Tingen City docks.
As an inland steam Ship docked, a young girl carrying a parasol strolled down the gangplank.
Over the next half day, the girl wandered through Tingen City, stopping now and then, until she finally halted before an inn on Howes Street.
The girl raised her head and, concealed beneath her parasol, put a monocle over her right eye.
A moment later, the corners of her lips curled up slightly as she murmured soundlessly:
"Pallez, Abraham, the Fool, and a Demoness joined forces?
"Hmm, the Abraham Family intermarried with the Tamara Family during the Fourth Epoch, and the latter is now one of the controllers of the Gnosis Society. They really are quite close to the Demoness.
"Hehe, their alliance actually prevented my avatar from sending back even the slightest bit of information?
"This is really interesting!"
The girl removed her monocle, her lake-clear eyes brimming with excitement.
Sunia Sea, aboard the slowly sailing Future.
Cattleya received a letter sent by the Queen through a Messenger. After opening the envelope and taking out the parchment inside to read it, she fell into thought.
A moment later, she pushed up her glasses, opened the Ship captain's cabin window, and shouted to everyone:
"Change course. We're heading to Bayam."
After giving the order, the Pirate Admiral smiled faintly in a good mood and began memorizing the page of Roselle's Diary the Queen had enclosed with the letter, intending to offer it to Mr. Fool at that afternoon's Tarot Club gathering.
"But who exactly is this Giuseppe Castiya? Why is the Queen asking about him?"
Empress Borough, inside Earl Hall's luxurious villa.
Audrey was hiding in her room, staring at the glass bottle in her hand.
The bottle contained a transparent, colorless, viscous liquid. When it was still, it