When he went down to the basement to fetch the Demon Coin, Shade saw God's Gift Box again and casually took out this week's gift. Last week's gift had been a flintstone, while this week's was a very thick book titled All Things Return to One: The Origin.
Just from its name, he knew this was not a book ordinary people could read. Pressed for time, Shade only flipped through it briefly and confirmed that it was a book through which Ring Arcanists could obtain Spirit Runes, related to the primordial nature of space.
The book itself was written in Delarion Language and had an introduction at the beginning. It described a story in which everything would return to its origin, reminding the Outlander of cosmological theories from his hometown.
This week's task was to read the book. For Shade, who already read a great many books every week, it hardly counted as a task.
After getting dressed to go out, he carried Mia to the Seer Association on Silver Cross Avenue. It was still early, and the association had only just opened for business. When the receptionist at the 1st floor front desk saw the Detective arrive with a cat in his arms, she smilingly told him where Luvia was. Shade soon found the Girl with Purple Eyes in the Divination Room on the 2nd floor.
"Look at you. Did something happen?"
After they sat facing one another, Luvia asked with concern. Shade placed the cat on the table to play by itself, then handed Luvia the last Demon Coin.
"Help me divine something. Something very important: where does the peculiarity of Dorothy's soul come from?"
Luvia looked at Shade in surprise.
"Dorothy's secret? Are you sure you want to divine that? From what I know of you, even