In the end, Shade accepted the Blasphemy Cross, though Miss Swift had kept giving him strange looks ever since lunch.
After lunch, Shade left the auction house and took a carriage alone to the House of the Blind on Roof Alley. Though the weather had recently turned colder, Sister Devlin, who had been waiting for him, was still dressed in her dark gray silk nun's robe.
According to the promise they had made last Wednesday, Sister Devlin would take Shade to the headquarters of the Order of Spiritual Cultivation today and tell him more about the Cult and the First Fire.
After confirming that Shade was free for the entire afternoon, the two boarded a carriage through the back door of the House of the Blind and headed out of the city.
Even Grandma Cassandra was not particularly certain where the Cult's base was located. She only knew that it was somewhere between the southern Old Town of Middlesburg and the mountain region. In the end, Sister Devlin brought Shade to Snake Heart Hospital at the foot of Sikar Mountain.
"Snake Heart Hospital" was an old chain of hospitals from the Old Continent. It was quite famous among commoners, especially for pediatrics and gynecology. Its semi-charitable business model had even made it the image on the Rhodes Card Charity · Snakeheart Hospital, which was now in the hands of Sin Mansion's owner.
Ring Arcanist organizations all had their own ways of making money. Even Supernatural Beings could not print Gold Pounds out of thin air. The Order of Spiritual Cultivation earned profits and received policy grants by operating similar hospitals and collaborating with universities.
Though it did not sound as profitable as an auction house or similar ventures, it was more than enough to support a Ring Arcanist organization that