Even before she came of age, Audrey, who had two older brothers, had known she could not inherit her father Earl Hall's title or the bulk of his fortune. Still, beloved by her parents and brothers, she owned property, farmland, shares, and bonds worth over three hundred thousand pounds, yielding an annual income of more than twenty thousand pounds.
After meeting Mr. Fool, Miss Empress, and Mr. Hanged Man and establishing the Tarot Club, she had also secretly become a genuine Beyonder. She had quickly advanced to a high sequence, gaining power that carried considerable weight even among the upper echelons of the Loen Kingdom.
Although Audrey, a Spectator who adhered to her own principles, rarely used her Beyonder abilities to influence those around her, she was one of the kingdom's wealthiest people and a Manipulator. If she wished, she could undoubtedly exert a profound influence on high society.
But over the past few months, joining the charitable Student Aid Fund, working tirelessly to raise money and keep the fund running, and protecting those around her from the threat of war had all given her a feeling deep inside: her efforts mattered, and she could change this world little by little.
Now, the truth of the Apocalypse had smashed that beautiful dream like a heavy hammer.
"So everything I've done, all the efforts of everyone around me, are so insignificant compared to the coming Apocalypse. None of it will change the final outcome..."
Audrey murmured in a hollow voice, her emerald-green eyes turning toward Angel. They were the only facial feature she had left unchanged under the disguise of Lies.
*She's much like I was when I first learned the truth of the Apocalypse. But I had my Mirror Person to comfort me and keep me company, while she can't