"I haven't gotten my hands on the Elixir of Immortality yet, but I've already seen the contents you mentioned."
In a private resting room on the 1st Floor of Rothschild Manor, the young Witch, dressed splendidly but with no intention of attending the banquet, went straight to the point with her first words after Shade entered the room.
The room was quite spacious, with a set of sofas near the windows. Beyond them lay the deep night of the manor, and even the light from the standing Gas Lamps lit in the courtyard seemed faint.
Miss Sylvia's profile was reflected in the glass. The young Great Witch was still wearing a long black dress today, its hem adorned with dark purple lace. On her head sat an exaggeratedly large wide-brimmed hat, its edge decorated with a circle of petals.
She wore light makeup, and lipstick in a shade Shade could not identify. Once he sat down, he could clearly smell the perfume called Witches' Taste.
"Don't look at me like that. Although I don't intend to attend the banquet, since I came, I naturally couldn't dress too casually."
Miss Sylvia offered an explanation.
"Can you confirm that the Elixir of Immortality truly contains a Poem Chapter Fragment?"
Shade did not bother with further pleasantries and asked directly. Seeing him like this, the Witch knew that this was definitely not his first encounter with such matters. And considering the large amount of intelligence on Chosen Ones that Galina Cavendish had somehow acquired since the start of this year, Miss Sylvia felt that she had probably guessed the source of Galina's information.
"Yes."
The Witch nodded slightly, her brow tightly furrowed. Yet this did nothing to diminish her beauty. Among all the Great Witches of the Sixth Epoch Shade had met, she