After breakfast came more waiting. Iluna, who had attended last night's banquet and spent the night aboard the ship with Shade and Luvia, had to return to the church in the city first.
The chaos in the city had not subsided with the arrival of daylight. There were already eleven pillars of light erupting from underground into the sky, yet there was still no sign of a Divine Advent.
The battle in the Outer Sea was even fiercer than the one in the city. According to the information the Mermaid Girls sent every twenty minutes, the sea surface in the storm zone outside Moon Bay Port had even been dyed reddish-brown. The storm region was rapidly approaching Moon Bay, and even aboard the Radiance Messenger, they could clearly feel the heaving of the sea.
At nine in the morning, Galina came through the Teleportation Gate from Belinder Manor and delivered a note to Shade:
"Just now, a bat threw this at the entrance to the manor. I think it's for you."
The note had been rolled into the shape of a cigarette. When unfolded, it contained only a simple message:
The divination has produced a result. The final clue lies in the nest where the fourth child once lived—For the "Despicable Outlander."
"Despicable Outlander" was the nickname Marquis Morrison had maliciously given Shade when Shade, Mr. Bernhardt, and Mr. Albert had raced horses with him. Therefore, the note came from Mr. Albert. It seemed that using the Hope Diamond to assist his divination had indeed yielded a result.
"The fourth child's nest?"
Luvia was standing right beside Shade. Her purple eyes narrowed slightly:
"The fourth child died at the end of the Fifth Epoch. Where are we supposed to find it now?"
She exchanged a glance with Shade, who had