The Church currently had no plans to completely seal off that island. With the White Fog present, there was simply no way to keep people on or even around the island for long.
"Thirteenth Ring. Have you found any leads regarding the investigation into Another Island?"
"Unfortunately, no. If so many people hadn't seen Another Island that night, even I might have thought it was an illusion. As for the captain we brought back, his soul has vanished. It seems the ancestor truly made every possible preparation."
Shade nodded, then opened Professor Brownell's letter.
Professor Brownell had indeed found the whereabouts of the pen's owner, Durut Giles, a lecturer at Saint Fabri Academy in Wilundell City.
He had written to a friend in Wilundell and learned that not long after Durut Giles had gone alone to the Green Lake Region three years ago, he had resigned from Saint Fabri Academy. His destination after resigning was quite clear. He was unmarried and had moved by himself to Tobesk City in Delarion, where he had lived ever since.
Although he had never returned to Wilundell City afterward, his former colleagues and friends occasionally exchanged letters with him, so they knew he had been living fairly well. It was just that this correspondence had abruptly stopped more than two months ago, at the beginning of 1854.
Professor Brownell's friend had made inquiries through several channels and learned that while in Tobesk, Durut Giles had repeatedly visited a highly respected elderly professor of history in the Northern Pearl to discuss various subjects. Therefore, if Shade wanted to find Durut Giles, he could first go to Tobesk and find that old professor:
"The professor's name is... Tiris Manning. He's retired and lives at 17 Cat Tail Alley in Tobesk City's University District. Ha, I'm not