"Very well. I will play the game with the Demon. But I have another question: is my blood different from that of ordinary people?"
He looked at the Angel inquisitively, but the Angel answered with great seriousness:
"The wise do not directly bestow knowledge. The wise only provide guidance."
"So?"
"You will not find the answer with me."
Armed with the answer he had received from the Goddess in the Lake, on Saturday morning—the first day of March, the Month of Rising Winds, in 1854—Shade told Luvia and Iluna about the Four Seasons Flower.
The three gathered in Luvia's rented room on the third floor of the Bountiful Earth Inn. The Girl with Purple Eyes sat on the long sofa, Iluna sat on a shorter sofa, and Shade stood by the window, gazing out at the fog-shrouded city.
At around two in the morning today, another Minor Earthquake had struck Randall River Valley, its epicenter located in the city center. It made the already restless city seem even more turbulent.
"The Four Seasons Flower—spring, summer, autumn, and winter—also corresponds to the Earth Mother God's authorities over 'earth' and 'four seasons.' I've already obtained the spring flowers and Summer Flower, and the remaining two flowers have leads as well."
"You really intend to summon that Desire for the Autumn Flowers?"
Iluna asked in disbelief. Yesterday, down in the sewers, she had heard what that Flower Girl said too.
"It can't be helped. Fortunately, when I met her at Pantanal Lake with Sister Devlin last time, she told us how to summon her: liquefy a Desire Crystal, put it into a Perfume Bottle, then throw it into a body of water."
Shade had Desire Crystals as well. They were spoils from defeating the Demon of Proliferating Desire—Fanni—in Tobesk.
"I agree with Iluna.