"Is that so?"
Shade pondered for a moment.
"So that was all you talked about, and then she left?"
"Yes. She said she still had many things to do in Tobesk, and there were also many matters in her hometown that required her personal attention. So she arrived in Tobesk on Friday, came here yesterday morning, and took the train away yesterday afternoon."
"You just happened to miss the chance to meet her, but Dorothy and I confirmed it for you. At least Miss Goode truly exists."
Luvia spoke regretfully:
"But if you think this was a coincidence she arranged to make you miss each other, then you must consider whether Miss Goode could even scheme against an unborn child and a Chosen One who can glimpse the future."
"No, I don't think what happened at Yodel Palace had anything to do with Miss Goode."
Shade immediately shook his head, but he still found it strange, because everything was simply too normal—
Several attempts to visit Miss Goode had failed due to various circumstances. Just as his suspicions were about to reach their peak, that lady had come to Tobesk herself, yet she had visited precisely while he was away from home. And the incident that had caused him to miss her visit involved the fourth candidate for the Chosen Ones, with no flaws visible at all.
It all seemed perfectly reasonable, but precisely because it was so reasonable, it was worth suspecting.
If Shade had not learned the truth of how he, an Outlander, had come to this world at Green Lake, he might have suspected that "Mia Goode" was the great hand manipulating his Destiny behind the scenes, which was why she had kept avoiding him.
He still suspected that lady, even though she gave him ten pounds