"Thank you all for coming, today is the Sunshine Circus's final performance in New Ross City, and tomorrow we will set off for our next destination. However, I believe that in the not-too-distant future, we will see each other again."
As the performance concluded amid the fervent applause, all the members of the Sunshine Circus took to the stage to express their gratitude and bid farewell to the audience.
The audience left in succession, walking or taking carriages home through the brisk chill of late night winds. Soon, the seats were deserted.
In a corner, a man who had been drinking alone finally stood up, as if he had made a decision, and stepped onto the stage. In an instant, his ordinary clothes transformed into a smart tailcoat, a Silver Carved Cane in his hand, and perched on his tall top hat was a cooing pigeon.
Hearing the pigeon, Tiffany, who was about to head backstage, abruptly halted and slowly turned back...
"Leader!!!"
