lee and not me.', suddenly Merlin felt happier as he kept his eternal smile with him, such a shame that it's one that held great pains

"Gehrman Sparrow.", Edwina, Heath, Cattleya, and Bernadette stated calmly.

'Why am I not seeing anything?', Bernadette and Cattleya look around and recognise each other, but they couldn't see anything with their Mystic Prying Eyes.

Will Auceptin started crying, Azik Eggers stared at him, dumbfounded and picked that child up.

"I-i have a body? I have a body!", Pallez wants to celebrate immediately.

"Old Man?", Leonard seems to have recognised him immediately, it was strange but nevertheless, he couldn't have recognized that voice anywhere else.

Sharron just silently made her way to Maric, where the latter explained the situation to her. Danitz sighs, realising how strong the existence is to have brought in both Sharron, Gehrman, Derrick, and Alger into this space, 'Even that son of a b*tch got trapped in here. This isn't looking good.', He even felt helpless as he confirmed that his Pyromaniac powers have been suppressed, to the extent that his hands could only act as bed warmers, 'What am I thinking?', Danitz shakes his head at an unholy thought.

"People, people, calm down, one and all. Welcome to my (Stolen) Theatre. My name is Yanderu. Pleased to meet you all.", Yanderu's mystical voice resounded with spirituality as people started to feel placated.

He is now wearing a demonic wolf's fur coat around him as he wore a poet's outfit, making him look stylish, menacing, and romantic at the same time.

"You have two minutes before I'll have to group you all together and bring in the last batch of gods.", I dropped both a ticking timer and a bomb instantly.

Taking that opportunity, Earl Hall asks Audrey, "Are you alright, Audrey?"

"Father... yes I'm alright."

"Oh, Praise the Lady!", Caitlyn sighs in relief by offering a prayer to the Goddess.

"Then... it's fine that you're alright.", Hibbert is apprehensive, wanting to speak something but didn't at the end. Fortunately, Audrey is attentive, "What's going on? Do you have something to ask brother Hibbert?"

"Audrey... this existence, 'He' brought in batches of people, first Non-Beyonders and Low-Sequence Beyonders, then Mid-Sequence Beyonders like me and Vice Admiral Iceberg.". Alfred slowly explains.

'Hm, Dwayne Dantes was among the Mid-Sequence Beyonders', thought Hibbert.

Audrey paled upon seeing the pattern, "Then Yanderu said he would bring in two more batches, demigods and gods.", Alfred said looking at Audrey in anticipation.

Audrey could only sigh and relent. It was a secret she wanted to keep, as she wanted to keep her family safe from that knowledge and to keep them from worrying. Unfortunately, plans don't keep up with drastic changes in reality.

"*sigh* Yes, brother Alfred. I'm in fact a demigod.", Audrey didn't say more as she bit her lip before saying to her father, "Please don't hate your daughter for this, I didn't want to tell you because you would all be worried."

Earl Hall could only hold his head as he says, "Of course we would be worried, Audrey. but...", suddenly the father trailed off.

"How... how did you reach that level?", Hibbert finished. He knew the implications and how dangerous that road should be.

"I... can't tell you. It's a secret I must keep.", Audrey looks down in shame. She knew where her allegiance lies, to the Fool she believed to be kind and benevolent, she couldn't betray 'Him'

Hibbert looks at Alfred exasperated. The latter shakes his head, knowing full well how secretive things can get in the Beyonder world, "Let it be Hibbert. Our...sister has grown up now."

It hit the Hall family deeply as they looked at their Dazzling Gem. Audrey found the courage to look up and say, "Just know, father, mother, brother Hibbert, brother Alfred. Just know that I didn't disappoint you."

Caitlyn looks endearingly at Audrey and holds her hands, "Dear Audrey, you've never disappointed us. It's fine, as long as what you're doing is right, and we know you're caring for your safety, then that's all we ask."

Audrey smiles brightly as she looks at her mother, "Yes, mother, I'm fighting for justice and the safety of the world. Don't worry."

Hibbert and Alfred narrow their eyes, though, 'Even if she says that, what if someone dragged her in and manipulated her because of her naivety?', both thought dangerously, one is a non-Beyonder at that.

Audrey could read them like a book, but she didn't say it out loud. She also notices Susie, who stood by her side.

"Huh, when was Susie here?"

At another space,

The Blackthorn Company met up with Leonard, who is talking to Pallez Zoroast, the 'grandpa in a jade' ahh old man that was residing in Leonard given human form.

"How did this happen Old Man?", The Star questioned the Angel of Time

"I have no idea. I was inside of you for a moment, then I had my body. I couldn't even sense anything that happened in time.", Pallez is very confuzzled out of his mind, technically out of Leonard's mind.

"Deacon Leonard.", Captain Frye greets the poet.

"Captain Frye. I've missed you guys.", Leonard turns to his former crew, a nostalgic smile worn.

"Hm, it still feels like yesterday when our resident poet was posturing.", Seeka cups her cheek as she reminisces.

"I still remember the time he fell down the stairs.", Royale peeps out.

"Ahaha! Leonard, you've become a fine young man. It brings this old man to tears.", Bredt laughs boisterously.

"You're not that old yet, Bredt. You still have a lot of years with your wife.", Orianna says as she stands about.

"Bahaha! It's fine, It's still important to work for the company.", Bredt thinks otherwise.

"I would have honestly left if it weren't so important too.", Cesare grumbles out.

"We know you'd still stick around even if you were the last member among us.", Rozanne rolls her eyes. "Anyway, Leonard, who is this old ma-ah! I'm sorry if I sound rude, demigod sir!", She suddenly realises how dangerous it could have been if she had offended such a person.

"Hehe, you can think of me as this rascal's grandpa."

"What are you talking about, you old man?", Leonard feels a tick go off his forehead.

"Well, either way, you could say I'm his teacher too.", Pallez says, knowing Leonard's personality as well as his own.

Rozanne chuckles but looks at Leonard and then back at Klein Moretti. It took her a while to find him in the theatre, sitting alone at the back. Both awkward and...lonely.

"Uhm, Leonard. This might sound crazy, but...", Rozanne catches Leonard's attention and points to Klein, who looks over at the two of them.

Leonard stops in place, a lot of turbulent emotions within him.

Klein Moretti, his friend, his co-worker, who died, and lived, who is also Mr. World, Gehrman Sparrow, and is standing right in front of him.

'But why is he in that form? I just saw Gehrman Sparrow a while ago.', Leonard remembers nodding to Gehrman and even saw Dwayne Dantes, but he assumed the latter was another member under the Fool.

'Are they perhaps both Klein? No, that's not possible... I have to ask the Old Man later'

"I... see... actually, I've known about this too. It's just a complicated matter."

"What do you mean you knew about this?", A familiar voice rang among the group. Everyone turns their heads to Melissa, led by Benson.

"Y-you too? Why are you here?"

"We don't know either, but the more pressing question is, Why do you know that my brother is alive?", Melissa's face contorted in pain as she stared at Leonard. Benson could see Klein pale up in the far back of the theatre before making his way to the group quickly.

'It seems he can't avoid it any longer', Benson thought; he too was preparing himself for the moment of concentration.

Leonard panics seeing Klein coming and responds to Melissa, "As I said, it's complicated... things won't turn out so great if you knew..."

Melissa glares, "So that's why my brother left!?", The shout took the attention of the other people in the theatre.

Leonard sighs and puts on a serious face, "You can only ask Klein for that.", he heaves in his chest as his heart feels heavy. Looking at the siblings is hard, when he knew something that he felt the Morettis needed to know more.

"Melissa...", Klein calls out.

Audrey, Will, Azik, and Pallez look at the scene with differing amounts of recognition.

'Is this perhaps Mr World? But... Gehrman Sparrow is also here. Is it not him? Mr Star is there too...'

' Mr Fool, you got what's coming for you, it's time to face it.'

'Klein, I know it's going to be hard, but I'm sure your siblings will forgive you... It will just be very hard to take in.'

'Klein Moretti... or should I say Mr World? How will you play this out now?'

"Klein...", Melissa turns to Klein. Benson looks at him too, choking on his words before saying, "Klein... you're alive?"

Klein grits his teeth before taking a stand, "Yes, I've been alive all this while."

Instantly, there was a massive amount of words that built up in Melissa's mouth. Benson too had many questions revolving in his mind.

But as if in a strange twist of fate, Melissa ran at Klein and hugged him.

Melissa started crying. hard. her cries resounded in the theater as everyone looks on at the scene, whatever they were doing before had stopped.

"Ugh, that hurt. Benson, it seems you've been feeding Melissa well.", Klein looks down at his sister, feeling the warmth of a hug he hasn't had in a very long time. He responds in kind with a hug and looks at Benson.

Benson tears up and approaches with sadness in his voice, "After you were gone, I did my best and was able to pay for ourselves."

"I...I know, both of you have worked hard."

"So you knew, you were watching us.", Melissa grasped Klein, feeling like he would disappear if she didn't hold him close enough.

Klein's vision blurs, "I'm sorry. It seems I'm a bad brother."

"Klein.", Benson holds Klein's shoulder, "A good brother is a brother that's alive. It's hard to understand why you're here... but please, don't leave us again, please.", the vulnerability in the pillar of the Moretti siblings is apparent.

"...", Klein couldn't answer as Benson and Melissa hug him between their sobs and tears.

Zhou Mingrui looks at the situation and feels even more lonely, 'In a way, Klein Moretti can have his sad yet happy ending, but I will always be alone, right? With not home to return to...'

Then he looks at his other personas and thinks, 'Well, the bonds that I've made also feel worth it.'

"*sniff* *blow*", Everyone was startled as they heard someone crying and blowing hard. They look up to see Yanderu crying with a tissue box in hand, "What are you staring at? I'm not crying, you are *sniff* *blow*"

Almost everyone had deadpanned looks thinking along the lines of, 'Is this the person that kidnapped us?'

Klein looks back from Yanderu back to his siblings, especially at Melissa who stares at him, "I'm sorry. There are things I can't tell you. It's too dangerous."

Melissa wants to protest but then she still remembers how Portland Moment talked about the mysticism world, "You can't be serious, brother. Will you at least come-"

Klein's face fell, it was the worst question to ask, "I don't think I can... at least in a few years.", Even he wasn't sure if he could awaken.

Benson asks, "Why? Are you in danger somewhere? Are you stuck?"

Klein replies, "Something like that. I've wanted to come to you two, but it's hard to do that without putting you in danger. I can't do that."

Yanderu, seeing that things are calming down cut in, "It's time to welcome the last batch. Then I will explain to you all the event I am holding, the social event known as Mystery Theatre!", he dramatically raises his hands.

Then a second came, and another, then another.

"Huh, I thought that would work. One moment.", Yanderu claps his hands before 3 people appear.

Roselle Gustav, also known as Huang Tao

The Evernight Goddess, also known as Amanises

Mr. Fool, also known as Zhou Mingrui (and other identities)

They all appeared with special effects too. Roselle appears on a black throne, uneven, unique, and of unreasonable design. His body's flesh has remade itself just in time for people to see a gruesome transformation in his body before going back to normal.

The Evernight Goddess appears standing on a field of moonflowers as her 6 arms extended forward, a scythe ready, and Uniqueness in hand.

The fog gathers around Mr. Fool, obscuring his facial features as he sits on a spirit throne that has tendrils of maggots extending from it, cane in hands and gloves. The half-Lord of the Mysteries appears! (He already had, but we ain't revealing that just yet)

Instantly, everyone bowed and greeted the gods respectfully.

""Praise the Lady!"", The Hall family, except Audrey, said alongside the Blackthorn Company, so the Moretti Siblings, including Klein, Sherlock, Dwayne and even Enuni, followed suit, 'I've praised myself enough. Gehrman will do it for me instead.'

""Emperor Roselle"", The others recognised the figure on the throne, namely Edwina and Bernadette.

""Praise the Fool!"", To people's surprise, the Tarot club members, Danitz, Maric, Sharron, Zhou Mingrui, and the angels of the Fool bows to the figurehead prompting other like Frank Lee and Heath Doyle to bow down as well in tandem with their captain, Cattleya.

"Ah? Brother Zhou, why are you worshipping yours-.", Merlin Hermes holds Roselle by his shoulder while smiling menacingly at him, "Don't reveal my identity so casually.", he whispers, thankfully it was all in Chinese.

Everyone froze seeing a demigod so casually touch a god, was it normal? They didn't know, it was already surprising to find out Emperor Roselle is a god and alive and well (not that they realized how unwell he actually is)

"Oh, so you're here too. Why are you everywhere?", As if he wasn't sealed in a mausoleum at all, Roselle chats rather casually to the Wishing Machine.

"That's a question you should ask that person over there. His name is Yanderu.", Merlin points to Yanderu, who is sipping a cocktail while wearing an adventurer's cloak and holding a harp in his hand.

There were a lot of issues with the approach of the gods,

One is that the Hall Family realised Audrey greeted the Fool instead of the Evernight Goddess, with how she looks like night and moon flowers.

The Blackthorn Company also gawked at Leonard, a Deacon of the Evernight Goddess, bowing to the Fool, 'What kind of situation is this?', they similarly thought in their individual minds.

"Ah, Hello, from what country do you hail from?", Roselle asks, finding it hilarious to talk with a being that was capable of stopping the influence of the Mother Goddess of Depravity from influencing him.

"Bah, I hail from Southeast Asia, But not from China.", Yanderu drops another bomb at the gods. Roselle collapses back onto his throne and laughs, "Ahaha! So you're also an old timer. Nice to meet you."

"You could say that.", Yanderu shrugs before announcing, "Alright, since we are beholding the presence of gods. Let's go on with the announcements. I will reiterate this only one more time."

"This is not a Sealed Artifact, and I brought you out of time and space for you all to participate in this social event called 'Mystery Theater'. I wish you no harm, so do not be afraid of me. I will not allow excessive violence, which means the enactment of mild or lethal infliction of physical pain will not be tolerated, but don't worry, I will stop you from harming someone before that happens."

"Beyonders can use their abilities as long as it is used for things other than inflicting pain on others. Your powers are suppressed beforehand if it has any dangerous capabilities but you can ask me mentally if you want to use certain abilities."

"Please note that I also automatically give you permission based on the intent of your actions, so you might not even need to ask me."

"I have brought all five batches of you to this important event and it will be a rewarding experience full of knowledge, emotion, and maybe the building of bonds. As I said, it's a social event."

"You may leave this event after a few important events have passed that are related to you. Please note that no matter how much time passes in this place, you won't age at all, even if you leave, time won't catch up and age you suddenly, so there are no consequences in terms of that."

