"I'm not entirely sure. Vanessa hasn't been in very good condition lately, though it isn't visibly serious."
Miss Lathers sounded quite worried:
"I wanted her to inform the Witch Council, but Vanessa doesn't like troubling others all the time. She thinks it's just a trivial matter. Mr. Watson, since you know other Great Witches as well, once we rescue Vanessa, please try to persuade her."
"No problem. Also, my real name is Shade Hamilton."
Shade said. Miss Lathers nodded, and then the puppet's head suddenly lifted to look at him:
"Hamilton? The one rumored to be Miss Galina's..."
That rumor had spread much farther than Shade had imagined.
"Act Three: The Royal Knight and the Outlander Knight
The knight from another land and the loyal maid confronted the Forest Giant, gained the giant's strength, defeated the evil male witch, and took the witch's ring. For the Princess, they continued onward. Though love had blossomed between them, they still arrived before the castle gates for the sake of the imprisoned Princess."
Amid comical singing, the two, who had returned to the city crossroads, were once again transported by the shifting stage beneath the castle. It was a typical fairy-tale-style castle, surrounded by a moat—a water channel made from wooden troughs. At the moment, the drawbridge had not been lowered.
Their puppet forms hindered their movements. Though both could swim, there was no need to risk crossing the river that way. Shade used Silver Moon Slash to sever the drawbridge ropes. When he found that the bridge still did not fall, he cast a spell to summon that dilapidated wooden boat, then crossed the not particularly wide river channel with Miss Lathers.
There was a mechanism on the wall of the castle model. Only after turning a wheel did the drawbridge lower,