Alice's refusal was extremely firm. In the end, Klein gave up on the difficult maneuver of controlling "World" to cast a threatening look, and had "World" withdraw his gaze.
Watching the exchange between the two, Cattleya recalled how "World" had interrogated Alice last time, and a strange feeling arose in her heart.
Why did these two... well, let's call them two people for now—why did it feel as though they actually had quite a good relationship?
Without the preconceived notion of defining "World" as a nanny, Cattleya could better sense their familiarity with each other, their subtle understanding, and Alice's faint fear.
Of course, that fear was clearly not directed at "World," but at going to school. Still, Cattleya was equally puzzled as to why Alice reacted so intensely to school.
It was as if she had suffered some inhumane abuse at school...
Audrey had noticed the issue as well. She keenly realized that school was probably a source of psychological trauma for Miss Fate...
Alice's scattered descriptions in her memories allowed Audrey to piece together an image of a young Miss Fate being forced by Mr. Fool to sit gloomily through more than ten hours of "studying" every day.
She looked so pitiful... Audrey quietly sighed in her heart, but revealed nothing on her face.
Alice did not notice that someone was secretly laughing at her inwardly. Under Klein's warning, she successfully settled down and stopped talking, giving the Tarot Club members more energy to think.
For example... who was Bernadette?
Compared to that, Cattleya was more concerned about another matter. "Miss Fate, what did you mean by the price you mentioned just now?"
"You care about her a lot?" Alice turned her head and stared at her curiously.
Cattleya became silent again. Just as she was struggling with