"I told you, there's something very wrong with this house of yours."
Luvia said:
"How many doors has this been now? Three doors in the basement, the Keeper of Secrets Hall in Room Number Two on the second floor, and the Soul Cemetery in the third-floor corridor. It's hard to imagine what will happen next."
"That there's something abnormal about Shade's place is common knowledge by now."
Iluna said with a smile as well. Shade nodded, not denying it.
In Luvia's dream of the Past World Epoch, the long-haired version of herself and silver-eyed Mia had both been in this house. Even amid that apocalyptic scene, 6 Saint Derain Square had still seemed intact. That alone said a great deal.
Though he still did not know what that meant—whether this place had always been special, or whether Luvia of the Past World Epoch had chosen it and thereby made it special—it did not stop Shade from knowing that his house truly was the best.
"Let's go down and take a look. I learned some information about the Heart of the Earth Furnace from the Heart of the Earth, and the Guardians shared some knowledge too. I think this place will be useful."
Since the door had been placed through a ritual, using it required the three steps Shade had summarized: "Spirit Rune," "incantation," and "object."
Neither the "incantation" nor the "Spirit Rune" posed a problem. Shade had even devoured the source of the earth, so he could open the door without a Spirit Rune. The "object," meanwhile, corresponded to the "Heart of the Earth." This did not refer to a complete Heart of the Earth; any fragment would do.
The Guardians had said that the present Heart of the Earth could no longer be divided any further. But when Shade