When Angel walked out of Sharp Arts Theater, there was a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Just moments ago, he had gone to Sharp Arts Theater, met Alfred's "secret lover," Miss Zoe, and had a "friendly" conversation with her.
Miss Zoe confessed—no, it would be more accurate to say she very "enthusiastically" told Angel every piece of information she knew.
Only after hearing it all did Angel realize that there was a reason Miss Zoe had been listed as a purple light cluster alongside Sisley, Vera, and the half-human, half-puppet.
If Sisley had been the beginning of everything, Vera the one who authorized the intelligence, and the half-human, half-puppet the key to taking that step, then Miss Zoe had been the force pushing it all from behind the scenes.
Why say that?
Just imagine it. As a powerful senior mage, Zuniga had traveled the continent for over a decade. Even with the boosted state of Call of the Dark Corner, he had still failed to find a way into Dark Corner.
Yet according to the Alfred Intelligence Compendium, Alfred had only been an intermediate mage. He had not even served as the "strategist" of the Dark Round Table, and he vanished in the very year he met Sisley. In other words, he entered Dark Corner in the span of a single year.
He did not even have Call of the Dark Corner, yet he had still found Dark Corner before Zuniga. What had he relied on?
Angel had not understood it before, but now he did. What Alfred had relied on was... Miss Zoe, the hidden force behind the scenes!
The rain fell on, fine as drifting silk.
Angel casually found a pavilion near Sharp Arts Theater to rest his feet for the moment.
Through the hollow railings, Angel