Today's most important task was to use the new tree hollow to determine the true origins and story of that Jet-Black Dragon Beast. But before breakfast, Luvia found Shade and brought him good news:
"Although Bella won't be able to come to Vesta Woodland until tomorrow or the day after, I performed a very effective numerology divination on the eggshell we brought back yesterday. I can now determine when that egg was laid—year 227."
"That early?"
Shade was quite surprised:
"The tree hollow corresponds to the years 1479 and 308. I thought the egg's origin could only be traced back as far as 308 at the earliest. By the way, can divination determine what the creature in the egg was crossbred from besides a Black Dragon?"
"Shade, divination is not omnipotent. But Grandma Cassandra has deep knowledge of Alien Creatures. Let's see whether she can discover anything."
Shade had planned to set out with Flora for the past after breakfast. At the breakfast table, Luvia shared her divination results. The Old Witch promised to provide her research conclusions as soon as possible, but she noticed something else:
"No matter where the dragon beast's other bloodline came from, its Black Dragon bloodline is certain. In other words, at least in the year 227 of the Early Sixth Epoch, a Black Dragon appeared in the Vesta Woodland region. Doesn't that sound familiar?"
As she spoke, the Old Witch looked at Miss Danist, who had also come for breakfast. The red-haired girl was herself a distant relative, and after becoming eighteen, she naturally regarded Grandma Cassandra as an elder:
"The reason the Thirteenth Ring Warlock 'Sky Blade,' the helper sought by the Nature Church's candidate, left behind legends here was because he drove away a pure-blooded Black Dragon at the beginning of the