Sister Clabel's Letter

Though he was humanity's emperor, he had been the first to be forgotten by humanity. It seemed that aside from humans, every other race still remembered the Unification King.

After finishing his conversation with the archmage, Mel was heading outside when he happened to run into Claire, who had come looking for him with a letter.

"A letter from the north. The messenger was Sister Clabel."

"Sister Clabel? Lily's master, right? I don't think I'm that familiar with her either. Is this letter for me?"

"Yes, Mel. You should read it first." Claire handed him the letter.

Mel opened the envelope and read it carefully. It mentioned only one matter: Lily seemed to have gone missing in the Dragon Mountain Range. But the range was so vast. He had only explored the Dragon Ridge Mountains before, while the greater mountain range beyond them had barely been traversed. How was he supposed to find her under those circumstances?

Not everyone had custom-made tracking magic. Basically, that spell had only been used on Kiriri's two disciples. Every unique spell was a mage's personal treasure.

After reading the entire letter, it seemed Sister Clabel needed Mel's help. He did not know exactly what had happened, but Lily used to write to the convent regularly. Yet after entering the Dragon Mountain Range, she had not sent back a single letter for an entire year.

That was indeed far too long. Even if she had gone up to one of the floating islands as a guest, she should have been able to ask the winged folk to deliver a letter. There were human towns below the Dragon Ridge Mountains. Whether she sought out a courier station, adventurers, or the guild to pass along a message, none of it should have been difficult as long as