Lillian picked up a Card and raised it for a closer look. "You're right. There are traces of printing on it, but they're too blurry to make out."
She turned to Victoria again. "What do we do next?"
Seeing Victoria's expression gradually turn strange, Lillian hurriedly added:
"Ahem, I actually already have a few guesses... How about this? You tell me first, and I'll help you check whether your thinking is correct."
Victoria hesitated, but still spoke:
"I don't have many ideas either. I see those Believers are still searching. Perhaps we should keep looking for other things too. These blank Cards might be a hint that we should stop here."
"Not bad." Lillian folded her arms, a trace of approval in her eyes. "Pretty much what I was thinking."
With that, Lillian headed for the door. "Let's get going, then."
Victoria nodded and headed out as well, but lagged a few steps behind.
After Lillian had left the room ahead of her, Victoria twitched a finger, instantly reeling in a strand of Spider Silk with a blank Card stuck to its other end.
She raised the hand holding the Card to her mouth. Her lips moved gently a few times, and a moment later, her hand was empty.
A while after the two had left, Vanessa poked her head out of the room across the corridor and dispelled [Mother of Concealment].
She felt that using her ability had been rather unnecessary.
Seemingly afraid of disturbing the Great Being, Lillian and Victoria had restrained their Spirituality to the utmost. They had also kept their eyes straight ahead the entire way, not daring to look around at all.
Naturally, they had not noticed Vanessa carefully peeking at them from a distance.
All that time she had spent thinking up an explanation,