After learning that the Duke of Entropy within Partis, the Dream City, had been corrupted by an Outer Deity's power, which had subsequently transferred to Nast, the King of the Five Seas, Angel and Anne had notified Queen Mystic Bernadette. They had asked her forces hidden in Intis to investigate the Pirate King, who had been missing for quite some time.
After all, before they last parted, Nast had said that he intended to take the remains of his father, Savini Solomon, who had died in the Dream City, back to his homeland in Intis and bury him in a village near Aurmir.
No matter how elaborate the funeral rites were, more than a month should have been ample time for Nast to lay his father to rest. Yet since then, neither the Black Emperor nor its captain had appeared again.
Angel therefore suspected that the Mother Goddess of Depravity's corruption concealed within Nast had undergone some change, shifting from lying dormant to erupting, and that this had caused his disappearance.
Now, Bernadette's letter mentioned that they had found some clues to the King of the Five Seas' whereabouts. He had indeed returned to his homeland in Intis, to a small village near Aurmir, but had vanished soon afterward.
Bernadette had not conducted this investigation herself. Her subordinates had carried it out in secret, so the information was not particularly detailed, and neither the Church of Steam nor the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun in Intis had been informed.
In her letter, Queen Mystic invited Angel to join the investigation while also asking for her opinion, leaving the final decision on whether to notify the official Beyonders to her.
Why is she asking for my opinion? She could decide something like this herself... Angel instinctively frowned. Only after a