Chapter 62 - That sure took a while
The morning after the Providing Ceremony, Scarlett sat in the dining hall along with the others, eating breakfast. Even Evelyne was here today, the young woman seeming to be a bit more refreshed today than the day before.
"—and in the end I gathered quite the crowd," Rosa said, being in the middle of a conversation with Allyssa at the edge of the table. "I think even your aloof little friend here enjoyed himself."
"Wait, what? He actually stayed with you all the time?" Allyssa turned to stare at Shin, who was quietly eating his food. "I was sure he would just end up wasting away his time looking at books."
Rosa grinned. "I had a little chit-chat with him. We both came to the agreement that it would be oh-so dull if one didn't use such a beautiful day to do something more exciting. And it just so happens that exciting is my middle name. Right after breathtaking."
"You seem to remember that conversation differently from me," Shin said with an indifferent voice as he bit into a piece of bread.
"I'm sure I don't know what you mean," Rosa said, then turned her head to Scarlett. "Anyhow, after all that, we took the chance to also take a gander at the old Providing Ceremony. Can't say I've ever been a fan of listening to those priests drone on and on about how much money rich people have for hours—they couldn't put on a good show if it jumped up in front of them and flashed them its bottom—but that ending certainly was something. Our little resident baroness over here certainly knows how to make things interesting."
Scarlett glanced momentarily at the woman, but soon returned her attention to her own plate of food. "I suppose I cannot argue with you on that."
"Do you mind if I ask where you found a relic like that?" Shin asked, seeming interested. "In the last three centuries, only five of the other Chalices of Canon have been uncovered. Even though they're sacred treasures to the Followers, they're clearly not something easy to find."
Scarlett saw Evelyne's eyes turn to her at the question. Evelyne had doubted her at first, when she told her she knew where to find the chalice. But being able to find it so quickly probably lent a lot to making Evelyne more convinced of everything else she had told her.
"What's so hard about it?" Fynn suddenly asked. "You could sense it from miles away. And it wasn't particularly well hidden."
Everybody's attention turned to him.
"Wait...that's what you went away to do back then?" Allyssa exclaimed.