Holding his letter with both hands, still deep in thought, Adrien left the room and went downstairs. He slowly pushed the wooden door open; he spotted Valerion - relaxedly sitting on an armchair, reading a book. Upon seeing Adrien, he sat up, put a finger to mark his spot between the pages, and gently closed it.

"Good morning, Adrien", he said with a smile.

Adrien walked towards the armchair at the opposite side of the table and placed himself in it. "Good morning - I hope I'm not too late".

"Not at all, not at all", he replied. "I was quite engrossed in my reading, anyway". He carefully spun the book around his finger to show the cover to Adrien: it was a small, thick, dark purple book bearing an embossed illustration of a star. Above the picture, the title read "Red Sirius".