Inheritance and Miss Black

"Good morning, Tifa."

Seeing the Black-haired Maid, Shade smiled as well. Only after accepting the invitation and boarding the carriage did he realize that Miss Galina was not inside, though there were three other ladies.

One looked rather young and was also one of Miss Galina's Personal Maids, though she was an ordinary person. The other two were Sorceresses serving Miss Galina, both mid-ring. Since they all knew Shade and knew of his relationship with Miss Galina, they merely nodded to him somewhat stiffly.

"Tifa, why are you here? Are you running an errand for Miss Galina?"

That was Shade's question.

"Miss sent me to purchase an antique. Since it is very important, I had to come personally."

Tifa said as the carriage continued rolling slowly onward:

"The Council had been searching for that antique for a long time and only recently found its whereabouts. And you, Shade? What are you here for? A detective commission?"

"No, no, not a commission. I'm here for a stone figurine. You aren't here for that too, are you?"

Though the maid was slightly surprised, she still smiled:

"The first two were both connected to you. That cannot be a coincidence, so Miss believed that one day we would discover that the third was certainly connected to you as well. Look, you really have come for this stone figurine. However, we cannot give you that figurine. Miss ordered me to make sure I bring it back."

"I don't want the figurine. I only want to take a look at it."

"That works too. Miss will not need to find someone specifically to translate it. Those emperors of the Old Era all liked to write The Canticles in even more ancient scripts, making translation a tremendous hassle."

Shade had once told Miss Galina that he