Because the name Mystery pathway was far too straightforward, Amon was clearly deeply shocked:
"These pathways...?!"
"Ah—enough of that. The introductions come later. Let's finish the current process first."
Of everyone present, only Triss—who had the least experience and was the youngest in actual age—had yet to be introduced. They could not simply leave her story unfinished and skip ahead.
To the others, Triss's experience of changing from male to female was hardly worth noting. The peculiarities of the Witch Pathway had never been a secret.
Rosell had even sampled the delights of witches himself and left some constructive advice in his diary.
If they had to name anything noteworthy, it was only that Triss had originally been raised as a vessel for the descent of the Primordial Witch Chic, and that after her gender change, she had actually fallen in love with a man. Those two matters made most of those present glance her way.
Especially the latter. If it had merely been acting for the occasion, it certainly could not have fooled the powerhouses in the Café.
Chic had once married Tudor and founded the Tudor Empire with him. They had even borne children together. Yet Tudor's ultimate fate showed that Chic had only done so to scheme for the Red Priest and advance to the Old Ones.
She had truly fallen in love with that Prince, even recovering the kindness she had nearly lost while acting as a witch for his sake... There was simply far too much humanity in this story.
No wonder she had been chosen by the Café and groomed as the next witch.
Among everyone present, Klein was probably the only one still too stunned to recover.
Who could have imagined that the gentle, serene beauty before him had been an uneducated young