The sun was setting over the eastern Alps.
Bathed in the afterglow of sunset, Jiang Xiao and Catherine floated more than 3,000 meters in the air, searching their surroundings.
The mountains before them were covered in green grass, dotted with white wildflowers. Yet the distant peaks were blanketed in snow. The visible transition between summer and winter was truly a magnificent sight.
Holding the map, Jiang Xiao passed the third-to-last stop—the place where Axo's late husband had once lived. He also passed the second-to-last stop and, following Axo's directions, went straight to the destination: the Alps.
Following the map, he searched for possible wooden cabins, manors, or other buildings where people might live.
Unfortunately, the area was completely wild. There were green mountains and lush grass, but no trace of human habitation.
Jiang Xiao, cloaked in a cape, slowly descended onto a meadow and said, "Axo once said that this map was several decades old. Perhaps the Star Warrior known by the codename Gaia no longer lives here."
Catherine remained silent and gave no response.
"Ah." Jiang Xiao crouched down and picked up a pale-yellow wildflower. "Looking at it this way, Sparta, Troy, and Axo really had miserable lives. We found them simply by following the map.
"They must have stayed in the same place for fifty or sixty years, afraid to move."
Catherine stood behind Jiang Xiao, pressing her lips together, her expression somewhat dazed.
It seemed she had thought of her current situation. Although she looked free, in reality, she was also a bird in a cage.
This time, under Hopkins's orders, she had accompanied Jiang Xiao on his travels. However, she was not allowed to leave his side even for a moment. Before that, she had also been required to live in a seaside cottage in the