Shard greeted Priest Augustus familiarly, and the middle-aged priest discreetly hid the novel that seemed out of place in the church under his desk. After checking Shard's two documents, he asked them to wait for a while and then left. However, he soon returned, handing back the property deed and house deed that had been kept in the file bag to him.
"Later today, the church will send... a professional property assessor to survey the condition of that house to determine whether you can open the sealed areas," Priest Augustus said.
Of course, when Shard left the church, Priest Augustus told him quietly on the stone steps in front of the church door that the "professional property assessor" was actually Dawn Church's Circle Sorcerer.
