"What is this?"
The dim setting sun on tuesday evening shone into the living room on the second floor of 6 Saint Derain Square. Although Tobesk City had not snowed like Huntington, the Great Fog in the city was still unforgettable.
The haze weakened the Sun's light, so the gas lamps provided supplementary illumination in the evening.
Priest Augustus, whom Shade had invited over, sat on the sofa and accepted the small box Shade handed him. Upon opening it, he found a crude little stone statue inside, resembling a stone artifact from the ruins of a primitive civilization's tribe.
Priest Augustus frowned, while Shade held Little Mia, whom he had picked up from Luvia. The soft cat seemed to have slept very well that afternoon. Luvia had said that the female diviners at the Seer Association had fed the cat a great deal of food, yet the amount did not seem anywhere near the cat's limit.
"This afternoon, Professor Kansas Drake from Huntington and I went to see the Goddess in the Lake, and then I had a fight with that Angel."
While the Old Priest examined the statue in his hand, Shade described his afternoon.
"Hm? What?"
Priest Augustus, who had been looking at the statue, was startled. He turned to Shade in alarm and looked him over from head to toe, as though worried that the person before him was merely a ghost.
"Oh, no need to worry. That 'Goddess in the Lake' held back, so I'm fine. Not only was I uninjured, I also obtained the final Spirit Rune of the Words of Sublimation, as well as an impression of the fourth Spirit Rune of the Fourth Ring. It was a very fulfilling afternoon. I even helped an old professor step out of the psychological shadow of