Since Violet had a ring of her own, Shade was not worried at all. The witch then asked him:
"Then aren't you coming to the battlefield with me?"
Shade shook his head:
"You alone aren't enough. I'm going to [Oracle Plaza] to use the [Philosopher's Stone] you left behind and summon more Demigod Witches."
"And then face the god by yourself?"
The blonde Witch Emperor continued questioning him. Seeing Shade's surprise, she leaned forward again and kissed his cheek:
"I've been to those ruins. I know very well what the cliff area means. Don't worry, I won't stop you. This is your era, while the other Fifth Epoch Witches and I merely answered the summons. Come to think of it, after knowing you for so long, I've never truly seen what you look like when summoning a god. Let me have a good look this time."
She took a few steps back, lifted her skirt, and smiled as she curtsied to Shade:
"Please show me your splendor, Shade."
Shade smiled as well:
"No problem. You are all goddesses guiding me to victory."
"That is rather presumptuous."
Violet reminded him, though she still seemed quite pleased:
"Let's leave this place first. Follow me, I know where the exit is. Oh, put away the Flame first. Don't forget that. Back then, when Sister Belen and I came here together—"
She paused and looked at Shade's expression. Shade therefore roughly guessed which point in time this Violet belonged to:
"Sister Belen has already left, hasn't she?"
Violet nodded gently, but she had not expected Shade to merely look at the Flame in the stone basin and sigh. He reached out toward that wisp of flame, and it immediately darted into his hand. The mark of the First Fire Embers then appeared on Shade's