"Also know that even if you leave this place, I might bring you back again if I want you to participate later on. But don't worry, the same rules still apply and I won't bring you back anymore after the whole social event, 'Mystery Theater', is finished."

Yanderu looks around and asks, "Is everything clear? Any questions?"

Xio Derecha raises her hand, "Will you bring in more people?"

"That depends on whether something interesting happens to allow such a person to participate in the event."

Edwina Edwards raises her hand, "How long will this event last?"

"It depends, it could last about more or less 2 months? Think of it as a vacation of sorts."

Heath Doyle raises his hand, "How will we eat?"

"Good question, this is a magical Theatre, so don't worry about the food and sleep being provided here. Over to the left of the Theatre is a place that leads to the bathrooms, and the doors on the back lead to sleeping accommodations. The room to the right is the cafeteria with all the food you can imagine, including drinks and things of times past."

Frank Lee raises his hand, "Can we bring back this food?"

"...ah, Frank Lee. Of course! I will provide you as many species of mushrooms I can provide for you to pervert the very essence of life itself!"

"What do you mean? I'm just passionate in my research!", Gehrman Sparrow thought otherwise. Those who knew him even felt shivers down their spines. But Derrick's eyes lit up as he realized, 'Is this perhaps the person Gehrman found to provide our City of Silver with food? Praise the Fool!'

Cattleya raises her hand, "How important is this event for us to stay here?"

"It's very important, it's an event that ties with the present, and past, and leads to the future. And if I want to, I could even help you all out in certain things if I feel like it."

Fors raises her hand, "Is this supposed to be a secret?"

"Pft, secret? Not at all, you can tell anyone if you want but I bet at the end of this, you all would keep your mouths shut for no information to leak."

Mr. Fool now raises his hand, "How do you think these people can hide the experiences here with no abilities?"

"Don't worry, not even 'He' could obtain anything. I will be like I didn't even exist."

Amanises raises her hand, "Who are you?"

"I'm just a humble owner of this Theatre, who wishes for great content.", Owner?

"So you're just using us to entertain you?", Roselle smiles.

"Pretty much, but don't be so down, it's better for you than for me!"

Danitz raises his hand, "So what is this social event or whatever?"

"Good on you, Oracle, yes, the 'Mystery Theatre' will be showing you videos of the past or entertainment videos for you to react to. You don't have to do anything grand but be yourself!"

Alfred raises his hand, "Videos of the past?"

"Yes, these will be videos that will tell a story. And you will be seeing that journey, in a movie format too!"

'He even speaks of Earth's technologies.', the Transmigrator Trio thought.

Audrey involuntarily asked, "Movie?"

"Right, none of you have experienced films yet. Don't worry, it's exciting, and it's not even acting because it's what has happened in the past."

Bernadette raises her hand, "So this will be a recounting of history with no flaws?"

"Exactly, don't think I falsified anything, in fact, everything I've been saying is the truth, so trust me on this one."

Derrick raises his hand, "What are those 'entertainment videos'?"

"Entertainment Videos are provided for their exact purpose, not everything is real, some are exaggerated, but they're all meant to be jokes or entertainment (in other words, hype) based on the videos of the past that you will be seeing."

"Actually, I might even make fun activities for ourselves too~."

" Mr, this Yanderu person seems annoying", Will said to his carrier as he ate ice cream.

"What? Where did you get that?", Azik asks as he carries the childish grandpa.

Will responds with a shrug, "I wanted ice cream, so Yanderu gave it to me."

Pallez raises his hand, "Will I keep my body?"

"If you want to, Old Man, but something tells me you think otherwise~.", Pallez didn't react, but Yanderu knew he hit a bullseye right there.

Merlin raises his hand, "Will you solve my problem?"

"Hmmm, why not? Well, I will give you my answer after the event."

"...", Yanderu looks around as he sees no one asking any more questions.

"I'm sorry that I've done this suddenly, but at least this was the right moment to do things, since a few years later could lead to another set of big events to happen."

Alger raises his hand, "What will happen?"

"Nah, I ain't giving up that information (I haven't read COI). Just be satisfied with what you got now. I'm sure you all will figure things out on your own.", Yanderu smiles.

"Now is that all it?", Yanderu gives in a final look before instantly changing into a farmer outfit and with a pirate straw hat on top too, "I will be arranging you all into your seats but don't worry, they aren't permanent and you can change your seating anytime."

I teleported everyone to their seats. It was an arrangement of 6 rows and 7 columns.

In order, starting at the very back we have Pallez, Will, Azik, Amanises, Mr. Fool, Roselle, and Bernadette.

The next row contains Danitz, Edwina, Sherlock, Sharron, Maric, Heath, and Frank.

The next row contains Orianna, Royale, Rozanne, Seeka, Frye, Cesare, and Bredt

The next row contains Enuni, Dwayne, Earl, Caitlyn, Hibbert, Alfred, and Susie

The next row contains Melissa, Klein, Benson, Emlyn, Cattleya, Merlin, and Zhou Mingrui

The next row contains Alger, Derrick, Leonard, Gehrman, Audrey, Fors, and Xio.

"How do you like your new seating arrangement?"

The Hall family and Blackthorn recognise that Audrey and Leonard aren't with them respectively, but seeing as the two didn't voice out any issue just stay silent.

"I placed you where you may be most comfortable sitting with. Or because of my preference, so I hope you're satisfied."

"Now here comes the kicker, on your seat, you will find buttons appearing by the handrest. Sometimes voting will come out, which will allow you to pick what you want."

"Such as this right here."

Which is objectively most scary?

A. Monocles

B. Mushrooms

C. The Moon

D. The Spectator

Immediately the tarot club started to vote for either A or D.

Other Angels such as Will, Azik, Pallez, Roselle, and Evernight voted C.

All of Klein's counterparts voted B.

Derrick and Frank were confused about letter B.

Everyone else too was confused about the question and options.

"Don't worry. These are just fun trivia questions that pop out once in a while. But here's the real question, don't feel pressured, we have all the time in the world."

What would you like to watch?

A. Introducing The Tarot Club

B. Volume 1: The Clown

C. Roselle Slander

D. 100 Pounds

(Please note that you readers are going to vote because more than half of these don't make sense to the majority so you get to decide what to hit them with.)

(Also note that choosing Volume 1 will lead me to read Volume 1: The Clown once again, don't worry, I'm very quick at reading.)

Chapter Text

C. Roselle Slander

"Huh, I didn't think you people wanted to know about Roselle that badly. That was on me, I forgot you people barely reconize the meaning of the other options. Not only that, some of you abstained from voting. Making only a 1 or 2 voting difference for option A.", Yanderu notes to them.

"Is that not allowed?", Frye asks.

"Not at all captain, you can choose to abstain if you want. The show goes on in majority.", Yanderu smiles.

Roselle shouts, "What is this? How could you slander this man?"

Yanderu grins, "Oh, just you wait Caesar, bullying you will be like afternoon tea. Gossip is its best partner."

"I will be showing you 5 videos about Roselle, the first video being the very definition of the prompt, while the others are just similar in topic.", Yanderu explains as the words on the Theatre dissolve into shimmering black lights, that only those keen could notice.

Everyone is preparing themselves in their seat. Some were anticipating the video, such as Klein's Personas, Angels, pirates and Tarot Club. Others were still feeling the strangeness of the situation, like the Blackthorn Company, but couldn't do much else than get used to it; not only that, they were in the presence of Angels and Gods, making them feel pressured. The Hall Family were in a dichotomy of keeping their image and looking at Audrey in the front, who is their main concern, after all, they didn't realise how far away she's drifted from them.

How much did they not know? What did she do with them? Will she even be fine without them? Question upon question from that endearing family.

As for another family? On the second row, Melissa is bear-hugging Klein's arm while the latter couldn't deny her actions. Benson is staring at the Theatre screen with a lot in his mind, his gaze unfocused on the video at hand. There was much to unpack and things to accept.

'It would be unfair not to forgive Klein, even Melissa had kept these Beyonder things away from me because of my safety. Now that Klein comes around alive and well, I'm just glad that he's here. I just hope Melissa feels the same way too.', Maybe he was just too tired to argue with the situation, finding it needless to pick on a done matter, so Benson just turns to his siblings, smiling as he sees Melissa keeping Klein close to her, 'We can't always be like this anyway. I know that more when I have a wife. It's for the best that we've got a second chance with Klein.', Benson's stiffness dissipates as he sank down the soft chair at the thought of his newly wed.

The lights focus on the screen as a video plays out.

Klein and Leonard could be seen boarding a plane.

"What's that?!", Immediately, Melissa's eyes brightened as if she was seeing the latest iPhone or car model.

"It's an aeroplane, which has a similar function to an airship, but instead of the use of steam, this invention uses another fuel which allows for greater flight.",

"I don't remember boarding this... 'aeroplane'.", Leonard calls out to Yanderu.

"This is a hypothetical situation. It's supposed to depict your personalities, as a meme."

"Meme?", Leonard couldn't quite grasp the essence of memes yet.

"Don't worry. You'll see."

Leonard sits on one of the chairs as Klein loads the baggage. Klein then plops down on the seat beside Leonard, who was staring out of the window.

"*sigh* I can't wait to get back home to Tingen.", Klein readjusts in his seat as he rests back on the chair.

"Yeah, me too. I bet the Nighthawks miss me.", Leonard looks back at him as he feigns importance.

'Not at all, poemless poet.', Klein merely smiles at him as an obvious tick shows on his forehead.

"Hey! Why is this implicating me? I thought we were going to watch Roselle?", Leonard shows an angry but embarrassed face at Yanderu.

"Who says I can't drag others into this? We can't have our poor Black Emperor bear all the shame himself! Plus, if you want to blame someone, you have to blame your friend Klein over there.", Yanderu raises his hand slowly, passing over Gehrman Sparrow before resting it direction on Klein, to which some people, who both knew the truth and have good perception, read what Yanderu meant by that gesture.

Klein looks at Leonard, "Don't look at me, you brought that to yourself.", Leonard only shakes his head at the end, not pursuing the slight issue.

Klein could be seen tapping his finger on the gun by his holster before saying, "We've been waiting here for over a minute. Where is the pilot?"

Leonard creases his eyebrows as he looks away from the window and answers, "I've been wondering that too. Did something happen in the cockpit?"

"Damn it! How do you fly this thing? I thought even a curly-haired baboon could use this?!", Roselle could be seen in the cockpit, as he is heard cursing in the mic where the speakers picked up his mic.

The scene changed to fit two scenes where Klein and Leonard could only stare at the speaker in shock, while the other scene depicted the pilot to be Roselle, strangely with that twisted black crown still on him.

By Roselle's side is Amanises, with a veil over her head but nothing else other than simple clothing, a huge contrast to the goddess at the back of the theater.

Everyone became silent as they saw that two gods were piloting the aeroplane!

In an instant, the ones who started to get the joke were Will, Danitz, Fors, Klein's Personas, and Amanises. From the loudest laugh to just a slight chuckle, respectively, except for Dwayne and Gehrman.

Then came a second bout as Azik, Frank, Audrey, Leonard, Royale, Bredt, Rozanne, Xio, Derrick, and Orriana laughed.

"T-this is slander! Of course, I would know how to pilot an aeroplane!", Roselle defends himself, both chuckling and being angry.

"It's been a long time since you've made something like that, Roselle, and you've left the Paragon Pathway entirely.", Amanises says to him.

"I remember that I have yet to collect the Moon, Mother, and Demoness Cards of Blasphemy, your Paragon legacy will have to say incomplete.", Mr Fool adds on, his mouth uncovered by the fog, showing his hidden smirk.

"I thought we agreed on not gathering those cards.", Roselle grumbles with a chill in his spine.

'Cards of Blasphemy?', the Tarot Club and high Beyonders noticed Mr Fool just joking about crucial information.

'As expected of Mr Fool', the Simp- I mean the Tarot Club gave their various praises to Mr Fool once again.

Will licks his ice cream as he tells Azik, "So, do you think Roselle would act like that?"

Azik shakes his head, "I don't know, but it seems like Mr Fool over there is enjoying it."

'Eh, fine with me.', Will shrugs and keeps watching. The slander of Roselle continues as people notice that Roselle doesn't mind the situation that much.

I mean, choosing between embarrassing videos and eternal life and death is an easy choice after all.

"Roselle, your microphone is turned on.", Amanises says as she supports her cheek with one of her two hands.

"Oh sh*t, uh, *kuhum* did anyone hear that?", Roselle asks on the mic.

Klein and Leonard simultaneously thought, 'What kind of person leaves his mic on?'

"My name is Roselle Gustav, Emperor of Intis Republic, make sure to say your thanks by my empire, or become one of my citizens.", Roselle introduces himself.

Klein and Leonard froze.

Danitz really couldn't hold himself, "Bahahaha! Is this really you? You sound like a great king.", he provoked.

Roselle's mouth twitched, and he raised his hand at him as he said, "Indeed, I am.", he used Distort to turn Danitz's intent of 'joke of a great king' to ''He' is a great king' then used Magnify on that intent to solidify the next action he took. He Magnified his Majesty and Bestowed on Danitz envy and reverence.

"Oh, Roselle, you are the great king! Praise Roselle!", Danitz's facial muscles twitched as he thought, 'Dogsh*t, what's happening to me.'

Mr. Fool raised his hand and Stole from Danitz all intentions of praising Roselle, "Haha, Friend, such a great king as you are, you shouldn't bully my Oracle."

Roselle snorts, 'I bet you're just doing that to show off.'

Mr. Fool thought, 'I bet he knows I'm doing it to save face.'

When two friends, Chinese at that, are in great positions, it is only natural for one to posture over the other. It's merely the tradition of things.

Amanises sighs, she looks at the astonished faces of everyone else look at them from the back, 'These two troublemaking gods.'

But the clip continued, at the expense of Danitz.

"We're going to be taking off shortly once I figure out how to work this thing. Don't worry, I'm a multi-talented emperor!", Roselle showers himself in praises. So much so that I bet he uses his own pats of his back for soap.

""..."", Klein and Leonard paled in fright.

Leonard turns to his friend, "Klein, why in the Lady's name have you booked this airline?"

Klein coughs as he looks away, "It was the cheapest flight, what did you want me to do?"

The Moretti Siblings started laughing, and Benson had to hold his stomach after remembering how much they were penny pinching back then. Then Orianna laughs too, remembering how Klein would follow in Old Neil's steps and ask for remuneration for some pounds. What was left of the old Nighthawk team was all smiles too. Leonard was the loudest, not losing in mocking Klein, "Hahaha! Don't worry anymore, Klein, I bet Ms Justice can provide you enough pounds-."

Leonard places his hands over his mouth before he looks at Yanderu in fright.

