Leonard fell into deep thought.
But Nasr, seated beside Nanfeng, frowned as he looked at Edna... His eyes were filled with doubt and wavering resolve.
Elvia suddenly shouted, "We're out on the open sea! Edna! Is the island indicated by the chess piece you obtained far from here?"
Nasr abruptly raised his head. "What chess piece?"
Edna smiled as she stroked the White Dragon Queen's back, then turned her head and said, "I got it from the Habel Family. I examined it, and it should be the controller for the Nimbror Orrery."
"Ah!" Nasr exclaimed in surprise. "That was the best war apparatus? The orrery that could teleport Mage Towers to various locations across Toril?
"After the Nimbror Kingdom fell during the Dawn Cataclysm, that floating island, controlled by a Mythal and capable of drifting anywhere, completely vanished without a trace!
"The successive Mage Kings of Halruaa spent who knows how much effort searching for this Divine Artifact... Most of the pirate-like adventuring groups along the Sword Coast controlled by Mages were backed by Halruaa!
"They used that thing for years back then, yet wasted so much manpower and resources without finding anything. How did the Habel Family obtain that controller?"
"Who knows?" Edna spread her hands. "But they had the ability to abduct the princess of Evermeet and send her to Sigil. Wouldn't it be perfectly normal for them to kill some refugees who escaped from Nimbror as well?"
Nasr pondered and nodded. "That's true. It seems Sigil arranged quite a few pieces on Toril too!"
Then he quickly perked up. "Heh heh, as for Lady of Pain, that has nothing to do with us ordinary mortals... Even my Lord probably won't interfere too much in Sigil's affairs!
"That falls within the Overgod's responsibilities. I wish the old fellow