Leonard, left outside the door, was deeply shocked.
Alice's words seemed to be hinting at something—no, they were practically stating it outright. What exactly was she implying?
For a moment, Leonard wanted to return to Tingen City immediately, dig up the grave of another "Protagonist of the Era" he knew, and see whether it was empty.
But humans were such strange creatures. Though this was an unexpected surprise to him, he could not help but feel afraid because of it.
—Why had his former colleague faked his death?
He yearned to learn the truth behind it, yet feared that the truth would not be what he wanted.
Alice decided that she would not visit the Goddess's church again before going to Bayam—she felt that the Goddess probably did not want to see her either.
Time quietly passed as Alice sorted through her manuscripts, and before she knew it, three in the afternoon had arrived.
Crimson light surged forth like a tide, drowning the world before her. Alice habitually closed her eyes and only opened them again after the light faded.
The first to notice the new member was Fors the Magician, seated beside Cattleya the Hermit. She immediately realized that someone had appeared next to her, then casually turned her body as if she did not care.
The second to notice was Audrey the Justice, who had just been about to rise and offer her greetings. Upon noticing the new member, she suddenly thought of a strange question:
Mr. Fool seemed to have deliberately placed the women on one side and the men on the other. And as a god, Mr. Fool naturally could not be categorized by gender... Wait a moment.
Audrey suddenly looked at the World and Alice in confusion. If she reasoned from that angle, did