Inside a private room at the uppermost reach of the hot spring stream at the "Words of Tenderness" Inn, a voluptuous, bewitchingly beautiful woman sat quietly in the pool, allowing the stream to carry the strange aura from her fair skin downstream into every hot spring pool in the inn.
This naked woman was Cecia, the Beria Family's "Fascination Apostle." Her eyes were closed as she silently sensed something, only opening them after quite a while.
Her pretty face was slightly flushed, as if she were intoxicated. About a minute later, she turned her head toward the downstream direction and muttered soundlessly:
"As expected of the famous great detective who even travels with three female companions... He really is vigorous. Such intense desire... Though the 'aura' I spread through the water with the help of the 'Words of Fascination' helped set the mood... he's also been far too cooperative... Heh heh, before long, I'll be able to completely control his desires, make him obey my every word, and willingly offer up the 'Demon' characteristic!
"This great detective may be renowned and seem quite capable, but his weakness is far too obvious. He doesn't even know how to restrain himself... Has everything gone too smoothly for him in the past?
"He really does have a powerful background... No wonder the family head was so solemn when assigning this mission...
"I can't kill someone like this myself. Once he hands over the characteristic, I'll arrange for 'Slaughter,' 'Death,' and 'Light,' those three idiots, to come over and use their hands to eliminate this detective and his companions.
"The only two troublesome ones are 'Nightmare' and 'Mirror Surface,' those eyesores... Unlike those three idiots, they have some brains... They definitely won't be fooled by such a crude scheme.
"But they probably don't know