The workmanship of the false teeth was equally crude, and for some reason, they carried a faint stench of bird droppings. Shade was not sure whether they counted as Burial Objects, but after examining them, Sister Belen believed they indeed were.
Obtaining Burial Objects without using up an Iron Shovel was an extremely fortunate thing in Shade's eyes. Therefore, even after being attacked, they did not immediately turn back and instead continued onward. Shade and Sister Belen continued chatting, though he did not bring up the subject of the "Fire-Bearer" again:
"Nun, I'm actually searching for flames as well. At the point in time I come from, my Nun discovered that one of the Flames should be somewhere in a bay. I now suspect it may be on a Snow Mountain."
Worried about causing a Time Paradox, Shade was deliberately vague when describing the location:
"Your search for the flame is practically at its final step, while my investigation has only just begun. Other than being able to sense the power of the First Fire at close range, I have no other way of finding it. Do you have any experience you can share with me?"
Sister Belen nodded gently:
"The First Fire did not split under compulsion. It did so in order to use the power of flame to suppress disasters that might affect the entire world. If the flames used to seal something or seal off a place have not yet been taken by someone else, then there must be a serious problem where they are located."
Shade frowned and considered it, realizing that Sister Belen was absolutely right. Aside from the flame on the Mad Fire Monster of the New Continent, whose origins he did not know, the flame in Pantanal was used to seal an evil