Alice had not actually left.
Angry as she was, she had not forgotten why she had come. Though she intuitively felt that this Sequence 9 "Marauder" Miss would not even be enough to fill Amon's teeth, she was still the person in this household most likely to be connected to Amon.
Of course, not because of her Sequence. After all, if that were the consideration, it would be better to check whether any of the household's not particularly capable Beyonder guards were Marauders.
What Alice cared about was the item on Hazel.
Though she had not tried divining it, Alice had determined that the item possessed an ability similar to stealing abilities. Alice was unsure which Sequence of the Marauder pathway it belonged to, but neither Marauders nor Swindlers possessed such abilities. This meant that the item had at least come from a Middle Sequence Beyonder.
—Now that Beyonder Characteristics were gradually becoming scarce, even Sequence 7 could be called Middle Sequence.
No matter what, a Mystical Item of that level should not have been in the hands of a Sequence 9 little girl. Let alone this girl...
Alice looked at Hazel. She was holding the book that had previously been displayed on the table, but her gaze was not resting on it at all. She looked as though her mind had drifted elsewhere.
And that was indeed the case. Hazel was still thinking about what had just happened. The brief encounter had been far too shocking for her, and she had yet to recover.
Alice realized this after thinking it over carefully, but that was not what concerned her. What truly bothered her was that this girl seemed to know very little about the Extraordinary World.
Unlike most Beyonders, she seemed to lack the instinctive awe toward those with