"Eh, don't worry if you say things involuntarily. It's just natural in a social event to slip up once in a while.", Yanderu smiles innocently. This made those who had secrets keep a tight lid on themselves.

The engines of the plane started up as Roselle's voice sounded from the intercom. From the other side, it could be seen that Roselle had actually learned how to man the aeroplane on the fly.

"Impressive.", Edwina voices out as she looks at the different buttons and switches in the cockpit in fascination. Danitz sees it and promises himself to learn strange and new things to impress Edwina.

'Of course, he suddenly learns to man an aeroplane.', Bernadette could only have expected it, placing a hand over her face both fascinated like a child but also concealing it with the pride of a rebellious daughter.

"I would like to thank everyone for trusting me to be your pilot. But really quickly, before we go, are there any ladies who wanna see me tonight~?", Roselle lastly says in the intercom as Amanises glares at him while Klein and Leonard show disgusted faces.

The theatre is silent. They were too stunned by the shamelessness of that man known as Roselle Gustav. The Earl family head thought, 'So the rumours about Roselle's many trysts were true. Who would have thought?'. Bernadette groans as Roselle laughs in embarrassment while scratching his chin.

Klein had to hold it in before he started laughing, but all his personas kept repeating within themselves, 'The taste of a Demoness ain't bad.'

Mr. Fool, trying to keep up his act, sighs, "I can't believe you'd say that."

Roselle disputed, "That wasn't me! That was purely hypothetical."

No one said anything, but almost everyone thought, 'But that means you'd do that in that specific situation.'

Actually, someone did voice that out. Frank Lee, "It seems that you could do it due to your personality."

Huh, so in all this, Frank Lee didn't even fear the gods, this madman... or maybe he really took Yanderu's words to heart and lowered his guard. Let's not talk about Danitz; he's had his fair share of courting death involuntarily.

Roselle coughs, "That's beside the question, let's move on."

Danitz thought, 'Why didn't you punish him?'

"Actually, that's the end of the first video. let's move on the 2nd!"

This time, everyone was ready for what was to come, given how the first one played out.

Unfortunately, they're about to be blown away.

Music started playing as a familiar awful CGI of the resident baboon dancing.

Roselle's eyes widen, Mr Fool holds his mouth as he chuckles, Amanises sighs and laughs too after finding the situation so awfully funny.

Soon, almost everyone in the theatre was laughing except for Melissa and Tingen's Blackthorn Company.

"W-what's going on?", Rozanne asks in bewilderment.

"Is this some sex joke I don't understand?", Seeka tilts her head in confusion.

Bredt shakes his head and lets out a chuckle, "It seems to be a Beyonder joke, but it could be that too, from how it sounds."

Yanderu smiles, and the video is playing Roselle dancing in a badly drawn CGI with the captions,

Roselle after writing "The taste of a Demoness ain't bad" in his diary entry:

"Demoness is a strange Pathway. Regardless of your gender, whether male or female. If you drink the Sequence 7 potion called 'Witch' then you will inevitably turn female. It's a literal free gender reassignment!", Yanderu explains.

This brought mixed reactions among those who just learned from the revelation, the men paled while the women were in a 50-50 over whether to be frightened and creeped out or in a fit of laughter.

Interestingly enough, Royale, Orianna, and Cesare were laughing their assess off. Yanderu didn't think the last person would have found it funny, but it's just a matter of the sense of humour that people have.

"Well, if anyone asks. Yes, Roselle has slept with a Demoness... at least once.", Hearing the last part made it all the more contagious for laughter. Roselle didn't want to seem petty, so he just eats up the shots fired at him.

Mr. Fool, "Right, why DID you sleep with a Demoness anyway, senior Hua-hm...", he stops himself from saying a name he wasn't supposed to.

'Does Yanderu have Blind Stupidity too?', Mr Fool thinks as he raps his finger on the armchair.

Because of that, people could only stay curious as to what Mr Fool addressed Roselle as, but they knew it had 'senior' in it.

"Hm~, Hm~, I have the third video ready but does anyone have any questions?"

"Emperor Roselle had a diary? How do you know?", Royale, asks with a hand raised.

"I'll be honest, I won't answer straightly though, Emperor Roselle indeed has a diary but isn't it common knowledge? It's in the strange symbols on paper that has been spread around in public. How hard can it be to know in that case?"

'How hard is it to decipher the language?', Royale thought before becoming saddened as the person who gathered those papers in Blackthorn was a nice, dead old Rampager. Old Neil is missed dearly.

"Anything else?", Yanderu asks.

"Did Emperor Roselle know back then?" "Was the Demoness actually a guy?", At the same time were Frank and Danitz respectively, one did it out of curiosity, another just wanted to piss off the curly-haired baboon.

"Ah, for those questions, you have to ask Roselle.", to which everyone turns to him. In response, Roselle curses in Chinese, "Nima!"

"*ehem*, You know, as a nobleman myself back then, I was very innocent...", Roselle kept speaking as he beat around the bush.

'Innocent as a murderer.', Zhou Mingrui's eyebrow twitches as he (and all his personas) understands his cursing.

'Would anyone be fooled by that?', Audrey thought as seeing through Roselle was as clear as your wallet. (kidding)

The Sun believed it, not that he understood what Roselle implied in the video in the first place...alongside Heath? That was strange. Thankfully, Melissa is as innocent too, not that she didn't understand after Seeka blatantly revealed it to be some kind of green joke, now she was reeling from the embarrassment.

"Hahaha!", Yanderu laughs as the audience slowly drew their attention to a countdown for the next video.

This video in particular shows a picture album focusing on a close face-up shot of a smug Roselle with his finely detailed moustache and his curly features.

As the music played, below features a quote from Roselle, "The taste of a Demoness ain't bad."

It drew some chuckles, but they were past that point to rub it in some more, so Roselle could just sigh in relief. He was still grumbling Chinese slangs as if he were more suited to be a gangster than an Emperor, (imo Gangster Roselle?)

But it also felt strange, the music was emotional, using a violin to depict the joke...

until the camera changed to the same Roselle, but sitting on a throne, full of regality.

Below is another quote, "Goodbye, my friend. I hope we can really meet again one day."

With this the stunned viewers asked around.

Leonard cupped his chin, "Did he lose a friend?"

This is a conclusion a good number of them made.

Audrey tries to be positive and responds, "Maybe he and a friend parted ways."

Hibbert adds, "Or maybe they broke off their relationship, becoming enemies."

There are mixed reactions.

Fors elbows Xio, "What if it turns out to be another joke like Emperor Roselle lost his Demoness Friend?"

Spitting out his drink, which Yanderu so kindly provided a green mint tea, Roselle pleads the fifth, "Not everything I do is related to a Demoness."

"All your problems have come from women, though.", Amanises rebutted.

Roselle clasps his chest dramatically, "How could you say that? That's just taking it lightly if you joke about 'Her'."

Fors, seeing this, scratched her chin before thinking, 'Trissy Cheek? Or...someone else.', Feeling like it was dangerous to pry into it further, she places the matter aside. Xio sighs and shakes her head before leaning back into the folding view chair, which opens back up a bit more.

One who dared ask was Edwina, an action that spurred Danitz's eyes to widen in shock, "What is the context of this quote?"

Even if Danitz thought it reasonable to ask after a moment of contemplation, but he had to complain in his mind, 'Dogsh*t you're prying secrets from a god! Even if it made sense that Yanderu would answer.'

Yanderu turns to Roselle to, whom sighs and says, "It's a sensitive issue, I can only say that the blonde beauty is right.", People now finally getting the context somewhat were not as slightly pensive as before to what had transpired.

Before more questions could be asked, Yanderu says, "Now now, I'm sure you all are excited but let our dear emperor have his secrets... (for now.)"

Things settle down as the fourth video plays.

Audio edited from "Way Down We Go" plays.

It shows Roselle and a hooded man of yellow highlights having a meal on a long table, overlooking the world.

A wall of text highlights,

Name: Roselle Gustav
Title: ?
Age: ?
Sequence: ?
Pathway: ?
Role: ?
Status:?

Some of the slow ones like Rozanne, Frank Lee, Derrick, Emlyn, Danitz, and the Hall Couple turn to Yanderu in confusion.

The music builds up before making a beat drop.

Name: Roselle Gustav
Title: Son of Steam, Caesar The Great
Age: 233+ [?]
Sequence: From 0 to True God
Pathway: Black Emperor
Role: Emperor of Intis
Status: ?

There sat again Roselle on a throne, eyes closed, capturing the essence of Majesty. This time the play seems to have come to life as everyone even felt its power for themselves, giving them the slightest urge to bow down, but then a voice cut through the crowd.

"Losing Control?!", Alfred says in shock as he felt a similar power of Majesty to his own Charisma as a Disciplinary Paladin so he wasn't as nearly swept away as the others but merely noticed second, Audrey being first to notice but is too shock to speak, that on the left side of Roselle is growing pulsating red veins of corruption.

People turn to see it, but before long it changed,

On the video is a table of 3, a goddess hidden under a veil watching over a sleeping emperor and a slumbering fool with grey fog on his features.

The reactors recognise the three as they were the very same people on the back, all three gods were together.

No one seems to have noticed the significance, but Alger did; he, and his mind full of thought, suddenly blurts out, "Mr Fool and Mr Roselle are slumbering?"

The Angels of the Fool widen their eyes, sadness could be seen in Azik's eyes, Will showing a flat expression, and Pallez a hard one. The Oracle too caught onto the message but didn't react, only subtly that even Edwina beside him didn't even notice. The Tarot Club turns to Alger, Mr Hanged Man, as they also catch onto what he said...creating a domino effect of everyone glancing at the front row, Alger composes himself as everyone didn't have time before seeing another picture.

The final picture shows in a dark room 2 men sitting away from each other close beside, once again one shows Roselle Gustav in a blouse and Klein Moretti in a suit.

Klein reels as he looks to his side to see Melissa, who strangely hasn't reacted.

Melissa turns to him and asks, "Do you think this is the friend of Roselle?"

Klein wasn't sure why she was acting like that before a revelation came to him, 'That's right! Blind Stupidity! It isn't an offensive ability to cause harm!'

Blind Stupidity allows The Fool to lower the IQ of the people around him, he also noticed his power over that was only being perfunctory, only to an extent where people can't recognise Klein and Sherlock apart, 'But shouldn't that be where it ends? The person in the video looks exactly like me, not something that Blind Stupidity can surmount in the logic of people.'

'Unless, Yanderu also has a play on this.', Mr Fool has the same thought and glances at his angels, where Azik's clouded eyes gain clarity and recognition before glancing back up to The Fool, 'You knew Emperor Roselle? While you didn't mention it in your letters, perhaps it is a secret that shouldn't have come to light.', With that, Azik nods to his good student and looks back.

Others like Pallez, Will, and Bernadette, who knew the connections between either Klein's Personas and/or Klein and Roselle, were able to gain clarity, saved from Yanderu's own powers of Blind Stupidity.

Alger and Cattleya, on the other hand, were sweating and contemplating hard on different matters.

Alger thinks, 'This is dangerous, we're watching about the secrets of gods. Maybe it's because of the Theatre, but I let my guard down for the first 3 videos, not taking into account that one shouldn't pry into a god.', he clutches his head in despair.

Cattleya is troubled, 'Emperor Caesar, better known as Roselle Gustav, the father of Her Majesty, Queen Mystic. I had thought he died, but it turns out it is as Her Majesty said. And for him to be the Black Emperor, it was said they could live again even after death as long as they have a mausoleum.'

Aside from the Hanged Man and Hermit, the Moon in typical fashion, is having heavy eyelids, 'While I'm not so interested, I can say it's amazing to see so much of this god. Maybe it's just not my thing to bother about this stuff.', nevertheless, he keeps his eyes open; maybe there is something related to the Ancestor.

The Hall Couple and Blackthorns were troubled about how to deal with the information, so they kept silent. Klein by now had already responded to Melissa with a lie, saying he didn't know anything.

Leonard on the other hand, seems to feel strange seeing the gentleman in a suit, but couldn't put his finger on it.

"Any questions?"

Cattleya raises her hand and asks, "Do those question marks mean there is much more to be known?"

Yanderu responds, "Well yes, but do you think you're ready to know this stuff?"

Cattleya freezes, knowing not to pry too much, especially into the father of her mother figure. So she shakes her head.

Yanderu shakes his head too, 'Kids, amiright? Whatever, a child-like curiosity too is something to commend.'

"Finally, we have the last video."

Roselle wipes the smugness from himself, 'While I'm proud of that last video, I wonder what the last one will be.'

Instantly music started,

"Bernadette~"

"You are my liberty~"

There it shows Emperor Roselle holding his grown-up daughter, Bernadette Gustav, crying in his cupped hands

Everyone stares slack-jawed as they see and register that another of the audience is actually the daughter of Roselle himself.

Edwina is silent, 'I should have been able to connect that their hair colours were the same.'

Danitz, by her side, turns back and looks at Bernadette herself, who responded in kind with the same gaze, 'Would it be too much if I expected that girl to have multiple half-siblings?'

Roselle's eyebrow twitches, 'Is someone insulting me?'

"I celebrate the day~"

"That you changed,

my history~"

In this picture is a greyscale of a travelling group, Amanises in the front and Mr Fool at the back, with Roselle leading his little daughter by the hand.

It was detailed, the two in the middle in a lively atmosphere, while the others were joining in, albeit solemnly.

The angels of the Fool grew concerned.

Pallez and Azik both thought, 'Why are both the Lady and Mr Fool like that?'

Will Auceptin, on the other hand, is asking the real question, 'Why are those three so closely related to each other? I keep seeing that.'

"oh- Life and Death~"

"Will always lead you into

Love and Regret.~"

A transition went from a very cold Roselle, his complexion looking more monstrous than human in demeanour, before trying to hug his daughter warmly while covered in a bit of washed blood.

Melissa hugs Klein further as she grew scared while Benson leans in a bit closer to Klein too.

The Civilian staff braced in their seats, namely, Orriana is holding her mouth while Rozanne has a horrified look on her face. Frye, too, had a cold look, not that it wasn't the look he normally wears, but it was... colder.

The Hall Family were in mixed reactions, knowing how ruthlessness, is a matter of a fact, to keep lives in nobility and people in check, as is to protect their loved ones. Perhaps because of that, Caitlyn looks at Audrey, who turns back to her with a reassuring smile.

"But you have answers~"

"And I have the key~,

For the door-to-

Bernadette~"

Bernadette's hitched breath lets go as she realises she was holding it in, Roselle grabs her hand, "Bernie, my little girl. It's alright."

Bernadette's face, once ice cold, has melted. Tears were accumulating in her eyes, but she refrained from shedding them, as if it were taboo to do it. Her headstrong nature truly reflected how she grew up, to which Roselle could only pat her on the back of her palm and hug her.

