Lower City, inside a cheap rental room.
Lily entered carrying a paper bag stuffed with food.
Her younger sister Jesita immediately came up to greet her. "I hate it here... The soundproofing is terrible. That couple kept me awake half the night... And whenever we go out, we run into so many gang members. They might have their eyes on us."
"We need potions or magical items that can alter our appearances." Lily stared at Jesita for a moment. "In the Lower City, being too striking-looking is a curse... But before that, we'll move somewhere else tomorrow."
As she spoke, she set down onions, carrots, and other vegetables in the kitchen and began stewing soup.
Jesita conscientiously came over to help.
When the pot began to boil and the fragrance filled the room, Lily suddenly continued, "The Witch Sisterhood contacted me again..."
Jesita's hand paused in the middle of chopping vegetables.
In truth, the Invisible Cult did not forbid its members from joining other organizations.
But the two of them were in a somewhat special situation.
"If we can make up a reasonable excuse for why we escaped after the Gate of Hell at Investigation Bureau headquarters fell, then it shouldn't be a problem..." Jesita thought it over. "We can say we escaped amid the chaos on the day the Investigation Bureau was overrun. The Sisterhood can't exactly verify it with the Investigation Bureau anyway..."
"For now, that's all we can do..."
Lily took an ancient book with a deathly pale cover from her person. "But today... the Witch Sisterhood also gave me a book of Secret Lore."
"Moonlit Path?"
Jesita was surprised. "What is it about?"
Only after the two sat down at the dining table did Lily speak solemnly. "It's Secret Lore about how to explore the Spirit