Hunter and prey

Klein took a deep breath, his eyes widening slightly as the images in his mind dissipated like mist.

He stretched a few more times, then slowly turned and left the balcony. He had his personal valet, the "Winner" Enyouni, draw the curtains and face the wall in a corner of the room to pray to the "Sea God," like a believer with a secret faith, while he strolled into the bathroom.

All his movements were perfectly natural, as though this were his daily routine. He betrayed no impatience or anxiety.

Only after locking the bathroom door, taking four steps counterclockwise to pass through the gray fog, entering the towering palace, and sitting in the high-backed chair belonging to the Fool did Klein truly breathe a sigh of relief and wipe nonexistent sweat from his forehead.

He casually summoned the Sea God's Scepter from the junk pile behind him and, using Enyouni's prayer as an opening, brought into view the carriage that had passed his house and stopped outside Councilor Macht's home.

Hazel, a beautiful young woman rarely seen despite falling short of the Demonesses and Miss Justice, had just stepped out of the carriage. Smiling, she returned home with light steps.

Inside the carriage behind her, the figure reclining on the cushions was not a gray rat, but a young man with black hair and black eyes, dressed in black clothes and a black top hat. A Crystal Monocle rested over his right eye, and a smile lingered on his lips as he observed the Macht Residence outside the window. He was none other than Amon, the "Blasphemer" Klein had seen at Elk Manor.

Amon's Avatar really did find this street!

This did not surprise Klein. If anything, the fact that they had only found this place today already seemed