"So, you've already given two of your subordinates Minor Arcana cards? No wonder you were so enthusiastic about the proposal at the Tarot Club meeting four days ago..."
Picking up the black tea brewed by Enyouni, the Winner, Klein took an elegant sip and spoke with a chuckle.
Seated opposite him was Angel, wearing a light-colored dress, her black hair secured behind her with several hair clips, exposing the delicate skin of her neck and upper chest. This time, rather than coming straight to Klein's bedroom through the Mirror World, she had paid a formal visit as Christine Teresa. The lady's maid she had brought was waiting outside the door, while only two marionettes posing as servants remained in the reception room, allowing their conversation to touch even on the Tarot Club's secrets.
Hearing Klein's teasing, Angel smiled as well. She uncrossed her right leg from her left, and the glimpse of fair skin beneath her skirt instantly drew the eyes of Klein and both marionettes. Meanwhile, she took two cards from her handbag and placed them on the table: the Empress of Pentacles, seated on a throne holding a pentacle, and the Queen of Wands, holding a wand and a sunflower.
Of course, the "empress" here differed in meaning from Angel's code name in the Tarot Club. Its meaning leaned more toward femininity, though both referred to women in a positive sense.
"One is Shermane's. She represents my influence in Backlund's East Borough. Next, I'll have her extricate herself from Viscount Stratford's assignment as soon as possible and develop her own Beyonder faction, gaining control over the situation in the East Borough, and even the neighboring Docklands, the southern part of the Bridge Borough, and Saint George Borough. The other is Helene's. She currently owns the Red Haired Woman