Shade did not stay with Mr. Edmund for long, leaving before dinner. On his way home, he wondered whether Mia would be able to smell the Water Ghost pheromones on him. In fact, until Shade took another bath, Little Mia kept avoiding him as though he were a stinking Xianyu.
The following Saturday, Shade still received no letter from the Apothecary Miss at Green Lake Inn. If she had not sent word through someone else asking Shade to wait a little longer, he might even have considered trying to find her himself.
Saturday was the time for the group meeting, so aside from going to Green Lake Inn that morning to ask about the situation, Shade had no other plans to go out. After returning from Green Lake, he spent the entire morning at home writing his reading report. At noon, after having lunch with Mia, he headed to the Doctor's clinic.
When he saw Priest Augustus, he again remembered that the matter of the Angel Finger Bones in the Green Lake Region had yet to be dealt with. The Grave Robbers who had sold those Angel Finger Bones to Haila Osenfott's father had come from Mikella Blast Furnace City, but Shade had no leads at the moment. After all, he knew absolutely nothing about that group of Grave Robbers.
By the twelfth day of the Month of Planting, spring had truly arrived. Each week when he saw the others in the group, their clothing changed somewhat. That afternoon, the Doctor, dressed in a dark blue long-sleeved shirt, spoke to the other four members about his recent plan to organize a group activity:
"Yes, all five of us will act together. Ever since Shade joined our group, aside from that time at Lake View Manor, we have rarely carried out