Sol chose to track down the airship's attendant. Besides being genuinely interested in the White Porcelain Kitten, there was another important reason.
Krum's death had been very similar to that of the merchant Mike.
They were also the only two corpses Sol had come across in the past month, so they had left a deep impression on him.
Both men had drowned.
A Tier 3 Wizard, just like an ordinary person, had been unable to escape the call of death.
And the souls of both men had disappeared after they died.
When Sol searched their consciousnesses, he had heard the sound of water.
On top of that, Paul, the Level 3 Wizard Apprentice aboard the airship, had warned Sol that the White Porcelain Kitten could make people drown. That had led Sol to connect the two deaths.
Since dusk was approaching, there were few people on the street.
Those who passed by were Wizard Apprentices.
They looked hurried and exhausted, like office workers.
Sol almost felt as if he had returned to Gorsa Wizard Tower.
He continued to conceal his presence and Magic Power fluctuations, walking along the edge of the street like an ordinary person.
The Wayfinding Stones Kate had left along the way were crude, but they had no Magic Power. To the Wizard Apprentices on the street, they were nothing more than inconspicuous stones.
Sol hadn't walked far before he found the attendant's home in a narrow alley near the Air Port.
It was an old but detached two-story house. Perhaps to match the overall style of the Sky City, even this old building had its exterior painted tea brown, with a soy-colored roof.
It didn't look quite so dilapidated.
Even so, it didn't seem like the sort of house an attendant could afford.
Sol noticed that