To the local citizens, this was merely an ordinary Wednesday. Therefore, when Priest Augustus, who had been speaking with familiar believers in the prayer hall of Dawn Church, saw Shade arrive, he was truly startled:
"Did something happen?"
He pulled Shade briskly to a secluded part of the church corridor. Shade's umbrella was left in the umbrella stand by the church entrance:
"Priest, nothing happened. Why does everyone assume something is wrong whenever they see me?"
Priest Augustus patted his chest:
"It's good that nothing happened. Of the five people in the group, everyone but me has gone to Vesta Woodland. You suddenly came looking for me again, so of course I wouldn't have good thoughts. Detective, what exactly happened? Your expression when you came in just now was not good at all."
Shade stroked Little Mia. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly realized that after returning from opening the key, he had actually forgotten about Angelina.
But he could not go back now, so he asked:
"Priest, I just went to Huntington and met That Lady. She told me some things about time. I know you also have fragments of memories concerning ancient times, so what do you think of the World Tree?"
The priest looked surprised:
"What do I think? Of course I take it as a story. Though I do know some things about ancient times, I really was only born in the last century. Detective, I don't know about matters that ancient either."
"I mean, what do you think of the saying, 'The world needs a World Tree'?"
The Old Priest paused. His eyes blinked, as though he had suddenly remembered something, and then he laughed:
"So that was what you wanted to ask. Where there is rebirth, there is death, but where