After discussing Shade's meeting with Miss Vanessa Benanis, the Witches went their separate ways. Shade returned to Middlesburg with Grandma Cassandra. The old witch was quite experienced in social affairs and even suggested that Shade bring a gift when he went to see Miss Benanis tomorrow.
She had originally intended to help Shade prepare one, but the harmonica he had taken from the Gift Box this week was still gathering dust at home. It would be perfect to give that to the witch from Randall River Valley. As for the "Elixir of Immortality," that gift was too valuable to give away for now.
After saying goodbye to the witches and apprentices, Helen and Grace personally escorted Shade to the Abandoned Tower in the Sikar Mountain woods. As they parted at the entrance to the tower, Shade finally asked about something else:
"Grace, do you know the Old God—the Butterfly God, Thousand-Eyed Phantom Butterfly?"
Shade asked the elder sister in the white dress. The girl, who looked fifteen or sixteen, exchanged a glance with her younger sister beside her.
"Sir, did you encounter that god in the past?"
"Yes."
Shade nodded.
"Because you have such deep ties to butterflies, I wanted to know whether you and that god..."
Grace reached out and took her sister's hand. Amid the swarm of Crimson Moon butterflies, the two merged into one. The more mature-looking girl possessed even greater strength.
"Yes. The form of butterflies is connected not only to the Red Butterfly Pendant granted by the God of Vampires, but also to the Butterfly God."
She watched Shade walking through the moonlight between the trees, the tranquil light illuminating his handsome face.
"Though the Old God—the Twins God—is the foundation of our power, that Great One also bestowed power upon us. We merely lost