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He had not really thought he could slip into Sefirah Castle undetected. His curiosity had simply gotten the better of him, and he wanted to use Audrey's eyes to see what "Sefirah Castle," which stood alongside the Chaos Sea, actually looked like.
"Hmm, Audrey still hasn't firmly taken our side. What exactly is she hesitating over?"
After reading Audrey's files and hearing why she wanted an advance on the Manipulator potion, Hermes had been all but certain that she was the same kind of person as him. After testing her by inviting her to join the Twilight Hermit Order, Hermes was even more satisfied with Audrey. She was young and full of vitality, and although she possessed divinity, she had not been deluded by it into believing she stood above everyone else and could toy with others at will.
If she joined their side, she would undoubtedly be a rational and merciful presence.
Hermes had always been a good judge of character.
"Has the Fool promised her something else? She doesn't look as though she's been subjected to any suggestion or brainwashing... It really is rare for gods to fight over believers. Let those two great figures compete. I'll just wait here in peace and visit Audrey when she comes back."
As he muttered to himself, Hermes's figure gradually disappeared.
Inside Sefirah Castle, Klein sat down in the Fool's high-backed chair, allowing grayish-white fog to cover his body.
Antigonus, meanwhile, walked to the other end of the long table and sat in the World's seat.
Klein thought for a moment. As he recalled, his World puppet had been a hazy, mysterious figure with few physical movements, whose hair and eye colors were impossible to discern, seemingly dressed in black robes. So he gathered a little fog into a