Inside Earl Hall's luxurious villa in the Queen's District.
"Why did you suddenly come to visit so early?" Audrey asked, glancing at the sky outside before looking at Viscount Glaint in front of her.
Glaint looked around and found only a golden retriever crouching nearby. He lowered his voice. "I was planning to go to the racecourse, but I ran into Constance on the way. He told me something very interesting, truly interesting. Since I happened to be passing by here, I came to share it with you."
"What is it?" Audrey asked with great interest.
Without paying attention to his wording, Glaint replied, "You must have heard of the Aurora Order, right? The Aurora Order that assassinated the Intis ambassador. They were caught, and several important members died. A very major plot failed because of it."
Audrey's eyes lit up, and she pressed on with restrained curiosity. "What plot?"
"I don't know. Constance refused to tell me. He only told me that the person in charge of the plot was a wanted swindler from before, a swindler named Lanlus." Glaint spread his right hand.
Audrey nodded almost imperceptibly and asked without concealing her curiosity, "Was he caught?"
"He died, but not at our people's hands." Glaint paused. "That's the interesting part. When his body was found, it was covered in Tarot Cards. At the center were the Wheel of Fortune and The Fool cards. Just imagine that scene..."
Tarot Cards? The Wheel of Fortune and The Fool cards? Audrey was stunned at first, then suddenly understood:
This was done by our Tarot Club members!
Was this... Mr. Fool ordering Miss Fate to do it?
I was right after all. Miss Fate has some other connection with Mr. Fool!
She... she might be Mr. Fool's Blessed... But would a Blessed