"No problem!" Ken nodded at once. "What would you like to hear?"
Theus narrowed his eyes. "Start by telling me where you all went."
"Yes, my lord. This time, Finier found us at Rift City's harbor and brought us to Castel. Before that, we'd practically made a full circuit around the Storm Ocean!"
"A full circuit around the Storm Ocean?!"
"Yes. At first, following your orders, we went to Blood Port and dropped off Josh and the others. They took the goods they'd bought on credit to sell in Blood Port, while we continued north."
Josh... Theus had nearly forgotten that name. Back then, Josh had bought a batch of soap and a ship from Theus on credit. It happened to coincide with Theus wanting to cultivate some forces of his own, so he had given Josh rather generous terms.
Josh should have been in Blood Port for half a year by now. His plan had been to sell soap there while establishing a merchant guild, but then Castel had vanished. After all that turmoil, Theus had no idea how things had turned out.
"After that, we docked again near the Northern Territory and let Mr. Isaac and several others off as well. Josh remained in contact with us afterward, but we were never able to contact Mr. Isaac again."
Theus nodded. Isaac had once been Chloe's deputy, managing logistics within Moth Chasing Flame.
At the time, Castel had only just begun building its intelligence network. Isaac had gone to the continent under the guise of a merchant guild. Half a year had passed now—if all had gone well, he should have built up some influence by now, shouldn't he?
After all, Isaac was a dual-path Transcendence.
Theus remembered Isaac clearly. He was a man of few words, but whenever