"Grace! Helen!"
Shade was quite surprised by how they had arrived. Hearing his voice, Grace turned around and said with a sweet smile:
"Good evening, sir. Helen and I haven't seen a young Unicorn in centuries either. This Elf Miss just said it belongs to Saint Byron's population. Then perhaps, back in the Fifth Epoch, we even played with its ancestor."
"Good evening, sir!"
Helen in the black dress spoke happily as well, explaining why they had come:
"Qi Na received Megan's letter, so we learned that you were injured. Before we left last time, we went to the Dragon Nest you mentioned and touched the statue, so we came straight here. No, we can't leave Miburg for long. We'll go back after dinner!"
Shade offered no opinion on exactly how long they could leave that place. As long As the sisters were happy:
"I'm fine. It's only a scar."
"That won't do!"
Helen had strong objections to that:
"It'll affect how you feel to us!"
They walked toward Shade amid the terrified expressions of the trembling little Princess and Elf Girl. The Little Unicorn, which had narrowly escaped disaster, visibly sighed in relief.
"Good evening, kitty!"
Grace even greeted Little Mia on Shade's shoulder. The cat merely answered with a "Meow~." This cat was far braver than the Little Unicorn. Or perhaps it simply did not realize what Grace and Helen were.
In any case, the sisters each took one of Shade's hands, then gently licked the scar.
When the warm, moist sensation faded, Shade looked at his hand again. The blood-red color on the scar had vanished, and the two marks shrank at a visible rate, disappearing entirely within half a minute.
"Blood of Sorrow isn't stronger than us! Even before it reunited with you, sir, it wasn't