Chapter 11: One Page Diary



Above the gray fog, in a palace with a towering dome.

Klein the Fool glanced at the "Sun" that was pulled in ahead of time and the "World" that materialized in advance, and spread his spirituality at the right time, touching the crimson stars representing "Justice", "Hanged Man", "Magician", "Moon", and "Hermit".

Rays of light rose up, and relatively blurry figures appeared on both sides of the long bronze table.

"Justice" Audrey, who had just returned to the castle from the forest, had changed into a dress with layered lace cuffs and round pearls.

She stood up skillfully and lightly, lifted her skirt slightly, and bowed:

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool~"

Klein's mood improved a lot. He smiled and nodded, responding to the other party.

At the same time, he couldn't help but sighed:

"A newly rich man spends so much money. How much does a noble like Miss Justice have to spend on a daily basis..."

After the members greeted each other, he looked at the Hermit leisurely, knowing that the pirate general would most likely provide a new diary of Roselle.

As he expected, the Hermit Cattleya took the initiative to speak:

"Mr. Fool, I have collected another page of Roselle's diary."

Only one page? Shouldn't the "Mysterious Queen" be able to take out a book at will? Klein, who had been through a lot of trials in the past few days, did not show any abnormality. He nodded slightly and said:

“That’s not a problem.”

Cattleya immediately materialized a page of a yellow-brown diary and watched it fall into Mr. Fool’s hands as it traveled through the spirit world.

Klein looked down casually and was slightly surprised to find that there was no corresponding date at the beginning of this page.

In other words, it was the second page of the connected diary... Why didn't Bernadette take the first page as well? She should be able to make a preliminary distinction. After all, Old Neil could do it... Could it be that she didn't? Or was the diary completely messed up, and she had trouble restoring the correct order? Does this mean that after the death of Emperor Roselle, his belongings were robbed by various forces and scattered, and Bernadette at that time was not able to compete. Only after becoming the "Mysterious Queen" did she start to do the corresponding things... Klein guessed while quickly reading the contents of the paper:

"It's beyond my expectation. The history of the Fourth Epoch revealed by Mr. Men is becoming more and more interesting.

"This unfortunate fellow who was trapped in the storm and lost in the depths of darkness told me that the 'Black Emperor' died once and was resurrected.

"This is surprisingly consistent with something mentioned within that ancient secret organization. At that party, they said that if the nine secret tombs of the Black Emperor were not all destroyed, this god walking in the world could wake up and be reborn in one of the tombs even if he really died.

“Even if all nine mausoleums are destroyed, as long as there is a certain remnant of the order established by the Black Emperor, He can mysteriously resurrect and return. Only the birth of a new Black Emperor can completely destroy Him and prevent Him from appearing again.

"According to Mr. Men, there are three stages in the process of the Black Emperor's resurrection. The first is that the 'uniqueness' is separated from the owner and becomes conceptualized and abstracted. The second is that the subjects of the Black Emperor hear the majestic voice of this god again. The third is that the Black Emperor, who has integrated the 'uniqueness', reappears in the 'Astral World', and the three Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics automatically return to their emperor. This is an order that other true gods cannot reverse or stop.

"As a result, Blood Emperor and Night Emperor, who are both Sequence 1 Princes of Order Killing, are in a very awkward situation. They may fall down in an instant and regress to Sequence 2. Mr. Men said that at that time, Storm Lord and Night Goddess chose Night Emperor and helped him turn to a similar extraordinary path, the Judge path. As a result, the Tudor-Trensost United Empire was split.

"And the Blood Emperor Alistair Tudor, who was forced into a desperate situation, made a crazy decision, which was to turn to an unrelated extraordinary path, and forcibly ascend to the true god at the cost of losing his mind and becoming a madman.

“I have to say that this decision was irrational and almost impossible to achieve, but Mr. Men told me that Alistair Tudor finally succeeded, and the craziest true god was born!

“This is really incredible, but Mr. Door did not give any specific details and was reserved.

"I asked Him which was harder to accept, madness or death, and He said of course death, because as long as you are alive, even if you are completely mad, you can still recover.

“He smiled and gave an example. A mad True God can rely on instinct to have sex with various creatures and give birth to various offspring. In this process, if one is lucky enough and all the conflicting extraordinary characteristics are eliminated, then the madness will gradually improve over time.

"Mr. Men deliberately didn't say what problems this would cause, nor did he explain why almost no one made a similar choice, but I could tell that this would definitely be a huge hidden danger.

