Her voice was crisp, pleasant enough on its own, but when strung together, it carried an inorganic, mechanical quality—utterly cold.
Yet her voice was not the main issue. What puzzled everyone most was her name.
The Poet and the Astrologer had only announced their names after the "test" ended. This one, however, had revealed her name in her opening words.
It should not have mattered whether she said it sooner or later, but her name contained the names of the Poet and the Astrologer. By announcing it straight away, she seemed to be emphasizing the name's special nature.
One person's name containing the names of two others—could that be a coincidence?
In the same place, less than ten minutes apart, such a thing had happened in succession. Was that really a coincidence? At the very least, Angel did not believe so.
And Angel was deeply suspicious that the first-name segment "Laplace" might have been the Rabbit Girl's name.
This person's name very likely contained the names of all three people who had appeared before.
Before long, she spoke, confirming Angel's speculation. "Travelers from afar, forgive me for being unable to come out and meet you in person. My true body still slumbers in that distant sea. I can only send my three Time Doppelgängers to make contact with you."
"Time Doppelgängers?" Dox caught an unfamiliar term.
"Different versions of myself condensed from different periods of time are called Time Doppelgängers," the silver-haired girl said blandly.
"Bodies condensed from different periods of time?" Dox asked doubtfully through the Mind Tether. "Lord Black Earl, have you ever heard of such an ability?"
Black Earl's greatest specialty was creating avatars. He distributed his organs among his descendants, which could also be considered a form of avatar-making. Thus, Dox's first thought was to ask