"The clues concerning Kalas Mountain are these: my teacher vanished over thirty years ago, and the tower collapsed last spring. Last year, through the Silver Moon Library, we learned that my teacher had indeed died on Kalas Mountain. The remaining clue is that an astrologer named 'Euclid' also died on Kalas Mountain a century ago."
Shade was no stranger to that name. He had been the previous owner of the Source of Chaos, and the one who had predicted that Moon's Chosen One would one day spend a night at 6 Saint Derain Square.
"Miss Danist, do you mean that since investigating your teacher has produced no results, it would be better to investigate why that astrologer died a century ago and why he went to Kalas Mountain?"
Shade understood her train of thought.
"Perhaps that astrologer had the same goal as your teacher."
"That is indeed what I think. But Astrologer Euclid was not a very famous person. He was not even a member of the Seer Association. I began investigating him a long time ago, but even The Truth Society, which had mentioned his name, knew nothing of his specific identity or background."
"Fortunately, there was finally a result not long ago. A century ago, he appeared in Creekwood Town within Kasonlik. That is the direction of the next investigation."
"Creekwood Town?"
Shade thought for a moment but could not find the place in his memory.
"Kasonlik has far too many town-level administrative divisions. Where exactly is this town?"
Miss Danist smiled.
"Creekwood Town was that city's name a century ago, and Astrologer Euclid was active during that era. Back then, Creekwood Town was merely a settlement of fewer than two thousand people, relying mainly on logging for its income. But with the arrival of the Steam Epoch,