Mr. Fool glances at his friend and turns to Amanises, who stares stoically. Mr Fool in an attempt to jest, opens his mouth and makes a vomiting gesture and points inside his mouth, like a typical uncle.

Amanises crosses one pair of arms, uses another to wave away the Fool's antics, and the last pair to lean on the side armchair, like a sassy aunt.

"O-of course. I'll definitely find a way to save you. No matter what.", Bernadette declares.

Yanderu looks at her mysteriously, 'I haven't read COI yet, but I feel like that's foreshadowing something...'

A respectful silence reigns. Amanise's authority exuded a resolution, one of serenity coming from her powers, the sign of the end of the videos.

"It seems that some of our viewers are shaken up, but don't worry. You can take breaks once in a while. If it gets too hard, you can even leave for your rooms or the cafeteria.", Some nod in response.

"Of course, if you don't want to miss anything, you should all, or the majority of you, agree to pause the watching. This will also decide when you can all have some well-deserved rests and meals."

Bredt raises his hand, "Right, may I go to the bathroom?"

"Sure. Bathroom breaks for all.", Yanderu claps. Susie jumps off her chair as she rushes to the bathroom first.

The Tarot Club convenes together.

"Greeting, Mr World, it's good news that you've awoken."

"My awakening is as temporary as Mr Fool's; it all depends on Yanderu."

"I see, he's a great help then."

Ms. Justice continues to greet everyone in a likesome manner. Everyone finding out she is Audrey Hall isn't so bad, in fact, some of them already knew, such as Ms Judgement and Ms Magician.

"Right, Mr World. What are your...other uh, identities doing here?"

"The Fool Pathway has a Sequence 5 Marionettist which allows someone to control bodies, like marionettes.", Mr World explains aptly, in a dark Gehrman style way.

"You mean like... Parasitism?", Mr Star asks with a chill in his spine.

"Something similar, yes."

'Multiple Gehrman Sparrows??? I can't even feel safe with one, how am I going to deal with more?', Ms Magician clears her throat and asks, "So which of these people are your personas, Mr World?"

Gehrman Sparrow just stares at her, which makes her stand frozen, "E-eh maybe you don't have to-"

"As you all already know, Dwayne Dantes is one of the personas, shared actually, which is one of my forms at the moment. Another is that wandering magician over there, Merlin Hermes.

Hm, well, if it isn't so much, you could ask for your wish to be granted by him..."

" Mr World, you can grant wishes?", Mr Sun asks excitedly with child-like innocence.

'Really, that's Mr World? he's just sitting there talking to that strange man, but his smile betrays his sorrow.', Ms Justice smiles mirthfully at her readings.

"I can, it just depends on the wish.", Mr World replies.

'It would be hard to identify people who could change faces and control puppets but it's not something too hard for my intuition.', Maybe it's because people aren't giving Ms. Judgement too much recognition but she is one of the people who could oust a Faceless from a crowd if she were targeting someone due to her abilities.

In fact, Verdict, which comes from a Sequence 6 Judge, may prevent a Marionette from using spirit threads and cause a Faceless to change back, and attacks made to the soul are ever effective to the mystical soul-related abilities of someone in the Fool Pathway.

*kuhum*

Anyway, 'Then who else would be Mr World's personas? Perhaps the man talking to Merlin? Or... maybe a woman?', Mr Hanged Man's thoughts bounce around as he came up with ridiculous thoughts that were somehow somewhat right in some sense.

Ms. Hermit asks, "How do we deal with the option, Introducing The Tarot Club?"

Mr. Hanged Man looks at her and confirms to himself again that she is indeed the Queen of Stars, Cattleya.

Mr. Moon waves his hand, "It might not even show up."

Leonard looks at him knowingly, thinking back on the vampire Hierophant Emlyn White, 'I still can't get my head around that ironic situation.'

Mr. Star rebuts, "But it could, and it might leak a lot of our secrets too."

Ms. Justice says, "How about we all vote for something else to ensure we don't get that option?"

Ms. Magician agrees, "It's a sound plan."

Once everyone settles down again. Yanderu appears before everyone, "I'd like to make 2 new additions to our little group.", and with a flick of his wrist, they appeared.

First is Reinette Tinekerr, who, headless, is holding a bundle of four heads with her by the hair.

This startles a lot of the groups, specifically Cattleya, Frank Lee, Maric, Sharron, and Gehrman Sparrow.

What surprised others more is a mirror that appeared in the air and lands on Merlin Hermes' chair, "Great Master! Your humble servant has-", before Arrodes could speak more, Merlin silenced him.

(Him? Very unfortunate that it's the most likely yet still ambiguous canon. I shall not subvert it for your dark expectations, my dear readers.)

Now, people didn't know which was stranger, a talking mirror or a headless woman, or four in fact.

Nonetheless, Leonard, Fors, Xio, and Alfred, recognise the mirror.

'That is the lost mirror!', thought Leonard and Alfred.

'That is the embarrassing mirror!', thought Fors, suddenly blushing.

'Oh, it's that mirror from Mr Fool.', thought Xio calmly.

Maric and Sharron salute to Reinette. The Trio Temperance Faction is now complete.

Yanderu walks to the seat beside Alfred as he picks up Susie. 'When was Susie here?', Alfred asks himself before showing a face of absolute fright, 'I couldn't sense her?', he told himself to set up a perpetual rule to cancel concealment, 'How could I have forgotten? A Sheriff's jurisdiction is half the battle.', Alfred reminds himself to get familiar with the place and impose much-needed laws and prohibitions for the safety of his family.

By then, even in this territory, he and his family cannot be messed with easily.

"Concealment is prohibited in this theatre.", Alfred declares.

Susie's powers to conceal herself have been turned inept. Mr Fool's concealment ability overpowers Alfred's.

Xio responds instinctively, "Violence, Physical and Mental Harm, is prohibited in this area."

"Prohibition is regulated in my Theatre.", Yanderu imposes.

Xio and Alfred could still sense their laws, but they were weakened; it could be compared to the Constitution, with the laws undergoing a check of constitutionality.

Xio sighs as she remembers one of the things she learned in MI9, 'How could I forget the rulings in law? There needs to be a Territory, Population, Government, and Sovereignty.

Yanderu has the Sovereign power in this territory and decides the rules, which pushes me back, for my lack of familiarity with the territory and law here.'

"I wouldn't dissuade you from using your power, go ahead. Just know that I keep them in check should anyone start a scuffle with one another.", Yanderu smiles.

Xio and Alfred look at each other, sizing each other up before determining that the other didn't seem hostile, and assessing the situation before tacitly coming to a silent agreement.

Yanderu has more power because he has more authority. While authority is a subjective concept on Earth, the domain of the Theatre itself bowed to Yanderu's will, "Well, alright, I'm hoping one day one of you could completely regulate a place the same as I can."

"I'd like to announce that we won't be having another voting.", Reinette tilts her head as Sharron, holding one of her heads, explains to her the situation. The audience was in confusion until Yanderu explained.

"It's because the last voting is in a tie.", The Tarot Club members had a bad premonition.

A. Introducing The Tarot Club

'Noooo.', Ms Justice in particular felt like her secrets were going to be revealed in front of her family, how embarrassing!

Emlyn brushes his hair up with a flick and thinks, 'Hmph, they better introduce me well.'

Fors sighs, 'Well, it's to be expected.'

Danitz cups his chin, 'Actually, I did hear of the tarot club, it's related to Gehrman and Mr Fool.'

Will Auceptin laughs, drawing stares from the Blackthorn Company, some of them still can't get their head around why a child was clearly having fun in this theatre.

"Uh, is there something funny, err.."

"Will, or you can call me the Angel of Mercury. You know, the 'cherished' and 'most beloved' of the Fool.", Will Ceres spat in mockery before smiling, 'He' wouldn't admit it but 'He' liked the title.

(Please excuse me if I keep forgetting 'He/Her'. It flies over me sometimes.)

Rozanne opens her mouth in shock but decides to accept it after being through a rollercoaster of surprises by now, she's going to experience more shocks soon, though.

Yanderu claps, "May the first video begin.", and with the audience becomes silent, except for the unusually loud tapping of Mr Fool's finger on the armchair, foreboding something to them who weren't in the know.

The Song "Run Boy Run" plays as a picture plays of a foggy place with a long table with ancient chairs with varying symbols on their backs. With one being larger than the others, with the symbol of the fool on it.

Therein lies the text, "Introducing The Tarot Club."

Due to the building tension, expectations are high. What is the Tarot Club? Is it really just a club? Or maybe a secret organisation? Some of them already knew it was one, but had not an inkling on what they actually are.

On-screen "THE FOOL", overlaid a series of pictures depicting Mr Fool the god of the Church of the Fool. In one, it could be seen, covered in fog, he is sitting with a smile on his seat, full of grandeur.

Another is him standing on a mass of Spirit Worms that were hard to distinguish between a worm or tentacle. His face was blocked by a mass of wriggling white horror.

Another is the same fool, hooded in black and inner yellow highlights, overlooking the world with threads his hands, embracing Earth with his presence.

""Worms?!"", Most of the girls were startled, definitely all the non-to-low Beyonders, but even Fors shivered from the racing of her thoughts. (oh my~)

""So that is Mr Fool's Mythical Creature Form?"", Edwina, Cattleya, and those in the know of angels were fascinated.

""Spirit Threads..."", Bernadette, Temperance Trio, and half the Tarot Club notice the Spirit Threads. While the former have knowledge about them, the latter even have hands-on experience with Beyonders from the Fool Pathway messing around and turning people into marionettes.

Next, "JUSTICE", overlaid a series of pictures depicting Audrey Hall, the Earl of Hall's daughter, the Most Dazzling Gem of Backlund, dressed in all green descending glass stairs, her light makeup and rich accessories, though small, contributed to her beauty even more.

Another is her sitting on a chair in a white dress with a book in her hand surrounded by the crowd, her eyes are piercing green, becoming even more significant than anything else, it feels like she is observing you from afar with that intense gaze.

Another is her in a tailored jacket or shadbelly coat while wearing jodhpurs, behind her back were wings of white as scales grew from her hands and neck. Her eyes of yellow and draconic irises show she wasn't messing around.

The Hall Family were startled to see Audrey part of the Tarot Club. Moreso did Alfred almost faint on the implication that Audrey might be an angel.

Danitz and Frye flinched, feeling intimidated by the half-dragon form of Audrey.

"Dogsh*t, an actual dragon..."

Heath seems to been put into a daze staring into the seemingly endless green eyes of the Spectator he observed.

After, "THE HANGED MAN", There is a sailor, Alger Wilson, intimidating and facing the stormy and raining sea, wet in his pirate's clothes, his arms in blue scales as he stands on the tilted and faring pirate ship, his seaweed hair making him more of an undersea creature than people would have thought, not helping that his scowling and stern expression said alot about him.

Another is him in captain's clothing, that of the Lord of the Storms; he looks handsome in his get-up, overlooking, or rather ruling and faring over the bright seas that outstretch beyond. His clothes fluttered over his back.

Another is him in blue hierophant clothing, upside down and holding the Sea God's scepter. From him came blue tentacles, ominous and intimidating, like a calamity.

Before the Nighthawks, Hall Family, and the various pirates could finish realizing that the man part of the organization, Tarot Club, was actually part of the Mandated Punishers, Church of the Lord of Storms, they were intimidated by the intimidating and calamitous aura the Alger has on the third picture, actually some sensitive could feel the power coming from the scepter in his hand, but it didn't lessen the pressure that it was of divinity itself.

Seeka thought, 'This was nothing like the Mandated Punishers I've seen.'

Hibbert thought, 'And I thought the Cardinal Jahn Kottman was scary enough.'

Frank Lee and Heath Doyle recognized the man, although it took some time. Yes, he had a connection to their captain, Cattleya.

Fourth, "THE SUN", In civilian clothing is Derrick Berg, his back turned and bowing down on his knees despite his tall stature, towards a hidden existence in the gray fog. Light extended, from its existence and made the little giant shine even further.

Another is him in leather and cloth, holding a giant axe in hand with hope and determination in his glowing eyes that shuttled through the darkness, revealing cryptic and hazardous monsters that... didn't turn out so scary in comparison to the boy who shone his strength in battle.

Lastly, from the perspective of the other side, he could be seen facing front, opening a huge door, where his pure features could be seen, having come out of a place of utter darkness. He is lit up like the sun itself shining, unshadowed; there was only hope.

The Tarot Club members smile at their cinnamon roll, understanding that the last picture was of great significance to the Little Sun. Danitz too widens his eyes in recognition, 'Ah, right. We did find the boy out in sea under Mr Fool's orders, but it seems the descriptions for the Forsaken Land of the Gods were insufficient.', he reflects on the second picture.

In fact, the Temperance Faction had caught wind of the history in the Forsaken Land of the Gods due to how amiable the citizens of the Silver City were. Maric mutters, "Huh, and to think the things I've seen were scary."

The Reinette head on Sharron's lap says, "Evernight..." "Concealment..." "Authority..."

Sharron silently listens in wonder.

Soon, "THE WORLD", slim shady back it again- wait wrong *cough*. There is a cool, silent, and intimidating Gehrman Sparrow in formal wear and hat down, drinking a cold glass of Black Rand in one hand and using Spirit Threads in the other hand towards a pirate.

Another is him with the Death Knell in hand while raising his gloved hand, Creeping Hunger with a tongue outstretched as pounds fell by the ship.

Third is him covering his face with his hand in manic laughter, one-half of him already in a mass of Spirit Worms. He is holding a lamp in one hand, behind him is a city broken down, coming from a forgotten era.

The Tarot Club pales seeing Mr World in a half-maddened state. Mr Star asks, "Has this happened before?"

Mr Sun replies, "It happened in the Forsaken Land of the Gods."

Mr World nods, "I was able to maintain myself because of Mr Fool."

Ms Magician and Ms Hermit, knowing very well of Mr Fool's powers firsthand, nod in understanding.

Others, on the other hand, well, as expected of the Crazy Adventurer Gehrman Sparrow, his tales come far and wide due to Fors Wall, and his exploits make many a pirate fear him. Fear descended on the Blackthorn Company and Hall Family; they definitely need a therapy session with Audrey after all the shocks and fears they've been through.

Frank and Heath, although pirates were only slightly intimidated, but the happy-go-lucky attitude of the former and the calm and more-to-be-bothered-by-otherworldy-voices by the latter, they've already gotten used to the man who had already sailed with them on their ship once.

But one thing is certain, they all wouldn't want a bounty on their head if it meant Gehrman Sparrow would target them, especially the traumatised Danitz.

