Hearing Shade's plea for help, the witch shook her head despite her surprise at the surroundings and took his hand, her golden eyes gazing at him gently:
"It's all right. Isn't this the meaning of my existence now? Tell me what happened. Am I behind that door now?"
She looked again at the hotel room door that should not have been here.
Explaining everything about Vesta Woodland from the beginning would have been far too complicated, so Shade merely gave her a rough account of the "Distorted Tree Hole," the "Time Curse," and Miss Isabella coming today to visit Miss Winslet.
This was obviously very different from the Past Adele herself had experienced. Without Shade's existence, Miss Danist could not possibly have obtained the three pieces of Moon Stone Slab needed to open the Silver Moon Library so easily last year, nor could she have easily acquired Laplace Howard's notes on Green Island.
Therefore, at that point in time in the Past, Miss Danist had most likely never appeared at the Accordion Hotel with Miss Winslet, and the missing witch naturally would not have been saved by the nonexistent Shade.
Shade guessed that Long-Haired Luvia had taken his place, allowing her to threaten Miss Owl into obedience. Of course, that was all just his imagination. This was not the time to think about such things.
"I understand. So this is how things developed this time. When the original me learned about the Vista Area, everything here was already about to end."
The blonde lady murmured to herself. Restricted by the rules of time, she could not explain in detail what exactly happened when the Time Chosen Ones appeared in the Past, but Shade guessed that it was most likely still connected to Long-Haired Luvia.
"The story of time is the