Confusion Brought by Memories

Gawain could basically be certain that the vague, shadowy figures shrouded in black mist appearing in the fragments of the meeting, those who had once set sail alongside Gawain Cecil, were likely followers of the Children of the Storm who had not yet been completely consumed by madness and obsession.

Of course, back then, they could still be called "Storm Priests."

This also matched his previous deduction: seven hundred years ago, when all of humanity's advanced Magic Technology had declared failure, the only ones capable of helping Gawain Cecil complete that mysterious voyage could have been Storm Priests who wielded all manner of oceanic divine arts.

And judging by the timeline, by the time Gawain began that mysterious voyage, the three major sects should already have completed the ritual on Ancestor's Peak and descended into madness.

So who had protected the sanity of some of the Children of the Storm, allowing them to complete Gawain Cecil's mysterious long voyage?

The lantern...

Only one name came to Gawain's mind: Selina Gelvin.

The lantern in his memories was hazy, yet it carried an intense sense of familiarity and warmth. That feeling came from Gawain Cecil, indicating that the image of the "lantern" had left a deep impression in the latter's memories. Selina Gelvin had not been aboard that small boat, but since that lantern had hung from its prow... perhaps it symbolized how Selina Gelvin's "power" had accompanied Gawain Cecil in some surreal form.

Gawain rubbed his forehead, recalling a piece of intelligence Daniel had sent him earlier—

Although the exact time and circumstances of Selina Gelvin's death were unclear, records accessible to clerics of archbishop rank essentially confirmed that the "Dream Saintess" had died shortly after the Ancestor's Peak ritual. Her cause of death had been martyrdom; she had protected a