What road had she meant to ask about? She had been planning to go see the seal on the Western Continent... Uh, there was no need to ask for directions for that.
Alice struggled to recall what she had wanted to do and asked the Chief:
"I actually wanted to ask... Um, do you live... live here with some way of teleporting from one place to another?"
She swallowed the words "City of Silver," which had nearly slipped out.
She apparently should not have known about the City of Silver... Uh, no, that was not right. Whether she invoked the Fool or the True Creator, saying those words should not have been strange...
In that case...
Alice suddenly had an idea. After the Chief said they had no such method, she edged closer to him and asked curiously:
"Don't you want to ask about the Fool?
"I've always been very curious. You, and... well, anyway, don't you find the title 'Fool' strange?
"Who calls themselves an idiot...?"
The Chief's expression did not change at all. He did not even turn to look at Derrick, remaining where he sat like a stone statue.
As soon as those excessively offensive words left her mouth, the City of Silver Exploration Team members who did not know who the Fool was, along with Leomaster, all fell silent. Leomaster's face was especially pale.
Of everyone present, Derrick was surprisingly the calmest. After a long silence, he looked at his companions, who did not dare speak, and the Chief, who did not know how to react. Recalling the words and actions of Alger the Hanged Man and Cattleya the Hermit, he carefully said:
"I... I don't think anyone considered it from that angle.
"We aren't like you, skilled at thinking about things in such unique ways."