Later, the scholar's soul had played Rhodes Cards with Shade and lost a Moon 3 [Ancient Fairy Tales] to him. That was why Shade remembered him so clearly.
Before disappearing, the scholar had also asked Shade to take the pocket watch with a photograph inside its cover. Whether Shade kept it for himself or found a chance to leave it at the doorstep of the man's fiancée was up to him.
Shade had yet to return that pocket watch. Later, during the final confrontation between Stone Mirror-Demon Goth and Shade, the demon had created a labyrinth and made Shade search for its main body at the end. The tiger had appeared there as well, one of the misleading options, but Shade had recognized it.
Though that had only happened a year ago, it felt as though a very long time had passed.
"Then is this Ms. Jenny Elfoth the sister of that scholar who died in Randall River Valley?"
Shade asked. Sivie shook her head:
"She is the fiancée of the scholar you met. When he left home to conduct an investigation in Randall River Valley, he did not know that his fiancée was already pregnant. Although he later disappeared, Miss Jenny Elfoth still gave birth to the child and changed her surname. The Elfort family also accepted her as one of their own.
"As for Miss Elfoth's connection with 'Father,' it was easy enough to investigate. She was his niece, and the two had exchanged letters in previous years. But we do not know what their relationship was truly like.
"The reason Miss Elfoth's information is so detailed is that she has some connection to Wilundell's [Rosicrucian Order]. You remember that organization, don't you? Some of its members worship the Old God [God of Love]. Megan and Audrey's nephews,