Settling In and Exchanging Information

Would Sun Extinction cause teleportation spells to lose control and make people vanish from the Real World?

After hearing Lucretia's analysis, Duncan was briefly filled with doubt. But considering how many bizarre and uncanny things had already happened in this world—and how Sun Extinction was the strangest of them all—it seemed that nothing happening now would be particularly surprising. What mattered most was figuring out where the Truth Keeper had gone.

Just then, Duncan suddenly frowned. Then, as if he had heard some message from afar, his expression turned rather strange.

Alice, who was closest to him, noticed immediately. "Huh? What's wrong, Captain?"

Duncan raised his head and gave Lucretia and Morris, who were discussing how to begin their search for Ted, a subtle look. "...Ahem. No need to search."

Lucretia and Morris: "Huh?"

"He's fine," Duncan said, waving a hand. "Ted Riel is aboard the White Oak."

Everyone in the sitting room instantly looked at one another. After several seconds of silence, Vana was the first to speak. "...The White Oak? Lawrence's ship? How did he end up there?!"

"We don't know yet. It seems even Ted Riel himself can't explain it," Duncan said casually as he kept in contact with Lawrence in his mind. "Just like last time, the White Oak was sailing at sea when Sun Extinction occurred—the sailors found Ted Riel drifting along the 'dark boundary' on the sea, and Anomaly 077 pulled him aboard... Lawrence said Ted's mental state was extremely chaotic for a time, to the point where he couldn't even speak to anyone. He's only just begun to recover. It seems he went somewhere very, very far away. From those fragmented descriptions..."

Duncan paused, his expression growing slightly grave.

"Subspace, most likely."

Ted Riel was wrapped in a thick blanket, sitting in