Cattleya pushed down all her suspicions, composed herself, and said, "Thank you for the warning, Miss Fate."
Alice frowned slightly and gave her a puzzled look.
Something felt wrong to Alice, though she couldn't say what it was.
Meanwhile, Klein and Alger were both wondering whether Alice could wield the power of an angel. The Fool certainly couldn't—not yet, anyway.
Unconcerned with what anyone else was thinking, Cattleya turned to the World and said:
"I don't know whether one of those methods is something I'm familiar with.
"I can offer a hint for free. An Unshadowed of the Sun Pathway can directly purify the Mental Pollution within a Beyonder Characteristic."
Alice frowned at Cattleya, unable to understand why she had suddenly become so talkative.
Klein was surprised, but he had no way to find an Unshadowed on short notice. He made the World give a low chuckle. "Thank you for your generosity, Lady Hermit."
The World then turned to Derrick. "Do you know of a book called Groselle's Travels?"
Alice pricked up her ears.
Derrick thought carefully before answering, "No."
Without changing his expression, the World said, almost to himself, "It's a magical book created by the Dragon Race. Many of its previous owners have disappeared."
"Created by the Dragon Race?" Audrey asked, immediately catching the important point.
"A travelogue? Owners disappearing?" Alice, steeped in modern internet culture, frowned at those two details.
Audrey looked at Alice curiously.
Noticing her gaze, Alice thought for a moment and said:
"In similar stories I've read, travelogues that make their owners disappear usually end the same way.
"People find the missing owners inside the travelogue."
"Find the missing owners inside the travelogue..." Audrey's smile vanished, and a chill ran through her. "That's just a story, right?"
"But," Alice asked, turning halfway toward her