This was still far too risky!
That Queen Mystic was, after all, a long-established demigod-a Saint. If my spirituality ran short and let her see through my empty facade, wouldn't everything I'd built up all this time collapse in an instant?
What would I do then?
How would I face Edward and the other members of the Tarot Club?
Klein couldn't help thinking, If only my spirituality weren't even enough to bring Queen Mystic above the gray fog. I'd already warned Edward, anyway.
If I never met Queen Mystic, there'd be no chance of exposing myself!
Just then, two crimson stars lit up deep within the gray fog, flashing incessantly.
Klein roused himself and extended his spirituality to touch one of them. Through the haze, he saw a little black cat with her eyes closed, praying to him with an earnest expression.
Having a Beyonder creature as a pet really was nice.
A little envy welled up in him, but he soon remembered that this cat belonged to the Demoness pathway. Her advancement was destined to bring catastrophe and misfortune, just like that High Sequence Demoness in Backlund, whose acting alone could cause thousands or tens of thousands of deaths.
Was Edward planning to keep her at Sequence 7 to satisfy that particular inclination everyone knew about, or did he have something else in mind?
I'll ask when I get the chance.
His spirituality suddenly surged into the flowing crimson light. Then a little black cat appeared inside the magnificent palace, beside the Bronze Long Table, seated on a chair that belonged to none of the Tarot Club's current members.
The little creature still had her eyes closed, maintaining her earnest praying expression. She was utterly adorable.
"You can open your eyes now," Klein said mildly.
"Huh? Oh."
Lilith carefully