Just as Audrey was enjoying Su-style pastries that, in this world, could currently only be found in Black Swan Castle, Sno had used the Bestowal Ritual to send himself to Bayram, Capital of Generosity.
He had not originally planned to come here, nor was he deliberately avoiding Audrey. After all, he had put considerable effort into building Perrdax's castle—meaning his stand had worked a 007 schedule day and night for several days. If it failed to attract Klein's attention, would all that effort not have been wasted?
He had actually already thought of a way to draw Klein in. For instance, he could deliberately leave Audrey a door he had "forgotten to close," then use Different Paths Same Destination to let Audrey wander into that room. Once trapped inside, she would have no choice but to pray to Mr. Fool. Perhaps in the future, he could even use "mysterious reappearance" to create some Fairy Tale Magic involving Bluebeard or something similar.
However, a piece of news disrupted his plans. One of his believers—or rather, a believer developed by Kaspars after he went to sea—had captured someone.
Normally, believers would not report such matters. The key was that this person was currently being pursued by the Sorceress Cult, the Sea God Cult, and a number of miscellaneous smaller factions.
That believer thought the person might be involved in some great secret, so he casually mentioned it while praying, and thus...
"Where is she?"
Sno stepped out of the portal, looked at the believer before him, and asked with a frown.
"Honored Mr. Crown, that lady is extremely dangerous. We had no choice but to take certain measures." The believer before him was a middle-aged man with the typical Bayram temperament. Well, this so-called Bayram temperament meant the appearance of a pirate