Thus, this thursday passed in quite peaceful fashion. The only thing worth mentioning before evening fell was that someone came to visit and hired Shade to find a lost pet cat. This was also the kind of commission Shade was best at, and he took care of it while taking Mia out for lunch at noon.
Since the start of this year, he had encountered pitifully few commission jobs. Thinking about it now, it was probably related to Dorothy's excessive praise of him in her novels. After all, renowned detectives charged quite dearly.
After getting off work at the Seer Association, Luvia came to Shade's place as she had the past few days to continue her stargazing. She valued her time, so Shade bought takeout outside and brought it back to eat with her. Naturally, they talked about Shade's time-traveling experience that morning during dinner:
"I've discovered that Fifth Epoch Witches were all very proactive, completely unlike the ones we know."
Luvia gave her opinion. Seeing Shade, who was feeding the cat across the dining table, looking at her strangely, she smiled again and said:
"As long as you have the ability to bring them across time to this place, I absolutely wouldn't mind if our household gained a few more demigod-level Witches. Or rather, I'd be very happy to see that happen."
That was why Shade believed Luvia definitely had psychological issues.
The notice that Miss Danist permitted a meeting also arrived after dinner. Shade tidied himself up and, at eight that evening, appeared once more in the vacant seating area beneath the astrolabe in Saint Byron's Grand Library.
Across a tea table from him, Miss Danist and Miss Eisberg sat on soft sofas. After greeting the two Thirteenth Ring Sorceresses, Shade went straight to the point:
"Miss Eisberg,