"Meow."
Wensa stretched and gave a low cry, trying to pass herself off as an ordinary cat. When Angel remained unmoved, she dropped the act and spoke. "I didn't expect you to reach High Sequence so quickly. I thought it would take at least another year..."
"Get to the point."
Angel cut off the pleasantries.
Her tone wasn't as cold as her words. The black cat messenger had helped her hunt the Gazer, even if she had paid for it. And if Wensa could compete with Reinette for the messenger job, she had to be at least a Demigod. Angering her outright would be unwise.
"The point is, I'm assessing whether to bring you into our organization. Reaching 'Despair' through your own strength was only the first step."
Wensa stopped imitating a cat's voice and spoke each word distinctly.
Organization? Does she mean the Demoness Sect? But after my clash with Katarina, she should know I'd never join them... Angel was about to press her when Wensa continued.
"As an apology for what happened before, I'll answer three questions."
An apology... for delivering a message to Katarina without my consent, even though I'm her contractor?
Angel thought it over rather than asking at once. After settling on three important questions, she said, "What exactly is your relationship with Katarina?"
"I thought our eye and hair colors had given you a clue." Wensa looked at Angel with blue eyes that instantly reminded her of several Demonesses. "She and I are directly related by blood."
A black cat and a Demoness are related by blood?
Angel's mind stalled for an instant. Then she realized the "cat" before her might have been human before leaving the Physical World and becoming a Spirit World Creature. More specifically, Wensa might be one of Katerina Pelle's