At 8:20 that evening, Shade's joke about cats and rabbits made Princess Angelina cover her mouth and laugh softly.
The salon was lively, and Shade used a trip to the washroom as an excuse to temporarily bid farewell to those around him before leaving the room for the corridor.
The door shut the noise inside. Shade put on an expression of finally having calmed down as he walked past the royal guards.
Avoiding the others' eyes, he waited for a while at the corner of the corridor. Luvia quietly came down from the third floor. The Girl with Purple Eyes avoided the areas illuminated by the gas lamps, standing in the shadows by the stairs and beckoning to Shade.
Shade followed far behind her. After Luvia opened the door to the second divination room on the left side of the second floor, he slipped inside.
The room was unlit, and the moonlight outside could only illuminate a small area near the window.
Having abruptly gone from a noisy environment into a dark room, Shade even felt somewhat unaccustomed to it. Still, he quickly walked to the window and looked in the direction of Yodel Palace. Everything outside appeared normal at the moment.
"How are things now?"
"So far, nothing has gone wrong. Shade, the situation has changed. It would be best if we didn't get involved in anything tonight."
Luvia leaned against the wall beside the door, watching Shade as he looked out the window beneath the moonlight.
Whenever Shade was bathed in moonlight, she always felt as though he himself were glowing.
"What happened?"
Shade turned and asked.
"The president is upstairs. Although the Five Gods Church hasn't sent any High-Ring Arcanists here, I received a letter from Iluna this afternoon. She said that all eyes were on this