Traveler's Travel Door

After lunch with Luvia, Shade had originally planned to take Mia to the House of the Blind, perhaps hoping to run into Sister Devlin. But not long after lunch, Tifa unexpectedly came to Saint Derain Square to pick Shade up for a visit to the witches' manor outside the city.

Miss Galina did not have anything particularly important to discuss with Shade. She merely wanted to talk with him about the stone figurine bearing a fragment of the Murmuring Chapters that had been recovered not long ago.

At the same time, she had learned that her student Iluna would be temporarily leaving Tobesk, so she told Shade to be sure to stay safe while operating in Middlesburg lately. The Church had already dispatched its only current Chosen One to that city, which meant that Middlesburg's situation might undergo major changes soon.

In short, this Friday, Shade did not leave Tobesk. And since there would be a meeting on Saturday afternoon, he had no plans to go to Middlesburg again either.

After the weekly Study Group ended on Saturday afternoon, Shade had Dorothy, who had been waiting for him, leave first, while he stayed behind for a private conversation with Doctor Schneider. The Doctor had borrowed a Relic from a friend in the city that could allow him to perform Space Movement for a short period of time.

"Look at this!"

Perhaps because of the Demon matter, the Doctor seemed extremely excited as he showed Shade a door placed in the bedroom on the third floor of the clinic.

It was a Relic. Both the frame and door panel were made from old-looking, heavy brown wood. The two legs of the frame were each set into metal bases, while the handle and lock appeared to be made of the same metal