After Shade finished his meeting with Miss Danist, Leisha's breakfast was ready as well. Perhaps to thank Dorothy, although Leisha had made the breakfast, Miss Writer had already returned by the time they sat down to eat:
"Honestly, I already had breakfast five minutes ago. My soul tells me I'm full, but my body is still a little hungry."
Dorothy looked miserably at the breakfast on the table. Just as Little Mia's eyes lit up, she added:
"Still, since Leisha made it, I have to eat it. At worst, I'll walk a few extra steps today and burn off the calories."
The cat obediently curled back up beside Shade and waited to be fed.
The temperature in Randall River Valley always seemed a little lower than in Tobesk. When Shade brought this up with the local Miss Lathers, she could only say that this year's weather was unusual.
This Wednesday, the only thing Shade absolutely had to do was go outside the city in the evening to collect the Elven Pure Water from Elf Miss. During the day, he had planned to visit the Old Era Graveyard of the Granger Family outside the city, but the moment he arrived at the Wilde Opera House, Margaret, whom he had not seen for a week, summoned him over.
The Princess of the Southern Kingdom did not complain that Shade had not come to see her lately, because she had been extremely busy herself. On this visit to the Wilde Opera House, she had come partly to report her recent progress in negotiating with the Stone Masons Association to Miss Benanis, and partly to try her luck and see whether she might run into Shade.
"The Academy has already sent people to inspect that overseas Silver Mine you mentioned."
When Shade pushed open