With that, the matters concerning the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth generations of the Edwards Family came to a temporary end. There were still the relocation of the four fourth-generation siblings' graves and Jarvis Edwardz's surrender, but Megan would handle those matters, and they had little to do with Shade.
Siris quickly sorted out those memories, but by the time the six living people had truly been sent away, it was already close to noon.
The house that had been full of people just a few hours ago now held only Sloth Edwardz and Durut Giles. When the second-generation lord of the Edwards Family saw Shade and Megan return, he took them to the empty basement. After teaching Shade the incantation, he had Shade use it to summon the trapdoor hidden in the floor.
The door was made of alloy, with no lock. Its surface bore the pattern of a great tree, and at its center was a slit wide enough to insert a card. Without the card in Shade's hand, whose face depicted a key, no one could open it.
"Father's secret collection and laboratory are both down there. The space below is vast, and even I have only gone down a few times."
He introduced it, but did not have Shade explore it immediately:
"This time, Father intended either to succeed or leave everything to someone suitable. Therefore, he disposed of all the dangerous items. As for the small number of dangerous relics that could not be disposed of and could only be contained, you may choose to keep watch over them yourself or give them to other organizations such as The Church."
If the Witch Council was interested, Shade planned to give the dangerous relics to the Witch Council. Otherwise, he would ask Miss Danist. In any