"What was Roselle—or someone else behind the scenes—trying to accomplish by placing this empty box here?
"Hmm, since it was specifically addressed to 'Fors'... there was a good chance that person knew the 'plot.' The real target might have been Mr. Fool...
"With an item crafted by the Elf King, Klein could surely divine quite a bit of information from it...
"Was Roselle passing a message to the 'Fool'? Or was the Calamity Seal behind the scenes using Roselle to deliver it?"
With that thought, Abner activated the Pure White Eye again and tried to extract the aura lingering on it. Unfortunately, too much time had passed, and the traces within the box had long been worn away by time. Unless his Rewind evolved into Insight, it would be difficult to obtain anything of value.
On the other hand, Fors was not particularly disappointed by the empty box. She studied it with great interest, imagining all sorts of possible stories behind it.
It was not until they returned to the club's villa that Fors snapped out of her musings and said to Abner, "Now that I've received the keepsake Mr. Teren left for me, there's no need for me to remain in Intis. I'll set off for Loen tomorrow."
"I'm going back to Loen tomorrow too. I can just Teleport you there..." Abner said after thinking it over.
He was referring to the "dream adventure" he had arranged with Justice Audrey during the previous Tarot Club gathering.
However, Fors shook her head. "There's no need to go through so much trouble. I joined a traveling circus these past two days. They'll be performing in many major cities across the North Continent, and their final destination is Backlund... Joining them will let me Act while traveling."
Even the couch potato was