"But what?" Sifa looked toward the captain as he cut off a piece of stewed lamb, feeling as if he were a child again, eating while listening to adults tell stories.
Edwina said without concealing anything, "The person who possesses the second half of Travels of the Sea has run into some trouble recently. He was thrown into Prison—more precisely, a private prison."
"A private prison?" It was the first time Sifa had heard of such a thing.
Danitz chuckled. "If there are private ports, then naturally there are private prisons. Some of the large plantation owners on the islands have hundreds of laborers under them. When the workers make mistakes, they get thrown into privately built cells for punishment."
"The owners of those big plantations even have their own armies, with Beyonders acting as bodyguards. Those islands aren't part of any colony and aren't protected by the laws of any nation. Things like this are everywhere at sea."
Edwina added, "However, the private prison that man was thrown into wasn't built by a plantation owner. It belongs to a highly influential native of the area. He could be called the king of that island, with immense power."
"He has many ties with the resistance forces in the Rorsted Archipelago. He sells grain and cloth to the resistance, owns a private port, and pirates often stop at that island for supplies."
"Furthermore, he owns several large plantations and a number of mines. His wealth far surpasses that of the kingdom's barons."
Sifa froze for a moment. "Don't tell me we're going to storm that island and rescue the collector?"
Jodson laughed. "Of course not. We don't have that kind of strength. Even the Admiral of Blood wouldn't dare casually claim she could attack that island."
"Then what's the island called,