Shade and the cat were quite lucky today. When they arrived at the Seer Association, Miss Annette was there, and they met in the Association's private Divination Room on the second floor.
There was no need to worry about eavesdropping in this room. Divinations usually involved privacy, after all, so the soundproofing was excellent.
"Detective, I assume you didn't come specifically to see me just to 'divine when your pet cat can return to its owner.'"
Even at the Association, Luvia Annette wore her own clothes, with only an Ouroboros emblem hanging at her chest to indicate her identity. As for the divination concerning the cat, Shade had merely thought of it casually on the way over.
"Meow~"
Mia lay on Shade's lap, her eyes wide as she looked around the unfamiliar room. Compared to outdoors, this cat preferred being inside.
"I came looking for you the day before yesterday, but you weren't here. I ran into your president."
Shade continued. Miss Annette was very interested in the topic and wanted to know what Shade had divined, but he only gave a brief account before quickly moving on to what he really wanted to discuss:
"Could you introduce me to Miss Bayes sooner? If you still can't settle things on your end, I'm practically going to become her best friend. I'm already worried that when she learns our purpose someday, she'll get so embarrassed and angry that she punches me outright."
"You ran into her again recently?"
"It wasn't that I ran into her. She ran into me. First, last Sunday night, four days ago, I went playing cards again."
Miss Annette looked at him suspiciously. Shade skipped over the Rhodes Cards and told her about the Undead Corpse Remains and the four questions.
"At the time, we could already