The coin spun continuously through the air. As part of the tabletop RPG set Sno had specially made for this trip, this coin, like the other dice, completely blocked all Beyonder interference.
Under such circumstances, neither Sno's own spirituality nor the influence stemming from his status could affect the result of the coin. So long as Sno did not consciously control the force of the throw, whether it landed heads or tails could only be attributed to "coincidence."
Smack!
The coin landed in his palm, heads up.
Sno glanced at the coin, then at the expectant Sera, and told her about the deceased man and the wealthy merchant discussing the "thief."
(Hidden roll)
"That doesn't make sense. Even if he had kleptomania, he shouldn't have started stealing the moment he boarded..." As she listened to Sno's account, Sera's brows gradually relaxed, as though the fog that had been troubling her suddenly dispersed. She said excitedly, "Wait, kleptomania... I see! I understand now!"
Seeing her enlightened expression, Sno raised an eyebrow but said nothing. He knew that whether he tossed the coin or asked for her reasoning, this woman would tell him what she had thought of anyway.
Sure enough, after her brief excitement subsided, Sera wore the confident smile of a detective who had solved a cold case and began her deduction—
"If Jack really is, as I imagined, the surviving descendant of an ancient family, then the reason he became a thief was probably not because he lacked money. It was to conceal some secret, such as... his Extraordinary pathway!"
"You mean he used some Mysterious Item to disguise himself as a Beyonder of the 'Marauder' pathway, thereby avoiding excessive attention from the Mandated Punishers?"
Sno nodded thoughtfully, forming an idea about the theft that had defied