"The story you told was fascinating, but I'm not a Sequence Bearer."
Seeing doubt rise in Ms. Gosha's eyes, Angel said calmly, "You said a Sequence Bearer must first be recognized by a miracle being."
"And I'm certain no miracle being has ever recognized me."
As Angel said this, he suddenly thought of the Time Thief's mark.
The Time Thief had indeed marked him, but he had marked plenty of people, including Sanders.
If that counted as "recognition," the world would already be crawling with Miracle Sequence Bearers.
Despite Angel's denial, Gosha still had her doubts.
The White Porcelain Singer had used a rule-level ability to divine information about him, only to receive "unknown." There were two likely explanations: either a miracle being was involved, and the gulf between their ranks had caused the divination to fail, or a mysterious power had concealed his presence.
Other possibilities existed, of course, but those two were the most likely.
A mysterious aura would have been easy to sense, so Ms. Gosha leaned toward a miracle being being involved with Angel.
Combined with the information she had gathered earlier, Angel was most likely a Sequence Bearer recognized by a miracle being.
So even when Angel denied it, she did not believe him.
"Believe me or not, I really haven't been recognized by a miracle being. That's the truth." Angel looked perfectly open, as though the matter were settled.
His candid expression made Ms. Gosha question herself.
Her intuition told her Angel probably was not lying.
As a user of the Self-Only Method, Ms. Gosha trusted her intuition. But she also trusted her true self's judgment...
For a moment, she began to doubt herself.
"Though I'm not a Sequence Bearer, I'm very interested in what you've told me about them, especially that Creator," Angel