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Backlund, West Borough, the Audra family's villa.
Emlyn left Harvest Church and hurried through the faint, intermittent moonlight, soon arriving at this old friend's door.
He knocked hard. He had expected to wait a little while, but to his surprise, the door opened within seconds-the low-ranking Sanguine servant who answered seemed to have just woken up as well. It appeared that, thanks to the earlier wind that had cured so many people's illnesses and the Church of the Storm clergymen making a racket in the middle of the night, few people in Backlund could still sleep.
A few minutes later, Emlyn took off his coat and sat on the leather sofa in the reception room. His posture looked relaxed, but his muscles were tense. He was somewhat agitated, yet he still waited patiently for Baron Cosmi to arrive.
Before long, the Sanguine Baron, who looked like a middle-aged gentleman, entered the reception room, glanced at Emlyn, and said:
"Viscount White, why have you come so late at night?"
Emlyn remained calm and smiled.
"Isn't this precisely the start of the day? Look how beautiful the red moon is outside."
Cosmi very much wanted to retort to this young Sanguine, Haven't you kept the habit you picked up at Harvest Church, maintaining your 'healthy routine' of getting up at seven in the morning and going to bed before eleven at night? But after hesitating and remembering that Emlyn was now Sequence 5, he restrained the impulse and said instead:
"What exactly do you want?"
Emlyn raised a hand to pat his formal suit, adjusted his bow tie, and slowly rose, speaking with solemn earnestness:
"Tell Lord Nibais that I have once again received the Ancestor's favor and revelation. Also, the Church of the Earth Mother has obtained the right to