At half past one in the afternoon, Shade was on the first floor, following the suggestion of Miss Aurora, the Great Witch of "Light," and attempting to combine a Witch Secret Art with Moon's Thorn. The witch had a new idea: she wanted to use those moonlight thorns as the outermost defense of the inn. Shade's current spellcasting ability alone was not enough, so she intended to use her own power to assist him.
The two were discussing which location to use as the spellcasting node when faint barking came through the sound of rain pouring outside the inn.
The sound had stopped right outside the door. Miss Aurora looked at her niece in surprise, and Miss Hailey Aurora opened the door, quickly discovering the situation outside:
"There's a puppy outside. It looks like someone kicked it. It's almost dead."
"A puppy? Since it stopped here, check it first. If there's no problem, bring it inside and give it some potion."
Miss Aurora said this without paying much attention to the matter. The young lady therefore called over the other Sorceresses to inspect the puppy at the door, in case it was some trick involving a Transformation Spell.
Shade had not paid much attention to it either. He was about to continue discussing the spell with Miss Aurora, but then glanced outside again.
"It can't be, can it?"
He walked to the doorway, poked his head outside under the curious gazes of the young ladies, and frowned.
The puppy outside was the dog belonging to Little John, the boy from Garbage Alley.
Since the torrential rain began, Little John had been staying at the inn as a helper. Seeing that he was young but hardworking and had no bad habits, the Green Siblings had already decided to let him live