In Backlund, inside a two-story detached house.
Xio Derecha, whose features had grown noticeably more mature, placed a mirror on the altar and began reciting an incantation to perform a ritual.
After Dunn and Daly's wedding, Xio had taken Abner, who was waiting outside the church, back to the Safe House she had prepared. At his request, she began summoning Arrodes.
Xio was no longer particularly afraid of the Secret Art's side effects. Abner already knew almost all her secrets. There was hardly anything left for it to dredge up and embarrass her with.
To their surprise, however, the Secret Art failed. Arrodes did not descend into the mirror on the altar.
"What happened? I don't think I made any mistakes..." After several more unsuccessful attempts, Xio frowned.
"It's not your fault... It doesn't want to come!" Abner seemed to have guessed something and spoke helplessly.
"Doesn't want to come?" Xio looked at him in confusion.
"There are a few possibilities... First, it knows us too well. It may think it won't get any amusement out of us, so it won't come.
"Second, it may know what I want to ask but not know the answer. Or it knows and doesn't dare tell me... so it's staying away on purpose.
"Third, it may be wary of Mr. Fool behind us... but that's unlikely. You and Fors have summoned it before, after all."
Abner listed his guesses one by one, then sighed.
He leaned toward the second possibility. The Simp Mirror probably knew little about the matter. Each of the special souls in the God's Casket was connected to a Sefirah. Even Lilith didn't understand them and needed him to investigate. Arrodes might possess Insight, or even the power of the All-Seeing Eye, but it could at most know part of