“I have to say that Mr. Men knows more about the true gods than I thought. Before he was exiled, he might have already tried to reach Sequence 0… No wonder he was full of disdain for Zaratul and had no respect for the true gods.

"I don't want to release Him back into the real world."

There is so much information... It is indeed a page that Bernadette specially selected... Wait, why did she choose this page? What is the significance of this to her? From this day on, Emperor Roselle gradually became problematic and eventually went crazy? Crazy...

Could it be... No way... Roselle's situation at that time was very similar to that of the "Blood Emperor" Alistair Tudor. The original path had been cut off, and the adjacent path was blocked by people or objects, making it not so easy to climb... Could it be, could it be that under tremendous pressure, he made the same irrational decision as the "Blood Emperor" and tried to switch to a non-adjacent path?

In this way, his madness in his later years was really a loss of reason, rather than being smeared by others. No wonder Bernadette abandoned him, hated him, and tried to find the truth... From this perspective, some things are very interesting. Rosel forcibly ascended the throne and promulgated the "Civil Code", replacing the original rules with the order of the 18th and 19th centuries on Earth, and Rosel widely spread his own quotations and promoted his own aesthetics...

Haha, I really underestimated this fellow countryman and "senior". I always thought he was cosplaying Napoleon and Caesar for his own amusement, but it turns out he was preparing for the "Black Emperor"... No, I have also read a few pages of his diary at that time. His thinking was clear, his emotions were normal, and he could even communicate deeply with a certain noble lady and a certain noble lady...

Well, he might not have made the final decision at that time, but was he consciously leaving a way out?

The Civil Code was most likely not something Roselle intended to do. As a usurper, issuing new laws was an inevitable choice. Among the references, the Civil Code was the most in line with social conditions and historical progress...

The subsequent act of declaring himself emperor was probably what Bernadette found incomprehensible and a little difficult to accept... As Roselle's favorite child, she might have noticed some abnormalities before her father became emperor, so she selected the longest diary written by the emperor during that period and gave it to the "Admiral of the Star"... Klein couldn't help but make the connection, as if he saw the heavy history hidden in the depths of the fog turning over a page full of blood and rust in front of him.

This made him even more curious about the trigger for Russell's final madness.

At the same time, he also solved some previous doubts:

"It turns out that the Black Emperor came back to life in this way, which is very similar to my previous speculation...

"In the history of the Fourth Epoch, there is actually a 'Tudor-Trensost United Empire', which is supported by six gods including the 'Lord of Storms' and the 'Goddess of Night'... The two thrones side by side in the underground ruins of Williams Street seem to explain that they belong to the United Empire...

"According to Mr. Men, the Six Gods chose the Night Emperor, which led to the division of the United Empire. Then, who helped the Blood Emperor capture or kill the three Hunters of Sequence 1? Among them, the Red Angel Medici is likely to be stronger than the Blood Emperor at that time... The Original Witch? The God of Death? The Original Moon? The Dark Side of the Universe? The Mother Tree of Desire?"

Klein tried to guess by enumeration, but he had no clue.

He quickly made the diary disappear, and said to the Hermit with a smile:

"What do you want?"

Cattleya did not hide her feelings and asked frankly:

"Besides Emperor Roselle, who is the protagonist of this diary?"

Her question immediately made Audrey Justice turn her head to look at Mr. Fool. Her eyes were bright and full of curiosity, and even her ears seemed to stand up.

Alger and the others of "The Hanged Man" were also very interested in this. To be written about in the diary of Emperor Roselle, he must be no ordinary person!

Klein vaguely guessed their thoughts and couldn't help but complain in his heart.

In other words, this diary was carefully selected by Bernadette. If it were any other diary, I would have to tell you that the other protagonists would be witch, witch, hunter, hunter, a certain noble lady, a certain noble lady...

After thinking for two seconds, Klein leaned back in his chair and replied with a smile:

"Mr. Door."

Mr. Door... Being called that by Mr. Fool must be close to a god, right? Audrey, Justice, speculated on Mr. Door's identity from his tone and words, and got a certain answer.

The Hermit Cattleya and the others had similar thoughts, but no one knew who Mr. Door was. As they looked at each other, they all shook their heads.

Seeing that Magician Fors had the same reaction as the other members, Klein deliberately looked at the lady and chuckled:

“You should be familiar with Him.”

"Ah? Magician?" Fors looked confused.

She had no idea that she would ever know the so-called Mr. "Door".

The other party seems to be of very high quality!


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