"Mm, careful. Don't wet your pants."
"Oh!"
After leaving the Spice Shop, Edward strolled along leisurely, then turned into a nearby restaurant. He ordered a cup of coffee and a serving of ice cream, then sat there quietly.
A moment later, a head suddenly popped up across from him. It was Henry's son, Will Auceptin.
"Help yourself."
Edward pushed the ice cream over. The boy picked it up without ceremony and started eating, though his gaze remained fixed on Edward, brimming with curiosity. "Who are you? Did you know I'd come? How did you know I liked ice cream?"
"A secret."
"Tch."
Edward took a sip of coffee. "Was moving into 7 Rose Street your idea?"
The boy looked utterly innocent. "I'm just a child. What ideas could I possibly have?"
"..."
This guy really was a professional at playing young.
"All right, let me put it another way. Were you the one who influenced Henry and his wife?"
Licking his ice cream spoon, he muttered, "Sort of?"
"Why?"
"I don't know." He shrugged. "It was just a feeling. I felt that moving there might benefit me." At that, he looked at Edward and smiled. "Looks like my feeling was right. We haven't even moved in yet, and you've already come looking for me."
He suddenly took a stack of Tarot Cards from inside his clothes as well. "As it happens, I can also perform divination with Tarot Cards. Would you like to draw one?"
The boy, Will Auceptin, otherwise known as Little Snake, looked up at Edward and asked, just as he had when the two first met in the future.
But this time, Edward neither refused nor fled in embarrassment. He reached out and turned over the top card in Little Snake's hand.
"Huh?"
Edward had expected The