When Charlotte first approached me, my plan had been simple: engage in light conversation and then rewind time.

By doing so, my little midnight outing would be erased, and Alice and Charlotte would both remain in the hotel, blissfully unaware of my absence.

While it meant I wouldn’t be able to sneak into the cathedral to investigate, I could at least gauge how much the Kingdom of Belvur suspected me and how wary they were.

Then I could rewind time again, take a different route to avoid Charlotte entirely, and carry on with my plans.

But…

The sound of footsteps …