After not seeing each other for a week, Shade naturally performed well that Saturday night. Dorothy even had Leisha step in to save the situation midway through, but in any case, the young ladies were all quite satisfied:
"Professor Danist doesn't seem all that impressive after all. Otherwise, you definitely wouldn't have been this excited tonight."
As for the three matters awaiting his attention, Shade decided to visit Sister Devlin first.
After having breakfast with Dorothy on that leisurely Sunday, he set off alone.
He passed through Middhir Fort City on his way to the Summit of the Mountains, where light snow drifted over the peak. But Sister Devlin was unusually not in the underground Sacrificial Ground today. Following the directions of the other nuns, Shade went down the stairs, passed through the gate below, and found her beside a gravestone at the edge of the circular plaza.
One side of the plaza was a cliff face, while the other overlooked a bottomless abyss. The gravestones below the cliff belonged to Fire-Holding Sisters from recent centuries. Shade had come here with Sister Devlin before and knew that the grave before her belonged to a nun of the previous generation.
Shade did not speak to disturb Sister Devlin. With her head lowered, it was impossible to tell whether she was mourning or thinking of something else.
Only after he had stood beside her for a full twenty minutes did the nun softly speak amid the snow:
"Did your trip to the Moon Tower yield any results?"
Shade once again explained the matter of the "Moon Egg," but Sister Devlin did not question him further. After he finished, she reached out with her right hand and grasped the dark gold scythe formed from her Destiny Ring:
"Flames have guided us to walk