"Church?" Anderson suddenly realized something and turned curiously to Alice. "Are you an angel of the Church of Evernight?"
Cattleya wasn't too surprised by this. Alice had once declared at the Tarot Club that the Goddess of the Night was her Blessed. According to Alice herself, she'd even once asked the Goddess of the Night to revert to her Mythical Creature Form... In any case, it was true that she had a close relationship with the Goddess of the Night.
In fact, when she'd learned that Gehrman had come to the Sea of Ruins to search for mermaids, Cattleya had wondered about this.
She knew that the Church of Evernight raised mermaids, but considering the outrageous request Alice had made the last time she'd met the Goddess of the Night, Cattleya hadn't voiced her doubts.
Perhaps Miss Fortune had felt guilty?
When the person in question was Alice, that reason, which should have been incredibly far-fetched, instantly became reasonable. Cattleya had maintained this guess until just now, when Gehrman Sparrow's words before leaving exposed the truth.
Alice didn't know that the Church of Evernight raised mermaids. In Cattleya's view, that was strange, but not entirely strange.
If it had been anyone else, Cattleya might have guessed that the Goddess of the Night had concealed it from them. But when faced with Alice, Cattleya could only think that Alice simply didn't care about such things.
So, since Gehrman Sparrow hadn't mentioned it, she probably hadn't asked...
Then why hadn't Gehrman Sparrow mentioned it?
The question arose in Cattleya's heart, but she didn't ask it aloud. She merely looked at Alice and waited for her to answer Anderson's question.
"Not really..." Alice thought for a moment before replying. "The church doesn't pay me a salary, does it? Though that doesn't seem right