On Monday morning, Angel came to Klein's house.
Of course, this time she visited openly, arriving in a carriage. After all, they couldn't always sneak into his bedroom in the middle of the night while barely interacting on formal occasions.
That would make it look as though Hvin Rambis really had "hypnotized" me into unconsciously distancing myself from Dwayne Dantès... While inwardly grumbling about the Manipulator, whose death remained unknown because the news had been concealed, she followed an enthusiastic maid to the south-facing reception room on the second floor, with its expansive floor-to-ceiling windows. There she saw Dwayne Dantès, formally dressed and impeccably groomed.
Ever since he had made his own marionette his personal valet, dressing and grooming himself had effectively become things he did himself, though outsiders believed a considerate valet was helping him... Looking at the Winner Enyouni standing behind Klein, Angel increasingly felt that acting as a Marionettist could easily lead to a fractured mind, leaving one unable to recognize who one really was.
Fortunately, Klein had already passed that stage. He deftly had Enyouni usher the other servants out of the reception room, while Hell Admiral Raphael stood guard by the door, leaving only the two of them inside.
"Where's your new marionette?"
Angel looked around but saw no sign of Qonas Kilgor, whom Klein had defeated yesterday and turned into a marionette by controlling his Spirit Body Threads.
"In the bedroom. I haven't worked out how to integrate him seamlessly into my social circle yet, so I'm afraid I can only use him as an 'invisible' marionette for now... Once Arianna settles things on her end, I'll arrange a new identity for him."
Klein explained, looking somewhat tired.
Of course, worrying about what to do with his new marionette wasn't the cause. What had