A midnight appointment

On Saturday night, Angel climbed over her bedroom balcony at the appointed time and drifted down like a feather on the breeze, landing lightly outside the front gate of her villa's garden to wait for the carriage that would pick her up at midnight.

She had made every preparation for the meeting. Not only had she prayed to Mr. Fool and received His Angel's Embrace to guard against interrogation techniques such as Hypnosis, suggestion, and Dream Invasion, but she had also brought almost every Mystical Item and Charm she could use.

Three full months after advancing to Sequence 4, she had begun to feel that her Mystical Items, in both quality and quantity, were no longer enough to support battles at the demigod level.

This problem had been laid bare in her battles against Sirio, the Red Angel evil spirit, and Amon's avatar.

In those battles, aside from Wings of Death and the Reaper Legion, which were also at the demigod level and known as Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts, along with the Parasite glove, her Rose Necklace and hypocrisy Ring had barely played any role.

Had she not acquired her new weapon, Angelica's Edge, yesterday, she would have had almost no Mystical Items suited to direct attacks.

Of course, for a recently advanced demigod, possessing four items equivalent to Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts was already a luxurious assortment. But Angel might soon face a demigod who had possessed divinity for decades, enjoyed military support, and belonged to the royal nobility. Their accumulated resources were on entirely different levels.

*Whether it's connections or equipment, I'm definitely far behind her... The royal family has never revealed its strength in the supernatural sphere, but for a family that existed during King Solomon's dynasty in the Fourth Epoch and has endured for two thousand