Irene had arrived during Drizzle Rain Month, more than a month ago.
In other words, when Alan arrived at Sky Mechanical City, Irene had arrived around the same time.
Yet Alan had never seen Irene. He had always thought that perhaps she had not arrived, or perhaps... she had not participated in the New Star Tournament at all.
If Angel had not helped this time, Alan would never have known that Irene had already gone missing.
"Most importantly, Irene actually disappeared in Sky Mechanical City. When she went missing, I had already started asking around for news of her."
"But there was no news of her then. Now that more than a month has passed, can she still be found?" The more Alan spoke, the more dejected he became, his eyes filled with sorrow that could not be wiped away.
Angel looked at the distracted Alan and sighed softly to himself.
He understood how Alan felt. If he had come to Sky Mechanical City and expended great effort to search for Irene right away, he might have found some news of her then. But now that more than a month had passed, trying to inquire after her would be harder than climbing to the heavens.
"Has Moro not looked for Irene?" Angel asked.
Alan said, "It was only half a month ago, when Irene's friend returned to White Coral Floating Island Academy, that he told Grandpa the news. During this time, Grandpa had been saving magic crystals so he could ask a prophecy wizard to predict Irene's whereabouts. He only saved enough money a few days ago and went to seek a prophecy."
However, there were not many prophecy wizards. White Coral Floating Island Academy had only Professor Anglu, but Anglu had already gone to Crownstar Cathedral for training, so