After the trades and commissions concluded, the Tarot Club moved on to another regular segment: exchanging information.
Angel shared her experience of visiting the Fountain of Youth, omitting the situation aboard the Red Haired Woman and the details of killing the Trick Sorcerer Sophia. She focused on how she had entered through the frozen sea, using it as a mirror, and on the Mirror World large enough to contain the entire island and its surrounding waters.
She was not worried about revealing the Fountain of Youth's secrets. For one thing, the location lay far from normal shipping routes and was surrounded by fog, with some form of anti-divination protection that even Arrodes could not penetrate. Moreover, entry required a Demoness of Despair capable of controlling the Mirror World to serve as the key, as well as the right timing to invert reality and its reflection. All these conditions made it virtually impossible for anyone without detailed information to gain anything.
Of course, she did not reveal the Scholar of Yore ritual either, lest it affect Klein's subsequent advancement. She merely described Sophia as a guardian who had an agreement with the Demoness Sect.
Even so, her account of fighting a Trick Sorcerer with Black Knight, Demoness of Despair, and Winner marionettes made everyone begin reassessing the Empress's combat strength.
"So the legend of the Fountain of Youth is real?" Audrey, sitting beside Angel, focused on something different from everyone else and asked in puzzlement, "Then what about the other legends at sea? The Ghost Empire, the Laurel, Newins, Solomon's Inheritance, and the Key of Death—could they be real too?"
No one has found them in hundreds, even thousands of years. This noble girl is far too naive... Emlyn, the Moon, sitting opposite her, instinctively scoffed inwardly, but then realized something: