The battle against the evil god, the Dragon Devouring Demon, and Iluna's sword strike that severed the Divine Advent Ritual afterward allowed Sister Devlin to comprehend the ferocity of the First Fire. That ferocity was also one of the materials the Ancient God—the Radiance Dragon—had used when creating the Firstborn.
Because of that insight, Sister Devlin finally gained new power one month after the Battle of Moon Bay. Shade's flame-based spells also became stronger as a result; for instance, the Fireballs he threw now produced far more powerful explosions.
He took the nun's incoming letter as an invitation and visited the Sacrificial Ground atop the mountain in the days that followed. Sister Devlin did not speak much with Shade about Miss Feliana. She merely guided him to become stronger. Yet whenever the two rested midway through their training, Shade would look at the gray-haired, blindfolded nun seated on the steps around the Sacrificial Ground and feel that she still had many things hidden in her heart.
In any case, the Twin Princes incident at the beginning of the Harvest Moon really did seem to have been nothing more than a minor interruption in life. Although Shade remained vigilant afterward and gathered information through various channels, the abnormalities in time never appeared again.
Thus, once the Harvest Moon entered its latter half, autumn deepened, and the temperature dropped further, Shade devoted more of his attention to his studies for the autumn term and his life in Tobesk. Of course, he would occasionally discuss current affairs with the Duchess and the Princess based on news he had read in the newspapers, but he treated it only as a pastime.
Three consecutive days of autumn rain thoroughly dispersed what little summer heat remained. The flowers Luvia kept on the windowsill at home gradually