Angel walked back from outside the ruins.
He made his way through the deep, shadowy corridor and returned to the study.
Not long ago, after letting his thoughts settle for two days, he had come back to himself. The first thing he did was go to the entrance of the ruins and speak with Tree Spirit's avatar.
Mainly because tomorrow was Stargazing Day. Angel needed Tree Spirit to pass word to Lord Rhein and confirm the time and place, so he could bring the miniature signal tower over.
Tree Spirit seemed to have already anticipated this. He directly told Angel that Rhein would come to the ruins on Angel's side tomorrow, so there was no need to specially seek him out.
After confirming the news, Tree Spirit chatted with Angel for a while longer. Mostly, Angel listened while Tree Spirit chattered away with complaints. The topic was, as usual, the venue for the tea party, along with indignation at Liana's stubborn refusal to see reason.
After serving as a receptacle for complaints for half an hour, Angel finally saw Tree Spirit off and managed to escape back to the study.
Angel looked at the open notebook on the desk. After some thought, he did not continue recording anything. Instead, he slowly closed the notebook and fastened its clasp.
There were only a little over ten hours left until Stargazing Day. Once he became immersed in research, he might miss the time. Besides, he did not know when Lord Rhein would arrive.
After thinking it over, Angel decided not to hurry into settling himself today.
As for the remaining ten-odd hours, Angel had no intention of wasting them. "It has been more than two days since Bobota entered Dream Wilderness. He should have adapted to his new identity by now... It