This villain, please exercise some restraint.

"A demon who is indifferent to life? This evaluation is quite interesting."

The "Pope" curled the corners of his mouth and laughed.

Even the boss felt a rare sense of...recognition from the "Pope's" words.

"Yes, you are right."

"If at the very beginning, perhaps when my memory was a little fuzzy, I could still sense some compassion from Temperance towards other creatures, then when I last saw him, that quality that I thought was somewhat valuable had... completely disappeared."

“Perhaps, this is the kind of growth that belongs to ‘moderation’.”

"However, strangely enough, Temperance, as the one who has stayed in this position the longest, my ability did not allow me to see his past when I saw him."

"Even his appearance was somewhat inexplicable. He had neither the help of the priestess nor the inspection of any ability users. At that time, he returned with the "world" and the current "devil."

The "Pope" paused here.

"That's normal, because your ability is to see the past, the forgotten, the erased. It is an ability that belongs to the past, and even... it is an ability that can only be seen but not spoken."

"It's just that, I think, such an existence, apart from the temporary amnesia caused by concussion or the gradual forgetting of memory caused by Alzheimer's disease, I think it's hard to be useful in other places—"

Boss chose to interrupt, but halfway through his words, under the gaze of the "Pope", he thought of... himself.

I thought about what I had done to Shi Si by using the power of the "world", and I thought about... how I had used my ability as the creator of this world to block the memory of that insect.

Yeah, he thought it was a bit too simple.

In the real world, it may not be so easy to lose memory, but in this world, as long as you have the corresponding power and ability, these... are not difficult.

Isn't it? Then... my past, those unremembered pasts, are they also because of some kind of power... acting on me?

If this is really the case...

The boss blinked his dry eyes.

Judging from what he said when he first met the "Pope", he... did have a past that was covered up or erased.

And this past seems to have the shadow of "moderation".

But... why is there the shadow of "Temperance"? According to the current contact, the Temperance card seems to have the ability to summon the other successors of the Strength card to assist, and as "Temperance", it has some power of "World"——"

Suddenly, a rather bold and reasonable guess formed in the boss's mind.

Was the initial “moderation” the real culprit that caused him to lose his memory?

The answer to this question, and even all the answers to his past, seem to... need to be found in the "Pope".

"Temperance", this guy who inexplicably appeared in his world without his knowledge. He thought that the entanglement between them was just due to a bug that he had not noticed, but now it seems that -

There are other implications.

If his conjecture was correct, then the original "temperance" was undoubtedly a type of person he quite hated.

Perhaps, they are enemies.

It is now, and it was before.

But everything is just a guess after all, and this guess needs to be verified, and also requires... the ability of the "Pope".

He can see the forgotten truth, if he is honest enough, if he is willing to reveal it, then...

Facing the short boy's clear and somewhat eager gaze, the "Pope" was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.

"Have you figured it out? Do you think my abilities are still useful? But you know I can't reveal it."

"After all, whether it's about your past or the past between you and other...existences, it's not enough to impress me, and it's not worth it for me to reveal anything."

The “Pope”’s words were blunt, even condescending, and hard to ignore.

For a moment, the boss actually felt something similar to "justice" from the "Pope", but to a lesser degree...contempt for himself.

He didn't quite understand why... these creatures that came out of the Tarot cards all had this attitude to a greater or lesser extent.

Some people even mention that...original "moderation".

Could it be that the initial "moderation" left a deep impression on these guys?

The boss shook his head.

No, he couldn't think like that.

Perhaps, the initial "moderate" approach can indeed leave a deep impression on these guys, but I'm afraid this impression may not be a positive one.

Because, the attitude of "Justice" towards "Temperance" is that it wishes him to die sooner, and even tries to put an end to him directly; and the "Pope", who seems to be relatively mild and does not cause trouble, also has a rather negative evaluation of the initial "Temperance".

The attitude of the Wheel of Fortune is a little vague. It's just that the Wheel of Fortune looks like a little kid, speaks a little too harshly, and even takes the initiative to take advantage of others... Maybe -

This is a Tarot-derived being that doesn't quite understand the original "moderation."

Because of the lack of understanding, I was deceived by "Temperance"'s delicate appearance and weak posture, and by chance, I saved that... sinner.

"However, if you want to know something about Temperance's past, as a colleague who once worked with him, I think I wouldn't mind telling you what I saw and felt."

The "Pope" glanced at the short boy beside him and suddenly said this.

The boss did not answer, but when he looked at the "Pope", that intense, inquiring look revealed everything.

The "Pope"'s lifeless dead fish eyes rolled around, and then looked into the distance.

His pupils could not reflect the distant mountains, nor the blue sky and white clouds, but his expression made the boss feel that he seemed to be looking into the extremely distant... past.

"Perhaps, the 'Magician' and I are the first to see the successor of the power card ability of the small moderation."

"At that time, the successors to the powers of the Temperance and Demon cards were both vacant. The Temperance card was constantly being filled, while the Demon card never had a qualified successor to its power."

"That time, the appearance of Xiaojiezhi and that ordinary-looking, thin, and slightly gloomy young man filled these two...gaps at once."

"Out of politeness, I shook hands with both of them. The hand of the young man was warm like a child, while the hand of the other young man was skinny and cold."