When Shade had just left Princess's Manor, he had Margaret send word ahead, so Miss Benanis and Siris both knew he was coming.
A servant had long been waiting on the 1st Floor and led Shade to a small dining room on the eastern side of the Fourth Floor.
The Golden Dawn Opera Troupe had generously booked the entire top floor of this Four-Story Inn, so they could use the dining room freely. When Shade entered, the young ladies of the troupe were already seated. As everyone rose together to say hello to him, Shade even hesitated to take another step forward:
"Is there really any need to welcome me so ceremoniously?"
"Shade, over here!"
Miss Benanis called to Shade and wanted him to sit in the head seat, but in the end, Shade only sat to its right, leaving that seat for the Earth Witch.
The prepared dinner dishes were then brought in one after another. Miss Benanis and Siris chatted and laughed as they discussed the opera troupe's performance plans in Moon Bay City with Shade.
"We didn't come this time following Princess Margaret. We were invited here to perform."
Siris corrected Shade's assumption. The young blonde young lady sat on Miss Benanis's other side:
"Miss Belinder invited us on behalf of Moon Bay City Hall. We'll be performing at Moon Bay City's finest Eddington Opera House."
Just as the Clock Tower had been named after Belinder, another landmark in the city had been led by the Eddington Family during its construction.
After dinner, Miss Benanis and Siris invited Shade to the bedroom. It was not for any ambiguous reason, however, but because Siris had already repaired the missing parts of Herman Wood's "sewer memory."
After turning off the gas lamp and drawing the curtains, the young blonde