Banquet and Curse

As his thoughts raced, Abner nodded and said, "Though I cannot pray to the Eternal Blazing Sun for power, I can design a ritual and utilize the power of the Ring of Light to strengthen the effect of the exorcism... However, I don't have any metals or plants from the Sun domain on hand, so I'll have to wait until I go out to purchase them tomorrow..."

Actually, with Abner's current abilities, holding an exorcism ritual was far from this troublesome, but he still had to wait for Klein to respond to Xio's "prayer" and lock in the Crimson Star belonging to her before he could proceed with the exorcism ritual.

Otherwise, if the connection were truly "exorcised" away, wouldn't he have been working in vain?

Xio had no objections to this, simply saying, "Then Fors and I will come over to find you tomorrow at noon."

"You can temporarily stay in this villa tonight. In case something happens, I can also provide timely assistance," Abner suggested after pondering for a moment.

He was mainly worried that after Klein responded to Xio at night, Xio might make some overreacting response out of fear. If she were to report the Fool's name to the Churches or MI9 by then, wouldn't that be terrible?

Although Klein—the "three-nos evil god" with zero believers, zero organizations, and zero doctrines—wouldn't care about such a report, such an action would likely cause Xio to lose the opportunity to join the Tarot Club.

Hearing Abner's words, Xio thought about it earnestly. She didn't feel any shyness about moving into Abner's home; after all, on the ship sailing to Damir, the two of them had stayed in the same suite, and that distance was much closer than a guest room in a villa...

Her hesitation stemmed from the