As for Luvia, she considered it carefully, then took out her Tarot Cards and casually drew two. She tossed the card representing "Earth" in front of Shade:
"That 'Watcher' may be the owner of one of the five chairs you saw. If so, could it really be Earth, Wind, Water, Fire?"
"You can divine even that now? Shade said the owners of those chairs had all accepted the power of the World Tree Remnants."
Vanessa was greatly surprised. Shade had entertained the same guess that afternoon at the Accordion Hotel:
"I also guessed that the 'Watcher' corresponded to Earth. But I didn't expect it not to be the Paradox Worm King we discussed at the beginning, but merely a 'Watcher'? And it isn't even the greatest enemy this time, just an elite enemy."
"What do you mean, merely?"
Beautiful purple eyes glanced at him:
"I know what you mean. It's merely a Paradox Worm; its identity and status do not seem comparable to an Ancient Evil Spirit Demon that has woven a century-long conspiracy. But judging from the information provided by the Hermits of the Forest that you described, is it possible that this 'Watcher' has always been the same worm from ancient times until now?
"Even if it is not a worm that has survived since the First Epoch or Second Epoch, if it can be responsible for watching over its Same Race, then it must be the strongest of all the worms. So there is nothing wrong with calling it the 'Paradox Worm King.'"
In the flickering light of the fireplace, she pointed out something else to Shade:
"Isn't the Thaumaturgy Emilia taught you supposed to completely counter Paradox Worms? Yet the worm you encountered today shattered your Thaumaturgy with nothing but a collision. That should explain quite