The elder's suggestion was indeed the most cautious one, but Shade did not want to do that:
"I plan to investigate it myself first. I noticed this involves 'outsiders' and 'resurrection from death.' It may be related to what we've been pursuing."
The elder nodded:
"It's good that you have your own plan. Now I can understand how helpless people must feel in places where Chosen Ones appear, like Vesta Woodland and Randall River Valley. Fatumonst Island had been safe all the way until this Year-End Festival."
Shade still did not know much about those two Doppelgangers. But with the identity information provided by Major Rades, he could start in Tobesk and first investigate what they had been doing before leaving the Northern Kingdom.
As for the key issue—whether the Viscount's "resurrected" fiancée was connected to Fated Story—that was not important. What mattered was resolving this safely.
Shade then directly tossed the Crystal Shoes and returned home. It was only eleven in the morning. Dorothy, who had been reading, was surprised that he had returned so early, and was equally shocked when she heard about the Doppelgangers:
"Doppelgangers from Tobesk have actually ended up on Fatumonst Island? Once there are enough of those cockroach-like things, they could absolutely establish an entirely new House of False Men on the island."
The House of False Men was not unique, which was one of this relic's special traits. It was somewhat like an animal nest.
She passed along the identity information Shade had obtained to Leisha, asking Leisha to contact Galina and investigate. Thus, at lunchtime that day, Galina arrived at 6 Saint Derain Square with files obtained from Military Intelligence Section Six.
Leisha was not the one who came with her. Leisha would not meet Dorothy until two in the afternoon. Iluna