Charles had no idea that, under the guise of an admirer of the West Wind Goddess, his intimate demeanor with the Laurel Goddess while wandering around the University of Georgia campus was enough to make people want to beat him up.
Taoles didn't say what he was going to do back at school, and Charles didn't think to ask, but while he was waiting for Anne, he urged a few times for Taoles to leave, yet Taoles did not move, which made him alert.
Although Taoles was a covenantor of the gods, Charles could not guarantee that Anne would be magnanimous. He was racking his brain when he suddenly heard a stranger calling out.
"Is that Mister Mecklen?"
Charles glanced over and realized he didn't recognize the person, who called him in a refined manner, wearing a monocle. Although the Old Continent had seen the advent of eyeglasses with temples, the old-fashioned monocle had not yet been completely phased out and was still quite a valuable gentleman's accessory.
