Aside from Professor Garcia's classes, Miss Danist, who was usually very busy with work, also invited Shade to join her elective course, Moonlight Spell.
This course only admitted Mid-Ring students and above whose Core Ling Runes were related to the concept of "moon" (note). Over the month-long course, they would learn about hundreds of spells and thaumaturgies derived from March as their core.
It was actually a foundational course, but it was extremely important for Ring Arcanists who built their own Ring Arcanist systems around the "moon" as their core.
As for Miss Danist's collection of ritual materials for the Calling the Silver Moon Library ritual, that was also basically nearing its end. She and Shade agreed that next weekend, on the 25th or 26th of the Newborn Moon, she would personally come to Shade's home in Tobesk City. Shade was rather looking forward to that day.
As for the thaumaturgy reward Shade had received from his comprehensive academic evaluation, he had not yet gone to the library to make his selection. On one hand, he had only just entered the Mid-Ring and was still adapting to his power. On the other, he still did not know what challenges the next key and the next city would bring, so he could save the opportunity to learn a thaumaturgy for now.
Before that day's Study Group ended, Luvia announced some major news:
"I've received a notice from the Seer Association. I'll be traveling out of town on business next week, for roughly half a month to a month. Considering the journey, I'll probably be away from Tobesk for about a month."
Shade was not surprised. Luvia had mentioned this matter before (note), though this was the first time he had learned the specific schedule.
Doctor Schneider frowned slightly.
"What about the