The distress call from the Golden Dream's first mate caught Odys off guard. "Tell me exactly what happened."
"Two days ago, our Captain said she needed to do some research in her study and told us not to disturb her," Bru said at once. "She does that often, so we didn't think much of it.
"Yesterday, we realized something was wrong, but without the Captain's orders, it was hard to break into her study with all its Beyonder defenses.
"She still hadn't appeared today. We finally found a way to open the study door just now, only to discover she was gone.
"We've searched everywhere. She isn't anywhere on the ship."
Halfway through, Odys already understood what had happened. She had gone into the book.
"Wait there. I'll come right away."
After ending the connection, Odys did not leave immediately. He waited for his spirituality to recover while considering how to handle this.
He remembered how it had originally played out: Danitz had asked Gehrman Sparrow for help, and the matter had been resolved.
This time, Bru had asked him instead.
Odys was confident he could hunt down that Demi-God-level Ice Dragon alongside Edwina and the others, but doing so would set off a chain of changes.
For instance, Groselle's Travels, which Edwina had originally been meant to give Klein, would end up with Odys instead.
Danitz would also lose his chance to become a believer of the Fool.
Odys knew the history of the ancient epochs and had no interest in Groselle's Travels. In fact, he would rather not possess it at all. Having the book would only make Adam more likely to notice him.
Besides, both the book and the large key that could open Giant King's Palace had been prepared for Klein by the God of Knowledge