Light and shadow swept past Cat's Ideal like the rise and fall of the sun.
When the unseen outline of the ship completed a full circuit, the tavern fell quiet.
Rita gripped the helm. The first thing she did was scan the entire tavern, checking whether Deceitful Bloom and Foolishness were present.
Not by the windows. Not at the bar. Nowhere in sight.
Only after confirming this did she finally relax.
In this timeline, those two might not kill her outright. But they would almost certainly not let her succeed.
They might not know why she came, but they would definitely try to stop her.
If they were here, she would leave this timeline immediately. If necessary, she would try another.
Other timelines were unpredictable. If discovered, they might kill her on sight.
That would be even more dangerous.
She would need Nivalis's Gacha Machine to secure the wine. Rita summoned Nivalis again and had her sit in the co-pilot seat, ready to leave the moment they succeeded.
