"If you only light the Golden Bracelet for warmth, it won't affect its use as a one-time item to invoke Earth Power, so feel free to use it."
Iluna said:
"The method for extinguishing the flames is simple as well. Just turn the bracelet one hundred and eighty degrees. And don't thank me. Helping with something this trivial is only proper."
Shade placed Little Mia back on his shoulder, then took Iluna's hand again. The seventeen-year-old girl carefully bit the inside of her lip, feeling that tonight was truly quite wonderful.
She walked beside Shade along the mountain road beneath the moonlight, with the gas lamp-lit city spread out before them. Iluna hoped this road down the mountain could be a little longer.
They traveled quickly and soon found a carriage after entering the city. Thus, when they arrived at the Cassandra Auction House, it was only a little past seven.
Shade had not made an appointment before coming this time. Therefore, when he entered the auction house, where an art auction was still underway at night, and encountered the Old Witch's apprentice, Miss Rita Swift, the young flaxen-haired girl was rather surprised:
"Good evening, Mr. Watson. Why are you here? Oh, this way, please."
She swiftly brought Shade and Iluna to the third floor. Helen and Grace, who had been preparing to rest, also hurried over. As for Grandma Cassandra, she had taken her two Personal Maids to attend a banquet hosted by a local Countess. She would probably not return for another hour or two, so all matters at the auction house were currently managed by Miss Swift.
Shade's purpose in coming this time was simple: he wanted to borrow the Document Level Relic, the Sorrowful Nurse Statue, to determine whether the bloodline of the witch Edwardz had