Leonard, who had raised the question, fell into thought. Several seconds passed before he responded, "Marauder and Seer are adjacent Pathways?"
"Yes."
"The World" Gehrman Sparrow glanced, intentionally or otherwise, at Miss Magician. "There's also the Apprentice Pathway."
Made slightly uneasy by The World's gaze, Fors recalled what her teacher, Dorian Gray Abraham, had told her about the attraction between Beyonder Characteristics. She thought of Secret Saint Botis, who had been "drawn" there at the time.
Suddenly, she thought of something and quickly raised a hand.
The members immediately turned to look at her.
"My teacher is a member of the Abraham Family and holds a relatively important Sealed Artifact."
"This occasionally causes him to encounter High Sequence Beyonders of the Apprentice Pathway. Previously, when he came to Backlund, Secret Saint Botis of the Aurora Order appeared nearby."
"And I noticed a crow watching the direction Botis was traveling."
A crow?
Sifa immediately grasped what Miss Magician meant.
That crow might have been one of Zaratul's Marionettes, just as Caven used rats as Marionettes to monitor the area around his residence and moved immediately whenever something seemed wrong.
As a Sequence 1 Seer, Zaratul naturally had his own Marionettes.
Using crows as Marionettes to closely monitor High Sequence Beyonders of adjacent Pathways was perfectly normal.
Gehrman Sparrow said, "That was very likely Zaratul."
This answer made Miss Magician instinctively shrink back against her chair. A wave of lingering fear washed over her as she worried that Zaratul might have set his sights on her.
After thinking for a moment, she turned to Miss Justice. "Could you hypnotize me later and make me forget some things? I'm afraid I might accidentally recall them and draw a Watcher's gaze."
"No problem." Audrey nodded gently.
Next, The Hanged Man, Alger, cleared his throat