The girl's silhouette within the curtains lay sprawled like a cat stretching lazily. The faintly flickering candlelight made her shadow sway as well.
But then, the figure behind the curtains seemed to develop a double image. The girl lying there and stretching did not move, while another identical figure sat up from beside her, bracing herself against the bed.
Shade was not surprised, merely raising an eyebrow. The witch's head had already emerged from the closed curtains, and the beautiful twin witch whom he had not seen in a long time looked at Shade with a beaming smile:
"Shade! Why aren't you surprised at all? Audrey and I specifically calculated when the Cat in a Bottle potion would wear off, and we even prepared cat costumes before coming to find you."
Unlike the Mermaid in the water, when "Desire" emerged from the surface, Shade had been entirely unable to tell that there were shoulders beneath the water. But when Megan poked her head out from the curtains, Shade could see the pale color of her shoulders. Transforming with a potion did not include clothing.
"The moment you appeared, my badge started to heat up."
Shade patted his chest and said with a smile:
"Besides, the Two-tailed Cat was a pretty obvious hint, wasn't it? But you shouldn't have appeared in the city center like that. It was too dangerous. What if The Church discovered you?"
The purple and red curtains trembled again, and then Audrey's lovely head emerged from behind them, directly above Megan.
Her rosy lips were vividly colored, and the light makeup on her face made Audrey look somewhat different from Megan. Audrey extended her hands from behind the curtains and wrapped them around Megan's neck, smiling with narrowed eyes as well:
"Megan, I told you Shade would