Gratitude of Flowers

Similar to when he had headed to the Darkness Domain two months ago, Shade had brought nearly all his possessions when he left home on wednesday morning.

But this time, he had not brought God's Gift Box. After all, he did not need to prepare to imprison a demon this time, and the box was useless against Joey Barton. While packing, he realized that he had not tried drawing a gift this week. So he casually reached into the Gift Box and pulled out a book.

It was not a book for reading, but one that could be cut apart for jigsaw puzzle practice. It was a contemporary printed publication, and children from noble families liked such books very much, so its price was far from affordable. As the price of the gift, Shade needed to complete at least two of the puzzles before the end of the week.

"Once the Middlesburg matter is resolved, I'll have plenty of time this week to deal with these puzzles."

Aside from not bringing God's Gift Box, Shade also did not go to Dorothy to borrow leaves, since he still had two Youthful Immortality Leaves in hand.

He had wanted Luvia to temporarily look after Little Mia again, in case he could not return home tonight. But the cat struggled unusually fiercely this time and refused to leave Shade no matter what, so he could only turn her into a toy and carry her with him.

If he had not been worried that Dorothy would see through him and realize he was heading off on another adventure, it would actually have been better to leave Mia at Quill Street.

Of course, most importantly, Shade had also brought the Soul Fishing Rod. Even though the rod could retract, carrying it around was still extremely