Shade lowered his head and continued working on the steak on his plate, then asked:
"So, are you certain that Apothecary Miss is Audrey Edwards?"
"Yes, she is most likely that lunatic. There is a Fate-like connection between Great Witches, and I trust my sixth sense on this matter."
She did not forget to warn Shade:
"Don't be fooled by how normal she seems at times. When she goes mad, no one knows what she might do. Although the Speaker said two years ago that she had fully recovered, she never acts together with us. I cannot even remember the last time I saw her in person. Don't forget, her Wanted Order was only lifted recently. Audrey Edwards is completely different from the well-bred, beautiful, and virtuous Witches you have already met."
"But the Witches Detection Badge did not react."
"Since when did you trust Alchemy Items so much?"
Miss Galina retorted, gently scooping up some creamy mushroom soup with a white porcelain spoon before extending it across the table to Shade.
Shade slightly rose from his seat and tasted the soup in the spoon, then frowned:
"This flavor is truly strange."
"When you made me taste that, you did not care whether I could accept the flavor."
The Red-haired Witch said lightly. Shade flushed, not knowing what to say, while the Witch smiled ambiguously.
"Before I had you find the Five Treasures for me that day, I never imagined that the cautious, humble, low-key, calm knight had so many tricks. Should I thank Annette, Louisa, and little Leisha?"
"Oh, let us not discuss that. Back to Green Lake. So the Witches Detection Badge is useless? That makes sense. There were so many Fifth Epoch Witches that methods of avoiding mutual detection must have been passed down. Besides, I was