The elderly witch smiled and nodded.
"I thought my illusions could still deceive you like they used to. All right, all right, even if you choose wrong, I'll still give you the information. Some unfriendly people have come here recently. The Dragon Devouring Order—you should know that group. I've lived in this city ever since I retired, and I know there's nothing here worth their attention. The only major news in the city lately is the maiden voyage of the Radiance Messenger. Be careful. They may have set their sights on something aboard that ship."
Professor Evans was deeply puzzled.
"But I saw that ship at the harbor. It was large, but it was still only something made by ordinary people. Does the Dragon Devouring Order intend to seize it and remake it into something of their own?"
The elderly witch shook her head. She did not know either.
"You just need to be careful. The Dragon Devouring Order is, after all, an evil cult. Don't actually end up in danger and make an old woman like me come save you."
"Professor Enzo, don't worry. I'll be careful."
Professor Evans smiled as she thanked her, but she did not seem to take the Dragon Devouring Order too seriously.
She rose from beside the sofa, then spoke to Shade behind her.
"You see, if I had taken that information seriously back then and investigated it in advance, perhaps what happened afterward would never have occurred."
"No one can foresee the future. This wasn't your fault."
Shade said, but the phantom Professor Evans shook her head and pointed toward the dark sea.
"I'm there. There isn't much time left, for you or for us. Go and do it, young man. Believe in yourself."
Professor Evans was about to vanish from where she