Raphael?
Xio froze for a moment. Mr. Fool had designated Raphael as the person in charge of the Tarot Club's side of this operation.
In other words, an "unofficial member" of the Tarot Club was now going to lead two official members.
But Xio soon accepted it. She had considerable faith in Raphael's abilities, after all. This was the Fool's command, and she believed Fors would have no objections either.
After thanking Mr. Fool once more, Xio went to the dining room and relayed his orders to Raphael and Fors.
Raphael was the most surprised of all. Am I really that close to the Tarot Club? Why are they even putting me in charge?
In Sefirah Castle, Klein watched Xio relay his orders to Fors and Raphael before withdrawing his gaze.
The most suitable candidate was actually Fors, since she was the only Sequence 5 involved in this operation.
But when it came to the Tarot Club dealing with people from other organizations, Klein had more confidence in Raphael's ability to secure greater benefits for its members.
Besides, Raphael now possessed Creeping Hunger, making him stronger than Fors as well.
That was why Klein had spent several minutes considering the matter before making this decision.
At Xio and Fors's rented home.
Fors paused before saying, "Since those are our orders, we'll both follow Raphael's lead."
Xio had not explicitly said these were Mr. Fool's orders, only that they were "orders from above."
But Fors knew very well that "above" meant Mr. Fool, since, in theory, they were on equal footing with the World. Although this "equal" was now a demigod, and, as Mr. Fool's Blessed, had always been something of a superior to them.
Since they were on the same level as the World, the only one "above" them