Pausing, Ashley then told Vera, "If you don't mind, do often remind Charlie to study the mysteries of that ring!"

"Don't worry. I'll remind him all the time," Vera replied without hesitation, and asked, "Also, would you happen to know who the priest at Mount Tason was?"

"I don't," Ashley replied, shaking her head. "He simply showed up to warn me without giving me much to work on. But he did tell me that he's staying in Mount Tason to break that blasphemous ward."

Vera nodded in content. "I gu