"But if this keeps happening, then not lighting lamps at night may really become the normal state. But what about during the day?"
Shade asked again. Although both incidents had happened at night, there was currently no evidence proving that the Light Melting phenomenon only occurred at night.
"That's for the Church to worry about. Oh, would you like to come with me and take a look at last night's scene? The traces left behind last night are much more obvious than those from Thursday night. I think you'll be interested."
The scene was at the exit of an alley connecting to the street. The streetlamp at the mouth of the alley happened to illuminate part of it, and it was that light which had caused last night's tragedy.
The place had naturally already been sealed off by the Church, with ordinary people forbidden from observing or entering it. But for Miss Belinder, who was not skilled in combat but excelled at other methods, none of that was a problem.
After confirming that Joshua Brooklyn, the local Thirteenth Ring Warlock known as the Hand of Radiance, was not there, the witch directly took Shade past the blockade and inside.
An earth wall directly created by a Ring Arcanist's spell firmly blocked the alley entrance. Behind the wall, Shade saw an area that still emitted an intensely white glow even in daylight, as well as a black shadow branded onto the wall along the side of the alley.
It was not space itself that was glowing, but physical objects: the dirt, the alley walls, the wanted orders on the walls, the garbage on the ground, and so on. That black shadow was the final trace left by the unlucky fellow who had "melted into the light" last night.
When Shade and