Shade got out of the carriage at the street corner. He had originally been very interested in the float parade, but there were simply too many people, so he gave up on watching it. As he took out his key to open the door, he ran into his next-door neighbors, the Smith Couple, who were preparing to head out.
They had also been invited to tonight's banquet at Yodel Palace and were now going out to collect their tailored formalwear.
"So Mister Smith definitely wasn't an ordinary Ministry of Finance secretary before he retired."
Shade concluded.
After returning home, he did not see Mia running down from upstairs while changing his shoes in the entrance hall. The noise outside was probably so loud that the cat had not heard the door on the 1st Floor open.
Thus, when Shade found the orange cat scratching at the wall in the empty second-floor Room Number Two, the stunned expression on Mia's furry face was truly hilarious.
"Don't sharpen your claws on the wall."
Shade warned softly, bending down to pick Mia up. The soft cat meowed a few times, perhaps acting spoiled, but did not struggle free from his arms.
Miss Galina and Tifa did not arrive until two in the afternoon. At the time, Shade was reading the explanation of "Basic Ritual - Radiance" in a second-year textbook in the study. The heating badge on his chest alerted him to the Witch's arrival one step before the doorbell downstairs did.
Miss Galina would soon head to Yodel Palace to have her hair and makeup done and change clothes. However, she had brought formal banquet attire for Shade and also intended to leave behind two maids to help him arrange his hair and dress up.
Of course, the most important matter was