Speaking of him, he's shivering with how scary he looks in every shot, 'Scary, weren't there pounds in the second picture? Does he really only think about pounds? This son of a b*tch.', he turns to Edwina, who looks at the adventurer in rapt interest, 'Dogsh*t!'

But videos don't wait.

In the next instant, "THE MAGICIAN", there is Fors Wall on a desk, writing in a nightdress. She looks beautiful, yet her demeanour is lazy as she leans on the side of the desk as she wrote her novel.

Next is her out in another Kingdom in her Loen-styled dress. Her hair flutters as she came to see the sights and record them in her journal, as her suitcase sat by her side.

Lastly, out in the cosmos, there it could be seen Worms of Stars coming from her nape, symbols of different Beyonder powers recording within them. Her arm is extended towards the stars as she walks out of a mystical door.

Regardless of everything, Seeka Tron lit up seeing her writing, 'Is she a novelist too?', maybe that could amount to a development later on.

For the others, though, she looks like a typical Loenese woman; they wouldn't have thought that she's one mighty angel if not for the third picture of her literally in the cosmos.

Gehrman Sparrow asks, "You're out in the cosmos?"

Fors freaks out momentarily, "W-wait, I know how dangerous it is. I wouldn't go there without being safe."

Xio sighs beside her, "She's lazy and a coward, what you'd expect? The video isn't entirely accurate."

Then the video stops.

"Actually, she does advance to a Planeswalker in the future.", and before anyone could ask or say anything, the video starts again.

The angels of the fool were impressed, while some of them didn't know what Planeswalker meant, they knew that walking in the cosmos and by Abraham's history, it is of a significant feat.

Fors' jaw is agape. 'How could a lazy person like me advance like that? Then again... my 'mentor' should be the reason why I don't have to get Beyonder Characteristics anymore...'

"THE MOON", Emlyn White stood, his sanguine appearance making him look creepy as he opened a case full of herbs and various ingredients. Unlike his normal outfit, he is wearing rich clothing between an apothecary and a merchant.

The second scene is him in the clothes of a priest, specifically of the Church of the Earth Mother, inside the Harvest Church, with concentration on his face as he tended to duties. The contrast between his sanguine self and the priestly duties makes quite a scene.

The third and last is him surrounded by his collection of puppets, in his clothes of high sanguine nobility. He is talking to a doll he holds with happiness, his eyes glowing blood red and his sharp teeth, glowing underneath the crimson moonlight.

At first, Emlyn's pride is through the roof at his introduction, but then he slightly became ashamed that a scene of him serving the Earth Mother was revealed. 'It's not that there's a lot to be ashamed of. The Ancestor has let me serve the church under her permission.'

Leonard holds in his laughter, and Audrey smiles politely. Edwina, Danitz, Bernadette, Xio, Fors, Maric, and the Blackthorn Company seem to be the only people who were startled by the revelation that a vamp-a sanguine is serving under a church.

Xio cups her chin, 'Wait, so he's probably serving in the Harvest Church in Backlund. It makes sense with the operations we've done back then in Backlund.', she remembers that one operation that took a lot of the Tarot Club to cooperate in.

Cesare is dumbfounded, 'First, it's Emperor Roselle, now it's this vampire guy. I didn't sign up to learn about this information.', he clutched his face, stifling his laughter, 'It's ironic that I still want to know less because the Beyonder world is so dangerous.'

Mr. Moon coughs and says, "A-"

"THE HERMIT", In the study desk of her ship, the Captain Cattleya studies a book with a scholarly aura. The inside lit up orange in contrast to her purple, her recluse self dedicated to the pursuit of spiritual knowledge.

Then she is seen, standing with a staff in hand and a magical sealed artefact in her hand, floating as she leads her crew forward into the sea. Yes, this is the Queen of Stars.

Lastly, she is seen with her glass of, a full face shot, purple eyes, or better known as Mystic Eyes of Prying, reflecting and revering the fog of mysteries in reflection, like the definition of a Mystery Pryer, to respect the existence, to do as you wish, but do no harm. Behind her numerous eyes seeking and giving knowledge...

[For some reason I forgot to add this in]

Frank Lee and Heath both recognise their captain; they've already assumed she was part of the Tarot Club, but now that they saw it for themselves, they accepted the matter quickly.

Frank Lee also thought back to Alger, who he recognised to be a pirate on the seas who was also related to their captain too.

Bernadette hums as she hides a glint of pride in her disciple, maybe spiritual daughter, having been grown to become very fine and strong, both in the seas and too in backing.

Here, "THE STAR", Leonard Mitchell's hands open in the night of Tingen, looking to the night, as if assured that the stars welcome him with open arms.

In red gloves, he holds a tarot card of The Star cheekily with the air of a poet to him, he leans on the side of a table with a rose on the front as a calming light effused from him.

Then, He could be seen with wolf ears on his head, his eyes a nightmarish green with shadowed forms coming from his body. Sealed natural spirits like wolves pounced from his body.

The Blackthorn company stared at each other in confusion, still not getting how could Leonard join a secret organisation. Frye and Royale even look back to the Evernight Goddess, who has no reaction, either she already knew or didn't bother with it.

Frye decided that either way, it doesn't seem too much of an issue as he determined that the 3 gods are friends, making the Tarot Club an allied organisation, therefore making Leonard an intermediary.

Sherlock stares down and seems to have deduced the reasoning of Frye's behaviour, 'What would you do if you knew that Mr Fool is Evernight's Blessed?'

He looks to his right, where one of Reinette's heads is on the armchair of Maric.

"Funny..." "beard..."

Sherlock's eyebrow twitches, 'Funny head!'

Now, "JUDGEMENT", kicked back on a chair, the vigilant Xio Derecha watches the bar, holding on... a Half and Half, which might turn things violent. Her legs rest on the table as she eyes a target.

Next is a standing statue of Xio, sword in hand, raised in the air. Her glowing yellow eyes watch below with her leather boots standing firm on the ground, Order locking into the area.

Then there is Xio, whose eyes crackle in lightning as she delivers judgment in the city of Backlund. Her violent tendencies made aware, and somewhat the charm about her commitment to the task, above the skies, cast wanted papers stuck on a board with a yarn thread tying up all the evidence together.

Fors smiles at the puffing Xio, "That's amazing...", her friend mutters as if not realising it for herself. Maybe her goals have led her to believe she still isn't adequate, but anyone in the Tarot Club could count on her to do commissions well, even if it was hunting half as good as Gehrman Sparrow himself.

'Hanged Man is part of the Mandated Punishers. Star is part of the Red Gloves. Hermit is a Pirate King. Moon is serving under the Church of the Earth Mother. And Judgement might even be part MI9... they're connected to almost every organisation.', Alfred's hands trembled at the implication. He hadn't felt this much fear of the unknown slipping under his nose since the incident of Utopia.

Bernadette, too, realised that fact. Even if Cattleya was outsourcing information to her, she didn't know enough about the members to tell that they actually are parts of a lot of official beyonder groups, 'And Cattleya is part of the Moses Ascetic Order.'

Sharron had silently pieced together information too, 'The Temperance faction is now a subsidiary partner with the Church of the Fool, making it so that the Chained Pathway and the Rose Temperance Faction is also part of the Fool's several powers of influence.'

Edwina and Danitz too weren't slow on the revelation, the former thought, 'While Gehrman Sparrow is a Beyonder under the Fool's Pathway, he also has connections to me, a Pirate Admiral and part of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom.'.

The latter thought, 'Dogsh*t, why wasn't I part of that organization? Was it just because of my low sequence at that time? I also don't seem to be part of an official Beyonder group, which means my means of exploits aren't beneficial.', Like a conspiracy theorist, he thought of the potential that the Tarot Club could have in uprooting or exploiting organisations if they wanted to.

The Moretti siblings, unaware of the bigger picture, were all just agape about the special effects and all that pizzazz.

One of Reinette's heads that was floating near Gehrman said, "Traitors..." "Club..."

Gehrman stares at her, "Not at all. We're actually allied to most organisations, currently speaking."

Audrey looks at Reinette in fascination, "Technically, I did betray the Psychological Alchemists."

"Traitor..." "Gem..." "Dragoness...", Reinette chalks up to the girl.

"Hawa?", Audrey tilts her head in confusion.

Xio pulls herself forward and interjects, "Actually, a lot of the Psychological Alchemists have identities that infiltrate high society."

Gehrman wasn't showing anything with his expression, but he internally thought, 'Technically, I posed as Celestial Worthy, and therefore the most traitorous.'

Yanderu asks, "So what do you guys think?"

Audrey sighs and says, "I guess this matter cannot be hidden anymore.", She stood up to face her family

Understanding the social cue, Alger, Leonard, and Gehrman too stood up. Alongside them, everyone else in the Tarot Club supported them too by standing up and facing the people.

Gehrman Sparrow's voice, loud and clear, introduced them, "We are the Tarot Club, an organisation of beyonders who convene together under the blessing of The Fool."

"I'm sorry, I haven't told you this, Father, Mother, Brothers... my name is Justice", Audrey could only smile.

Earl and Caitlyn Hall sigh, expecting the situation already.

"Yeah, uh, so I'm also part of the Tarot Club, we're named under tarot cards, so I'm The Star. Don't worry about this, I'm still a Nighthawk and both the Goddess Evernight and Mr Fool are allies.", Leonard explains to the Blackthorn Company.

Alfred turns to his family, "At least we know the Lady is in support of the Fool."

Frye nods to Leonard since he had no problems; the Blackthorns, too, were just happy for Leonard being alright.

"We aren't an evil secret organisation, but we give our faith to Mr Fool. In fact, we have a lot of allies all over the 22 Pathways.", Alger explains as Derrick nods.

Benson turns to Klein, "Do the 22 Pathways determine an organisation?"

Klein replies, "Somewhat, Beyonder Characteristics are limited at a certain sequence so people of a pathway could fight one another but also High Sequence Beyonder, know that it's somewhere from Sequence 4 and above, they have influence to those lower in the Pathway."

Benson rubs his chin, "So it's like the social ladder, and your ability to climb the ladder determines whether you're that controller and being a curly-haired baboon."

Roselle's mouth twitches, 'Why was I caught in the crossfire?'

Klein chuckles, "Yes, something like that."

Benson then asks again, "But why would people pursue for more power? Can't people be satisfied with just staying in a sequence?"

Klein shakes his head, "You don't understand. Becoming a Beyonder means being exposed to madness and dangers. Once you become a Beyonder, you will be exposed to murmuring and chances to lose control, and if you're not strong enough, something might come to kill you."

Benson went silent, "...Is that... why?"

Klein's eyes became sombre as he felt arms tighten on one of his arms, "Yes, there were things that are dangerous, they are beyond your imagination."

"So how did this Tarot Club pop out?", Danitz asks out of curiosity.

Edwina raises an eyebrow, 'Wait, aren't you the Oracle of the Fool?'

Yanderu turns to Mr Fool. The latter thinks about it and answers, "It's just a matter of a test at first, then it extended to something more. I was slowly waking by the time, if you should know."

Knowing that he'd already asked enough, Danitz piously saluted, "Praise the Fool!"

Yanderu then says, "Time for the next video!"

The Tarot Club settles themselves, ready for the next video.

But it turns out they might not have been prepared enough, especially the Fool.

Above the Gray Fog, in the Sefirah Castle, the Tarot Club is holding a meeting.

"Woah, what's that?", Frank asks out loud.

Cattleya responds, "It's just a place where we convene.", not giving out more than needed.

"Right, we did see that before.", Edwina says, referring to the last video.

There sat in the chairs the various members of the Tarot Club, From one end is Mr. Fool while on the other end Mr. World. From one side are the men, Mr. Hanged Man, Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon, and Mr. Star. From the other side are the women, Ms. Justice, Ms. Magician, Ms. Hermit, and Ms. Judgement.

In the silence of the meeting, the first who spoke up was The Fool, "So..."

"Who broke it?", The Fool asks as he presents the torn Leymano's Travels

The Tarot Club was stunned. Mr Fool was stunned, he once saw this meme in Bilibili!

"I'm not mad, I just want to know."

"W-wait, this never happened.", Leonard says.

Yanderu shrugs to their exasperation.

After a momentary silence, 'Ugh, this silence is terrible...', Ms. Magician speaks up in utter fear, "I did, I-"

Mr Fool sighs, interrupting her, "No, no, you didn't"

" Mr Moon?", Mr Fool asks to the sanguine who wasn't paying attention to the matter, he shook in surprise and says, "Don't look at me"

He points randomly at the Hanged Man, who was minding his business at the conversation, "Look at Mr Hanged Man."

"What?", The Hanged Man scowls as he turns to The Moon, "I didn't break it."

"Huh.....That's weird.", The Moon crosses his arms as if he's found the right to be suspicious, "How did you even know it's broken?"

Roselle laughs as the sanguine blushes, the rest of the Tarot Club were in different levels of sighing.

"I-i'm not that stupid!", The Sanguine pleads his case.

"Sounds like you admit that you have some amount of stupid.", Yanderu quips back. Leonard clasps Gehrman's shoulder before folding in a fit of laughter. Danitz and the others, with a great sense of humour, laugh along.

"Because it's sitting right in front of us and it's broken."

"...Suspicious"

"No, it's not!"

'...It might be...', Mr Moon wanted to give himself a chance.

Mr Star interrupts while massaging one of his arms, "If-if it matters. probably not but Ms Hermit was the last one to use it." "Liar! I don't even use that book!", Ms Hermit almost stood up as she placed her hands on the table.

"Oh really? Then what were you doing asking Mr World for the book last week?", Mr Star tests accusatory.

"I'm the one providing spells for Leymano's Travels, everyone knows that Mr Star!", Ms. Hermit gives her facts.

Cattleya and Leonard look at each other, the latter shrugs in amusement while the former merely shakes her head, "I mean, I had a pretty reasonable argument.", he tries to justify his video version.

"Not good enough, it seems.", She says back.

Susie looks at them, clearly enjoying her time observing the bicker.

"Okay, Let's not fight. I broke it, let me pay for it, Mr Fool", Audrey tries to de-escalate the situation but...

"No!"

"Who broke it?", Mr Fool asks once again, his smile not leaving his face, as if the book wasn't the problem but the mystery of the cause itself.

"..."

" Mr Fool, Mr Sun has been awfully quiet.", Ms. Judgement side eyes Mr Sun, 'Kidding, he's just really tall and fun to pick at.'

"Really?", Mr Sun looks at Ms Judgement

Derrick looks at Xio in confusion, "What does my height have to do with this?"

Xio makes a 'tch' noise and says, "Yeah, I wonder. Don't worry about it 'Little Sun'.", internally she is whining.

