"You're the owner of this big whale, aren't you? Do you know what it's done to the Primordial Sea?"
Neuvillette turned to Skirk and demanded an answer. Based on the many clues, if his guess was right...
This whale was the culprit behind Fontaine's rising sea level!
"..."
"Your deduction isn't unreasonable, but I need to correct one thing. The Star-Devouring Whale is my master Surtalogi's pet, not mine."
"My main task is to stop it before it causes a major crisis, and not long ago, Tartaglia discovered that the Star-Devouring Whale was consuming the Primordial Sea and began trying to stop it."
"I also wanted to test whether he could pass this trial. Clearly, he failed..."
Skirk did not deny it. She calmly corrected Neuvillette's mistaken description along the way.
"So, to you, Fontaine's survival is nothing more than a game between master and disciples?"
"If you have no better explanation, then even if my strength falls short of yours, I will still demand justice for the people of Fontaine!"
The more Neuvillette spoke, the angrier he became. So Fontaine's rising waters were all caused by this so-called Star-Devouring Whale of yours!
Now that he had found the true culprit, he was truly furious. Had he not felt that he could not take Skirk in a fight, he probably would have already attacked.
"An explanation? There's no need..."
"The Star-Devouring Whale consumes the Primordial Sea out of instinct. It often can't be bothered to think, nor does it care whether what it does is right or wrong."
"That's because the Star-Devouring Whale belongs to an extraterrestrial species that lives and grows inside planets. Every time it consumes the life within a planet, it undergoes tremendous growth."
"And it is also one of the trials my master Surtalogi gave me: