The Diviner with Purple Eyes shook her head regretfully:
"The candidates aren't omnipotent either. Shade is the only one with special privileges. Let Shade try going there first. If anything really happens, he can use 'Return of Time' to return ahead of schedule. Of course, don't forget to turn the owl into a toy and bring it along."
"Shade, when are you planning to leave?"
Grandma Cassandra then asked:
"I can prepare currency and clothing from that era for you. Four hundred years ago, the Kassenric Crown wasn't yet a universal currency."
"Let's leave tomorrow. There's no need to rush this."
After dinner, Shade first took Little Mia home. The Distorted Tree Hole did not prohibit carrying relics, so he needed to prepare anything he might use. After returning to the ship from home, Miss Sylvia stopped him:
"Shade, do you have time now? I want to talk with you."
"Today is Saturday. Dorothy will be with me in a while—"
"I know, but can I borrow you for just half an hour?"
Since she put it that way, Shade took her to his room aboard the ship. The witch reached into her pocket and took out a case filled with banknotes. This was not Shade's Toy Transformation Spell, but the genuine "Thaumaturgy—Space Pocket."
Shade looked at the money in surprise:
"What is this?"
The young black-haired Great Witch replied with a smile:
"Your dividends, as well as the proceeds from the gold mine in Randall River Valley that Margaret asked me to pass on to you, and this year's harvest from the White River Valley Vineyard in Huntington. But you know the weather this summer was abnormal, so the vineyard barely managed to avoid a loss."
She even tried to hand him the account book, but Shade did not