Shard was ill.
This illness did not come without warning. After sending Dr. Schneider to the Randall Valley Train Station on Wednesday and then returning home, Shard felt something was not quite right with his body. The initial symptoms were a slight sense of weakness and a mild dizziness in his head, but he just thought he had been working too hard recently, and his body was not quite adjusting to suddenly relaxing.
Therefore, after busily completing the report for Miss Danester about "Miss Fiona Drago and the establishment report of the Academy," that evening, he spent a rather pleasant night with Luviya, who hadn't stayed overnight at No. 6, Saint Delan Square for a long time.
Just as Miss Galina said, the violet-eyed girl had known about their situation in advance. Thus, when the two were snuggled together at midnight, and Shard was expressing his apologies and his plans for the future, Luviya wasn't angry but pressed her finger against his lips:
