M-Mother?!
Fors wore the expression of someone who had just stumbled upon an enormous piece of gossip, while Xio looked worried about being silenced.
But Fors quickly realized something was wrong. She immediately remembered Miss Fortune's commission to find her "mother" and realized that the "mother" Alice spoke of might not be what she had imagined.
Moreover, Miss Fortune had once proclaimed that Evernight was her Blessed...
The excitement vanished from Fors's eyes. She realized this held no reference value whatsoever and could at most serve as one of the materials she accumulated for her novels.
Right, Mr. World's commission...
Fors recalled that supernatural story about the Circus, and her expression became pained once more.
Compared to Fors, who still had the presence of mind to think, Viscount Stratford was completely stunned by Alice's words.
Mother? What mother? Who was she calling mother? Evernight? The Evernight Goddess? She...
A child of God?!
The terror in Viscount Stratford's eyes could not be concealed. His body trembled uncontrollably as he searched through his memories, only to discover in horror that treating Alice as a child of God was the best explanation for the Church of Evernight's strange attitude.
—Only a child of God could receive such treatment!
But... was this something he was supposed to know?
This was clearly still an undisclosed secret. Even within the Church, there probably were not many people who knew of it. Telling him so openly could only mean that Miss Fortune before him might never have intended to let him live...
Not only that, she intended to make sure he could not speak even after death!
No, perhaps it was She... Forget it, this was not the time to care about that...
"Your, uh, Your Highness..." Viscount Stratford said through chattering teeth.
"Your Excellency," Alice corrected