After dinner, the butler approached with a letter sealed with wax.
Grandfather smiled apologetically, then rose and left.
With Grandfather's departure, the banquet could be considered over.
"Why don't you all go for a stroll?" Lewis suggested, wiping his mouth. "Wander around the castle, look at the stars and the moon together."
Leech stood up. "Cousin Stacy, would you mind showing me around? I'm curious if the moon seen from Green Forest Castle is the same one seen from Porcupine Castle."
"The moon should be the same no matter where you look at it from." Stacy didn't refuse.
"Oh," Leech said, turning to Bode. "Cousin Bode, perhaps we can go see those things you mentioned next time."
A beautiful cousin on one hand, dissecting a sub-human girl on the other... Leech knew which to choose.
