Abner took several deep breaths and gradually calmed down. He carefully reviewed everything he had seen and heard since becoming involved in the Sea Monster affair, then suddenly sensed that something was off.
Recalling the conclusions he had just drawn, he thought with a touch of self-mockery:
Heh. When did I get so full of myself?
Even if the Mother Tree of Desire used disguise and deception here, it was to fool the three gods behind me, not me...
After I got the Proof of Losing Heart necklace, I checked it several times with the Pure White Eye. Its Analysis showed nothing wrong. Just as in Owen's memories, it was sealed and could only be used in a limited way.
And the one who sealed it... Owen didn't know that being's name, but it was Adam. No doubt about it!
Had Adam joined forces with the Mother Tree of Desire? Was that why the seal had lifted at the critical moment, fooling me, the Goddess, Lilith, and the God of Knowledge?
All right, Adam probably wasn't that crazy... Amon might have done it, though...
Heh. It seems that while the space behind my Pure White Eye has a very high standing, its Analysis has limits. At the very least, it failed to see through the Mother Tree of Desire's misdirection...
That isn't surprising. In the original novel, the Mother Tree of Desire could even interfere with Klein's Divination inside Sefirah Castle!
In any case, there's no doubt that the Mother Tree of Desire misled me...
So, the next question: were Lilith, the Goddess, and the God of Knowledge fooled too?
Hmm. After Lilith sent me to Intis and gave me two missions, she never met me through a vessel again. She only passed down oracles through Bishop Utravsky...
*I thought