"Look, the power of death has actually condensed into tangible mist here. What's behind this coffin?"
The witch was quite surprised, while Shade answered with a frown:
"I don't know what's behind the coffin, but I know the coffin lid is a rift. It connects to an Edge of Life and Death."
Although the Great Witch of Death had not experienced last autumn's incident in Middlesburg, she naturally knew of these special regions between the worlds of the living and the dead, created by the distortion of the world:
"But didn't you say York Bronte was—"
"That's right. I don't know whether this is a coincidence or something else, but this coffin lid is the fourth Distorted Tree Hole we're looking for. It sounds unbelievable, but the past connected beyond this Tree Hollow does not lead to the Reality World. It leads to an Edge of Life and Death at a point in the past.
"That's why only such a small amount of deathly aura has leaked out. Only when the time passage opens can the power from the other side seep through. And York Bronte last night crawled out of that neither-living-nor-dead world in the past."
The Great Witch of Death was doubtful in the face of this reality:
"Are you sure? This Tree Hollow was once located within an Edge of Life and Death in the past?"
"I'm sure of my conclusion. I've encountered an Edge of Life and Death before."
Flora Winslet immediately turned to look at him:
"Wait, are you saying you were in Middlesburg last autumn too?"
Shade raised an eyebrow:
"I mean, one appeared in my home before. It was on the third floor of my house."
"Oh, then that's all right?"
"It's already dealt with. Galina ruined one of my Space Movement relics