Today was Tuesday, the Dawn Church's Saint Prayer Festival. Shade had promised Bishop Owen and Priest Augustus that he would appear at the church that afternoon to participate in the event and deliver a public speech. Besides that, he still had some matters to handle.
Leaving Mia at home to guard the house, Shade packed up the things in the basement and headed out.
His morning outing was to buy a few things.
His first stop was Old John Pawnshop. Old Dad John was, as usual, reading the newspaper while waiting for customers. Hearing the bell ring, he tilted his head out from behind the paper and saw that it was Shade. Only then did he yawn and speak:
"What are you here to buy today? Speaking of which, how did your exam week go? Louisa passed her Ancient Language course, right?"
Old Dad John was the black-market shopkeeper with the best relationship with Doctor Schneider's group.
"She passed, and my alchemy assignment passed too. Old Dad, this time I'm planning to spend a large sum of money."
After waking up and strolling through familiar Tobesk, far from that wet harbor city full of pirates and Fishmen, Shade was in an excellent mood.
"You? A large sum of money?"
Old Dad John looked at him skeptically. He did not believe him at all and assumed this was some bargaining tactic.
So Shade reached into the inner pocket of his coat and pulled out a bundle of 100 Pounds tied with a paper strip. Then he reached into the outer right pocket and pulled out another bundle of 100 Pounds. Finally, he reached into the left pocket and took out yet another 100 Pounds.
The largest banknote denomination currently issued by the kingdom was 50 pounds, but it was generally only