At the Tarot Club gathering, Judgment Xio Derecha gave a rough account of how she had encountered Raphael fighting Petrov, the military attaché of the Feysac Embassy.
Finally, she said, "The newspapers said all the credit belonged to the police.
"But I know perfectly well that the Feysac Embassy's military attaché was killed by Raphael.
"As for whether there was some deal between them, I don't know."
Justice Audrey immediately understood. "That Beyonder characteristic you just sold..."
"That's right." There was no need to keep this secret, and she did need to inform Justice, so Xio said quite openly, "It belonged to that military attaché."
Audrey smiled and thought, What a coincidence!
Then her expression grew somewhat grave. In other words, Raphael killed a Sequence 7 and a Sequence 6 in the past week?
Through the exchange between Justice and Judgment, the Fool Klein, the Hanged Man Alger, and the Hermit Cattleya also roughly deduced that the characteristic Justice had sold came from Raphael.
Klein did not think much of it, but Alger realized that Justice might not be able to keep Raphael under control. Raphael might very well end up controlling her instead.
So he glanced at Judgment, then said, "Actually, you could take this opportunity to establish contact with Raphael."
That would give them an extra layer of insurance.
Cattleya felt the same way, but since this matter had not taken place at sea, she was not particularly concerned about it.
Xio was slightly taken aback by the Hanged Man's suggestion. "That... wouldn't be very appropriate."
After all, Raphael was Miss Justice's informant. There was nothing wrong with the two of them happening to meet, dealing with an enemy together, and then dividing the spoils.
But giving Raphael assignments directly would not be appropriate. If she had any