Sin Mansion

The witches' chef cooked the bear Shade had hunted in Sikar Mountain for dinner, and even Mia got some. Nor did anything else go wrong with that night's relic trade.

The Doctor's reputation truly carried more weight. Mr. Neil Yang, the Zaras Academy of Literature's correspondence Ring Arcanist team leader in Tobesk, who seemed to be in his thirties, was quite talkative and had already thought through the details of the trade.

After a brief discussion, the trade of the Corpse-Hiding Mirror for the Traveler's Travel Door was completed, with Shade receiving 102 pounds in compensation.

To bring the heavy door with its metal base home, Shade had to spend a considerable sum renting a carriage. The Doctor drove it to 6 Saint Derain Square, then called Luvia down from her Astrology session on the third floor to help carry the door upstairs.

Given the door's purpose, Shade did not place it in the basement. Instead, he put it in the temporarily vacant Room Two on the second floor. This way, the number of special "doors" in Shade's home had risen to three. Though the Traveler's Travel Door could not compare to the two doors in the basement, at least everyone could use this one.

To celebrate obtaining the door and keep it from becoming mere decoration, Shade invited Luvia, who slept on the 1st Floor, to experience its function early Tuesday morning.

Since last week, the Girl with Purple Eyes had not been feeling well due to certain physiological reasons. But upon hearing that they could visit Middlesburg, she happily agreed to Shade's proposal at the breakfast table.

Thus, after breakfast, Shade first took the Traveler's Travel Door's key to Middlesburg. After jumping from the basement to the Abandoned Tower's 1st Floor, he left the tower, circled behind it,