Chaos ensues as the whole Tarot Club were arguing over the broken book.

Rozanne got closer to Seeka, who was on her side, "Is that normal for them?"

Leonard turns back and says, "Wait, no, this video is exaggerated. This has never happened before."

The scene changes to Gehrman Sparrow alone in the grey fog holding a golden cross.

"I broke it. I got a papercut, so I stuck an Unshadowed Crucifix on it."

""..."", The only sounds that could be heard were Roselle's laughter.

"So... what is an Unshadowed Crucifix?", Maric asks, intuitively feeling something bad from just seeing the cross.

"I'm more interested in Leymano's Travels.", Edwina comments in intrigue.

"Hey Gehrman, are you sure you don't have an obsession with the cross?", Leonard places his arm over his colleague.

'Now that I think about it. This persona did stab me in the back with a cross before...', Gehrman glares at him. Audrey looks at the two and remembers all their interactions in the Hall of Truth, she might have an idea or two about Mr. World's thoughts.

"Bernie, isn't that stupid hahaha!", Roselle places his hand on the shoulder of his daughter.

"It's just a video, father.", Bernadette stoically replies.

"Che, no fun."

"You should heed her advice. He's my blessed after all.", Mr Fool states.

"I can see the Shadows in your statement.", Roselle smiles.

Black Emperor Pathway, its domain lies under Chaos, specifically in that Chaos having Light, Shadow, and Grey. Never mind the Grey, or Vagueness, because it's in COI, but Light corresponds to Order, the Pathway being Justiciar while Shadow represents Black Emperor.

All of this lies in the overarching domain that is laws, rules, and agreements representing this Chaos, not to be confused with the Chaos found in God Almighty, specifically Chaos Sea, which is an entirely different thing.

From Baron of Corruption, Laws are distorted, from intent and action to concepts themselves. The law and rules of everything, their Shadows were utilised. Interestingly, they have the power to see someone's weakness, but how? Through their 'Shadow'.

From Mentor of Disorder, Light or Order is shaken, and its Light weakens, allowing Shadow to be in the forefront. Naturally, their ability to sense 'Shadows' strengthens.

It wouldn't be so hard for Roselle to sense the distortion of Mr Fool's statement. From 'my blessed' to actually being 'me'.

Mr. Fool laughs, not answering Roselle.

'Damn it, I thought he'd take the bait.', Roselle thought as he and Klein were both in the same sequence so both of their powers were interfering with one another.

Mr. Fool is a half Lord of the Mysteries. His power to withhold information in a 'fog' was all too great, Roselle had to rely heavily on his instinct and gamble on what his senses were telling him, because 'seeing' Shadows wasn't literal, and it was a domain that the Fool has no hand in.

Even Roselle's attempt at using a Frenzy and Fallen were all Fooled in advance, 'Was he really divining everything in advance?'

His powers couldn't be Fooled unless Zhou Mingrui knew what he was aiming for; it seems they were drawn into a stalemate.

Yanderu coughs, "Alright, enough fighting you two gods. Clearly, you both can't stop posturing over one another.", Both the Fool and Curly-Haired Baboon calm down and merely smirk at Yanderu, "*sigh* I got my work cut out for me."

Maric raises his hand, "So all of that was fake, right?"

Yanderu replies, "Well of course, this is a stupid scenario, but it lives somewhat true, although exaggerated, to the personalities and like what of the Tarot Club Members."

Edwina asks too, "Any of their Sealed Artefacts?"

Yanderu smiles, "Well, those are true."

Everyone got the idea by now.

"Onto the next one!", Yanderu cheers.

First, a kind of loud and scratchy voice sounded. It was great yet terrible,

"Praise the power of the fool without doubt!"

"High in the grey mist, the upper hall court!"

Almost everyone grimaced. It wasn't that terrible, but with how loud it was... let's just say they didn't appreciate it.

Ms Justice asks, "Isn't that Mr Hanged Man's voice?"

Mr Hanged Man, "..."

Mr Moon immediately complains, "Why do you sing so terribly! I should make you a potion just for your scratchy throat."

Mr Hanged Man turns to everyone, who had been staring at him, "I apologise, I wasn't all that good even in the choir."

"Praise the fool for being kind and undeceitful~"

"Redeem the world from evil~!"

Everyone relaxes as they hear the melodious voice of Ms Justice.

"This is much better.", Mr Star says.

"Never try to sing again, please, Mr Hanged Man, for our sakes.", Ms Magician pleads.

The Hall Family were surprised; they didn't know whether to praise the singing of their gem, the lyricism of the song, or that the scratchy sailor stopped singing.

"Praise the fool, the revelation is like a star."

"Lead me to the great light."

Little Sun blushes, hearing him praise Mr Fool so heartily in front of everyone was embarrassing.

By now, everyone was tuning into the music and realised that the Tarot Club was singing to Mr Fool.

"Praise the fool, the protection is always with you~"

"Protect me from disaster and diseases~~!"

Ms Magician's eyes were sparkling as she heard her own voice, 'I didn't think I was this good at singing!'

Will froze, hearing the lyrics, 'Oi, why can't I be praised too? I also help! I even protected the Fool once.'

"Praise the fool for his great power~."

"All the demons are afraid~."

Mr Moon crossed his arms and thought, 'As expected of me, I am an amazing singer.'

Sharron leans in, giving much appreciation to the singing voice.

"Praise the fool for his erudite knowledge."

"Conspire to deceive without concealment!"

Cattleya and Bernadette were listening to this part because the former, being Ms Hermit, was singing.

Roselle too piques his attention to this, "Is this Ms Hermit related to you, Little Bernie?"

Bernadette nods, "Cattleya is my... disciple."

Roselle nods with a smile.

Danitz raises an eyebrow, 'Conspire to deceive without concealment?', he thought about it... Perhaps he could consider it more later.

"Praise the fool for dispelling doubts!"

"Every sigh and every breath is a prophecy~"

Klein unintentionally comments, "Huh, to think you can muster up such a deep voice, you gay poet."

Leonard turns back and glares at him, "Who are you calling gay? Gehrman, someone insulted your fellow Tarot Club member. Help me out."

Gehrman stares deadpanned at Leonard, "You're on your own. Also, I can still summon the Unshadowed Crucifix.", with a grasp, the Unshadowed Crucifix appears in his hand.

Leonard backs down.

Melissa was confused, "Wait, isn't that man your colleague?"

Klein nods, "Yes, don't worry, he's just joking around."

Benson massages his temple, "Is this a circus?"

Klein internally lampoons, 'What would you think brother, if you realised your brother is a Clown?'

"Praise the fool to burn the torch by will~!"

"Light up the tough road ahead~~!!"

Fors, along with Audrey, were both clapping. Xio was slightly blushing when both of them were complimenting her.

"I didn't know you were good at singing, Xio. Maybe we can try that next time?"

"I think the same, maybe we can take lessons together."

Leonard looks at them and elbows Gehrman again, "They look enthusiastic to sing. But why haven't you got a part?"

Gehrman looks at him and just briefly replies, "I can't sing."

Leonard stares at him before saying, "Hm, we'll see about that Kl- I mean, Gehrman.", he felt his heart leap into his chest as he says that to Gehrman, who is preparing to discipline him, 'I won't become Beyonder Characteristics, would I?'

Seeka's thoughts were in a scramble, though she was showing an outward composure; maybe it was the Sleepless and Mightnight Poet inside of her that was giving her spiritual inspiration for writing.

Not knowing when, she found pen and paper in her hands, she was silent for a moment before going into her own world, until Yanderu started the next video, 'This was definitely that hidden existence's doing.'

"Here is the fourth video!"

Inside the Sefirah Castle, it could be seen that there were decorations inside Mr Fool's Kingdom. The place was remade into a ballroom with designs that said, 'Happy Birthday Little Sun!' and 'Derrick Berg's XX Birthday!'

The Tarot Club members alongside angels and other acquaintances and friends of Derrick were Waite Chirmont, a captain of the City of Silver, now a Clergy of the Church of the Fool, and the Oracle Danitz, with even... Frank Lee...

Klein's Personas went stiff before Gehrman Sparrow audibly whispered, "Really?"

Audrey observes Mr World, confused as to why he was feeling scared and shocked, 'Maybe it feels blasphemous to use Mr Fool's place for a party?'

People would have thought it was a normal ballroom if not for the amount of fog that wrapped around each person.

" Mr World, what did you get Little Sun for his birthday?", Ms Justice sincerely greets the ever-serious Mr World gently.

Mr World was leaning on a wall, drinking Southville Beer by himself. Mr Star had gone off to see the buffet prepared, all the food Mr Food had been trying out around the world.

"I got him a kitten.", The crazy adventurer replies.

Roselle spits his drink, 'No! My Coke!', By now, everyone noticed that they could bring snacks into their viewing.

"Kitten?", the pure sun asks.

The sun's spontaneous guardian, Alger Wilson, took the time to explain to him what cats are while the video was playing.

Fors voices out, "That's... surprising."

Gehrman looks at her, "Why is that?", Fors stiffens and stutters, "I-i mean, uh, I-"

Leonard laughs and interrupts, "Of course, with how threatening you look, I would be surprised too."

Gehrman furrows his brows, 'Am I that scary?'

Everyone else, on the other hand, was developing either flabbergasted or amused reactions seeing the ongoing video.

"I also got him a cat.", Ms Magician interjected as she got close to Mr World.

Fors makes a weird expression, 'Wait, I'm approaching the crazy adventurer, what am I doing?', maybe because the Fors in the video was different from her, she felt a sense of anticipation entwined in that fear.

Audrey looks at her with a bit of confusion, 'Why is Fors always scared of Gehrman? He's such a gentle soul!'

Mr Star and Mr Hanged Man also came near, and Mr Star said, "Looks like we had the same idea."

Leonard stares wide-eyed. The Blackthorn Company made use of it for a couple of chuckles.

Bredt comments, "I didn't think our Leonard would be so thoughtful."

Orriana replies, "Usually, he's caught up with himself sometimes."

Leonard turns around, "Hey! I'm not that thoughtless."

Klein rebuts, "Your birthday cards would be, useless poet."

Leonard glares at him.

Rozanne smiles, 'Some things never change, I missed them.'

"*sigh*, Kill me. Mr Hanged Man, please tell me you didn't get little sun a cat as well." Mr World begs.

Gehrman Sparrow felt a shiver as he remembered his own attempts at his life due to Amon the Blasphemer, 'Oh well, I'm as good as dead if I don't fight off Celestial Worthy instead.'

Alger already expected what came next. He had already finished explaining to Derrick what cats are and he was already beaming with curiosity.

"I got him... a kitten!", Mr Hanged Man reveals, with a bit more of a joyous tone than anyone would have expected out of him.

None of the Tarot Club were surprised, Maric and the Angels of the Fool, on the other hand, wore strange expressions, 'When was that guy able to produce that kind of tone?'

The meows and mews of cats and kittens as they bunched and hung around Mr. Sun were music to that kid's ears.

"THIS IS THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!", He was practically beaming as everyone congratulated him.

Melissa, Orianna, Royale, Merlin, and Rozanne were jealous; they naturally loved animals, especially cats. Mr Moon was even contemplating on rearing one since he is a Beast Tamer.

Everyone else was just at peace, amused, or going through the motions on the lighthearted video.

Huang Tao, ever the amusing man, tells Mr Fool, "Amazing idea, Mr Fool, we should hold frequent occasions in my Kingdom too."

Mr Fool turns to him and says, "I can't say your tomb would make for a fine occasion."

Huang Tao clicks his tongue, "Are you truly the Fool? Or the Red Priest?"

Mr Fool quipped in his mind, 'Are you the Black Emperor? Or a Curly-Haired Baboon?', he felt it was not like the Fool to respond in such a manner.

Danitz sweatdropped, "The Gods are bickering again."

Edwina looks at him and says, "It's like they're old friends."

Danitz shrugs, but he thinks internally, 'It's a plus that my lord, The Fool, has close ties with the famous Roselle.'

Earl Hall could not comprehend hailing a social event in a god's Kingdom, 'Wait, aren't we already in a 'kingdom' of a god? Or someone of the same status.', he was about to look at Yanderu but felt scared to think and look at him with such thoughts.

Alfred Hall, on the other hand, was still slightly uncomfortable with Reinette, who is sitting beside him, 'My senses in the Laws are telling me that she's an Angel.'

Reinette, on the other hand, was giving Little Sun a nickname, 'Cat...' 'King...' 'or...' 'Giant...' 'Sun...' 'Child...'

Yanderu, looking at the buzz, waited for a while before starting up the last video.

The Song "House of Memories" starts playing

In a majestic and ancient palace with a vast dome supported by towering stone pillars that stood above the boundless grey fog in the Spirit World, there rose a long bronze table with 10 high-back chairs on either side in a symmetrical arrangement with another two rising from both ends.

"That's all that really matters—"

On the same table is a deck of cards face side down. It spread out as one card slid out from the rest and stops by the throne on one side, revealing someone wearing an illusory mask with blank facial features, wearing a black windbreaker, a pair of black gloves, and holding a staff inlaid with star speckles.

The mask turns into a vortex of small maggots with sinister-patterned tentacles.

The gloves aligned as a clock with hands made of translucent worms of twelve transparent rings.

The staff layered by doors with light clusters of worms illuminating like secret dimensions.

"I was a Fool~"

Everyone below the level of an Angel felt apprehension; they knew instinctively that if it weren't for a certain force, they all would have gone insane from daring to look directly at God.

"Baby, we built this house on memories~"

The God known as the Fool sat at his chair as flashes of the Tarot Members appeared.

Ms Justice appears and bows with her skirt lifted up.

Mr Hanged Man beats his chest and lets his palm rest on his chest.

Mr Sun takes a knee as Ms Justice sits down.

Ms Magician appears from the crimson reforming from Worms of Stars and greets the Fool as Mr Hanged Man sits down.

Mr Moon forms from the fog as bats and bows nobly to the Fool as Mr Sun joins the seated.

Ms Hermit adjusts her glasses before reverently bowing to the fool as Ms Magician took her seat.

Mr Star turns to one side of the table before the next and bows with genuine respect for the Fool as Mr Moon took to his chair.

Ms. Judgement walks over and places a palm on her chest, bowing gratefully to the Fool as Ms Hermit sat.

And as the last two sat...

"Take my picture now,"

Mr. World rose from the fog of his own seat as the camera zooms to Mr. Fool.

"Shake it 'til you see it."

Mr. Fool smirks as he taps on the table, revealing all the cards arranged in front of all the members to be each of their calling cards.

"And when your fantasies~,"

From the meeting of the Tarot Club,

"become you your legacy~"

to a slumbering Fool in the Sefirah Castle, all alone.

