Shade set Little Mia on the tall stool beside him and patted her little head. While the maids served the dishes, he asked the ladies who had remained behind:
"It's still Friday, right? We were only gone for one day."
"Of course. Don't you have Time Perception?"
Ship Girl answered with a smile.
"Just making sure. So nothing happened on the island during the day?"
"No. Everything on the island was normal today. No snakes, no Demons."
Flora said.
"Then why didn't The Church and the Seer Association come after us? Why did they go out onto the sea surface instead? Just now, Iluna told me that she was pulled in to help as soon as she got off the airship this evening. She still doesn't know the specific details."
"The Prophets gave a divination result. They thought that since they couldn't catch up to you anyway, they might as well wait directly at the destination."
Daniste said. Shade nodded. During dinner afterward, everyone told the ladies who had stayed behind about their adventure that day. Even Daniste was quite surprised when she learned of the origins of the Fatu People Claire belonged to.
Only then did he mention the accident in the Astral Realm Fragment, when he had been forced to use the Time Key as the black-and-red star fell.
He deliberately did not mention his detailed interactions with Winnie in the Fifth Epoch, only saying that he had recognized her. Dorothy, meanwhile, was quite satisfied that Shade had used the "Snow White Princess" fairy tale to contaminate the Ancient Witch's Mystic Lock:
"See? I told you fairy tales ought to be pure and beautiful. Only stories like that can move people."
The most crucial moment of Shade's adventure, of course, had been his final conversation with the god