Hearing Miss Justice's greeting, Klein the Fool suddenly felt a strong emotion.
After knowing her identity, status, appearance, and situation, he had a deeper understanding of the lightheartedness, cheerfulness, and sunshine in Audrey's voice. He understood where their essence came from. However, Klein did not envy or think that she lacked the tempering of suffering. Instead, he felt that in a world where the underlying rules were full of chaos, distortion, and madness, it was really great to have such a lady.
A slight smile appeared on his face, and he nodded slightly in response to Miss Justice's greeting.
When the Tarot Club members finished greeting each other, Cattleya pushed her glasses, turned her body, and saluted the blurry figure shrouded in gray mist at the top of the bronze table:
"Dear Mr. Fool, there are three pages of diary this time."
The "Mysterious Queen" is finally online again... Klein muttered inwardly and said with a smile:
"very good."
A few seconds later, with permission, Cattleya materialized the diaries and watched them "leap" into Mr. Fool's palm.
Klein took a casual glance and suddenly exclaimed "Huh" in his heart.
He discovered that the diary provided by the "Mysterious Queen" this time seemed to belong to the early period of Emperor Roselle and did not seem to contain any important information.
Normally, when it is impossible to distinguish the importance, one must give priority to the later diaries. This is the only way to restore the mystery of Emperor Roselle's "assassination" to the greatest extent... I believe that the "mysterious queen" has enough intelligence... Klein muttered to himself in confusion while carefully reading the first page of the diary:
“On September 21, I arrived in Saint-Milon and officially started my first tour with a delegation.
"The weather in Feysac is really a bit cold. It's not even October yet, but it looks like it's going to snow. No wonder the specialties here are all kinds of coats and cold-proof clothing, as well as strong liquor!
“Damn, the heights of the people here are really outrageous, it’s no wonder this is a country of descendants of giants. But I still want to say that I hate people looking down on me!
"Tonight, I'm going to the tavern and get drunk with a beautiful Feysac woman!"
Seeing this, Klein suddenly began to suspect that the “Mysterious Queen” Bernadette provided these pages of the diary in order to inquire whether she had an older brother or younger brother of Feysac descent.
Holding back the sound of his inner tut, Klein glanced at the second diary entry:
"On September 22, I seemed to have a blackout...
"What happened last night? Where is my beautiful Feysac girl? I didn't even drink with her!
"People at the embassy told me that girls here can often drink more than men...
"You have to be restrained when you go to the pub next time. It would be bad if some old lady picked up your body...
"The alcohol here is really strong. I had a headache the whole day. Fortunately, it's not a pain in the butt. I'll go to bed early and go to visit the Dusk Palace tomorrow."
"On September 23, the dusk palace was indeed magnificent, like a myth coming true, and the building seemed to be completely prepared for giants.
“As a pagan, I can only walk in circles outside. The square at the foot of the Dusk Palace is also filled with the aroma of wine!
“There are quite a few people here, some are kneeling, some are sitting, and some are playing bone flutes. It feels very melodious and open.
"I know a Feysac man who plays the bone flute. Even compared to his compatriots, he is ridiculously tall, estimated to be nearly three meters tall.
"His name is Oneg, and he claims to be from one of the purest groups of Feysac giants. He looks very melancholy when he plays the bone flute, as if he doesn't belong here, but doesn't know where to go. He is more like a poet than those guys in Intis who only know how to circle around women's skirts. Speaking of this, I can't help but want to complain. Those guys are actually proud of having that kind of disease. It's really disrupting the social market!
"I chatted with Oneg for a while and mentioned the question just now. He said that he just missed his hometown.
“But the problem is that he is a typical Saint-Milon man and has never left here.
"Ogneg didn't answer me immediately. He played the bone flute for a few minutes before saying that he missed the source of the giant bloodline, the giant court in myths and legends.
“He told me that he and the Feysac people of his race often dream of tall mountains, huge city walls based on them, palaces, towers, and various buildings that are always bathed in the light of dusk. This is very similar to the Dusk Palace, but even more incredible, with a more epic and miraculous feel.
“Without being told, Oneg and his people were certain that this was the Giant King’s Court.
"At the end of the conversation, Onegg slowly stood up and said thank you for listening. He was leaving Feysac to find the Giant King's Court, the homeland of his spirit and soul.
“He believes that the easternmost area of the Sonia Sea may contain the road leading to the Giant King’s Court.