The Tarot Club recognises the scene immediately, knowing that at the present moment, Mr Fool was still in need of awakening.

Each one of them, remembering their mission, they vowed to themselves again what they've committed, as they each remember how they've all been brought in by the Fool.

"Promise me a place-"

Then, more flashes.

Leonard Mitchell, rose in hand and red gloves, letting go of flying songs poems in the night sky. Fors Wall writing away stories and biographies. Both investigating and engaging against the Cosmos.

Xio Derecha and Audrey Hall tracking for Trissy and Sauron Einhorn Medici, looking for the Uniquenesses of the Calamity of Destruction.

Emlyn White looks out to the Crimson Moon as he develops medicine in the Harvest Church. Caitlyn looks over her crew, especially Frank Lee, as the ship is overrun by mushrooms due to an experiment of his.

Derrick Berg could be seen tending and watching over the New City of Silver and Church of the Fool while Alger Wilson was sailing.

"in your house of memories."

Gehrman Sparrow stands in silence, once closed, now open, mouthed as text surfaced, "The awakening of The World spells The Fool's return."

Subconsciously, Cesare, Benson, Edwina, Roselle and Sharron mutter the same sentence.

Cesare thought, 'This sounds like another plot for the descent of a God or at least awakening one, which freaks me out.'

Benson asks to no one in particular, "What does that mean? What is the correlation between Mr World and Mr Fool?"

The Tarot Club remains silent, not feeling it to be their obligation to admit that their God is in a precarious state.

Edwina turns to Danitz, "Have you lost contact with Gehrman and Mr Fool?"

Danitz stares back at her with an unreadable expression, "Not entirely, 'He' has given a revelation to me. And while his presence is not known, it's still active till today.", but inside he thought, 'Dogsh*t, so that son of a b*tch was actually asleep? How did I not know that? Thankfully, I can still receive some revelations from the slumbering Fool and am under the order of Pontiff Alger... or should I say, Mr Hanged Man? Even Archbishop Derrick is Mr. Sun!'

'Conspire to deceive without concealment... I can deceive because whatever I know hasn't been the full truth!', he thought in a self-provoking manner.

Roselle only had to think about it for a while before, 'Gehrman... Sparrow... The World... Mr. Fool... Zhou Mingrui...My sense of the distortions in law...'

Roselle widens his eyes as he stares at Mr Fool incredulously, 'Brother Zhou, you were hiding an alt account all along???'

Mr. Fool felt like it wasn't a good time to turn to his Chinese brother, so he listened to his instincts.

Sharron thought, 'Mr Fool, that enigmatic God that drew in our master is in slumber... it seems 'She' already knew of that. Do the other angels know of that too?', She looks at the unreadable face of her master's head on her lap before turning to the Angels at the back. She turns to Evernight too, ever the silent one among the three gods, but she looks back soon after to not offend her.

Yanderu could see everyone leave the viewing of the 5 videos with more questions than they had answered. Things were getting interesting.

"Alright! Since we've spent the whole morning here in viewing, you can all have a break and chat around! But only for a while before we continue. By this pattern, after the second viewing, we can also have lunch and one last viewing before dinner and a free-for-all for everyone during the night since I'm sure not everyone here needs to sleep.", Some foodies like the Moretti Family, Derrick, Royale, Rozanne, Bredt, Heath, and Will were excited for the prospect of food, some hid their reactions but Will literally drooled at the notion.

"That being said, remember my rules and be sure to have all your votes ready for the next viewing because here are the options!"

A. 2:00 AM

B. Volume 1: The Clown

C. She's Evil, Definitely

D. 100 Pounds

Chapter Text

With the start of the morning break, people broke into their own groups. The Tarot Club thought it important to meet with Mr Fool. Roselle and Bernadette went to the cafeteria, well, the former did while the latter followed after with annoyance.

The Nighthawks convened with one another with the Moretti Family. The Church of the Fool, aside from the Tarot Club, got together with Sherlock Moriarty.

The Hall Family stayed where they were alongside Frank Lee and Heath, who didn't know nobody.

Zhou Mingrui decided to slip out to the canteen discreetly, so did Merlin Hermes to the rooms, but he was blocked by Midnight in the hallway.

A certain dog follows the strange Chinese and observes as he meets a god and his daughter.

"Mr Fool", The members of the Tarot Club greet The Fool. The god himself hums and waves back at them, "How is everyone?"

Mr Hanged Man looks at the others before saying, "Oh, Mr Fool, we're doing well. I would like to ask, have you finally awakened?"

Mr Fool chuckles deprecatingly, "Not at all. Once we get back, I will still be fighting Celes-... oops~.", Mr Fool reeled himself in.

"You're not allowed to know those stuff unless you are angels.", Mr Fool explains, giving chills to the Tarot Club.

At this moment, the closest member to reach an angel level is Fors Wall, but at the moment she's still a Sequence 3 Wanderer alongside Audrey Hall being a Sequence 3 Dream Weaver, Leonard Mitchell being a Sequence 3 Horror Bishop, Caitlyn being a Sequence 3 Clairvoyant, Emlyn White being a Sequence 3 High Summoner.

Alger Wilson can be considered to have an Angel status in strength, but his mere Sequence is actually 4 of Cataclysmic Interrer, while Xio Derecha is a Sequence 4 Imperative Mage, while Derrick Berg is a Sequence 4 Unshadowed.

"Don't worry, the opportunity right now is... auspicious. In fact, I've been rid of madness in this place. Essentially quickening my awakening."

The Tarot Club were gobsmacked, except for Gehrman

Mr. Fool looks at each of their reactions, "Yes, gods can go mad too. But remember, you are my anchors."

Alger, Derrick, and Audrey bow, their loyalty unwavering.

Caitlyn, Fors, and Leonard bow, their gratitude abounding.

Xio, Emlyn, and Gehrman bow, their admiration apparent.

Now it would be too much to describe what transpired, but more or less the Tarot Club updated Mr Fool over the present matters, Mr Fool discovered that his divinations weren't messed with this time and began to tamper with the members' fates while updating them on their goals and missions.

'This is a blessing out of nowhere. I'm not sure whether the madness will revert back to what it was once before but the mere rest I will experience here gives me a one-up over Celestial Worthy, and being able to convene with the Tarot Club again guarantees my success in awakening even more.', Mr. Fool calculated it in his mind shrouded in fog and 'He' came to a conclusion that now more than ever, it would be beneficial to stay in the Theater for as long as 'He' can.

'What's even more interesting about this place is that I can intuitively know that Celestial Worthy isn't behind all this mess. Interesting thought, but who was able to plant that in my head and convince me without a doubt or dream is a monster beyond even my comprehension.', or it's the work of an Author higher than a Visionary, but whatever, Adam could never.

On another group, the Nighthawks approach Klein Moretti. Rozanne first came close and observed the young adult up close, "Klein, you've grown a lot from when I first saw you."

Klein smiles back, "You haven't aged a day."

Rozanne shook her head, "If you think you can charm me like that, then you have to consider how bombastic Leonard was.", she says while side-eyeing the said Red Glove member.

Klein chuckles while Benson had to ask, "Nice to see you all, but I have to ask, since you were all there at Klein's funeral... was he really just working for a security company?"

Royale looks at Benson before sighing, "It's useless to hide it now, isn't it?"

Frye spoke up, "Yes, we are actually known as the Nighthawks, Beyonders who work for the Evernight Goddess."

Seeka corrects, "Well, not all of us, of course. Some of us don't like the danger that comes with being part of the beyonder world.", she says as she looks at Cesare.

Cesare's eyebrow twitches, "It's not like I wanted to be a Beyonder in the first place, don't forget who is getting you all the enchanted bullets, materials, and food."

Seeka shrugs in reply.

Melissa silently thought before saying, "Being part of the Nighthawks is dangerous?"

Seeka turns to her and bluntly replies, "It is, it's not a work for the faint-hearted...but it's also for a good cause."

Melissa bit her lip, thinking if she should have complained, but the presence of her brother here, smiling and not being mad at all, made the difference. How could she ever blame people of her brother?

Melissa instead questioned, "I heard you all didn't know my brother was alive. What did happen?"

Rozanne's mood dampens, Royale, Bredt and Seeka turn quiet. Orianna shakes again while Cesare looks to the side.

Frye sighs before saying, "In the incident, our Captain Dunn and Klein Moretti died. Both with holes through their chests. We confirmed that both of them really died... I'm not sure how Klein is standing here at this moment.", Everyone's eyes turn to Klein, expecting an answer.

But... should he give an answer?

Was he obligated? Can't he keep his secrets? Just because someone wants to know means they're entitled to?

But people of grief want an answer; they want their sorrows justified. And most of all, people didn't want to be lied to.

Klein didn't want to lie, but he didn't want to reveal his secrets either. He had his own reasons not to tell, even though there we reason to answer them too.

The former nighthawk, whose mind is already a god, a Fool at that, didn't need too much time to think it out, "I want to be honest, I have secrets I want to keep. I want to keep them as long as I can, so please don't ask... but I can tell you this. I did die that day. I also have to tell you that the secrets are beyond what you should know, and if you know how the Beyonder world is, you shouldn't learn of things you aren't ready to know."

The fool of a man looks at his friends and family who took the time to process the information; his friends already accepted the fact, quickly acknowledging how strange and bizarre the world is and how it's best not to pry but to be happy about the present. Melissa and Benson weren't exactly happy, but it didn't mean they can't accept the notion. What could they do when reality is in front of them? The world is dangerous, and their own brother is warning them, even if the matter is about his own death... something which bore scars deep into them, time to reflect on themselves after his death too did open their eyes to a bigger world.

Benson works in a high position in Backlund, and he climbed through the devastating war that happened.

Melissa faced disaster in that war and was somewhat exposed to the Beyonder world, where there was much to learn.

So ultimately, they had reactions of subdued indignancy and reluctant acceptance tinged with the gradual happiness of a fantasy come true. They can be sure of one fact at least, they now have their brother Klein.

"Truly splendid.", Yanderu mutters as he stares at Klein while posing like a Chunni, bandaged, cursed arm in hand with a collar on his neck and a suppressed madness in his RGB eyes, 'I feel insane whenever I just imagine revealing a secretive character's secrets, euphoric even.'

In the seats, however, it was more awkward than anything. Earl Hall and was tending to Caitlyn Hall, who rested on his shoulder while Hibbert talked to Alfred, "Do you realise what it means for us to 'just' notice Susie now?"

Alfred clicks his tongue, "Yes, Susie is apparently a Beyonder Creature. In fact, her authority was clashing with mine; at most, she might even be in the same Sequence as me."

Alfred analysed the effect of his Prohibition, how long did it take to bring it into effect, how much of their ability was offset, and how long can it could last, which determined not only their sequence but also both their proficiency in their power and familiarity with Prohibition itself.

Hibbert rubs his temple before standing up, "I'm up for some food, do you want to join me?"

Alfred shrugs, "Nothing better to do, I'm coming.", He began stating various prohibitions in his areas against spying, invincibility, controlling, mind peeking, and dimensional hiding.

Suddenly, due to passing by the seat where Frank Lee was on, Heath, who had decided to hide in the crazy Mushroom King's shadow, was expelled.

Hibbert staggers back at the sight of a pale-looking and dead-eyed pirate looking at them. Alfred stops for a moment before coming to recognition, "Bloodless Heath"

Heath stares at the Disciplinary Paladin before nodding, "Yes... That's me."

Alfred thought about it, 'Bloodless Heath, and that person should be Frank Lee, with various strange rumours about him. Whatever the case, they are mates under the Queen of Stars.'

Hibbert kept his eyes on the two; he knew that messing with strangers, especially beyonders, isn't a good idea. The only solace he could cling to was that dangerous power wouldn't be used on him.

Frank Lee didn't mind though. He's such a friendly fellow, "Um, I'm sorry if I don't recognise you two noblemen? Er, I'm Frank Lee, nice to meet you.", he reaches out with his hand.

"...Alfred Hall.", Alfred replies and reaches out his hand, albeit hesitantly; he wouldn't even have touched his hands if it weren't for the protection of Yanderu.

"Hall.. Hall... ah, I do remember something about them...uh, what was it again?", Frank Lee asks to no one in particular.

Heath straightly answers, "The Gem of Backlund."

Hibbert almost glared at Heath, but he had to give the shadow of a doubt over him, after all, the Most Dazzling Gem of Backlund was too well known and is often a hot topic among grizzled pirates.

"Right! You must be her family, right? Nice to meet you!", Frank Lee, thinking he found good common ground (not), smiles in genuine flippancy to the two brothers.

Hibbert breathes, a vein on his forehead, before also coming to shake the pirate's hand.

Heath coughs purposefully at Frank, to which the latter miraculously got the message before changing topic, "Heath and I were thinking of going to the cafeteria until Heath was unexpectedly kicked out of his space. Do you have something to do with it?"

Alfred nods, "Concealment doesn't work on me."

Frank Lee asks, "But didn't that beyonder dog stay in hiding beside you?"

Hibbert cuts in, "It's our dog, Audrey's pet, Susie."

Heath's eyelid twitched, 'We're stuck here talking about a talking dog. I want some food already. I guess I'll have to sacrifice more for now.'

In a way, he's already sacrificed so much after being used as experimental material for Frank Lee.

By the cafeteria itself, Zhou Mingrui, Bernadette, and Huang Tao sat by the couch, specifically, Roselle was hogging one half of it for himself.

"Brother Zhou! Can you feel the crystallisation of civilisation inside this one sofa??", Huang missed the earthling sofa.

"Bro Huang, you're embarrassing your daughter.", Zhou says quite deadpanned to the spoilt grown man.

Bernadette did not have the ounce of dignity to turn to her father's direction, "What is going on?"

"What is happening, my dear little Bernie, is that Bro Zhou here can't recognise the vastness of Mt. Tai when it stands erect in front of our eyes!", Huang continues on his skit as he hugs a cushion pillow with relish.

Zhou quips, "I guess you have no mind in me eating your share of the food, then?", despite everything, 'He' is still Zhou Mingrui, the Foodaholic from China.

"WHAT? When did I say that? No, these are mine!", Huang awoke at the speed of light and barks at Zhou after scootching over a bit more to Bernadette.

Zhou too moves closer to Bernadette and says, "Well, unlike you, 'Old Huang', I've a ton of mouths to feed. And the buffet right in front of us would satisfy their palate.", his Spirit Worms brimmed and fluctuated, twisting in a sort of sense of delight, unsure of whether it was from the food or posturing at Roselle.

Huang curses at him, "Who raised such a rude person at the dining table? Bernadette, you tell him, didn't I raise you to be a filial daughter?"

