It was an idle association, but an interesting one.
The first star chart I remembered had come from an excursion to a haunted house in another world.
Judging from the many clues that came afterward, there was every reason to suspect it had belonged to a predecessor.
For example, with the help of Chief Yuan and the archive staff, we had successfully pinpointed a coordinate somewhere in the Sea of Ashes.
It was just that we'd been short on time last time. After finding the solar whale, we hadn't gone any farther to investigate.
Of course, based on those details alone, it was hard to see any obvious connection to the Inverted Lake Cas had mentioned, the one that couldn't be found.
But what if there was a connection?
Making good use of logic didn't mean relying purely on linear thinking. There was fun to be had in drawing conclusions by putting elements together at will.
Suppose the coordinate I'd obtained so early on really was connected to the academy's infamous incident. What would that mean?
Was there a warehouse involved in that incident, too? Or was it simply the personal business of some predecessor, who had found something there?
Either way, it sounded very interesting.
And if things really were that coincidental, then it seemed that not rushing there at the time had been the better choice.
Given how dangerous it was, I'd gained quite a bit of time to learn more and improve myself. Besides, exploring with questions in mind often led to greater rewards.
All in all, I could certainly consider making that place my first stop later on—after all, Old Man Cas didn't have any clear leads to offer.
Looking at the hand-drawn map before him, Fu Qian couldn't help feeling that his earlier guess had