(Thanks to needle for becoming a League Leader! My first-ever League Leader donation! Let's add ten extra updates!!)
(I did the math, and I still owe fourteen updates. I'll do my best!)
"Vanessa, have you seen this table before?"
"Maybe..."
"Either you have or you haven't. What do you mean, maybe?"
Vanessa pulled out another tissue. She had a bit of a cold and seemed not to have slept very well.
"It's just... there are so many similar tables. How am I supposed to remember this one? Can you remember how many bookshelves you have in your Library?"
Victoria was stumped for a moment.
She really wanted to say that she could. Everything in the Abode was exceptionally precious. Never mind the bookshelves-even losing a few scraps and fragments would pain her.
Otherwise, she would never have used spider silk, which cost her nothing, to cover the floor.
At that thought, Victoria couldn't help hiking her skirt a little higher, revealing the floor tiles beneath it.
Whenever she saw those tiles, she felt delighted.
She had even changed out of her nightgown especially for them. She felt that wearing a nightgown amid such precious furniture wasn't dignified enough.
"Wait, you've seen similar furniture before?!" Victoria suddenly caught on, a trace of nervousness appearing on her face.
Only then did she remember that Vanessa had been to the Overflowing Garden. She had probably seen what it looked like inside countless times, hadn't she?
Th-then, could she have discovered that this furniture was actually...
Victoria hurriedly raised the book in her hands higher, hiding her face and leaving only her eyes exposed as she looked anxiously at Vanessa.
"Yes, I have."
"Where?"
"Well... you know, I have my own Secret Society in the Hearthfire District too. This is the kind