At eleven fifty at night, with ten minutes remaining before the end of the week, Shade sat in the unlit living room, toying with the Time Key Professor Garcia had carefully selected.
The weather was quite nice tonight, and moonlight streamed through the window into the living room. The Tri-Color Moonlight blended together, its somewhat strange radiance falling across Shade's legs and the back of the cat lying on his lap.
Little Mia was an orange-and-white cat, with mostly orange patterns on her back. From Shade's first impression when he saw her on the rooftop, she looked like a white cat draped in an orange blanket.
Her fur had an excellent sheen, seeming to reflect light whether under the sunlight or moonlight. Since Shade still had a brand-new time adventure ahead of him tonight and could not go to bed early, the cat had not gone to sleep alone in the bedroom either. Instead, she lay on his lap, pretending to doze.
She definitely was not asleep. Shade even thought that if he suddenly shouted in the current silence, the cat would surely leap up in fright.
Of course, he would not actually do that.
He thought about his relationships with his friends, about the Chosen Ones, and about his own path to godhood.
When the grandfather clock in the corner and the distant city Clock Tower struck midnight together, Shade patted Mia's rear. She let out a meow and, unwillingly moving her little short legs, climbed off his lap and jumped onto the sofa.
"Mia, see you in three seconds."
With that, Shade walked toward the bedroom door. But this time, rather than inserting the key directly, he hesitated.
What are you considering?
"According to the patterns from before, this time will certainly involve an Old God again. I'm