After speaking, Miss Danist patted the sofa beside her again:
"What are you standing there for? Sit down and talk."
"Aren't we returning to Vesta City now?"
Shade asked, and the red-haired girl pretended to be angry:
"What, do you dislike going out with me that much? Since we've returned to the Academy, of course we won't leave immediately."
Only after Shade sat down beside her again did she continue:
"Finish this cup of tea first, then wait for me to retrieve an artifact.
As for demons, the Academy does not have any particularly good methods either. Researching demons and tracing their history might draw their attention, so the few projects here related to those evil spirits are probably not as useful as our own investigation in Vesta City.
But the Demon Hunter inheritance you and Flora mentioned today did make me think of something. The hunters of the Third Epoch left behind many good things, and the Academy has contained some useful equipment among them.
There is an artifact I had always hesitated to give you, but since your encounters with demons seem unavoidable, I no longer need to worry about it."
She did not retrieve the artifact herself. Instead, she continued sitting with Shade, drinking tea and chatting. A full twenty minutes later, two young ladies who appeared to be under one meter thirty tall, dressed in the robes of Library Management College Seventh Grade students, carried over a heavy wooden case.
The two looked almost exactly alike and were probably twins:
"Professor Danist, we brought the artifact."
They placed the wooden case on the tea table, then left only after having Miss Danist sign for it.
Miss Danist did not forget to tell Shade:
"They are the halfling Taya Sisters from Library Management College, the presidents of