The date changes and it is early morning of February 20th.

Anne, Chelle, and Hahn cut the conversation short and prepared to leave for Kupu.

Preparation means that each of them has to decide exactly what his or her role will be.

Hearn will continue as before as the golem of the escort.

Anne will be the maid of honor.

And it was decided that Chelle should play the role of the merchant lady who has come for sightseeing.

"A merchant girl, huh?"

Yes. I think a noblewoman is a bit heavy.

I see. I'll leave it to Ms. Ann to decide.

The problem is the clothes.

Yes, indeed.

Both Anne and Chelle are wearing what is called a "lady's uniform".

It is natural for them to do so, but it is strange for a young lady to be wearing a lady's uniform.

So, let's do it this way. ...... I will go to Kupu by myself and get some clothes. I'll go to Kupu by myself and get some clothes and then we'll go out again.

"Yes, that's right. Ms. Ann's suggestion sounds good.

Then I'll be on my way.

Thank you.

After a night of talking, Ann felt that Chelle's "tsun" has become much more rounded.

* * * *

At Horai Island, Jin and the old man were preparing their costumes.

Jin has just finished his breakfast and listened to the digest of the conversation between Ann and Chel last night, and was impressed by Chel's high level of functionality.

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"Eh?　Hmmm, you ask me ......"

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You don't have to go out of your way to buy them, there are a wide variety of clothes available for <>.

The materials range from the very rare to the common fabrics.

"What is your opinion?"

"Well, yes. That's about it."

Jin is not so confident about fashion.

Even if you told him that she was the daughter of a merchant family, he couldn't immediately think of what kind of clothes she should wear.

"How about a white blouse, a dark green long-skirted salopette, and a light pink scarf ......?

"Okay. How about ...... shoes?"

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"Well, let's add a hat. A white, large-brimmed hat.

It had been half an hour since they had talked like this, which was about the same time as Anne had gone to Kupu to buy a hat.

So, it is not unnatural that the "Mere Old Man" sent it to Anne and brought it back to her by a transporter.

Well, there is a problem that no store would be open that early since it was 5:00 a.m. local time, but if someone tries to interfere, he would have to make an excuse that he had to knock out a friend's store or something to have it sold to him.

When Jin said this, the old man came up with another idea.

<>, from the 5th column," he said.

"Yes, that would be fine."

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"That's fine, I guess.

Jin and the old man decided to wait and see what would happen.

* * * *

"I like this dress. It seems to be somewhat appropriate.

And just as the old man had expected, Chelle changed into the outfit without asking where Ann had gotten it from.

"Let's go now, Ann, Hahn."

"Yes, ma'am."

And the performance begins.

The performance began.

Using the magic circle of transference, she leaves the suburb of Kupu and enters the town on foot.

"That's the cathedral of the Sori Society."

"Yes."

Chell walks straight ahead.

Unlike her friends on Horai Island, she was worried that she couldn't communicate with them via the built-in manacam.

So, Anne came up with a plan.

Chelle-san, is it possible to communicate at 30,000 hertz?

Yes, I can.

Then how about we use this frequency for conversations that you don't want to be heard?

I think that's a good idea. If they can't hear us anyway, why don't we talk at about five times the speed?

That's a good idea.

So the secret conversation between Ann, Chelle, and Hahn was to be conducted in the ultrasonic bandwidth.

While we were discussing this, we came to the front of the cathedral.

The time was 7:00 am. <.

A large number of believers were on their way to the cathedral. I tried to get in among them, but I was stopped at the entrance because the golem, Hahn, was too conspicuous.

The public can enter through that doorway, not this one," he said. And the golem is not allowed to enter the temple.

"Oh, really?　Thank you for showing us the way to ......."

I thanked him and left, heading for the entrance for general visitors.

Hahn was asked to wait outside while Anne and Chelle entered. Ann had paid 1,000 dollars in purification money for the entrance.

So this is the inside. ...... It's a little shabby, isn't it?

Yeah, it's a pretty impressive place, but it's got good analysis capabilities.

Chell, who is also an excellent analyst, immediately recognized the sloppy workmanship of this cathedral.

I wonder what they do at morning services?

Anne mumbles to herself without asking, and Chelle frowns,

I can smell the ...... drug ......<>.

She frowned and said, "It smells like drugs.

Where did it come from?

From the main hall over there.

They're having morning prayer there. ......1 over 100 members of the congregation are being doused in marijuana.

What do you want me to do?

I'd love to come in and collect the dope, but I don't think that's a good idea right now.

Chell said not now, since that would involve the general congregation.

Can you hear what's going on in the morning service?

It's a little far.

Let's get a little closer.

Okay.

Anne and Chell slowly made their way closer to the chapel.

The guard told them they were not allowed to enter the chapel.

"No more entry for the faithful from this point forward.

Looks like we're at the end of our rope.

Do you hear something?

Yes, if you can get this close, you can hear something, but it's very faint.

It's not ...... equal to ............ public ......

But you can't hear it clearly, so you have to make more than half of an analogy.

And it was Chelle, who had a high capacity for such processing.