The Torture Instrument

"Not obtained for now?"

Shade asked. The witch eating an apple smiled.

"Yes, Shade, you're very perceptive. It is indeed only temporary. The Spiral Text was submitted to the gods last time. The Nameless Sacrifice Book recording Sun Power has been found, but it is sealed and cannot be obtained for now. But the Yegge Scroll, which records the mysteries of death, has no such seal. We can obtain it right now. We had planned to wait until this long Black Snow ended before retrieving it, but since you've appeared, let's get it now."

She glanced at Miss Samuel, whose face was deathly pale and who was shivering as though she had a severe cold.

"Bei Ji, stay here and look after the luggage and my apprentice. Shade, come with me. The Black Snow seems to have no effect on you."

"Yes, I'm immune to instant-death powers."

"That makes things even more convenient."

She stood, her cloak covering her laced women's knee-high cloth boots. Seeing Shade staring at her boots, she teased him again:

"If you like looking, then since we have time on this journey, you can look all you want."

"That's not what I meant."

"It's fine."

She gestured for Shade not to explain further, then took the lead out the door.

The ruins nearby were all part of Gaddis Library. But due to collapsed buildings and other strange reasons, it was impossible to reach every corner of the library from the entrance hall where the bonfire stood. That was why they needed to find another entrance and enter the deeper parts of the library.

Once they left the entrance hall, the undead revived by the Black Snow noticed them again.

Miss Olanord took Shade's hand and brought him into the air once more. Together, they used moonlight