At last, Hobart thought again of his deal with Fauvety. He still felt that the transaction was shrouded in suspicion.
His doubts had begun during the earlier Spirit Communication. Those pieces of information seemed as though Fauvety or the High-Level Demons had deliberately left them untreated in order to mislead him.
Moreover, during their conversation, Fauvety had repeatedly mentioned the concept of a "deal," which had also alerted Hobart. Whether in stories from the Common Era or in tales from this Beyonder World, those who made deals with devils never met a good end.
There was one more thing Hobart had thought of in the dream but had not voiced: Could the demons' sacrifices have been influenced by the Desire Mother Tree? Perhaps this was how the Desire Mother Tree searched for Fauvety.
Hobart felt that Fauvety could not possibly have overlooked this. Since that was the case, yet Fauvety still wanted to kill those demons, it was clear that Fauvety was concealing something regarding this matter.
Besides, Fauvety had previously been able to reclaim the Extraordinary Characteristics of two Blood Grand Duke angels. Yet now It could not even retrieve the Extraordinary Characteristics of one demigod and several Sequence 5 Beyonders? Hobart guessed that Fauvety had entrusted this matter to him for no more than three reasons. The first was that It had once split Itself apart, so Its condition was likely far from ideal.
The second reason was that if It acted again, the Desire Mother Tree might notice It.
The third reason was that It might have sensed the aura of the Country of Disorder on Hobart and intended to use this deal to set a trap for him.
Hobart believed that Fauvety's actions were likely related to all three reasons.
In the end, Hobart decided that