Tarot Club : Sequence 0.

Mr. World nodded.

"Alright then, I'll let everyone hear about this."

Everyone fell into a curious silence as they waited with anticipation for Mr. World's next words.

"There are two reasons why the names of potions can change over time from one epoch to another and sometimes even in the same epoch."

"Two reasons?"

"Hm~m." Mr. World nodded. "The first reason is something you might have guessed, words mean something different over time and hence people find it appropriate to change the names of the potions to better reflect what they think it means."

"Is that all?" Hermione asked studiously, "What about names like Sequence 7 : Psychiatrist of the Spectator pathway which alludes to helping people and solving their mental problems and issues while the older name of the same sequence Psyche Analyst only alludes to analysis of the psyche and not helping others. There's a tangible difference in that isn't there?"

Loki flashed a hidden smile when he saw Hermione so studious and so decided to entertain her a little.

"You are right. There is a tangible difference and Sequence 7 Psychiatrist isn't alone in this matter. There are several other potions which have changed similarly and mean something very different right now-"

"-like the Sequence 6: Artisan which was changed from Machinery Specialist, or the Sequence 5: Astronomer which was changed from Astromancer in the same Savant Pathway-"

"-or like the Sequence 7: Detective which was changed from Knowledge Keeper of the Reader pathway-"

"-and this is what I was alluding to in the first line of my explanation-"

"-There are two reasons for this change and although one of them is the simple transition of the meaning of words, the other is much more interesting."

"Another reason?" Hermione asked, frowning a little as she tried to think of what this new reason could be that she'd missed out on.

Mr. World nodded and explained softly as everyone moved forward a little in interest.

"The second reason is that the True God of the pathway was changed in some way, either totally by a new God or because of some incident which caused a part of 'Him' or 'Her' to change."

Loki's words brought about both confusion and a little bit of excitement in everyone present.

Hermione was quick to ask the bubbling questions that had risen up in her mind from the reason Loki had just explained.

"The True God's of the pathway have control over their pathways? How do they change the abilities that the potion provides?? Shouldn't the same potion brewed at different points in time require the same acting to digest?"

Before Hermione could go on and on about her questions, rambling off until she could, Mr. World interrupted her-

"Yes. I don't know. And no, not necessarily."

Snape who was sitting beside Loki was a little confused by Loki's answer to the question that the same potion brewed at different points in time would not have the same effects.

And Loki seemed to have noticed this since Mr. World looked at Snape and spoke calmly-

"You must know Mr. Moon that potions brewed at different times of the day have different effects right? After all, there are several potions that require just the right phase of the moon to be brewed properly or need to be stewed for long enough based on the cycles of the moon to gain the right effect?"

Everyone looked at Mr. Moon and saw him nod.

But Hermione quickly interrupted.

"But those are still fixed conditions right!? If I brewed a polyjuice potion in the Second epoch, I would still have had the same effects as I would gain right now right?" Hermione asked with a slight frown.

And Snape seemed to agree since he was looking at Mr. World with interest too.

But Mr. World shook his head.

"Not necessarily. Have you ever wondered why potions have the effects they do? I mean we know that mixing things in the right order gives us certain potions and their Beyodner effects, but why does this happen? Why does it give us those effects?"

The question stumped everyone present and Snape was the only one who felt a little excited by the question since it was something he'd wondered for a long time about without gaining any real progress towards a solution.

Mr. World scanned the gathering and after a few seconds of silence, spoke clearly.

"It is because the corresponding True Gods 'bless' those potions to have those effects."

Mr. World's words pushed everyone into a stunned silence for a few seconds before their minds started to *buzz* like bees with random explosions of thoughts.

But Mr. World seemed to care little for their thoughts as he continued-

"True Gods are physical manifestations of all the qualities of their pathways and so they can control all sources that manifest it. That is, they can control the potions that are related to their domain or in simple words their pathway."

Hermione's mouth opened and closed for a few seconds before Mr. World continued to explain again.

"Although I don't know how they do such a thing, I do know that this is how it works. So as long as a True God changes the way their control is manifested the potion names are naturally changed to match them by those following them. Sometimes even changed on orders of the very god of the pathway itself."

"It is based on this that I suspect that the potions we drink to advance our sequences as Beyonders are related to the True Gods in some way, so when they change, the effects of potions change along with them."

There was a stunned silence in the halls of the Sefirah Castle as everyone processed Loki's words.

But that was when they all heard and saw Mr. Error wrapping his fingers around the edge of the table.

Hermione was the first one to react as she looked at Mr. Error and spoke mentally-

'Does Mr. Error want to tell us something too?'

The question resonated in all the minds present since Loki had never really revealed any 'high level' information while being a True God in their eyes.

For example, when Snape had tried earlier all he got was that he was too weak to know about such a thing.

So once they were all looking at him, Loki spoke calmly.

"True Gods are the pinnacle of the pathway. They are the Sequence 0 of the pathway you follow."

For a second everyone was confused, but as the words sank in their minds were blown further.

'There's a Sequence 0!?' the thought was the first to resonate in everyone's minds.

Mr. Devil suddenly started to think about Voldemort and why he was so eager to grow stronger by advancing his sequences.

Dominic was surprised that the True God of his pathway the Warrior was actually a Beyonder of his sequence.

Fleur, Snape and Sirius wondered about their True Gods, trying to figure out who they might've been in history to become such powerful Beyonders.

While Hermione was terrified.

'The True God of my pathway is the pinnacle of my pathway!? Sequence 0 ?'

'But didn't Mr. Error tell me that this pathway was lost to history!?'

'Doesn't this mean that there's no True God in my pathway then!?'

'What does this mean for me!?'

'Can I not advance further anymore or something!?'

Loki went back to relaxing on his chair as he looked at everyone and tried to prevent himself from laughing.

But his relaxation was cut short as Hermione asked him a question almost immediately.

"Mr. Error then…the pathway you follow…is the Error pathway?"

Loki looked at Hermione and after a few seconds of silence nodded while explaining softly.

"It is. The Sequence 0 of the Bard pathway is the Sun. The Sequence 0 of the Apothecary pathway is the Moon. The Sequence 0 of the Assassin pathway is the Demoness. The Sequence 0 of the Sleepless pathway is Darkness and the Sequence 0 of the Criminal pathway is the Abyss and so on…"

"Each True God is just the pinnacle of their pathway."

"And I…I'm a little different from them all…but I am also the pinnacle of the Error pathway."

'Well…I currently only know myself to be the only Error Pathway Beyonder in this world…so it's not like there's anyone higher than me anyway…'

'But they don't need to know that…'

'And I'm probably closer to being a Great Old One than any other God…'

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A/N : I forgot to create volumes for this year of school, so this should technically be the fourth volume....but well better late than never. Sorry for the confusion for anyone that has been reading or waiting.

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