Evan, casually dressed in a simple white shirt with his hands in the pockets of his black military trousers, stood suspended in midair.
Looking down at the glittering sea, his sharp gaze seemed to pierce through over a thousand meters of seawater, reaching the wondrous secret realm on the ocean floor.
Although it was only the second day since his return to the New Continent, Evan, born with a restless workaholic nature, had already left his comfortable home again, gathered his people, and charged straight here.
Even after obtaining the intelligence Angie had provided and deciding to seize the time to handle this important business,
the operation had been helplessly delayed until the afternoon of the second day, starting from when Olivia had suddenly taken the initiative and pushed him down before nightfall yesterday.
Uh, was it really okay for his wife to activate the Light Magic Circuit and suppress him in reverse without warning, regardless of the occasion?
Thinking of the teasing look in his mother-in-law's eyes during the assembly just now, Evan discreetly tapped his poor old kidneys.
He pulled his thoughts back from their wild wandering.
In truth, the hiding place of Mairo, the high-ranking Totem God known as the "Mother of Water," had never been much of a secret.
Evan had not forgotten that Sirius's Titled Knight, "Thorn of Fire," had come to the New Continent specifically to deal with the threat posed by the "Mother of Water"—and had conveniently left his life here as well.
Moreover, Santa Monica Bay had now become one of the duchy's western gateways to the Shattered Star Sea. It was a top priority for the intelligence department's surveillance, and Mairo's every move had long been under their watch.
"Beth said that after Mairo and her shaman group retreated from the