"Yes." Alice nodded. "So you call this Yesterday?"
This... For once, Klein didn't raise any objections to Alice's naming. He nodded thoughtfully. "That works too..."
In the end, they settled on the name "Yesterday's Recurrence." When discussing where the charm should go, Klein refused Alice, who only wanted it to play with, and decided to send it to Mr. Azik along with the letter.
Before the letter was sent, Alice witnessed Sherman drink the Witch potion, become Shermane, and be instigated by Trissy to seduce Viscount Stratford and investigate whom he truly served.
She relayed the matter to Klein. After hesitating briefly, Klein indicated that she should continue observing and instructed her:
"If there's any progress, tell me at any time. And... be careful."
Alice knew what he meant by "be careful." After all, Trissy was still using the name Trissy Cheek, and it was hard to say what exactly was going on so far. Thus, Alice waved her hand.
"Honestly... when it comes to running away, you can always trust me."
...That was true.
The corner of Klein's mouth twitched. He said nothing further and instead told Alice about the connection between Trissy and Viscount Stratford.
He had learned this while temporarily cooperating with Trissy through Sennior's marionette. According to Trissy, she had come to avenge Prince Edsack, and Viscount Stratford was precisely the person who had forced Prince Edsack to poison himself.
"In other words," Alice rubbed her chin, "Trissy wants to figure out who wanted Prince Edsack dead... But is she really just letting Viscount Stratford go?"
After pondering briefly, Klein said:
"I think she simply didn't tell Shermane her true purpose.
"From your description, she seems rather naive. Trissy's reason for instigating her was actually that, after changing sex, she could begin a new life under