Although matters on the mountain had temporarily come to an end, Elder Harald still needed to explain to The Church what had happened here. The three of them temporarily descended the mountain, but when they neared Kael-Todd Town at the mountain foot, the injured Elder Harald would return alone with the temporarily sealed Demon Sword. Shade and the witch, who could not conveniently show themselves, would see him after the people from The Church had left.
"How should the injuries caused by that Demon Sword be dealt with?"
After the old man had walked far down the mountain path, leaning on his staff, the platinum-gold-haired young woman asked Shade. The two stood at the edge of the Snowy Forest, with the vast Holy Mountain behind them and the town at the mountain foot faintly visible below.
Snow was still falling, and Shade was considering whether he could make it home for dinner today.
"That Demon Sword only affects certain people. I don't know how to treat those injuries, but I have a way to temporarily suppress the damage left by the sword. It was originally prepared for that injured man in the city. I'm not entirely sure about the elder's condition right now, so let's take a look later."
Miss Claire Reinhart nodded gently, then looked Shade over from head to toe, increasingly convinced that she should keep him around to help.
"Then where are you staying on the island? If I need to contact you later, I should at least know the address of the hotel where you're staying, right?"
"I'm not staying at a hotel. I have relatives in the city, and they lent me a house."
Even the other Great Witches of the Witch Council did not know the secret of the Teleportation Gate in Sylvia's tower,