After the Fool Klein tapped the table to signal that he had blocked everyone else's senses, Justice Audrey eagerly turned toward Miss Empress, who sat less than a meter away, almost shoulder to shoulder with her. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly froze.
During private conversations, the surrounding fog gathered around those not taking part, blocking their senses. Accordingly, the gray fog around Audrey and Angel thinned, allowing her to notice immediately that Miss Empress seemed somewhat different from usual.
Before, I only thought her beauty didn't belong to the physical world at all, as though she were everyone's dream lover. But now there's another kind of allure to her, one that makes people want to worship her, submit to her... Audrey, what are you thinking! Get to the matter at hand...
All sorts of strange thoughts bubbled up in her mind like bubbles on boiling water, then burst one after another.
"Was there something you wanted to discuss in private?"
Seeing that Audrey had briefly fallen silent, Angel asked curiously.
"Ahem, here's the situation..." Only then did Audrey quietly avert her gaze, her tone returning to its usual calm gentleness. "I'd like to purchase some grain from Partis, the port city deep in the Berserk Sea, at twice the current grain price in Loen. Um, I can cover the shipping costs as well."
The fact that Dream City was under the control of Angel's Witch Church was no longer a secret within the Tarot Club. And since she had already become an angel, the other members considered this perfectly reasonable.
Grain... Why does Audrey want to buy grain in bulk? If she wants to resell it in Loen, paying twice the price doesn't make sense... After a moment's hesitation, Angel asked:
"How much do you need?"