Alice's laughter-tinged voice seemed to reveal an absurd truth.
Perhaps what they found shocking and impossible to describe was nothing more than a joke fate had played on the person involved.
Perhaps the god who governed fate really was just a young, mischievous child...
Everyone fell into their own thoughts. For a long while, no one tried to speak again.
Just as Klein was about to end the gathering, Cattleya the Hermit spoke up:
"I've heard a rumor.
"Omebella was the Goddess of Harvest in the Second Epoch, and the queen of the Giant King's Court.
"Rumor has it she perished near the end of the Second Epoch, but no one can confirm it. Nobody has ever seen her body or remains."
The Hermit seems to know quite a few secret rumors... Alice glanced thoughtfully at Cattleya and asked, "Does the knowledge the Hidden Sage pours into your head include gossip about High-Sequence beings and True Gods?"
Cattleya fell into deep thought.
After that, Klein ended the Tarot Club gathering and kept Alice behind. Under her puzzled gaze, he asked, "Have you heard of the Goddess of Misfortune?"
Alice froze for a moment.
The title gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity, like a name for someone she knew but would never use herself. Hearing it suddenly, she felt she ought to recognize it, yet couldn't connect it to anyone.
"She was a subordinate deity of Flegrea, the Annihilation Demonic Wolf of the Second Epoch," Klein said, watching Alice. "King of Demonic Wolves Flegrea was also known as the Night Demonic Wolf."
Night Demonic Wolf... Evernight... Alice frowned slightly. A name nearly sprang to her lips, but she swallowed it. Of course—the Goddess held authority over misfortune too.
Alice looked at Klein as he continued, "In the Second Epoch, the