"Lastly... the gods' attitude toward this...
"Heh. Even Adam, who might be directly involved, probably wouldn't pay it much attention. Why would the other gods have that kind of time?
"At the risk of sounding conceited, if They are paying attention, it's probably to me.
"After all, those options make one thing clear: no matter what happens, 'I' come out of it unharmed...
"Even in the worst case, the Fate Tributary that draws Ouroboros here, Yaluolan exposes herself to shield me.
"But that very possibility is why I can't just leave her to face it alone!"
Abner sighed softly and set down the pen he had "constructed," then considered what he should do.
Thanks to his understanding of everyone involved, he had already used Insight to uncover most of the truth. He soon saw the key to breaking the situation:
"In fact, Yaluolan's Secrecy was already so thorough that the Hidden Sage hadn't found her true body after all these years...
"Her only opening appears tomorrow at midnight, before she meets me.
"That Psychology Alchemists team seized that moment and broke through part of her arrangements, allowing the Hidden Sage to find her.
"Judging by those options, it's probably too late to tell Yaluolan to cancel the meeting. She must have sealed off the deepest layer of Kabas Town's nightmare after sending that letter, and won't open it again until the appointed time.
"And the Psychology Alchemists team is being controlled by someone behind the scenes. Going after them would accomplish nothing...
"So the key is whoever's pulling their strings: Ankewelt, the Dragon of Imagination, or Hermes!"
With that, Abner began to form a plan. He would speak to Princess Vera first. If she had no part in this, he would ask her to hold off those two Angels long