Middhir Fort Train Station

Early Wednesday morning, Shade received the suitcase delivered by a stranger who knocked on his door.

After breakfast, he left Mia in the care of Luvia, who had stayed up late stargazing the previous night and was sleeping on the first floor, then set off once again for Middhir Fort City.

But rather than heading straight to Middhir Fort Train Station, he went to Cassandra Auction House and sought help from the Great Witch, Grandma Cassandra:

"Do you have any way to completely alter one's appearance for a short period of time?"

Shade asked. The two spoke in the reception room on the auction house's top floor, and the elderly witch with silver-white hair and an aged face seemed quite pleased by Shade's visit.

"I have a box of eyeshadow Miss Galina gave me, but it can only alter my appearance slightly. In a while, I need to do something where I absolutely cannot expose my identity. Is there any way to completely change my appearance?"

"How long do you need it to last?"

The old woman asked with a genial smile. Shade thought for a moment.

"About two hours."

"Is the other party a Ring Arcanist?"

"Most likely not."

Shade felt it was better to remain cautious. Perhaps the person coming to collect the goods, like him, had been forced to take on this task for one reason or another.

"That's simple."

Grandma Cassandra beckoned to the maid standing nearby. The middle-aged woman, roughly a fifth-ring arcanist, immediately went to retrieve something from the auction house warehouse.

"Also, bring the key."

Grandma Cassandra added. Several dozen minutes later, two boxes containing Whisper Elements had appeared on the tea table, indicating that both held relics.

"A Time Key from the Year 3024 of the Fifth Epoch. I know Galina has