"The task is to read the newspaper for two consecutive days. That's easy enough."
Shade smiled as he spoke. One look was enough for Luvia to know that he believed "Good Luck" had been terminated by "Bad Luck," meaning "Good Luck" would soon return.
The young ladies went off to work. Before setting out for the Snow Mountain, Shade first made a trip to the Academy to tell Daniste that he would come pick Emilia up for the island tomorrow:
"Let Emilia focus on preparing for her Coronation Ceremony. We can't keep taking up all her time."
Without needing to see it, Shade could imagine the disappointed expression on the pointy-eared girl's face. But he truly did not want to keep delaying Emilia's classes and homework.
Since he planned to visit the spring mentioned by the Elders if he had time today, Shade brought Little Mia to Fatumonst Island. Claire knew that Shade would be heading to the Ice and Snow Castle again today, so she had not specifically waited for him in Snow Mountain Hall.
After greeting Elder Harald, Shade entered the Snow Mountain with Ellie.
Shade could not understand Unicorn speech, but the Unicorn could understand Shade. Just like last week, it led him wandering all over the Cedar Forest, only finding the cave in the rock wall at ten in the morning. Passing through that cave brought them once again into the unobservable region of the Snow Mountain.
The cave exit was in a slightly different location from last time. Shade did not recognize where they were until he saw the entrance to that narrow gorge.
After entering the gorge, he was surprised to find that although the Great Ice Cap covering the sky above it had been blasted full of holes last Friday, it had now