That morning, Shade had gone to Dorothy's apartment merely to borrow the Serpent's Shedding. But after he figured out his Thaumaturgy, the conversation somehow moved to Dorothy's bedroom. Thus, on sunday morning, Luvia and Shade rather unusually shared the bed with Miss Writer.
When he left Dorothy's apartment at noon and returned home, Shade was still wondering why the atmosphere that morning had been so perfect. Then he began to suspect that he had been influenced by the Mermaid Oil Painting at home.
No, he had not.
"She" reminded him with a laugh.
After returning home at noon and preparing lunch for Little Mia, Shade still did a few other things despite having Night Lesson that evening. First, following the trail of the House of Resurrection that Galina had uncovered, he personally saw one of the "dead returned to life" at an opera house in the city. There was no mark above the other person's head signifying their race, which also proved that Shade's new ability could help him distinguish Doppelgangers.
Afterward, Shade went to Randall River Valley and found the Golden Dawn Opera Troupe in rehearsal. He then asked Vanessa if he might need to borrow Siris on monday:
"I need her to use Faded Memories to extract the memories of a Stage Four Imposter."
Naturally, Vanessa and Siris had no objection. When Shade arrived at Fatumonst Island again, he had only just entered the tower when Sylvia gave him good news:
"Shade, the Teleportation Gate has been set up. Want to try it? Hm? Why do the kiss marks on your face look like Vanessa's?"
There was now an additional door in the tower's Teleportation Gate Room, made of a different material from the other doors. Sylvia, Miss Swift, and the other young ladies who had come to