Even after the six people at the long table finished their meals, left the restaurant separately, and stepped into City Hall Square after nightfall, the middle-aged gentleman and young lady who had joined them last never spoke to Fors or Xio, as though they truly regarded them as strangers they had happened to meet.
But how could Fors possibly not recognize them?
The sturdily built middle-aged gentleman, whose hair had begun to gray but who remained full of vigor, was clearly Dwayne Dantès, one of the alternate identities of the Tarot Club's World, Gehrman Sparrow. And the beautiful young lady beside him, from whom it was impossible to look away, was undoubtedly Miss Empress!
Why had they come to Yarnam City too? Was it because Mr. Fool had a church here, or was some secret hidden beneath the city intriguing enough to interest two angels?
At that thought, Fors felt an urge to take Xio and leave immediately.
Anything that concerned the Tarot Club's two strongest members was very likely dangerous for a Beyonder like her, who had only just advanced to become a Saint. Xio was merely a Sequence 5 Disciplinary Paladin; against an enemy possessing divinity, she would have no ability to resist.
But looking at it another way, since the World and the Empress were both here, could the matter already have been resolved, or brought under control so that it posed no danger?
*If there really were danger, they would surely warn their fellow Tarot Club members, the Magician and Judgment, rather than pretend not to know us, as though they only wanted to enjoy their vacation in peace... If that's the case, wouldn't running away with Xio right now be overreacting? It would be hard to invite her out again next time... That magician called