Chapter 62: The Chariot

With the return of the man in the strange robe, Audrey turned to look at Zhou with her eyes shining and spoke with interest.

"Mr.Fool, wouldn't you mind making a few more 'attempts' like this?"

Alger listened to the suggestion calmly and he too was tempted by it.

"Mr.Fool, don't you find 'gatherings' like these interesting? Although your powers surpass our imagination, there are certain domains that you don't understand or excel at. The person in front of me is obviously a young lady of lofty stature. I'm not sure what is the other man but he seems like someone strong with contacts. I also have my only set of experiences, insights, means and resources. Perhaps the day will come when the three of us can help you complete something trivial that is inconvenient for you ."

And finally Adryan just let out a small laugh as he pointed at Audrey.

"A loen noble..." This chilled Audrey, then he pointed at Alger.

"A pirate from the Church of the Lord of Storms..." This made Alger also freeze and look in shock at Adryan who pointed to himself.

"And lastly a member of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom..." then Adryan spread his arms as he spoke again in a much more energetic tone.

"Mr. Fool, doesn't a trio with different backgrounds seem like something fun and interesting to watch, wouldn't you love to see how far this attempt of yours can go?"

Adryan's voice echoed through the great hall, making Audrey, Alger, and Zhou's hearts pound with emotion.

Zhou only maintained his posture while placing a hand to his chin in thought.

From the moment he heard the suggestion, he had already weighed the pros and cons, he thought he had already made a decision until that man in the strange black robe spoke, scaring him a little.

'While this meeting would open up a huge channel of information and resources for me, due to the existence of that man my mask could fall off if I make a false step, after all it seems that he hit the nail on the head regarding the identity of the two others and they barely spoke...'

Thinking for a while longer, Zhou made a decision.

'This is too important of a channel to throw away, who knows how long it will take me to summon other people with so many resources, nothing is without risk in this life, if I have to act harder to maintain this mask so be it.'

With his decision made, Zhou reached out his right hand and began to rapped the long table gently with his finger.

He was in control of the summoning and firing gathering, so the danger of exposure was within the confines of his control.

Finally he stopped touching the table as he smiled at the anticipated, perturbed and amused looks of the trio in front of him.

"I am a person who likes a fair and equal exchange.

Your help will not go unrewarded.

Every Monday at three in the afternoon, try your best to be alone. After I make a few more tries and figure out some things, perhaps you can apply for a leave of absence ahead of time. You will no longer ned to worry about being in inappropriate situations"

This was his way of accepting Audrey, Alger and Adryan's suggestion.

Audrey had just turned 17, having been cared for all her life, she had the character of a young girl. So she couldn't help but clench her fist gradually pumped in front of her chest when she heard The Fool's reply.

Without even waiting for a word from Alger or Adryan she spoke excitedly with her eyes shining.

"Then, should we give ourselves code names? After all, we can't use our real names in conversation."

'I may not be able to fool Mr. Fool regarding my true identity but the man in front of me possesses some danger, let alone the man in the strange robe he is a threat!'

"Good idea" Zhou replied in a relaxed and calm manner but using the corner of his eye to look at the man in the robe who had an amused smile.

"You are the Mr. Fool who is derived from the Tarot cards. So, as a fixed, long-term, and secret 'gatherings' we should be uniform with our designations. Yes, I will also choose one of the tarot cards."

Her tone slowly turned joyous.

"I have decided, my designation shall be Justice!"

It was one of the 22 major Arcana Tarot Cards.

"What about you, sir?" Audrey cheekely smiled at her 'partner' in front of her.

Alger frowned slightly before immediately relaxing it.

"The Hanged Man"

It was another major arcana card...

"And finally, what about you sir? Audrey asked this time the man who was further away from them, Alger and Zhou also looked at the man who let out a weak laugh.

"I choose The Chariot"The voice of the one now identified as Mr. Chariot was dripping with emotion and he had a sharp smile on his face.

"Okay, then we can be considered the founding members of the Tarot Club!!" Audrey was the first to blurt out happily before looking up in fear at the gray mist-shrouded Zhou.

"Is that all right, Mr. Fool?"

Zhou just shook his head in amusement.

"You can decide on such trivial matters by yourselves."

"Thank you!" said Audrey who was obviously very thrilled.

Finally Audrey let out an excited sigh and spoke.

"I heard that tarot cards were created by Emperor Roselle as a game. In fact, doesn't it come equipped with the power to divine the future?"...