Miss Winslet asked very directly. Shade shook his head:
"I don't know, but I'll find out."
He placed the cat on his shoulder:
"As for Adele Isabella... yes, that more formidable-looking Adele really is Adele from a different time."
He took the pocket watch from his pocket and handed it to the two ladies. Its chain was identical to the one currently on Miss Winslet's wrist, and the back of the silver ladies' pocket watch even bore an engraved name in flowing script. They had naturally both seen it before:
"I can't say much more. I don't want to fight the Paradox Worm again. Please forget about this. Just assume that I don't know Adele Isabella yet."
Miss Danist nodded. This matter had little effect on her; at most, it merely made her marvel that Shade's methods were even more powerful than she had imagined.
But Flora Winslet gazed at the pocket watch in her hand with an unreadable expression. This thing was enough to explain everything. She knew her Speaker very well. If they had merely been friends, she would never have given away such a personal pocket watch.
But what she was thinking about at that moment was not that Shade could actually get along so well with the Speaker in the "future," which might cause certain issues within the Witch Council. What she was thinking was that, aside from herself and Galina, the other witches could apparently accept it as well.
A trace of displeasure arose in her heart. First, she complained that the Speaker was actually so unrestrained, then realized that her own way of thinking seemed to have changed without her noticing.
Shade did not leave the hotel immediately. Too much had happened today, and they still needed to sort everything out thoroughly. Besides, the