He ascended to the third floor of the tavern and asked the proprietor for a small cup of wine; however, what he did not notice was that as he picked up the cup, a shadow slipped into the wine.
Before long, the shadow of Gran Gre had transformed into the likeness of Ivita.
Ivita glanced at the shadow at her feet. "Those who manipulate the Magic Black Forest are indeed troublesome. The souls of these humans are too entwined with the Law."
"Even I have limited control over this fellow," Ivita mused.
"It's a flaw, but not difficult to mend."
Ivita then positioned herself in a shadow away from the window, thus without a shadow of her own.
Soon, footsteps were heard from downstairs again.
Akinuo Baros and his group, including the envoy of the Empire and several people Ivita had not seen before, who she guessed must be the Alsace diplomats, came upstairs.
