As Flora spoke, she took the letter from the furnace and handed it to Wei Ge. The envelope clearly named its recipients—
[To my daughter Wei Ge and her descendants]
"It's Mother's handwriting!"
After the astonishing news Shade had brought several times last week, Wei Ge no longer experienced much emotional fluctuation whenever new clues about her mother surfaced. Or rather, she was now more concerned about the Silver Cat "kidnapped" by Flora. Thus, she calmly opened the letter, read it carefully, and handed it back to Flora.
The Shade Cat, which had just climbed onto Flora's shoulder, also craned its neck to look—
[The Perfect Child was divided into four. One part is stored at the birthplace of Nicola Le May. When you touch that Skin Object, the craftsman who made a promise with me will appear in Arcadia and lead you to where your sister/elder is located. The Skin Object is the proof required to retrieve it.]
Those were the only words in the letter. There was no signature and no date.
Flora frowned.
"Nicola Le May is your mother, but this probably doesn't refer to her birthplace. It refers to that Skin Object. One quarter of your sister is in the [Skin Object Hall]?"
The Shade Cat thought so as well. When Shade had gone to Grey Rock Pass with Miss MacDonald that afternoon, he had already told the tall young woman about the [Skin Object Hall]. Miss MacDonald therefore said:
"Teacher, after you left Fragrant Residence this afternoon, I received word that traces of the [Skin Object Hall] have indeed appeared locally."
Wei Ge glanced at the cat craning its neck over the letter.
"Everything is connected. When I opened that first box, not only could I obtain the ring related to [The Truth Society], but