Duchess Georgina

It feels like every demigod I've met in Backlund has recognized me as a Demoness. Why does no one suspect Miss Justice of being one? Even without considering her Charm ability, her looks aren't that different from a High Sequence Witch's...

Angel grumbled inwardly, straightening slightly in her seat. Her lips moved faintly, and her eyes showed surprise and panic, along with the helplessness of someone whose identity had been exposed. She kept glancing at the windows, the door, and the other exits, as though weighing whether to answer honestly, conceal the truth, or simply run.

What she was actually considering, however, was the source of the other woman's "intelligence."

After several encounters and his private investigations in Trier, Sander from the Veteran Officers Club should already know I'm a Beyonder, but he doesn't know my pathway or sequence... He might have judged that my sequence isn't high, but concluding outright that I'm a Demoness would be far too rash.

Royal Advisor Hvin Rambis, a member of the Psychology Alchemists' Review Council, mistook me for a Demoness of Pleasure because I misled him. He's the most likely source of the information, but if Georgina Augustus knows Rambis, she could simply have this Manipulator meet me and use the power of suggestion to do whatever she wants with me. There would be no need to go to the trouble of arranging a midnight meeting...

Or does she have her own intelligence channels? That's hardly surprising for a duchess, especially one with military connections. MI9 would only need to visit Trier and find the clues I left behind to verify my false identity... As Angel pondered this, her expression changed again, shifting from suspicion and inner conflict to calm, as though she had given up resisting.

Then, adding a little power of