After Sifa had Christie return to the photograph inside his pocket watch, he burned the paper they had just used to communicate, scattering its ashes out the window.
Knock, knock, knock.
A knock sounded at the door, followed by Ironhide's voice outside. "Rayleigh, the captain wants you to see her in the collection room."
"All right," Sifa replied, thinking that Edwina must have deciphered the code. Good, I can ask her if she has any leads on human-faced lion blood.
He opened the door, left his room, and passed through the corridor lined with wooden doors before stepping onto the deck. The three o'clock afternoon sunlight was so dazzling that he could barely keep his eyes open.
Only after taking a few deep breaths of the refreshing sea breeze did Sifa head for the collection room.
Inside, Edwina placed the two volumes of Travels of the Sea together and put them in a cabinet.
Then she heard Sifa's voice. "Captain, you wanted to see me?"
Sifa reached the doorway and watched the Iceberg Admiral turn around. As she turned, the sunlight streaming through the window illuminated her oval face and high, straight nose, tinted her long, center-parted brown hair with gold, and made her pale blue eyes look even clearer.
Had he not considered the possibility of getting beaten up, Sifa would have whistled at the beautiful lady before him.
Edwina said calmly, "I've deciphered the second half of the riddle. It specifies the time-the right time to find Death's Treasure."
"Now we have the location, we know the time, and we have the compass we need."
"Finding the treasure shouldn't be a problem. We'll head for the Sonia Sea. Leaving from here, we should arrive next Friday, or Saturday at the latest."
"That's wonderful news," Sifa said sincerely.
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