After Dorothy left, Shade continued waiting. It was not until eight in the evening that Luvia had someone deliver a letter to him. The letter said that the Peace Church had discovered traces of Daknis and the Weeper of Blood in the south of the city, but because other Ring Arcanist organizations had appeared, tracking the two of them was not going smoothly.
"Other Ring Arcanist organizations too?"
Shade, who had remained at Saint Derain Square, felt that the situation seemed to be getting worse and worse. The Ring Arcanist organizations pursuing the Chosen Ones were far more than just the Church, the Academy, the Council, and the Blood Spirit School. If they delayed for a few more days, perhaps new Thirteenth Ring Warlocks would appear as well.
Besides that, Luvia had already contacted Iluna. The interior of the out-of-control relic, Darkness Domain, was incomparably dangerous, so the Church had made some amulets to protect those who needed to enter it. Iluna had managed to obtain two extra ones, and Luvia would bring them the next time she came to Saint Derain Square.
She also seemed to believe that Daknis was highly likely to successfully enter the Darkness Domain, so she told Shade to be ready to depart at any time.
Thus came Saturday morning. It was the thirty-first day of the Month of Flourishing Flowers, the end of August's Month of Flourishing Flowers.
When he woke up that morning, Shade thought that if he still could not confirm Daknis's whereabouts by noon today, he would go find Luvia and wait no longer.
But just after he finished breakfast, someone actually knocked on the downstairs door. When the expectant Shade opened it, however, he discovered that the visitor was neither Luvia nor the Maid holding the Darkness Box, but Priest