On the hidden vine outside the villa, Bernadette and Lion Leon stared at each other for a long time before she spoke. "That girl... is she Ciel's descendant?"
"Of course! If she weren't Roselle's descendant, I wouldn't have protected her for days, no matter how much that kid begged me," Lion Leon said with a disdainful air.
"Protected her?" Bernadette looked down. Her sea-blue eyes swept over the scene, then she nodded. "A threat from the Fules Family? It seems Bornova truly no longer cares about worldly affairs."
Her impression of the Fules Family was still rooted in the improper relationship her father had once had with Countess Fules.
"So that's as far as your 'prophecy' reached... The Fules Family is only a minor problem. The Demoness stirring things up behind the scenes and that special envoy are, too. What's hidden beneath all this is worth paying attention to... I wonder whose scheme it is." Lion Leon gave a derisive snort. "I can only say that freely around you. I wouldn't dare speak of it outside... Heh, but I'd wager the Detective down there has noticed something too. He may even have worked out part of the truth."
"Abner Brain? He's unusual. When I first met him in Enmat Harbor, I tried to prophesy his future, but I failed..." Bernadette said after a few seconds of silence.
"He certainly is. He may have something to do with the Calamity Seal." Lion Leon pointed below with a grin. "You must have sensed it. It lasted only an instant, but that feeling that a 'gathering-related accident' was about to happen was exactly like the Calamity Seal."
Bernadette nodded, then tilted her head slightly toward the house beneath the vine swing. Her voice remained gentle.
"I have other things to do. I can't