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Until she left that mysterious gray fog and saw the familiar ceiling of her room again, Fors was still a little dazed.
The moon in the sky was still bright, but the illusory whispers in her ears had disappeared. This was not surprising, after all, Fors could only hear the whispers during the few minutes when the moon was at its best and most spiritual every full moon. In the past, she had to endure these few minutes, but now she could go above that mysterious gray fog to avoid them.
Mr. Fool really protected her!
"No matter what, I survived…" Fors exhaled a long breath, then strained her waist, trying to sit up, but failed several times in a row. In the end, she simply gave up struggling and lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling, feeling a little fortunate, a little confused, and a little lost.
"Boom boom boom — —"
Just then, a knock sounded in the quiet room. Fors, lying on her back, turned her head to look at the door and said weakly:
"The door is unlocked, come in!"
Fors knew that the person knocking on the door was Xio. Although she chose to sleep separately from Xio for safety reasons, Xio insisted on staying in the apartment for the same reason, instead of staying in a hotel outside.
"Snap — —"
The door was pushed open from the outside, and Xio, who had rarely taken off her knight's uniform and changed into more casual clothes, walked into the room. It must be said that this dress made her look even more petite, and compared with Fors, she looked like an older and younger sister - Xio was the younger sister.
"How are you? I just heard your movements… Did you pray to that Fool?" Xio approached Fors, nervously observing whether there were any changes on her body, and asked with concern.
"I'm fine." Seeing Xio come in, Fors finally sat up with the strength of her right hand. She hugged her pillow, raised her hand and wiped the cold sweat that had appeared on her forehead due to the pain caused by the illusory whispers, and then looked at Xio, suddenly giggling twice, and said: "Xio, I seem to understand why Rudy became a fanatical believer of the Fool."
Xio: ?
"Are you… really okay?" Xio became even more worried.
"I'm really okay… It's just… I saw Mr. Fool." Fors waved her hand, and the mysterious and majestic figure she had just seen above the gray fog appeared in her mind again. She sincerely sighed: "He really is a good god."
It must be said that everything really depends on the situation. Although she had to pray to the Fool because of the illusory whispers, compared with the situation in the original book, Fors had been mentally prepared that the Fool was an evil god. During this period, she could be said to have been holding the mentality that she might be doomed, and because of her professional habits, she had already imagined n kinds of misfortunes that might happen after praying to the Fool in her mind. This period can be described as extremely psychologically burdened - after all, the unknown is the most terrifying.
It was precisely under this situation that she had almost scared herself that after Fors really saw the Fool, she found that the Fool was actually a god who was willing to provide her with shelter, did not force her to change her beliefs, and even allowed her to participate in the Tarot Club. The contrast brought about by the contrast really made Fors's favorability towards Mr. Fool soar.
"You… saw the Fool?" Hearing Fors's words, Xio couldn't care about what her good friend was being silly about, and her eyes widened a bit.
After all, they both knew that the Fool was an evil god, and he could even allow that guy Rudy to be promoted to a high-sequence powerhouse in just one year. His position was probably no different from a true god. And the Fifth Epoch was an era when gods could not easily walk in the world for various reasons. Not to mention the various evil gods, even the gods of the major churches had not heard of any divine descent.
If it weren't for the clear existence of Beyonders, Xio would have doubted whether gods really existed, but now Fors actually said that she saw the Fool, saw an existence suspected of being a god?
"Um…" Fors nodded heavily and said: "I not only saw the Fool, but starting tomorrow, I will also attend a gathering held by Mr. Fool every Monday at three in the afternoon…"
She said a little about the Tarot Club, which was naturally after seeking the experience of that Mr. Fool. Although others couldn't be told, it was okay to tell Xio.
"By the way, my code name is Magician…"
"Magician… that's quite in line with your aesthetics." Xio nodded thoughtfully, feeling that the amount of information tonight was a bit too much, and she had to digest it well.
Just as she nodded, Xio thought of something again and said: "Wait, wasn't the Tarot card that Rudy gave you the Magician card?"
Fors was stunned for a moment, and quickly found the Tarot card that Rudy gave her. Without a doubt, it was a Magician card.
The two of them looked at each other in dismay.
"This should be a coincidence… I drew the card randomly…" Fors muttered in a low voice.
"Not necessarily… Perhaps, Rudy has a power similar to prophecy? Seers are said to be able to divination…" Xio put forward her own opinion, "Maybe he had foreseen that you would join the Tarot Club, codenamed Magician?"
However, no one, no matter who it was, thought about Mr. Fool deliberately cheating, after all, this was impossible from all aspects.
"Prophecy…" Fors's body suddenly trembled, "What you said makes me shudder… Speaking of which, in novels, people with prophetic abilities, if they are allies, are good helpers of the protagonist, if they are enemies, then they are the most difficult guys to deal with, maybe I can add such a character in the new book…"
Fors, whose brain hole had spread again, then shook her head and said: "Forget it, I don't want to think about this anymore… Xio, I'm hungry, let's go out for supper!"
"Now?" Xio glanced at the clock, and finally nodded, "Okay!"
…
At the same time, Sherlock Detective Agency —
"Is it done?" Looking at Klein, who suddenly opened his eyes, Lin Ruo, who was leaning against the window sill with boredom, immediately cheered up and asked.
"It's done, that Miss Fors will be the Magician of the Tarot Club from now on." Klein nodded, and seemed to think of something with a strange expression: "Speaking of which, Miss Fors and Miss Justice know each other, right? Will they recognize each other at the Tarot Club tomorrow?"
"This… who knows!" Lin Ruo's smile suddenly became a little brighter, and said: "Anyway, even if they recognize each other, it's not a bad thing, is it?"
Klein glanced at Lin Ruo, "You seem to be looking forward to it."
Lin Ruo blinked, "Just your imagination."
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