Although their thoughts were heading in completely opposite directions, the few people in the cabin still presented a harmonious scene... Nasr had very obviously changed the subject and begun explaining to Dervis what Umberlee was useful for.
Getting Umberlee, who had less than half an ounce of brains, to control Nimbror Island and appear outside Waterdeep was practically effortless for Saffras, whose calculating ability was exceptionally powerful.
Whatever Nasr was thinking, at least on the surface, he had clearly abandoned his investigation into Edna's identity.
Edna also relaxed a little... This time, Elvia had shown no reaction because Nasr's words had been too cryptic. But with the Night Envoy's deep scheming, the White Dragon Queen who knew her identity would eventually give herself away.
As for why Nasr had given up so cleanly... she decided to muddle through it like this.
Could she really ask him outright?
Sanda King had once taught her what it meant to be "wisely ignorant" and why one should be "wisely ignorant," but she had never quite understood it. At this moment, however, Edna suddenly grasped the true meaning of those words.
She truly did not want to understand.
Edna did not understand Nasr's convoluted thoughts, but on the Floating Castle, the cold-eyed spectator Nasr had wanted to test had seen through them.
It was not just Shar. Even Selûne sensed that something was wrong.
"Shar, I keep feeling that there's something strange about what Nasr is doing." Selûne spoke hesitantly. "His probing should have been quite subtle, but... I don't know why. To anyone who knows Edna's identity, it's actually very obvious."
"If I didn't know Edna's identity and was hostile toward Mystra, then the suspicious points he created would be enough to make me wary and notify him to test Edna in all