Flora spent quite a while explaining.
Elliot's eyes lit up as he listened. "So... the [Thing of Immortality] inside you is no longer cursed, and it's giving you more and more power?"
"Yes, I can feel myself growing stronger much faster than before!"
Elliot nodded slowly. He had previously thought that a Middle Rank supernatural person like Flora was already powerful, but after learning the truth about the nobles, he had felt she was falling a little behind the times.
Now, however, with her curse removed, Flora's strength was rising rapidly. She had good potential.
Should I think of a way to bring her into the Esoteric Cult...?
"By the way, was there something you wanted to ask me just now?"
"Oh, I almost forgot." Elliot gathered his thoughts. "You went to see the premiere at the East District Theater, didn't you? What happened there?" The change of subject was rather abrupt. Flora froze for a moment, then searched her memories:
"I did go to the Theater that day. I arrived a little late, and the performance was about to start... I'd wanted to take a look at [Mourning Poems], but there were too many people, so I left."
"[Mourning Poems]?"
"Yes, it's our Mourning Poetry Society's [Relic]."
Flora looked at Elliot. After a moment's hesitation, she decided to reveal a little. "It displays its holder's epitaph."
Elliot raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"Well, the specifics are a secret of the Mourning Poetry Society... That day, it recorded that the Theater would be reduced to ruins."
At this point, lingering fear appeared on Flora's face. "I didn't understand what it meant at the time, but luckily, I left in time afterward." "Then did you watch the performance onstage?"
Flora blinked, her tone uncertain. "I think... it was a play? I