“He said that thousands of years had passed, and the giants had never forgotten their homeland. Now, it was his turn to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors. This journey would never stop until he reached the end.
"He started playing the bone flute again, and the melodious yet sad melody gradually faded away.
“My hometown…”
Hometown... After reading this, Klein felt for the first time that he resonated 100% with the emperor.
Although Roselle only wrote down three seemingly repetitive words in the end and did not explain his inner thoughts, Klein completely understood the emperor's emotional ups and downs at that moment, because he and Roselle, like Onegg, had a spiritual and spiritual homeland.
With a sigh in his heart, Klein turned to the second page of the diary:
“On January 10, we visited Sonia Island.
“This place is also known as the Ancient Elf Island, with a large number of elven relics and remnants of customs.
"I was shocked on the first day. The elves actually know how to make 'blood stew', like to eat animal organs, and are good at using spices?
“They also invented chopsticks?
"Think about the elves on the murals again. Except for some of the ones with blue hair, the rest of their outlines, hair color, and eyes are similar to those of Asians on Earth. Could they be our fellow countrymen?"
Yes, I had this suspicion in my trance at the time. However, when I thought about it, it was impossible for so many people to come here at once. They were almost a race. Then I wondered if I was overthinking it... It didn't make sense that the living habits and food utensils that appeared on Earth could not appear here... Klein read on quickly with great interest, wanting to know whether Russell had explored the reason:
“January 13th. I’ve been so busy collecting cultural relics, ancient books, and folk tales here that I’ve forgotten to write in my diary for several days.
“Although many things had long been taken away by the major churches, I still gained some valuable things.
“In various legends, there are records of the Elf King Sonjathorem inventing chopsticks and using animal organs and blood to cook delicious food. There are also stories about this ancient god being good at distinguishing spices. They all believe that he is the ancestor, the first elf, who, for some reason, left the Western Continent, which only existed in mythology, with his tribe and came to the Northern Continent.
"Could it be that this person is the fellow villager, the first person to travel through time?
"And a race was born? The ancient gods can do anything, including give birth to children?
"It seems that he has a wife, who is also an elf. Hmm... I fell into deep thought."
"On January 16, further investigation showed that the elves might really have nothing to do with the travelers. At least they did not leave any symbols related to Chinese or English.
“They must have been speaking Elvish from beginning to end, which didn’t give me a sense of familiarity.
“Moreover, those common inventions did not appear before I came, and the same is true for many famous quotes. What exists are only some proverbs and fables with similar meanings but completely different examples.
"All the items and legends currently do not support my guess, which makes me a little disappointed, but also relieved. If I meet another or other time travelers, I really don't know how to face them."
"On January 17, I dreamed of my hometown which I had almost forgotten."
As expected, the emperor initially gave up on that guess... Klein turned the page again and looked at the last diary entry:
“On April 2, my daughter is so smart that she can speak before she is even 1 year old! Although she has only learned a few words for now, I believe that her progress will not be slow in the future!
“She inherited this from me!
"I looked left and right, and I felt that she was a little bit like me on Earth. Could it be that the soul also brings some degree of inheritance? Haha, let's just assume that's the case.
"Bernadette, this name is quite good and sounds beautiful, but in my heart, I always want to give her a Chinese nickname.
"Alas, she can't see her real grandpa and grandma..."
“April 3, the sudden emotion I had yesterday almost made me lose sleep, but luckily I know how to meditate.
“However, this also made me consider a question, that is, whether I should teach Bernadette Chinese privately.
"No, no, if she could read the diary I wrote earlier, I, as a father, would rather find a piece of tofu and kill myself. In my daughter's heart, a father must be full of glory.
"But writing my diary in Chinese is my last bond with the Earth and the past. My daughter should inherit this bond to some extent."
"On April 6, after a few days of consideration, I decided to teach Bernadette the two Chinese characters as special symbols. I told her that this was the protective spell her father gave her, so she should remember it forever.
“She doesn’t need to understand the meaning, she just needs to remember it.
"The two Chinese characters are:
"home."
Hometown... Klein repeated the word again, his eyes even feeling a little hot.
He finally understood why the "Mysterious Queen" Bernadette chose these three pages of the diary, because there were the amulets her father left for her:
"home."
At this moment, Klein seemed to see a river of emotions. It was flowing quietly on the surface, but there were countless rapids and rolling underwater.
Klein then retracted his gaze, causing the diary to disappear. He looked up at the Hermit Cattleya and said:
"What's your question?"