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The thing with Alba is that he is a classic rpg/anime character type. The goofy field researcher who helps the characters learn what the magic temples/artifacts do.

So you see that guy and you don't think much as he falls quickly into a box. Yes those towers will be important at some point and this guy will be here to help figure them out. Standard course.

And it doesn't help that Lorence exists, so you don't imagine there has to be another evil operative going around brainwashing people. It's obviously Lorence. Except it's not.

Heck, even the intelligence division helps make the decoy. I knew the bad guys were a group called Orobouros, so when I saw the guys in black I thought it was them. No, they were just soldiers with a brainwashed leader. Orobouros barely shows itself in the whole game. Even Richard is just a glorified key they use to break a seal.

Even with partial spoiling, most of the plot evaded me, because it has that many layers.