Angelina could clearly state the location of the "neighbor," the Goodman Family. Before leaving The Club, when Shade took out the city map he carried and asked Angelina to point it out, a building that had not originally existed had miraculously appeared on the map between Yodel Palace and the Kingdom Council Hall, marked as the Goodman Family's House.
That was not how a normal map was labeled.
When Leisha noticed the anomaly on the map, she too had briefly thought it was perfectly normal. But the power of a quarter Chosen One, combined with Dorothy's normal memories, which were linked to her heart, quickly made her realize something was wrong.
"Cognitive rewriting, and cognitive contamination. This isn't merely a change in memory."
Leisha said worriedly. Shade and Miss Galina, however, had not been affected.
"It seems to be at least a Keeper of Secrets Level relic."
Thus, half an hour later, Miss Galina arrived on Silver Cross Avenue with Tifa, two seven-ring maids, Shade, Leisha, and Angelina.
The Gas Street Lamps made Silver Cross Avenue quite bright even at night. It was already half past eight, and there were no other pedestrians on the street.
Miss Galina held Angelina's hand—an unusually rare gesture—and walked at the front, with Shade and the others following behind. Led by Angelina, the group walked north along the outer wall of Yodel Palace. At the next intersection, turning east would lead to Saint Derain Square, while continuing straight across it would lead to the Kingdom Council Hall.
Yet the outer wall of Yodel Palace, which should have stood at the end of the street right beside the intersection, was now directly adjacent to a three-story apartment building that Shade had never seen before. The apartment building had forcibly squeezed itself between the intersection and