Bernadette was slightly startled when she heard Odys's words. What did he mean by having a "shared homeland" with her father?
She clearly remembered that Odys had been born on a farm in the outskirts of Backlund and had been the farmer's son until he was twenty.
Thinking of this, Bernadette suddenly understood what Odys meant. "You mean—"
"Yes." Odys said, "I can read the characters Roselle left behind because they are the writing of our homeland."
Bernadette took a deep breath. While surprised, she also felt somewhat excited, but in the end, she frowned. "Why are you only telling me this now?"
"Because you hadn't been in a good state before. In order to let you advance smoothly, I could only endure it and wait until now to tell you." Odys said, half-truthfully and half-jokingly, "And if I had told you this before we fell in love, you probably would've thrown me straight into a dungeon and made me decipher the diary your father left behind, right?"
Bernadette stared at Odys for several seconds before saying, "I want to do that now too."
Odys waved his hand with a smile. "All right, all right, let's talk business.
"I learned an important clue from your father's diary. When he was young, he once sailed out to explore the Fog Sea,
and found a special island there.
"According to my analysis, his final mausoleum should be on that island."
As he spoke, he pointed to a fallen tree nearby. "Let's sit over there and talk."
Bernadette nodded and sat down with Odys.
"You also know the ritual for advancing to Black Emperor?"
"I obtained this information because of another matter." Odys explained, "Because of some investigations I conducted into George III, Lord of Mysteries granted me the relevant materials."
Bernadette gave