"Please leave me out of this...", Bernadette is starting to regret ever having her father back; he's never been this childlike before.

"See, you must have done something wrong with your parenting. Maybe cut down in one or two Demonesses, that might do the trick.", Zhou advises. Huang steams, "Again, it was only one time!"

Bernadette could only helplessly catch the second-hand embarrassment! She turns to the only witness to her shame, a golden retriever dog, who couldn't escape her Mystery Prying. Susie, not knowing what to do as she was caught, tries to act cute by winking.

Zhou locked into something, "I-is that Braised Pork Belly? Finally, something other than smoked and roast!", It's been a long time since Mr Fool ate something similar to stew, but braised? That's mouth-watering nostalgia!

He then paused, there is a lone piece of mushroom placed on top of it...

Lady Evernight blocks a certain Merlin Hermes from running off

"*cough* So, uh, my Lady, how may I help you this fine... erm, ...evening?", Merlin tries to jest with his patron.

Amanises frowns, "Those jokes won't work on me, 'Merlin'. You have to try better than that."

Merlin shrugs, "I guess our taste in humour is just a tad different, being from different continents after all.", he's guessed by now that it isn't likely that Amanises is also Chinese.

"You didn't even laugh at your own joke, you're the worst Fool I've met.", Amanises chuckles, finding her own fun in her own European humour.

"I'm the only Fool, you've met.", Merlin, with his smile maintained, crossed his arms.

"Again, that doesn't make you any better.", Amanises pauses before saying, "How is your situation?"

Merlin frowns and says, "I remember that Celestial Worthy trapped me in a dream state and is slowly corrupting me through drinking the Assassin Potion..."

"..."

"..."

"Forget I said that last part.", Merlin knew that Amanises won't let him live it down.

"You'll owe me."

"Deal."

On another corner of the Theatre, A group of three angels and a secret god harassed a certain Oracle talking to his crush.

"Do you see the potential this viewing can reveal for us?", Edwina chatters to Danitz with a barely concealed interest.

"I can see how it'd be beneficial, but the viewing is also intrusive. Having your secrets revealed spontaneously just doesn't feel right.", Danitz, conversely, replies with unconcealed unease.

Edwina nods, "Yes, I'm more interested in valuable knowledge, and possibly powerful Sealed Artefacts. Prying into a god's secrets is too dangerous."

"Speaking about a god's secret. How is Mr Fool and Emperor Roselle taking it?"

"I'm not sure about the Roselle guy but... as for my diety...", Danitz glances at the Fool in one side who turns to him with a mysterious smile, "Yeah, he's a mystery alright. I don't think anything is our fault for being dragged in here and view but as the Oracle of the Fool ('I, myself don't know half of anything he's planning about'), his name is true example on being ignorant about some things...", while he said that, internally he is like, 'I still want to know why the heck I'm an Oracle of this god in the first place. I'm flattered and all, but being the god who blessed Gehrman Sparrow says a lot about who I'm serving.'

So Danitz did the best thing he was good at, pretending to be the brash hunter he always was, not that he was hiding it in the first place, he wasn't a clown, nor did his speciality lie in putting on a mask, he was just himself, not totally an idiot, and one who learns.

One who willingly tried and became affluent under Edwina.

One willing to be taught from scratch under the legendary Anderson Hood

And one willing to cooperate, serve under, and become the Blessed of the Fool.

This is the Blazing Danitz.

"...", Edwina pauses.

"I'll take your word for it.", Edwina trusts Danitz very much. It isn't a mistake with how she lets him go off to grow by himself and yet not question his loyalty after all the years gone by.

"In my opinion, that bully won't mind."

"Will, don't insult him in front of the others."

Catching onto something, Edwina asks, "...him?"

"Yes, the Fool would prefer if you called him as such. gods want to feel human."

" Mr Azik...", Danitz recognised the man, who visited the island and introduced himself as the Angel of Death, as stated by the bible of the Fool.

"Good to see you again, Mr Danitz. How have you been?"

"It's been good, but not as much as in the sea. Running a whole church is a bit tiring, though."

"You're welcome to confide in me anytime."

"I know, you have a knack for leadership yourself, sir.", Danitz noted.

"I guess you could say that.", Azik responds mysteriously in kind.

"Pft. You don't say?", Will sarcastically says.

Edwina greets them politely and inquires, "Are you all involved with Mr Fool personally?"

Will laughs, "Personally? Add it in that he works as my caretaker on Sundays."

Azik explains, "He doesn't mean that literally."

Pallez interjects, "It probably might have happened.", He still remembers how Klein could contact Will against Amon the last time he was in danger.

Azik could only think about it..., 'Did he really?'

Will retracts his statement somewhat, "Not 'every' Sunday, probably just a few times."

Danitz is speechless, 'Dogsh*t, who is this kid?', but then he thought about it carefully and determined that the kid might just be an Angel, just like the Angel of Death, Mr Azik.

Then the next question came up, 'Which Angel of the Fool is he?', he didn't want to ask; it would look stupid for an Oracle of the Fool to not know an Angel of the Fool.

Edwina, being the enthusiastic scholar that she is, questions, "Are you all Angels of the Fool?", She only guessed it by how close 'They' spoke of Mr Fool

Azik smiles politely, "Angel of Death, Azik Eggers."

Pallez smiles imperceptibly, only noticeable to the keen eyes, and responds, "Angel of Time, Pallez Zoroast, a pleasure to meet you, Captain."

That being said, everyone had keen eyes, and Edwina is a Detective, "The Zoroast Family... Do you happen to know a certain Mobet Zoroast?"

"...Mobet, I haven't heard that name in a long time.", Pallez reminisces, "Yes, my great-grandson, did something happen to him?"

Edwina fills him in on what transpired, "Mobet Zoroast by some means had acquired the Sealed Artefact known as Groselle's Travels and was transported inside."

Pallez nods, patiently waiting, having seen the troubled look on Edwina's face, "Gehrman, Danitz, Anderson, and I helped people from ancient times, trapped in the book's story, and got them out, but time immediately took them away."

Pallez solemnly inquires, "How was that arrogant brat before he died?"

Edwina reveals, "He got together with Siatas, an elf. Well, maybe not. The erosion of time was too quick."

Pallez shakes his head and responds, "That's how it is, one might not realise how much time has passed and might have even forgotten to live in the present."

"Don't worry, time for us Zoroast is a mystery we all confide in. I'm sure he hasn't wasted his time; even in regrets, he must have stolen that woman's heart."

Azik's eyes soften, thinking about his own descendants too. He wouldn't know where they are now or if they were even alive.

Will wells up in fake tears, "Waaah! It's such a sad thing. You guys introduced yourself when I hadn't yet!"

Danitz stares at the child incredulously, 'That's what you're crying about?'

Will Auceptin stops abruptly and says, "Anyway, I'm Will Ceres, Angel of Mercury!", He lifts his arms grandiosely as he giggles in a childlike manner.

Edwina thought about it for a second and concluded, 'Corpse Collector, Marauder, and Monster Pathway Angels. And they all serve under the god of the Seer Pathway... the... Fool? Pathway?', she seems to have learned new things, but a lot of unanswered questions popped out at the same time.

'Seer, Clown, Magician, Faceless, Marionetist, and Bizzaro Sorcerer... and above, these are all facets of the Fool?'

'I know that Marauder is a neighbouring pathway, but the others are not so.', Edwina recollected on her knowledge before nodding to herself.

She bows respectfully to them, "It's an honour to meet you all."

Will drops his arms, "It's ok, if you're actually honoured, give me ice cream after all of this."

"Wait...", Will froze, everyone in the small group looked at him, "My unlimited icecream and Gwendar!"

He bolted for the cafeteria. Azik shifted his attention back and forth between the group and Will before apologising, "Sorry for that, I'll keep an eye on Will."

Pallez chuckles modestly, "Go on now."

He then turns back to Danitz and Edwina, "Say, are you two close?"

Danitz narrows his eyes, but Edwina answers, "Yes, he is my former boatswain in the Golden Dream."

Danitz anxiously thought inside, 'The fourth boatswain, not the second or even third.'

Pallez, sensing something very interesting to 'steal', did so. Making Danitz's mind go blank for a second.

Edwina's eyes widen, caught off guard by the use of Beyonder powers. Immediately, she took in all that she observed on one of the most subtle abilities that exists in the world. Her sword lit up in a combination of fire and thunder as her book burst out in a combination of starlight connected in constellations by a silky string.

Pyromaniac's Pyrokinesis: Conjure Flames + Ocean Songster's Lightning Strikes: Imbued = Overload Blade

Constellations Master's Starlight: Cage + Pleasure's Threads: Cocoon = Silk Star Cage

Nightmare's Oneirokinesis: Alert + Psychiatrist's Cue: Subconscious Reminder = Mind Alarm

Pallez chuckles, "I don't think that would work here.", like he said. Her sword's energies die down, but her booklet didn't lose its light; but it's colour dimmed to a weak effect.

Edwina looks at herself and shakes her head, "Whatever the reason you think you have, I still think you stealing the Oracle's thoughts is out of hand."

Pallez shrugs, "What can I say?..."

"..."

Danitz looks incredulously at Pallez. They were expecting him to say something further, but he didn't

"WAI-", Danitz being Danitz immediately calls Pallez out on his antics, and their conversation devolves into Pallez making fun of Danitz's thoughts, to Edwina's displeasure and ignorance.

Well, at least she benefits from learning a spell or two from 'Stealing'

With the series of episodic skits over,

Everyone arrived back for the viewing of the next set of videos.

"Sounds like everyone is done with one part of their side quests.", Yanderu, ever an earth-rich cultured man.

"I could go for another round.", Roselle brags.

"Of course you'd say that.", Yanderu haplessly groans.

D. 100 Pounds

Rozanna blushed as she thought, 'What if it's exposing someone's weight?'

Melissa scrutinises the title, 'I wonder what could be so significant about a hundred pounds?'

Fors anxiously thought, 'If it has to do with pounds, it may have something to do with that crazy adventurer.'

Danitz thought too, 'While the title can't be so simple, I have my bets on that son of a b*tch pirate hunter.'

Reinette, on the other hand, was fixated on the pounds; it wasn't much, but it's still money in the end. And it's something Zhou and all his personas would agree on.

As expected, the Hall family was indifferent, but Audrey had that pure curiosity flowing from her expression.

Everyone else was more or less curious or piqued.

"Lights! Drama! Showtime!", Yanderu cheers.

'Wait, that's not how it-', Aminases' train of thought was interrupted by the play.

Inside a wooden house—no, a bar full of sailors and undercover pirates—, there sat the very famous, very crazy, and very adventurer Gehrman Sparrow sitting with the very blazing, very 10000 pounds, and very pirate Danitz Dubois.

Sharron says, "Pirates."

Frye found Gehrman's cold attitude to be somewhat..., 'He's similar to Dunn.'

Derrick recognised the two, 'Mr World! Sir Danitz!'

Danitz jolts, 'That's me! And that crazy adventurer too!'

Fors shivers, 'I recognise that bar. I hope I never drink in the same place as Mr Sparrow.'

Audrey's eyes lit up, 'It's Mr World! And the Oracle Danitz, so they knew each other? As expected.'

Leonard's eyebrow twitches, 'It's that annoying pirate, I still don't get how he became Mr Fool's Oracle.'

Alger unperturbed thought, 'I wonder how he handled the church while I was away... I have more trust in Mr Sun doing well than him.'

Edwina curiously leans one of her hands, 'I wonder what's going to happen this time.'

Gehrman felt a headache slowly creep up on him.

"Let's say you have 100 pounds and I collect 50 pounds, how much would you have left?", Danitz asks Gehrman.

"...", Gehrman looks at him as if he didn't even want to entertain the question.

But then he smirks, "100 pounds."

Everyone was slackjawed, especially Audrey, Danitz, and Edwina.

Audrey was just confused, not knowing what the logic was in that, but Danitz got the meaning immediately, 'Don't act like I can't have any pounds? Am I really just a slave, you son of a b*tch!'

Edwina, on the other hand, was more radical in thinking, 'Did Gehrman suppose to have a strategy in making more money out of the 50 pounds? Ah, when Danitz says he collected 50 pounds but didn't say from whom.', she was off the mark entirely, but she's got the spirit.

"No, no, no. Gehrman, I said, you have 100 pounds and I collect 50 pounds from you. How much will you have left?", Danitz clarifies with a tick of disbelief in his voice.

"...", Gehrman contemplates, cupping his chin.

A vein could be seen on Danitz's temple due to how pissed he is.

Leonard found the situation very funny, maybe because he wasn't the butt of the joke now that Gehrman (Klein) is messing with Danitz and not him.

Alger found it funny how the serious Mr World could be so unserious at the moment. It was like he understood the humour of stoic gentlemen like himself.

Will stopped eating his ice cream and started counting with his hands as if he, a former Robot, needed to do that in the first place.

Azik chuckles seeing his student and his assigned oracle in the skit, honestly, this made his day.

Roselle didn't want to ruin the moment by laughing before the punchline, but it's honestly wasn't far from a hit joke by now.

Gehrman...tugged up to a smirk.

"I will have 100 pounds... and a dead body.", Gehrman Sparrow finally responds.

Maric voices out at the same time Danitz said, ""What?""

Edwina blanks, 'What?'

"Um? Are you okay?", Danitz gestures at his drink before taking the swig as if asking if he were drunk, which is hardly possible for that adventurer.

'Not at all', thought both Gehrman and Danitz at the same time, though for very different reasons.

Bredt looks fascinatingly at the drink for a second before returning to the main viewing, 'This person, is a Tarot Club member? He's very intimidating...his words, too, are graphic to say the least.'

Earl Hall thought, 'I wouldn't call the literal crazy adventurer to be okay, as he's not right in the head at all.'

"Whose person's dead body are you talking about??", Danitz finally asks as he stops on his drink.

"Your dead body, of course.", Gehrman states.

Danitz's cup fell on the table.

Danitz went silent, well more than he already had been.

"HAHAHAHHHAHAH", Roselle finally broke down his laughter dam. It went full rolling here on out.

Bernadette groans at the stupid comedy, eliciting her to chuckle at the situation a times.

The Fool's Angels were secretly laughing at the predicament of the Fool's Oracle.

Earl Hall groans internally, 'That damned adventurer is really crazy.'

Caitlyn Hall shook her head as her face paled a bit, 'That was a joke... right?'

Hibbert and Alfred, on the other hand, were intimidated by the joke and took to taking the matter half-seriously. Plus, their sister is still in that Tarot Club.

Leonard turns to Gehrman. The latter just made a sound just now, "pft."

Leonard smiles. Gehrman glares at him.

Well, it seems everyone enjoyed that joke.