"I also heard a local prophecy, concerning disaster and evil things."
Shade continued describing the prophecy he had heard from Mr. Wilson, the Bloodkin Diviner. Miss Galina then smiled and said to Miss Sylvia:
"See? I knew he would get dragged into this over some inexplicable reason. During these days of our journey, Shade has already found enough new information."
"So, we may truly have to venture deep into the Great Swamp."
"Judging by the current snow disaster, the Pantanal Voodoo Society has already begun the preliminary preparations for the ritual."
Sister Devlin spoke softly. All three looked at her, while the nun kept her hands folded atop her knees:
"The only question now is, why exactly is the Chosen One cooperating with the Pantanal Voodoo Society? According to Shade's description, though Legenes Presia is crazed by the pursuit of knowledge, he does not seem like the sort of madman who enjoys apocalypse and disaster."
That was indeed a very important question, and it was answered on Sunday evening.
Although Iluna's group planned to enter the Pantanar Area from within Delarion, depriving Shade of his most important source of intelligence within the Church, Sister Devlin and the Church were still in a semi-cooperative relationship. Now that the Fourth Chosen One was about to appear, the Church also hoped that she could enter the Great Swamp, and so shared some important intelligence.
Simply put, the specific location where the Chosen One Ritual was held had little effect on the ritual itself. As long as the ritual's requirements were met, it would be fine whether it was held on Lake Heart Island in Tobesk or even on Lake Heart Island near Coldwater Port City.
But the Chosen One of Wisdom and Knowledge was somewhat special. According to the Poem Chapter Fragment in