Although Shade had never held a proper advancement ritual, he knew that Ring Arcanists' advancement rituals were quite complicated. Back when Doctor Schneider had sought the substitute material for advancing from the fifth ring to the sixth, the "Falsified Philosopher's Stone," he had indirectly dragged the group into the Lake View Manor Divine Descent Incident. Of course, it might simply have been because the Doctor had bad luck.
Fortunately, Leisha was far wealthier than Doctor Schneider. She only needed to prepare herself mentally and invite Shade, who had helped Dorothy advance, to assist her when the time came.
In short, although Leisha had been exhausted lately, all her tasks were proceeding in an orderly fashion. Tomorrow was Saturday. She accepted Shade's invitation to see a performance at the Opera House tomorrow evening, then teased him with a smile:
"Too bad Angelina isn't here this time. I don't even know who to ask to watch the door for us."
After bidding Leisha farewell, Shade still had time that morning, so he made a special trip to the Broken House outside Lower Grior Village near Green Lake City's Public Cemetery. There, he found old Nicholas Green, the Corpse Ghoul living in the underground ancient tomb. Shade also regretfully noted that he had not seen that interesting, philosophical sheep from last time.
Old Mister Green had indeed kept his promise and was still living here. After Shade called him out and he accepted the roast chicken as a gift, Shade stated the purpose of his visit:
"Next week, I've invited Edwardz's descendants to have dinner together. The living members of the fifth generation and sixth generation will all be there. Besides them, two of the dead will be coming too."
The actual time was tonight, and only one dead person was coming. But