"The stars in the photo are too blurry. It's impossible to determine the location by the sky alone. As for divination..."
The Countess took out three dice and tried rolling them a few times before shaking her head at Shade regretfully.
"This photo has undergone your Time Reversal. It can now be considered an abnormal existence itself, so it can no longer be used for divination. However, which page of the notebook was it tucked into just now? Perhaps the contents of that page can help determine the approximate date it was taken."
Shade flipped through the notebook filled with coded writing again. Though he had yet to confirm it, he believed that its encryption method differed from the cipher used by Gray Gloves and Gray-headed Eagle to communicate.
The densely packed letters clearly contained a great deal of information, yet Shade could get nothing from them. He quickly flipped through the notebook from beginning to end once more and finally confirmed that it contained nothing besides ciphertext, not even hand-drawn sketches.
Miss Belinder reminded him from the side:
"I remember a Thaumaturgy specifically used to decipher codes. I believe it is Thaumaturgy—Cipher Translation. It is a high-level Thaumaturgy, and only Ring Arcanists who possess Enlightenment—Rune Spirit Rune can learn it. It is also only effective on ordinary writing. If you need it, I can help contact the Council's Great Witches of Wisdom. Sisters Megan and Audrey are both proficient in this Thaumaturgy.
"Come to think of it, although they are still handling Paradise Island Pharmaceuticals, they mentioned at the last meeting that they intended to come to Moon Bay. We just don't know exactly when they will arrive."
The smiling faces of the twin witches flashed through Shade's mind, and he found that he missed them as well. He