Franca clutched the Judgment card tightly and chanted in Hermes, "Rain judgment!"
The ordinary-looking tarot card remained unchanged, but within a few seconds, Auberge du Coq Doré trembled visibly.
The brownish-green branches and turquoise vines that covered the building's facade receded, as if filled with fear.
Franca's view through the window expanded. She witnessed the sky merging with the ethereal canopy of a colossal tree. The clouds appeared to be caught in a hurricane, swirling in unison.
As the wind shifted, numerous white clouds gathered, forming a massive vortex that descended to the ground, elongating into a sword-like gust that bridged heaven and earth.
The sword descended, and a figure stood unwavering in the middle of Rue Anarchie.
It was a woman with shoulder-length blond hair, donned in a traditional grayish-white knight's training attire.
