After breakfast, everyone went about their own business. Shade had Miss Bell send word to The Church first. Once it was confirmed that everyone within the Dragon Devouring Sacrificial Ground above Moon Bay had been temporarily cleared out, Illustrious Miss temporarily piloted the Radiance Messenger away from Yulun Lake and arrived at Moon Bay.
So, after visiting the still-slumbering Owl at nine thirty in the morning, the Flying Carpet carried Shade and Bella into the sunlight, flying above Wealth City before finally landing at the edge of the Dragon Devouring Sacrificial Ground.
Returning here after two months, the Countess was still deeply moved. Shade had come this time for that dragon's heart. The dragon-beast heart Kindel had given him last night Within Death was now sealed in an Ice Casket and cradled in Shade's hands. During the Battle of Moon Bay, Shade had obtained the Thaumaturgy—Dragon Feast by devouring a drop of divinity from the evil god Dragon Devouring Demon, the Nameless Eldest Son of the Ancient God.
This Thaumaturgy allowed Shade to obtain the corresponding breath attacks, dragon traits, and even skills engraved into the soul by devouring a dragon's heart. But like Blood Brew, Shade would not use such an ability to "eat people." So long as a creature possessed intelligence comparable to that of humans, no matter how different its appearance was from a human's, Shade would not regard it as food.
But this time was clearly different. Since Kindel had given him that heart, Shade viewed it as a gift and a token of gratitude. The only question now was what effect the heart of a dragon-beast with impure blood would have under the Thaumaturgy Dragon Feast.
Bella had originally said that she could carry Shade and fly up here herself, or that Shade could turn