Though he said so, Shade still sighed. Of course, he did not believe it would end so easily:
"Laguerre's Leap!"
With a light jump, he reached the air, then opened his mouth toward the ground below:
"Chloe's Ice Breath!"
Amid the swirling snowflakes, frost-white cold descended from the sky, suppressing the forest fire and coating even the charred branches with frost. It was as though winter had arrived early, and in truth, the winter of 1854 was indeed not far away.
Although the fire at Hoy Manor caused a commotion at first, it had started on the empty third floor. Moreover, Director Kant had already deployed quite a few police officers to patrol the vicinity in order to maintain order at tonight's auction, so the flames were quickly extinguished.
At first, the people gathered in the courtyard discussed the cause of the manor fire, which led them to think of the blaze from three hundred years ago. But then the distant forest fire drew their attention, only for that fire to be put out just as quickly.
Yet because of this sudden fire, the auction was interrupted, and the guests subsequently departed one by one. To prevent mistakes amid the confusion, those who had already purchased auction items would have to return to the manor tomorrow to collect them. Director Kant personally apologized to every guest.
As for the snowstorm Shade's spell had caused in the forest, it covered only a very small area. After all, this was Shade casting the spell himself rather than Chloe's power, so it could not achieve the weather change that had covered more than half the woodland last time.
Not long after he and Miss Danist returned to Hoy Manor, they took a carriage back to the Accordion Hotel. It had to be said