He immediately analyzed the situation.
But wasn't the Wall of Hercules a massive drifter border city where the High Tower Faction scholars of Lorenz Riel were stationed?
Why were there words like "village," or "Guardian God," so utterly disconnected from modernity?
This anomaly—
No.
This misalignment.
Perhaps this was precisely what Old Constance had wanted him to investigate.
"But if that's the case,
perhaps once everything is over, I should demand a proper payment from that inscrutable old man."
A faint smile rested on Su Wen's lips.
He gently shook his head.
Only then did he turn his gaze back to the little girl before him, his tone carrying a trace of gentleness and curiosity.
"Have you encountered any other outsiders?"
Upon hearing the handsome Scholar say this,
the little girl instinctively shrank back, a flicker of fear passing through her eyes as though she had recalled something she did not wish to mention.
She answered softly,
her voice barely louder than a mosquito's buzz.
"I think someone came here before.
But Village Chief Grandpa gave him to the Guardian God afterward. I don't know much about that either."
Upon hearing her words,
Qin seemed to realize something as well.
Holding a cup of coffee in both hands, she sat farther away in the lounge before quietly speaking to Su Wen.
"Don't they seem a little like we once did in Greystone City Clemence?
I have a bad feeling about the village chief Beth mentioned..."
At that moment,
as her words fell,
the room grew somewhat quiet. Yet Su Wen calmly delivered his final conclusion.
"Let's designate that place as our destination first. If we can confirm there is another route that will allow us to return here,
then we will have plenty of time to investigate both the secrets