After the dart game, the two princesses planned to return to the main house of Lake View Manor to rest. Shade went with them and then "happened" to encounter Dorothy in the banquet hall on the 1st Floor.
The blonde Miss Writer was not alone; her writer friends were with her as well. Shade knew most of them, except for a gentleman with southern features. Princess Margaret, on the other hand, knew That Gentleman.
He looked to be around thirty. His black hair was tied into a short braid at the back of his head, and he wore gold-rimmed glasses and a handsome pair of mustaches.
That appearance could be called the typical "artist."
"This is Sir Legenes Presia. His maternal grandmother and my grandmother were twin sisters."
Princess Margaret introduced him to Leisha. Mr. Presia circled his right hand through the air twice, then bent at the waist and placed his right hand over his left shoulder.
"Good evening, Your Highness Leisha Cavendish."
"Legenes Presia?"
Shade froze for a moment, then realized.
"Guiding Moon?"
This was the correspondence Ring Arcanist from Serkeses Higher Medical College who possessed the Core Ling Rune, "Guiding Moon."
Although Shade was following the princesses, there were actually many people around them, so Leisha did not abruptly introduce his identity. Though he had not shaken hands with the gentleman, Shade roughly judged that the man was probably a Fifth-Ring Arcanist.
Very good. This is our first contact tonight. Once I return, I'll contact Miss Danist and have her give me the Alchemy Item for collecting spirit light. The next time we meet at another salon or gathering, I'll find a way to make him reveal his Destiny Ring.
As Shade silently considered this, Mr. Presia seemed to sense something and looked toward him, only to