Plans

Medici, Tracy, Katarina-

The tangled information swirled through Neph's mind. She tried to sort it out and establish her current situation.

First, Tracy probably hasn't discovered me. She should only have noticed something suspicious-well, that's normal. I did overlook that. Even a Clown can tell when someone has touched their belongings, and she is a Sequence 5 Demoness of Affliction, after all-

She felt something was wrong and contacted her mother, Katarina Pelle, but Katarina is Medici now-so Medici answered the call, then decided on a whim to come see me, only for Ouroboros to stop him? All right, all right, wait.

Tracy was probably planning to ask Katarina to come over, right? Can I check what they talked about? Ugh, what a pain. Do I absolutely need this Tracy? Could I kill her and have Klein be Tracy for a while? I don't think he can quite pull off a real pirate yet, but for a short performance, a role so different from himself should help him digest his potion-

Fine, back to Tracy. I'll first confirm whether she can die, then decide what to do next.

Rituals were too troublesome, and she had too many questions. Considering that the other party had only just contacted her, Neph ultimately only recited his honorific name.

"Your Grace? Could you come into my dream again? I have something to ask you-"

After praying, she tried to fall asleep. The giant serpent appeared in her dream. Neph stiffened before those blood-red eyes, hesitated, then asked,

"...Could you take human form?"

The giant serpent said nothing. Neph guessed he wasn't angry. For one thing, she felt no oppressive aura; for another, this Angel of Fate seemed devoid of emotion most of the time. Only matters involving his Lord provoked any obvious emotional response.