Whispers of the Machine Age
Chapter 2668

An Afternoon at the Opera House

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After breakfast, Shade specifically went to the street corner to find a carriage and personally took Luvia to work at the Seer Association. Though the Girl with Purple Eyes said it was unnecessary to waste money like that, it was obvious that she was quite happy.

The lightning and thunder of autumn announced the arrival of late autumn. Today was already the last day of Harvest Moon, and September had reached its end. Amid the pattering rain, Shade carried Little Mia into the Dawn Church again that morning.

The weather had clearly affected the number of Believers who had come here to worship, so Priest Augustus was quite free today. He received Shade in his room at the church.

"Vesta Woodland? No, I haven't heard any rumors about Angel Bones over that side."

The Priest poured Shade a glass of water, then frowned and thought for a moment:

"Are you sure it was that Angel's power?"

"I didn't touch it directly. It just felt very similar, but instinctively, I'm certain it was."

"Then that settles it. Your intuition is very accurate."

Priest Augustus nodded, and Shade raised his question:

"If it really is another piece of Angel Bones, is it possible for you to restore something that was conceptually shattered by those bones?"

"Impossible."

The Priest immediately crushed Shade's hopes:

"Just as the dead cannot be revived but the wounded can be healed. Damaged things can be repaired, but if an object has been damaged on a conceptual level, I can do nothing about it."

Seeing the disappointed look on Shade's face, he smiled and comforted him:

"All right, I was only teasing you. Though I can't restore what you described, I know of some relics that can. No matter how powerful that Angel was, it wasn't the strongest existence

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