"It was the Keeper of Secrets Level relic, Thirteenth Alley."
The witch sat down on the single sofa as well, then noticed that the red-haired girl had not poured her any tea.
"You definitely know about this, so I won't explain."
Shade continued:
"We ran into some trouble. It was people from the Tree Hole Association. They seemed very well prepared, and we can confirm that the Tree Hole Association also knows the secret of the Time Temple. Do you remember how, two weeks ago on the night of the Moon Dance Festival's opening, they attacked the Golden Music Hall because the local church learned the secret of Time Travel from Father Francois?"
"Of course I remember. You found out why?"
"Yes. I originally thought they wanted to eliminate some secret that the church could not be allowed to learn. But now it seems they simply wanted to lure the church into investigating the Golden Music Hall, thereby exposing the secret of the temple that existed before the Music Hall was built.
"The Tree Hole Association had investigated that place for a long time and truly could not find any clues. Only after noticing the local church's actions did they come up with this method."
Although Professor Quintus's soul could no longer be summoned through Spirit Communication, the two Ring Arcanists from the Tree Hole Association knew quite a few secrets as well.
There had been thirteen chances in total, yet just now, they had not encountered even a single ten-percent chance of safety. After a full fifty minutes and thirteen morgue anomalies, the two had finally managed to escape the relic's effects.
Those thirteen anomalies were not merely vengeful spirits attacking or fierce ghosts awakening. Neither Shade nor the witch knew exactly how the relic worked. During the third