Beyond the Gate of Hell.
In the room at the very depths of the prison.
Madam Fireworks lay reclining in a cushioned chair, with the black notebook and a pot of steaming black tea beside her.
Several Beyonders stood across from her, led by none other than Xisthos the Philosopher!
"...This matter is far too significant. We must ask you to perform another divination, using the Book of Prophecy. Under the protection of the Sun King's Spear, beseech the might of the Age Controllers and conduct a divination of the highest level."
Xisthos and Jacob bowed deeply. "For the sake of the kingdom!"
"Yes... for the kingdom."
Not a ripple disturbed Madam Fireworks's calm eyes.
Fiona, standing among them, could no longer bear to watch and shifted her gaze away.
She knew perfectly well that Madam Fireworks's health was already terrible. If she carried out another divination of the highest level, she might die on the spot!
Xisthos, Jacob, and all the rest of them were the murderers!
Yet when faced with a matter that might endanger the kingdom, the Investigation Bureau had not hesitated to sacrifice this diviner.
Now that the Investigation Bureau itself was on the verge of destruction, what did the life of a mere diviner matter?
Madam Fireworks rose to her feet. Not a trace of her shadow lay upon the floor. Her gaze swept over the crowd as she said evenly, "I am not a member of the Shadowless Order. The Faceless One may not answer my requests every time... but I will do my best to try."
The aspects most skilled in divination were Yao, Darkness... and Shadow.
Madam Fireworks was clearly neither a Mechanical Mentor nor a Dark Beast. She was a Shadowless One!
No wonder the Investigation Bureau had arranged living quarters