"Purple eyes!"
That made everything line up. Over 1.75 meters tall, purple eyes, from Tingen, recently arrived in Backlund, and she had attended Mr. A's gathering. There was a very high chance she was a Beyonder.
This Miss Irene was very likely the "Empress" of the Tarot Club!
Ignoring the sound of maid Anne's footsteps approaching the study, Audrey crouched before Susie and asked softly:
"Can you be sure? Xio said Miss Irene had black hair and brown eyes, but you saw purple eyes?"
Susie nodded seriously. She had also heard the approaching footsteps, so she did not speak again.
Could Xio really have lied?
But what would be the point? Everyone at the salon had seen her speak with Miss Irene. I could ask any guest and verify it, and I've already advanced to Telepathist. I could tell she wasn't concealing anything.
Then let's assume neither of them... No, neither the woman nor the dog had lied. What they saw was all real...
Audrey felt that the situation was rather complicated and quite mind-boggling, but that only made her more excited. It was as though she had become Miss Sissi from Wuthering Heights, a detective investigating a case.
That excitement immediately gave her an idea for how to verify it.
Pushing open the door and slipping past the startled Anne, Audrey found Viscount Glaint in the hall after he had just seen off several literary luminaries.
"Glaint, did a Miss named Irene attend your salon today?"
The Viscount looked somewhat puzzled. Seeing Audrey stride over so aggressively, he had thought she wanted to discuss something important. He had not expected such a trivial question.
"Yes. Baroness Sevillea brought her to the salon. She's that lady's niece."
Sevillea... Sevillea Landon?
Audrey recalled information about the Baroness. She had seen her