Priest, The Truth Society and Rhodes Cards

After saying goodbye to Iluna on the water and agreeing to meet again on Thursday to exchange information, Shade took Mia and slipped back into the dense forest, preparing to head home.

The forest was still shrouded in thick fog, but the traces of the Divine Ritual on the ground no longer glowed. The battle in the distance had presumably ended as well.

Although some unexpected complications had occurred just now, the kiss beneath the moon on the water had put Shade in a very good mood.

But before he had taken two steps through the woods, he stopped with a frown:

"Who's there?"

"Me."

As the voice sounded, moonlight filtered through the branches and fell upon the ground. Vast stretches of tree shadows looked rather frightening in the night, and Priest Augustus emerged from among them in a gray priest's robe. He wore an embarrassed expression; if Shade had not spotted him, he absolutely would not have come out.

"Priest?"

Shade let out a sigh of relief:

"What are you doing here so late? When did you get here?"

"Don't worry, I didn't see anything just now."

The priest hurriedly shook his head and gestured for Shade to walk and talk with him:

"Once we return to Tobesk, I won't say anything."

He emphasized it again, as though afraid Shade would not believe him. But after speaking, he hesitated before quietly adding:

"I can understand young people pursuing beautiful members of the opposite sex, but you should keep the scale—and the number—under control."

"Priest, you really were here long ago!"

Mia poked her head out of Shade's arms and cooperatively gave a "Meow~," seeming to find this rather amusing.

"I arrived when you rushed out of the forest. You hid quite well. If you hadn't left the dense woods,