It was now the third day after the Lake View Manor incident. Miss Louisa had recovered quickly. As she strolled along the Tree-lined Avenue with Shade, there was no sign that False Immortality had prolonged her life just three days ago.
Perhaps pretty girls all liked cute cats. Miss Louisa was very interested in Mia and had assumed she was Shade's pet. Even after he explained that Mia was merely being fostered at his home, the blonde girl still wanted to hold the small orange cat. Mia, however, refused to leave Shade.
"Detective, you really are good at raising cats."
"Come to think of it, can I bring the cat along? Should I take Mia back first?"
Shade asked again. He actually enjoyed broadening his horizons alongside high-level Ring Arcanists.
"No need. This trip is very safe, so you can treat it as a learning experience. Detective, sooner or later, you'll be recovering relics on your own."
Miss Louisa spoke casually, then led Shade to turn right at the next intersection onto Tion Academy Street.
Just as Shade had guessed, Miss Louisa was here to recover a relic. The matter had begun two months earlier, when an elderly writer who lived alone and was acquainted with Miss Louisa passed away. While those familiar with the old man were sorting through his belongings, Miss Louisa found in his diary that the writer had owned a very magical fountain pen.
"Could it automatically write essays or reports?"
Shade guessed as he looked at the street. Half the houses here were gray stone buildings, remarkably similar in style, all three stories tall. Entering this place felt like suddenly stepping back from the Steam Epoch into medieval civilization. Yet the steam pipes clinging to the stone walls, the clothes worn by pedestrians strolling down