"Tonight's adventure really was worth it."
Only then did a faint smile appear on Edward's face.
Lilith,
Wait a little longer. I'll come find you soon!
The Roselle family's luxurious villa.
Several days had passed since Roselle obtained the Antigonus Family's notebook, but only today had he secretly passed word to the Secret Order. Now he waited for Zaratul to arrive.
He had delayed this long in case the Church discovered the notebook was missing and came looking for it. Then he would only need to give his prepared excuse and return the notebook-and I would still be the Son of Steam the Church trusted.
Yet the Church seemed not to have noticed the loss of a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact. Or perhaps they knew it was missing but had never connected it to him.
Just as when he had previously helped Klein ask to borrow the Sealed Artifact that supposedly could answer any question, the Archbishop had told him quite calmly that it had disappeared not long ago.
Speaking of which, aren't the people in this Church a little too unreliable? How can Sealed Artifacts keep disappearing one after another? Are the people guarding them all useless?
Oh, I took one of them?
Never mind, then.
Roselle raised his glass and took a sip, muttering, "I wonder when Zaratul will arrive."
What worried him more was this:
Even I feel that getting the Antigonus Family's notebook went a little too smoothly this time. Given Zaratul's personality, wouldn't he be even more suspicious?
Will he see that this is a trap?
*He's an Angel of the Seer Pathway. A toss of a coin would tell him whether it's a trap and whether it's dangerous. But if the President really is a god of the Seer Pathway, he must have