"This is... high-temperature fire!"
Klein's pathway was also adept at playing with fire, and he immediately recognized that the flames at Angel's fingertips were no longer merely Cursed Flame, which had a special effect on spirituality. They had been mixed with the Hunter's flames that could burn everything, producing that eerie purple hue.
With a swish, Angel dispersed the purple flame in her hand, rubbed her fingers together as if showing off, and continued:
"A 'boon' differs from the power gained by drinking a potion. It is power bestowed by a higher being upon a lower one. In my case, the Mirror Person probably used the City of Calamity's status and authority to grant me the pathway powers this sefirah commands... This doesn't involve Beyonder characteristics, only a little divinity, so it requires no ritual, digestion, or acting, and doesn't cause the corresponding changes to the body..."
She means the forced change of sex brought about by becoming an Iron-Blooded Knight... Klein, who had also seen the Red Priest card, nodded and asked:
"Why does your Mirror Person possess so much knowledge that even you don't know, and can even wield the power of a sefirah?"
"She didn't say. I think it's connected to the reason she mentioned for being unable to leave the City of Calamity. Perhaps learning this knowledge also brings a certain danger, and only a sefirah's status can resist it."
As Angel offered her analysis, she once again pictured her Mirror Person's gentle smile and gaze on the streets of that deserted city.
Only then did she realize that a trace of sorrow had been hidden deep in the other woman's eyes. She immediately added:
"Perhaps it isn't resistance, but protection..."
Both fell silent for a moment, absorbed in their own thoughts, before Angel continued:
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